George Takei (a.k.a. Mr. Sulu from Star Trek) came out of the closet this week at age 68. Now I understand all of the sweaty, shirtless scenes he had;) I applaud him for finally deciding to be out in the open with who he is, even if it did take a long time. But it definitely opens up many gay Star Trek jokes. I've started collecting funny quips (some from me, some not), and here they are:

Gere:gerbils::Sulu:tribbles
Anus. The final frontier.
There's too many klingons around uranus, preventing entry to the black hole!
I'm givin' him all I can Cap'n!
He's gay, Jim!
Quite analogical!
Huh! I wonder if he ever played "Cabin Boy" with Cap'n Kirk...

Rick James the king of "punk funk" died over the weekend from "natural causes" (toxicology reports pending). The famed singer of Superfreak had been making a comeback due to being featured on Chappelle's Show (one of my favorites). Check out the links from the pics below, as they are to videos of Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories featuring Rick James (and Dave Chappelle as Rick - pictured below). Rick was a true musical legend and will be sorely missed.

A lab has successfully created a mouse with two genetic mothers and no father (article). It was only a matter of time:) Be careful guys, someday they may be sending us off to camps for a 'shower'. When they say 'we don't need men', they really mean it.

An article appeared on the USA Today website about laws banning playing porn on car DVD systems. Conservatives are using the Superbowl teet incident as a springboard to cram some of their morality down our throats. Whatever happened to the idea of choice? If you don't like what you see, don't look at it. Look, I didn't want to see Janet's floppy tittie anymore than you might have but it should not be the grounds for moral witch hunting. One of the funny things about this country is that most parents would rather let their kids watch breasts getting stabbed or cut off than touched lustfully. Let's keep those good ole' American family values of guns, God and violence...

With the baseball steroids scandal in full bloom and congress threatening to intervene they have decided to go after the supplement Androstendione. They told companies to prove it isn't dangerous or quit selling it. Hmmm... Cigarettes and alcohol have been proven to be dangerous by numerous studies in the last century with literally millions of deaths and diseases caused, but consumers are free to choose to consume them. How stupid is that?

The FDA recently banned Ephedra due to a report which documented 2 deaths, 4 heart attacks, 9 strokes and a seizure related to its use. On average, around 230 male babies die each year from circumcision but the government doesn't bother to ban the practice even though there is no medical necessity for the procedure. Each year nearly 3 million people die from tobacco-related diseases but the FDA allows continued sale and consumption of it. If you eliminated the cases where people exceeded recommended dosages, contraindications and general abuse there would effectively be zero Ephedra-related deaths. Seems to me that the government should spend their time & money on something more signficant.

Here is further evidence of political correctness run amok. Remember thinking about this the last time I installed a hard drive and wondering when a lawsuit would be filed.