Creative sentencing is making a come-back, at least in Turkey. I can see it now - "Those books could teach me something, noooooooooooo!" The best part is the little problem with the ruling:

"There is a problem with going to the library on Mondays as ordered by the sentence," the father told Anadolu.

"All of the libraries in the province and in our town are closed on Mondays."

I know sometimes I feel old, and going to work is the last thing I want to do. Then I think about the blissful day I will retire. But it turns out you are never too old for some professions.

There's some old saying about keeping your enemies close and your friends even closer. However there are times you don't want to get too close. It's always sad when someone is so delusional they cannot differentiate between film and reality.

Lastly next week should mark China's first manned space flight: It should be a good one:

...with one official newspaper saying the craft would orbit Earth 14 times and another highlighting plans for a music video to accompany the launch.

NASA never thought of a music video to go with their launches. Imagine the ratings for a Britney Spears live from Cape Canaverall. With some luck the engines would drown out the sound.