As part of a recent attempt to bust a myth about what can and can’t be shot out of a cannon, the “Mythbusters” team went to a local bomb disposal range to test out some theories. They were supposed to be firing their homemade cannon at tanks filled with water, but one cannonball got away, and went on an adventure the likes of which haven’t been seen since that one meatball rolled off a plate of spaghetti.

The cantaloupe-sized cannonball missed the water, tore through a cinder-block wall, skipped off a hillside and flew some 700 yards east, right into the Tassajara Creek neighborhood, where children were returning home from school at 4:15 p.m., authorities said.

There, the 6-inch projectile bounced in front of a home on quiet Cassata Place, ripped through the front door, raced up the stairs and blasted through a bedroom, where a man, woman and child slept through it all – only awakening because of plaster dust.

The ball wasn’t done bouncing.

It exited the house, leaving a perfectly round hole in the stucco, crossed six-lane Tassajara Road, took out several tiles from the roof of a home on Bellevue Circle and finally slammed into the Gill family’s beige Toyota Sienna minivan in a driveway on Springvale Drive. [SF Gate]

Make no mistake, residents of Tassajara Creek: this was an act of aggression. The property damage alone demands retaliation. The busters of myths may try to paint this as an accident, a misfire, or an innocent mistake, but this type of unilateral show of force simply can NOT be tolerated. If you allow them to pass off this rogue cannonball tearing through your homes as mere error, where does it end? Will you wait for them to launch a frozen chicken towards your hospitals, or catapult a pumpkin through through your schools?

No. We must stand united. We must not bend or break. At dawn, we storm their mythbusting compound and we demand recompense. If recompense cannot be granted, then we demand BLOOD. Or at least that Jamie stop wearing that stupid beret. The most basic elements of our free society require it.

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Psych (USA) – Season finale.  The Yang character is back to help solve the disappearance of a woman.  Fact: I watch this show solely for the faces Gus makes throughout the episode.  They are DEE-lightful.

A Home for the Holidays (CBS) – CBS’s benefit to raise awareness for adoption, which is a really great cause.  Also worth noting is that Katy Perry performs, and she has a habit of wearing naughty get-ups to events like this.  I’ll keep you posted.

Mythbusters (Discovery Channel) – An entire episode dedicated to Operation Valkyrie?  Look, I like this show, but myths are a finite resource, like oil and Christmas cookies.  They may be getting scarce.

Million Dollar Money Drop (FOX) – God I hope someone gets hosed again so I can post more videos of cute animals tomorrow.

Best of Diners, Drive-Ins, & Dives (Food Network) – Guy Fieri dresses and talks like a 40 year old narc trying to infiltrate a high school clique by sounding “hip.”  He is not to be trusted.

Full Throttle Saloon (TruTV) – I refuse to look up anything about this show.  The title is too perfect.  Facts would just ruin it.

WWE Salutes the Troops (USA) – Another good cause.  According to TV Guide, Sherri Shepherd of “The View” is appearing.  I’m prepared to offer $500 to the first person to hit her with a steel chair.  I’m pretty sure I’m not even joking.

"Here, take this cat."

Mythbusters (Discovery) — President Barack Obama asks the MythBusters to show Luke Scott and other birthers his birth certificate. No, not really: he has them use a bunch of kids to test one of the legends about Archimedes.

Hookers: Saved on the Strip (ID) — As noted by a commenter when we first learned about this show, a far superior program would be “Hookers: Shaved on the Strip.”

The Eight-Limbed Boy (TLC) — As usual, Drew Magary gets to the good jokes first: “I would have preferred the title Spiderboy, but you can’t always get what you want. Join TLC as they profile a six-year-old Indian boy who has a parasitic twin.”

Top Chef (Bravo) — Joe Jonas serves as a guest judge. What the hell does Jonas know about taste? Well, he HAS nailed Demi Lovato and Ashley Greene.

Ghost Hunters (Syfy) — Season finale. For the 126th consecutive episode, the ghost hunters find no real evidence of ghosts, because ghosts don’t exist. I can’t wait for Season 7!

The TV President. Barack Obama is all up in your television set: he’ll be on the December 8th episode of “Mythbusters” that tests a previously busted Archimedes myth, and next Wednesday he’ll become the first sitting president to appear on “The Daily Show.” Yay, I just can’t get enough politics in my TV watching.

Endangered animals make Don Draper sad. An A-Z guide on endangered animals and the A-holes who keep killing them. [Uproxx]

The new trailer for Scream 4 (I refuse to write Scre4m). “In the trailer, new Scream expository dialogue guys Rory Culkin and Erik Knudsen explain to us the rules of the modern horror movie, which are themselves a parody of old horror movie rules, which the original Scream parodied.  The new movie, which is itself a parody, promises to parody those new rules, which are themselves parodies, as well as being a worthy parody of the original Scream, which was of course a parody.” [FilmDrunk]

Goodbye, beloved violence. The NFL faces a thorny dilemma in dialing back the number of concussions caused by the game. [With Leather]

Oh great, robotic jetpacks. The next step in this story: Skynet becomes self-aware. [Gamma Squad]

Guh. In case you haven’t seen it yet: the video for nine-year-old Willow Smith’s “Whip My Hair.” It features a lot of hair-whipping. [Smoking Section]

Starz is the next HBO. This is a terrific profile on Starz CEO Chris Albrecht, the charismatic mastermind who oversaw the start of HBO’s original programming before publicly choking his girlfriend in Las Vegas and getting fired in 2007. [GQ]

CW making ‘Glee’ copycat. It’s about a musical summer camp, and I can’t wait to not watch it. [Deadline]

Stephen Colbert jokingly walks off ‘The View.’ This is pretty dull to me, but everybody else seems to be posting it, so here you go. Video below.

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Tosh.0 (Comedy Central) — The closest thing left to “appointment viewing television” this summer (until “Mad Men” begins), Mr. Tosh gives the bi-polar and schizophrenic, “Looking for a Girlfriend Guy” a Web Redemption.   This young stud’s video overture kicks off with detailed information about his contact lenses, with a seamless transition into talking about his d*ck.  So what’s the problem?

Toddlers and Tiaras (TLC) — Appointment viewing television for pedophiles and psychotic mothers.

Mythbusters (Discovery) — Ugh, more duct-tape myths.  Mythbuster Kari Byron could probably pass for Christina Hendricks’ uglier, fatter sister.  Wait, she was just pregnant?  Well maybe not her fatter sister then. 

Man v. Food (Travel) — Host Adam Richman stops for Sushi in exotic…….. Salt Lake City, Utah.  Meh, give me “Man vs. Wild” any day.

Billy the Exterminator (A&E) — This show’s tagline should read, “Making ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’ Appear Regal.”

Justin Bieber: My World (E!) — “Justin Bieber’s life and career are the focus.”  This has to be an hour long?  I mean how dare they take away precious airtime from “Kourtney and Khloe Derp Miami.”

Germany vs. Spain (Replay) (ESPN2) — I really think the Germans could have pulled out a win if they wore their throw-back uniforms.  You know, black shorts, khaki shirt, red arm band….

The Real World (MTV) — Apparently, one of the cast members ends up in hospital in this, the second episode of the 24th Season—so they seem to be right on track.  Pedro must be spinning in his grave.  This show needs more C.H.U.D’s!