The perils of owning a pet dinosaur:

http://boingboing.net/2015/06/18/delightful-short-film-explores.html

OPM is run by idiots:

A consultant who did some work with a company contracted by OPM to manage personnel records for a number of agencies told Ars that he found the Unix systems administrator for the project "was in Argentina and his co-worker was physically located in the [People's Republic of China]. Both had direct access to every row of data in every database: they were root.

For the uninitiated: god, root, what is difference? as far as a computer goes, not much. Of course, in this case, I presume that means they also had the relevant database admin password(s).

If they didn't have those passwords, then the data within the database could be encrypted and remain relatively safe.

Object lesson? rootly powers should be held by actual employees, not contractors.

The first rule of Grievance Club is, don't talk about Grievance Club.

Let the shouting begin:

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/09/the-counted-police-killings-us-vs-other-countries?CMP=share_btn_fb

Did not know that other countries 'outlawed' your prescription meds. Crazy world. Easy to screw up.

From a WSJ article:
"Japanese police on Thursday arrested Toyota Motor Corp. executive Julie Hamp, who is in charge of corporate communications for the auto maker, alleging she tried to import tablets of the painkiller oxycodone from the U.S."

"A package addressed to Ms. Hamp containing about 60 tablets of oxycodone was intercepted by customs officers earlier this month, said a police official. "

"Earlier this year, Carrie Russell, an American living in Japan, was detained for more than two weeks after authorities intercepted a package for her containing an amphetamine medication for attention-deficit disorder that she was legally prescribed in the U.S. Ms. Russell was released only after high-level intervention by U.S. officials and lawmakers including Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon."

"The U.S. Embassy in Japan warns on its website that Americans must be aware of Japanese rules before mailing or bringing any medication to Japan and face arrest if they fail to follow those rules."