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There are random images, and then there are random images. Say, of Dame Judi Dench in a lobster suit and Ewan McGregor dressed as a tomato.

No, seriously.

Well, that was unexpected. E: No, wait, I got it! He's a Cylon!

Just got back from seeing V for Vendetta, finally. I think this makes up for the latter two-thirds of the Matrix trilogy. And, since I rediscovered Peter's Friends the other night (and half the cast has gone on to do Harry Potter roles), it's unofficially Stephen Fry week. Should be a holiday.

From Bruce Schneier's security blog, via Boing Boing:

On March 4, University of California Berkeley (Cal) played a basketball game against the University of Southern California (USC). With Cal in contention for the PAC-10 title and the NCAA tournament at stake, the game was a must-win.

Enter "Victoria."

Victoria was a hoax UCLA co-ed, created by Cal's Rally Committee. For the previous week, "she" had been chatting with Gabe Pruitt, USC's starting guard, over AOL Instant Messenger. It got serious. Pruitt and several of his teammates made plans to go to Westwood after the game so that they could party with Victoria and her friends.

On Saturday, at the game, when Pruitt was introduced in the starting lineup, the chants began: "Victoria, Victoria." One of the fans held up a sign with her phone number.

The look on Pruitt's face when he turned to the bench after the first Victoria chant was priceless....

From AOL's Editors' Picks segment....

( Vague finale spoiler-esque synopsis follows )

You know, evolution debate aside, Kansas is in something of an educational funding crunch. Teachers have had to dig deep into their own pockets to get their own school supplies. I mean, this poor student-teacher in Hays had to bring his own marijuana to school to share with the students.

Though he did bring 36.8 pounds of it.

Again I'll say it: where were these teachers when I was in high school? Well, aside from coaching cross-country?

I vote we skip the rest of the playoffs and just jump to training camp. Right now.

Also, LJ, feel free to wake your servers the hell back up.

Took Tiny and Moosie in to get wings/toenails trimmed. They were good little monsters, Tiny Moo his usually rowdy self, Moosie more relaxed and spent the time in the waiting room perched on Daddy's finger through the carrier cage door. Brought them back home, all was fine and good until...wait, is Tiny bleeding? Yup, a frightening amount of blood from one of his left toenails, where Tiny'd apparently picked off the coagulant. So thank God the vet's a block away, as Tiny and I came tearing in and the vet met us as we came bounding in the front door, Tiny chirping his mad-chirp and Daddy deeply frazzled and leaving fingernail marks in his own hands (something usually reserved for dental visits).

The vet retrimmed the nail to near-nonexistent levels, applied some coagulant, and also made sure that the resulting nub was almost non-pickable, but I'm keeping an eye on Tiny, as he has a habit of finding a way. But because of the blood loss, they gave him some fluids (OMG A SHOT DADDY THEY GAVE ME A SHOT he explained to me in furious squeaks on the way home) and said he might be a little lethargic after his...active morning. Him and me both.

At last check all three birds were poofed up on their perches making their "contented-chewing-on-rock" sounds and preparing to nap. Tiny is resting on one foot, picking up his left foot and tucking it up into his feathers. Too cute.

Fox still hasn't officially canceled "Arrested Development," but if it does, other networks are interested in the show.

Both ABC and Showtime have had conversations with 20th Century Fox TV and indicated they're open to making a deal for new episodes of the critically beloved, Emmy-winning comedy from creator Mitch Hurwitz. No formal negotiations have taken place, and there are still numerous hurdles that might prevent such a move -- including the show's hefty pricetag.

That said, those familiar with the talks described them as serious, with Showtime said to be in particularly hot pursuit of the ratings-challenged laffer, now on life support at Fox.

Excellent. Because I've heard that there's actually a few Showtime references written into a future episode that deals with the Bluths in a very similar pickle, prompting George Sr. to remark "It's showtime," except the punchline being that he really wants to put on a show....

Though I miss Charlize Theron already. The shot from "Monster" made me howl. At work.

Also I cannot reiterate how much Variety slang makes me want to stab something.