Scott emails the management and reports on the latest theft of our greatest (and lone) line:

Signs of life on Mars – but don’t get excited
By Stephen Cauchi, Science Reporter
February 11, 2004

Evidence of life on Mars? Sadly, no. The two objects in the centre of the photo are clearly artificial – the parachute and backshell discarded by NASA’s rover Opportunity just before it bounced down on January 25. [Emphasis added]

In unrelated news, we were watching I’m engaged to Jonah Goldberg My Big Fat Obnoxious Fianc? last night and it was actually quite funny. We wonder how much longer it will be before “contestants” realize that the “game” they are told they’re playing is likely not actually the game that is going on.