I haven’t spoken of it much lately — mostly because (heh) I have been a VERY LAZY BLOGGER — but MTV asked the question that (secretly) keeps me up at night: What If ‘Returns’ Is (Gasp) Kraptonite?

…thank goodness.

Commence with the Squealing Like a Little Girl!

For the OU grads affected by the recent string of data thefts, here’s another log on the fire: a class action lawsuit.

ATHENS, Ohio — Two Ohio University graduates whose Social Security numbers were among 173,000 possibly stolen from school computers have filed a lawsuit, alleging their right to privacy has been violated.

Donald Jay Kulpa, 31, of Cincinnati, and Kenneth Neben, 34, a former Columbus resident now living in North Bergen, N.J., filed the lawsuit in Columbus on Friday. On the same day, the university’s board of trustees agreed to spend up to $4 million to bolster computer security.

The lawsuit, which seeks class-action status, asks a judge to order the school to pay for credit monitoring services for those affected. It also requests compensation for anyone who suffers financial losses from the breaches.

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Saw this first this morning in the Dispatch, but because they tend to hide things behind a subscriber wall, this is the same AP story from the WaPo.

Q: What if famous photographers had posted their photos to a message board for comments?

A: HILARITY ENSUES.

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From boingboing, and something of a followup to that whole grups thing that was circling the internets a while back: a piece from Salon on “kindie rock”, psuedoalternative indie music aimed at both children and parents. “Kindie rock” stalwarts would include Laurie Berkner, Dan Zanes, They Might Be Giants…

… all of whose CDs have at one time or another been in our cars and on our stereos in the last three months.

Hmmm.

…

Dan Zanes totally rocks.

Also, here is TMBG’s very funny little NSA ringtone.

[Salon may require you to sit through an ad before reading the story, but persevere, it’s worth it.]

Nora shows off her new bunny hat, passed down
by her Cousin Cloe. Looks like her cousin passed down
her knack for thinking with her tongue too!