Rugged individualists.

I am at the NASA tweetup for the launch of the Mars Rover today. Will be posting here and probably tweeting more frequently (@tomtomorrow, or search #NASAtweetup). Our “twent” is near a couple of space age icons, the Vehicle Assembly Building and the same countdown clock used for the Apollo missions.

Pawn shop of choice for down on their luck one-eyed Space Coasters.

An enigmatic billboard on the road to NASA.

… a local informs me this is part of a local attorney’s ongoing ad campaign.

The myth of sexual harassment.

The pepper-spray cop may be an abusive jerk unlikely to face serious consequences for his actions — but on the internet he’s a laughingstock.

So there. I guess.

Who could have possibly predicted it?

Oh, wait.

My administration has been closely monitoring the situation… and I know that we will be learning more tomorrow when day breaks.

As the situation continues to unfold, our first concern is preventing injury or loss of life. So I want to be very clear in calling upon the… authorities to refrain from any violence against peaceful protesters.

The people… have rights that are universal. That includes the right to peaceful assembly and association, the right to free speech, and the ability to determine their own destiny.

There is, of course, a catch: the speech was delivered in January, 2011.

Found this while cleaning off the hard drive, not sure who sent it. Bil Keane, who passed away recently, inspired some of the best comics parodies of all time.

And: if there’s anything you’ve been meaning to buy from the Cafe Press store, you’ll want to do that sooner rather than later. There are big changes coming soon, on the merchandising front.

Not Mitt Romney!

(Credit where due: the initial idea for this one came from a friend of a friend named Al Petterson, to whom I am greatly indebted.)