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My mate Karen from the Beagle Project attended the last ever space shuttle launch last week. I am not at all jealous. Oh no. Not in the slightest.
She even managed to wangle herself a press pass (for which, read a ringside seat), courtesy of the Guardian, and has posted her account of Atlantis's final lift-off on the Guardian science blog.
It's stirring stuff. You should go and read it.
Cheryl Ladd is 60 today!
S I X T Y ! !
Jee-zuss!!
It seems like only yesterday that I was harping on incredulously about her being 50.
Have a fantastic one, Cheryl.
The Telegraph is trying to drum up traffic on its website by publishing photos from Silvio Berlusconi's infamous bunga bunga parties. I'm not showing any of the photos here. Gruts is a family site.
Have you heard the rumour that the reason they're so desperate to cover up what really went on at these parties is that Pope John Paul II was a regular attendee? Apparently tarts and bishops of Rome was a popular theme.
Apparently, they're trying to cover it up because they don't want to blow his chances of a sainthood.
Apparently.
I'm pretty sure the rumour is not very reliable, as I just made it up. But feel free to pass it on.
Oh, all right then, just one photo…
…And, yes, that is indeed Darth Vader in the background. Just behind Yoda. (Don't ask.)
Barely six months after Gruts Media declared war on Murdoch, and his top-selling UK rag has gone to the wall.
You're messing with the big boys now, Murdoch. The gloves are off.
There can be only one winner.
"I say, I say, I say, my dog's got synaesthesia."
"How does it smell?"
"Purple."
Jen reckons my item about Miss USA contestants being 'scared to death' at the prospect of having to answer questions on evolution and nudity was simply a pathetic excuse for upping the babe-count on Gruts.
I countered that my fascination in all things Darwinian is a matter of public record.
In the interest of completeness, I feel it is my duty to report that the eventual winner of the Miss USA competiton was Miss California, Alyssa Campanella, 21.
Furthermore, I am delighted to announce that Miss Campanella is very much in favour of teaching evolution in schools, describing herself as a huge science geek.
Science geeks never looked like that when I was doing physics at university.
Anyhoo, I thought you might like to hear what Miss Campanella had to say on this hotly debated issue:
Look, I want to make it perfectly clear that Jen and I have most definitely not split up.
People are confusing us with George Clooney and Elisabetta Canalis:
Easy mistake to make. Happens to us all of the time.
Fox News: Miss USA Contestants 'Scared to Death' About Evolution, Nudity Questions
In on-camera interviews set to be posted on the official Miss USA website, 2011 pageant hopefuls are being asked if they believe evolution should be taught in schools, and if they would ever pose for nude photographs…
"The girls are scared to death…" said Keith Lewis … executive state pageant director for California, New York and New Hampshire. "The girls are concerned that there is a right or wrong answer. Polarizing questions often create a situation where you suffer … if you agree, and if you do not. The girls need to answer in a way that brings them to a common ground."
Coincidentally, 'do you believe evolution should be taught in schools?' and 'would you ever pose for nude photographs?' are two of my favourite chat-up lines. Which finally explains why I never managed to cop-off with any Miss USA contestants.
Thinking about it, wouldn't the world be a much better place if we left all 'controversial' questions to Miss USA contestants to find 'common ground' on behalf of all mankind? We could banish hunger and bring about world peace at the say-so on a bunch of bikini-clad babes. What's not to like? It has to be better than leaving such matters to parliamentary process and international diplomacy.