Beware of retro telephone handsets

Greetings.

Jewish date:  28 ’Iyyar 5770 (Parashath BeMidhbar).

Today’s quasi-holidays:  National Lab Day, International Nurses Day, National Third Shift Workers Day/National Nightshift Workers Day, and (inexplicably) Limerick Day.

Worthy causes of the day:  “ONE | Fix This Budget”, “Heart Disease and Stroke. You’re the Cure.:  Tell our Senators to get moving on Child Nutrition”, “Congress is 0 for 9 - The Petition Site”, “Take Action: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing | Save Darfur” and “Save BioGems: Take Action: Save Yellowstone/Greater Rockies”.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “Jupiter Loses A Stripe”
• “Not So Conservative When It Comes to Saving Energy”
• “National Lab Day Seeks to Leverage Hands-on Learning to Broaden Science's Appeal”
• “Working overtime: Good for the wallet, but bad for the heart”
• “"Murdered" Chinese man reappears after 10 years”:  Yes, people, torture does not produce reliable information; threaten or inflict enough pain on someone, and you can expect him/her to say whatever he/she thinks you want to hear that will make the pain stop, even if it bears little resemblance to the truth.

Today’s weird thing is the ThinkGeek Bluetooth Retro Handset.  This should be useful for those wanting classic telephone style or interested in confusing others.  Enjoy and share the weirdness.

Aaron