This is why I'm snot...

When I hear this song on the radio I turn the station almost immediately. I don't like being force-fed a song until I find myself repeating the lyrics (or lack of). Jen has pointed me to a "graphical dissertation on the number one song in America" that has opened my eyes to what I was missing. Very good.

Ever wonder about the view from the top of the world?

Take a look.

What's up with Micheal Vick?

Athletes are under the spotlight more than the average Joe but come on. I think Michael Vick is trying to claim another NFL record. Let me count the recent news articles: 1, 2, 3 times in less than a week, none of them especially uplifting. This recent string of events is a little embarrassing, but after the latest incident Vick has seen the light and said, "It's a call for me to really tighten down on who I'm trying to take care of. When it all boils down, people will try to take advantage of you and leave you out to dry. Lesson learned for me." I guess we'll see...

A UGA football player expelled?

UGA linebacker Akeem Hebron has been arrested again on an alcohol-related charge. Evidently he threatened a bartender when he was denied entry into the Village Idiot. The ABH website quoted the GA athletic association alcohol policy of "a player involved in a first-time alcohol offense be suspended for at least ten percent of the season. In a second offense NOT involving DUI or a controlled substance, the player will be suspended from competition for NOT less than 30 percent of the season and perform no less than 40 hours of community service. There is a possible loss of scholarship. Hebron already was suspended for two games following his early morning arrest on February 25th for underage possession of alcohol." On Wednesday, UGA updated it's alcohol policy stating, "Any student who violates the drug and alcohol policy for the first time will now have to take an alcohol awareness class and will be placed on probation for the next two regular semesters. If judicial programs officials find that a student has committed a second violation during the probationary period, the student will be suspended from the university for the remainder of the semester as well as the following regular semester."

Sounds like Akeen Hebron has alot more to worry about than a football suspension.

Celebreties in trouble (this week)

I would list the big three as:

1) Richard Gere and the warrent for his arrest in India
2) Hugh Grant (again) and his bean rage
and
3) Alec Baldwin (although this was last week I believe) and his nasty voicemail

I want one of these...

..will you buy it for me?

Design Within Reach, the furniture retailer, is collaborating with Airstream to develop a trailer for the mobile young modernist —“rock climbers, surfers, dot-com guys,” said Christopher Deam, the San Francisco architect in charge of the project, “who want to work anywhere with cellphones and wi-fi connections.” The trailer has kitchen cabinets lined with green plastic laminate, right, a Nelson Ball Clock and a dinette with cushions upholstered in striped fabric by Paul Smith, the fashion designer, which doubles as a bed (the table slides down to align with the seats and the cushions serve as a mattress). It also has a separate bedroom, a flat-screen TV, an antenna and phone jacks. “At some campgrounds, you can pull in and plug all that stuff in, and wire it like an extension of your house,” Mr. Deam said. The 16-foot trailer will be $49,066, in early June, through dwr.com or Airstream dealers: (877) 596-6111. ELAINE LOUIE

A bunch of old drunks

I don't know alot about golf. Actually, I find it a bit slow, but this is pretty much what I imagined happening most of the time.

That's why I prefer Google Maps

If you use Mapquest often, you probably have sympathy for all of these people.

What has your baby been eating?

Here's an interesting article on what is in pet food. Yummy.

What shade of brown?

This should not be a suprise after China's role in the contaminated pet food scandel. They need some serious Quality Control in their factories. Too bad Don Imus isn't around to make a joke out of it.

And you wonder why pork is considered the dirty meat.

Ya know that stink about contaminated pet food that has everyone up in arms? Well, I think it's about to get a tad bit crazier. That next bite of bacon or pork chops could be filled with delicious, nutritious melamine. Actually, I'm just being dramatic. The hunt is really on however to see if there's contaminated pork products in America's freezers. A diet of food waste, rendered animals, and the occasional pill is common knowledge of folks involved with the hog industry, but few realized dog food waste was also a dietary supplement. You learn something new everyday.

As if we don't have enough to worry about.

Well, if you are tired of getting your Salmonella poinsoning from raw chickens, eggs, or potato salad, here's a new matrix that is guaranteed to be the hit at any party. Rattlesnake capsules.

New World Order

News is trickling in on a new planet outside our solar system that possibly contains water, meaning we can possibly live on it. It's circling a red dwarf star 120 trillion miles away, but that's suppose to be pretty darn close in astronomical terms. We found it just in time since this one is about worn out.

So long and thanks for all the pollen...

Well, it's been a while since I posted so I figured I would get started again with an issue I've been hearing around various sites and scientific circles. The undeniable loss of the domesticated honeybee. The issue has alarmed environmentalists, entomologists, and horticulturists everywhere. Why? Well, the modern world's entire food supply is practically built around them. If you have no bees, ya get no pollination of our wonderful crops. No pollination, no fertilization, no fruits and vegetables. I guess we better start genetically modifying all our plants to make them self pollinating. Here's the latest suggestion of why the bees are disappearing. So if this turns out to be true, our options are the collapse of mankind's food chain or the loss of being able to vote for my favorite American Idol. I really am torn on this issue...