quotes of the day: I can't decide

Today I learned that:

• Somebody stole the kidney in the touch booth in the plasticized bodies and body parts exhibit currently in Seattle. The quote:

  "I have no idea what in the world somebody could do with a polymer-preserved kidney. It's one question that's puzzled us," said Josh LaBelle, executive director of the Seattle Theatre Group, which brought the exhibition to Seattle.

  I can't believe anyone could be puzzled by this.


• Titan, one of Saturn's moons and a pretty popular outpost in science fiction, has lakes 'like Minnesota.' That's not the quote. The lakes most likely are methane or ethane, not water, and there's not exactly air in the atmosphere, so here's your quote:

  In the dark of winter, one would need a flashlight to walk the shore.

  You think?


• There has been a three-year debate about what park rangers are supposed to tell people about the age of the Grand Canyon. There's a creationist book in the bookstore there that's causing the higher-ups a bunch of angst, but if you get to the end of the article, it appears that someone forgot to mention the controversy to the rangers actually at the site. But about the book in the bookstore:

  "As one park geologist said, this is the equivalent of Yellowstone National Park selling a book titled 'Geysers of Old Faithful: Nostrils of Satan,' " said Jeff Ruch, the group's executive director.

  Heh heh heh. 'Nostrils of Satan.'