Britney Spears in minor car accident

I realize this is old news by now (story here) but it was too amusing to pass up, and a couple of comments are in order here...

Spears was in stop-and-go traffic when her car struck a 2006 Nissan in front of her that had stopped. The Nissan then pushed forward into another vehicle. No damage was noted to any of the vehicles.

I don't know how many of these kind of accidents you've been in. I rear-ended somebody in "stop-and-go traffic" in my lifted Suburban last summer and ended up with $4000 in damage. I can't conceive how you can hit a car hard enough to push him into the next car and still not have any damage. My guess is that people were paid to not notice any damage.

Finally... WTF is this woman doing driving a car?! How many examples of her poor driving judgment do we need before her license is revoked? Obviously somebody is using an entirely different numbering system when adding up her driving record points.

Mascots Gone Wild

Crayola Continues Its Progressive Bent

There are certain American icons that we rely on for stability in this topsy-turvy world. For many decades, Crayola had the honor and responsibility of setting the standard for color names. Burnt Umber was simply brown until Crayola called it Burnt Umber. Whether it was 8, 16, or 64 colors, Crayola defined color.
This isn't the first time that Crayola has caved in and renamed some of it's colors, we've begrudgingly accepted that a little change is occasionally necessary. We gradually accepted the trendy shift that introduced colors associated with well-known objects, eg. 'Macaroni & Cheese'.

But this time they've gone too far. It would have been barely tolerable to give the colors names of emotions (eg. 'Envy Green'). These latest changes, however, have to be a discouraging forecast of impending mamby-pambyism.
Without cheating, see if you can tell me what color is:
1) super happy
2) fun in the sun
3) giving tree
4) bear hug
5) happy ever after
6) famous
7) best friends
8) awesome

(OK, if you insist on cheating, here is the story that prompted this post.)

People, this has to be stopped or the next step will be:

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i don't know how this could have happened.

Rare skiing accident in the Keweenaw

I don't have much pity for snowboarders.
Anyway, here is the story.

Public Restroom Question #38:

I'm generally in favor of dental hygiene, but when I stumble across things like this, it actually makes me a little queasy. I'm not microphobic, but let's face some facts - there is some nasty nasty business that takes place in public restrooms, by some nasty nasty people, that have no qualms about leaving their nastiness behind for others. So much nastiness that it can easily permeate the entire restroom even after the more scrupulous visitors. I, therefore, keep my visits seldom, short, and with minimal contact. I would not walk barefoot or take food into a public restroom. Brushing your teeth in there just seems counter-productive if you ask me.

ps. i thought it would be interesting to use only pre-existing tags for this post.

DB Cooper Where Are You

Expert: Parachute not D.B. Cooper's
AMBOY, Wash., April 1 (UPI) -- An old parachute found in rural Washington last week wasn't used by skyjacker D.B. Cooper back in 1971, an expert said Monday night.

Earl Cossey told The (Portland) Oregonian Monday night an FBI agent took the parachute to his home last Friday and asked him if he believed it could be the one Cooper used when he leaped from a Northwest Airlines flight the night of Nov. 24, 1971, with $200,000 in ransom money.

"Not even close, not even close," said Cossey, who packed the four parachutes given to Cooper.

An agent in the FBI's Seattle office told The Oregonian the law enforcement agency wanted to take one more step Tuesday before commenting.

The mystery of what happened to Cooper after he leaped from the jetliner that night remains unsolved.

/look for it to appear on EBay shortly

Update: Heals may be on to something here. Could this be DB Cooper?