A hopeful Aspiration Day...

...to you, dear reader.

Quote of the moment

To my knowledge, no one has ever acquired an S.T.D. on the toilet seat, unless they were having sex on the toilet seat.

--Abigail Slawyers

Disappointing headline of the moment

Travel through wormholes is possible, but slow

--phys.org

b1-66er: 1 in 5 Bus Riders in New York City Evades the Fare, Far Worse Than Elsewhere https://nyti.ms/2UgX3v0

Mr. Crypto: Far worse? Or far better? Check your privilege, NYT!

NYC#1!

b1: Jesus.

Quote of the moment

There's no internet that can compete with 5 petabytes of data on a plane.

--Dan Marrone

Unanswered question of the moment

What do Eric Cantona, Vivienne Westwood, Lady Gaga, Ken Loach and Yoko Ono have in common? It might sound like the dinner party from hell, but that's not the answer. 

--Stephen Pollard

Quote of the moment

I hadn't heard of the [Mortal Engines] but after watching about a minute of the Honest Trailer, I stopped it and decided I really needed to see giant cities rolling around and eating each other. So my daughter and I watched it last night.

--the birdhead

Quote of the moment

Patti LaBelle is extending her empire to include frozen food, for some reason.

--jezebel.com

Quote of the moment

If skipping shampoo and replacing it with conditioner sounds like a hot, greasy oil slick to you, you're not alone.

--Lindsay Kellner

Datum of the moment

Netflix consumes 15% of all US internet bandwidth

--Sand Vine

Sign of the times...

...In today's junkmail -- in Las Vegas, NV.