"You Can't Fire Me, I Text!"

In a bizarre preview of what may some day be the way these things are done, the Defense Minister of the country of Timor-Leste, Jose Ramon-Horta, resigned from his position via a simple text message:

“I do not wish to be associated with the present government or with any government involving Mr. Alkatiri."

What's amazing is that he didn't use anyof those annoying and inscrutable abbreviations.

And there is no truth to the rumor that Mr. Ramon-Horta is a silicon-based lifeform that secretes a powerful acid and can burrow through solid rock. After all, his name is hyphenated, which means that he married a silicon-based lifeform that secretes a powerful acid and can burrow through solid rock.