THIS HAS BEEN A BUSY WEEK!!!! So busy, in fact, that I'm posting stuff here from one of my other web sites... Enjoy the free cross-plug!!!

Actor/comic Bernie Mac dies from pneumonia at a Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

Junk Mail Produces as Much CO2 as 7 States Combined

WEIRD OF THE WEEK: SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A woman who made news around the world when she had five pups cloned from her beloved pit bull Booger looked very familiar to some who saw her picture: She's the same woman who 31 years earlier was accused of abducting a Mormon missionary in England, handcuffing him to a bed and making him her sex slave.

DUPE OF THE WEEK: ...Let's talk about the viral marketing myth. It's been claimed that this was a marketing stunt for both Cloverfield 2, (could make sense) and the Cartoon Network show "Cryptids are Real". Newsday has done a great job covering the Montauk Monster, but did everyone forget about the article regarding "Splinterheads" (new movie about carnival subculture) that's being filmed in Patchogue?

Soul legend Isaac Hayes dies

By bending light, researchers appear closer to creating invisibility cloak... I think I saw this story last year... didn't I? I think the best part of this article is one of the comments... As a middle aged white guy, I've been invisible to politicians and the media for years now. - Stinky_Wizzleteats

BIGFOOT BODY FOUND - EVIDENCE AND DNA DETAILS TO BE PRESENTED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 15th... Well, thank goodness for that... I'll get right on it...

While I was napping, Beaumont Retrogress snuck up on me... is "snuck" a word?

CULINARY DELIGHT OF THE WEEK: Eat rats for snacks, says Indian official

Meet Gordon, probably the world's first robot controlled exclusively by living brain tissue... Brains????

OLYMPIC NEWS: Phelps helps score ratings gold

FUN READ OF THE WEEK: InfomercialScams.com - The views expressed on this website are not that of infomercial scams.com, but rather those of extremely pissed off customers who believe that they have been scammed by infomercial products and/or companies...

Well, I'm glad I won my McNuggets, anyway...

ATLANTA (AP) An appeals court has upheld guilty pleas of 14 people in a multimillion-dollar scheme to cash in on embezzled winning game pieces in McDonald's restaurants promotional games.

The 14 were among dozens indicted in 2001 in the $20 million fraud involving games such as ``Monopoly'' and ``Who Wants to be a Millionaire.'' They pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Although one was sentenced to a year in prison, the others got probation and were ordered to pay restitution.

Convictions of four men who went to trial in Jacksonville, Fla., were overturned in 2004 by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which said the indictment failed to allege that they knew the game pieces were stolen.

A three-judge 11th Circuit panel declined similar relief Tuesday for 14 of 47 who pleaded guilty.

Prosecutors said the scheme was led by Jerome Jacobson of Lawrenceville, Ga., former director of security for Simon Marketing Inc., which ran the games for McDonald's.

The indictment said that beginning in 1989, Jacobson embezzled more than $20 million worth of winning game pieces and distributed them to people who redeemed them or recruited others to redeem them for prizes, some valued as much as $1 million.

Red Sonja is coming...

A sweet grandmother telephoned St. Joseph's Hospital. She timidly asked,
'Is it possible to speak to someone who can tell me how a patient is doing?'

The operator said, 'I'll be glad to help, dear.
What's the name and room number?'

The grandmother in her weak tremulous voice said,
'Norma Findlay, Room 302.'

The operator replied, 'Let me place you on hold
while I check with her nurse.'

After a few minutes the operator returned to the phone
and said, 'Good news.

Her nurse has told me that Norma is doing very well.
Her blood pressure is fine. Her blood work just came back as
normal and her Physician, Dr. Cohen, has scheduled her to be
discharged Tuesday.'

The grandmother said, 'Thank you. That's wonderful! I was so worried!
God bless you for the good news.'

The operator replied, 'You're more than welcome. Is Norma your daughter?'

The Grandmother said, 'No, I'm Norma Findlay in 302. No one tells me nothing

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who has noticed the amazing "Grocery Shrink Ray"...

The CONSUMERIST is there...

Here's the NPR Inteview...

For me, I was always suspecious of the price of ice...
I rememeber back to 10 pounds for a dollar. Now, if you can find 10 pounds, it's between $1.49 to $2.09.

Some think we don't notice...