End-of-week loose ends

• Time passes, tastes change, we move on, so I'm sure the news that Uma Thurman is single will have no impact on you whatsoever.
• Thought I'd heard all the good WW2 stories.  I was wrong.
• I'm gonna say it:  Katy Perry's the best Cleopatra since Taylor, maybe better.  Video here (mute is good idea).  This fellow's interpretation of the song is...innovative.
• IDEA:  Shrug against the machine.  (FSL's gag - so sue me.)
• New book says your society goes to hell when the accounting gets sloppy.  So long America, it was fun while it lasted.
• IDEA:  Kim Kardashian as the new Margaret Dumont.  Don't pretend you wouldn't pay to see that.
• IDEA:  Your new Batman:  Gilbert Gottfried.  Catwoman:  Fran Drescher
• Still running my iPod.  Well-designed. An elegant instrument for a more civilized age, much better than the elaborate crap they make today.  My lawn: get off it.
• Apart from Thievery Corporation, I really don't care for noise.  This is not ideal because in a truly quiet room your heartbeat gradually drives you insane.  So I'm working to manage that.
• This is ok (speakers needed).