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Thank JEBUS! All those years of suffering by 10% of the population...instantly halted:

   Left-Handed Underwear     [via AKRUSE]

Uh oh! Cars Most Likely To Get Ticketed [via bro-in-law #1]

PS: No, that is not a picture of me driving - that I know of...but it sure looks like it could be.

PPS: Wow, Scion is all over this list like a bad rash!

Obama accused of wearing "Mom Jeans" for World Series first pitch. [via SMcQUADE]

Hilarious....both the very story itself as well as the Obama response to the furor.

This is going to be funnier than Microsoft Bob:

   New Microsoft Stores to be right next to Apple Stores

...I mean, seriously, this is going to fail in any case...but to make it into a kamikaze attack makes it even more "Microsofty".

I totally want piss-powered cars!!!

   Urine Easier to Convert to Hydrogen Power

Teen Has To Self-Diagnose Own Crohn's

This could be the greatest thing to happen for the American people since the Emancipation Proclamation; true transparent government:

   TMZ to Papparazzi Politicians

Having their every move followed and reported on like celebrities do could really cut down on the hypocritical dirtbags in D.C.

...but more likely is that once politicians find out what celebrities have to go thru with this type of hounding they will quickly change the law to protect themselves instead of ignoring the problem like they have when it was other people suffering. (Wow, that sounds strangely familiar from Washington.) TMZ might end up slashing their own throat on both coasts.

Great advertising ploy by KFC; they get amazingly eye-catching advertising and normal citizens get tax-free road repair.

   KFC Offers To Fix Potholes in 5 Major Cities

...although this does start moving us even further towards the Minority Report future where advertising is so omnipresent it is more surprising NOT to see marketing on an object. (Fucking sports venue / Bowl game precedent!)

Where you going to store it all?

   What Does A Trillion Dollars Look Like?    [via Darryl]

DaaaaaAAAAAAAaaaaamn!

Sears Tower To Be Renamed

My prediction? Publicity stunt. (Willis Holding Group gambles that they can attempt to rename Sears Tower as their own OR if too much public backlash (as there definitely is) they graciously say "oh, we didn't know anyone would care, we are a British company named Willis Group Holdings. By the way, did you notice we are named Willis Group Holdings?" and look like hometown heroes with $10MM worth of free international press marketing. Win. Win. Timeframe: 1 week...name of tower announced to officially remain Sears Tower by "good guy" CEO of Willis.

Secondary Prediction: Someone just really likes Die Hard and wants this honorarium.

Breaking news for April about "throwback". [via bro-in-law #2]

[tanker truck pulls up]
He: "PLUG IT INTO MY VEINS!!!!!!!"

hee hee...

   Microsoft Zune sales down 54% percent over Christmas, Apple iPod sales (not even factoring in iPhone) up 3%.

Oops, Mr. Ballmer.

She signed us (Mother- and Father-in-Law, and I) up for the morning shift at Second Harvest Heartland. They are a regional "food bank"...which is a collector / distributor of food products - which then are moved along to food shelves where people get access to their allocations.

First we took a class they call "Hunger 101"...in which we did calculations on how to spend our income as different scenarios of typical users of the local food shelf. Father-in-Law and I were Angela and Miguel Gutierrez...with 3 kids. He worked part time...I worked full time...after all that, and rent, auto, utilities, healthcare and daycare we had exactly $6 / day for food. After running to the virtual grocery store we only ended up being able to buy 2700 calories we needed out of 9000 recommended for the entire family. So I filled out the actual 19-page form that is required to get assistance and we were able to score an extra $11/day...and even then we were unable to get the 9000 calories we needed per day. It is quite the minefield out there when you are barely scraping by. I can't even imagine trying to do all this in a second language.

After that learning experience we were off to the meat of the morning....repackaging food for delivery to the food shelves.

Apple nearly to 10% web share...highest percentage ever.

PS: The iPhone...yes, the iPhone... shortly going to pass Linux as a surfing platform. Wild!