Georgia man jailed for not supporting someone else's child free at last

There are no words adequate to convey my feelings at reading this story in my local paper's dead-tree edition this morning:
Jailed for Unpaid Child Support Despite DNA Tests Proving He Was Not Child's Father, Southern GA Man Freed; State Insists He Still Owes $10K
How on God's green and pleasant Earth does anyone justify this kind of governmental idiocy? I apologize to the whole world for the state of my residence once again.

Catching up with some important birthdays missed

The other day (Monday 13 July) when I was wishing happy birthday to adamselzer and batyatoon, I missed seeing two other friends' birthdays the same day: my dear and good friend wcg AKA The Marine at the End of the Bar, and mshollie's better half, infrogmation. Apologies most profuse to both Froggy and Bill, and I hope you both had marvelous birthdays.

Lotsa links for Moon Landing Anniversary Week

Four decades ago this week, Neil Armstrong, Mike Collins and Buzz Aldrin were headed for a rendezvous with history...and you can relive it in multi-media glory through We Choose The Moon, a website put up by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. The site is recreating the entire Apollo XI mission from start to finish on the corresponding dates, using archival footage, audio and photos, and computer-created simulations of the spacecraft, plus a whole lot more. (Would you believe a gallon of gas cost 35 cents that week in 1969? Ah, those were the days...) Thanks to sffilk for the tip.

Thanks also to filkertom for this one: Given that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration hasn't even been able to track down the original blueprints for its Saturn V rockets, you can't be terribly surprised that they also can't produce the original Apollo XI film and videotape they recorded at the time. (Apparently, the reason is the same reason the BBC no longer have tapes of many early Doctor Who episodes: short-sighted media recycling.) Luckily, with some help from Hollywood, what footage has been located is now being magnificently restored; Yahoo! News reports on the story here.

Or if you're more interested in current space exploration, you can just tune in to the Space Shuttle Endeavour's progress via NASA's mission website as they assess the damage, if any, caused to the shuttle by debris that came loose in its launch two days ago. Between this and all the special TV and print-media coverage of the anniversary, space is bound to be on everybody's mind for the next week or so.