The metafilter thread on this incident has become much wankier than is usual for mefi. Large amounts of RTFA! and NO U! and "I'm sure I could have done a much better job, personally, of managing a large arts fund that I know nothing about."

To make up for all the unfunny, here are a few highlights that amused me:

And then he apparently set a small boy afloat in some sort of balloon?

Neil's neck in no way resembles a pencil

It's actually not just one, but several parallel universes in which he's a science fiction writer. About twice as many parallel universes that the ones in which he's a street busker.

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI PAID NEIL ARMSTRONG $45 MILLION DOLLARS TO TALK TO HOWARD DEAN'S MOTHER ABOUT PENCIL-NECKED WEASELS? I'M OUTRAGED.