Today's Mystery Bathroom

This is too easy, but just for fun: name the address where this picture was taken. Only hint: it's downtown Minneapolis. Well?

That's Tammy Grimes, if you're curious. Answer at the bottom.

SCIENCE! You've heard about the mysterious rock that appeared on Mars by the Opportunity rover. As the articles note somewhat breathlessly, scientists are stumped. The Independant:

If you're imagining eggheads staggering out of a conference room with a fat lips and beefsteaks packed over swollen eyes, that's probably wrong. You'd like to think that "nothing we've ever seen before" means "organic material seething with electrical activity reminiscent of brainwaves," but it just means "gosh, we haven't seen that mineral in such concentrations before." A bit disappointing, but on the other hand we have robots analyzing things on Mars, which is astonishing.

Speaking of which: ABC reports on a mission that may have slipped your mind.

Indeed it has. Anyway, the ESA has been asking for good wake-up call ideas, and will use the winner to rouse Rosetta. After which it will land a probe on a comet. Amazing. But back to that Mars rock. Here's the before-and-after picture. I've highlighted the area where the rock appeared. As many noted, doesn't it look as if there was a donut-like spot before the rock appeared? A saucer, waiting for a cup?

As others have noted: looks a lot like ancient paving stones, doesn't it. They know the truth about Mars, and yet they're covering it up!

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Which brings us around to Cracked, where Luke McKinney has written the definitive demolition of serial plagiarist Sunny ButtRoast, or whatever you wish to call him. It's funnier and more more creative than anything its subject ever stole, let alone created. Rough language here and there. Comments from some very thick people, too.

Then again, it's not just Shia.

That's a charitable reaction. Turns out, no. And it's part of the PLAGIARISM EPIDEMIC in the poetry world.

ANSWER Okay. In the mirror, there's a towel on the rack. Flip it around . . .

The still is from the fourth season of "Route 66," which had three episodes shot in Minneapolis. I'll save the opening shots for the summer; they concern the Aquatennial, and involve roving clowns with fire-axes.