Last year MrsBlue bought a pair of deck brushes, saying we could use these to clean our deck with OxyClean instead of hiring someone to power-wash it. This weekend I learned what should have been obvious, which is that by "we" she meant I would be doing the work, apparently her brush would be for beating me if I slacked off. So I'm out there following the instructions from the OxyClean container -- mopping the deck with some Oxy-water, letting it sit, scrubbing it with that deck brush, and hosing it all off -- when it occured to me what was happening: In the year 2009 I was actually swabbing the deck! I would have complained, but I was afraid I'd end up in the brig... or maybe even walking the plank.

Swabby Links:	Thanks Ant and Mike Martinez.
Links:	Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As 'Fun, Watchable'. Thanks Kxmode. Fanciful Fads of the Fifties. Thanks Neatorama.
Stories:	What would Spock do? Dude gets $100 Mil…If he gets married. Thanks Digg. Star Trek’s $112M Global Opening Weekend. Thanks Mark.
Science:	New Pattern Found in Prime Numbers. Thanks Slashdot. 'Cone of silence' keeps conversations secret. What? Thanks Slashdot.
Media:	300 - by Bioware. NSFW. 'Star Trek' cast tackles hardcore fans on SNL.
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