3 things on my mind

Filthy Cabs
You know that indentation behind the cab's inside door handle? I saw one this weekend that really did resemble a petri dish. And there was enough garbage on the floor to make one think that the cab was used as a float in the Puerto Rican Day parade. If this happens to you, I implore you: Do not tip the driver. No one should feel like they need to be autoclaved when they get out of the car. And for the love of God, Mr. Cab driver, how about investing in a package of Pledge Wipes? Anything would help.


Your leggings
July is in full swing, the humidity is through the roof. What to wear, you wonder? If the answer is leggings, I'd like to say the following to you:
Lady, it's 90 degrees out. Those leggings? I want to use my stiletto to rip them off your sweaty limbs. Save leggings for winter!




Buttered toast
Do you know how hard it is for a line cook to butter toast? Apparently, it very, very difficult. It backs the whole kitchen up. Or so the latest wave of waiters and waitresses would have you think. It's not like I'm asking you to cut my crusts off (full disclosure: it's crossed my mind) -- I'm asking you to finish the job you started. Toast, in typical American breakfast establishments, is made up of one part bread, one part butter. When you don't butter it in the kitchen, the bread is too cold to melt the butter once its made its way to my table five minutes later. And the rest of my food gets cold as I try to finish the job you started. Can we please work on this?

Harry Fodder: There really are no words for this

There is so much that is wrong with this photo, I don't know where to begin. This photo is from the new issue of Details. As my gay friend just said, "If you aren't gay, you really shouldn't pose for Details. Wait, let me rephrase: You really just shouldn't pose for Details." I'm not sure what chemical will erase this from my mind's eye, but I need to get a hold of it, and fast.

iWant my iPhone

I've been away for a week, so I've managed to avoid most of the iPhone hype. No longer.

iWant my iPhone.

On Sunday, iVisited the Apple store, iFooled around with the iPhone, and iFound it to be everything iWanted it to be, and more.

iNeed it, and iNeed it soon. Stay tuned.

A curious connection: Wikipedia, Chris Benoit and Floyd Landis

Fox News just reported the latest twist in the Chris Benoit homicide/suicide: That an anonymous user operating from a computer in Stamford, CT (home base for the WWE) posted an entry to Chris Benoit's Wikipedia biography announcing the death of Chris' wife Nancy some 13 hours before the authorities in Georgia found her body. http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,287194,00.html

The posting reads: “Chris Benoit was replaced by [Johnny Nitro] for the ECW Championship match at Vengeance, as Benoit was not there due to personal issues, stemming from the death of his wife Nancy.”

At first brush it would sound like Chris posted to his own site: but he could not have since he was in Georgia and the post originated from a computer in Connecticut. It begs the question: Did Chris alert someone at the WWE earlier than what the WWE claims?

While this instance of Wiki sleuthing could possibly work against the folks at the WWE, who've already taken heat for memorializing the death of Chris during the early hours of this case, one person who's benefited from the site's open-use policies is beleaguered Tour de France winner-turned alleged doper Floyd Landis.

Landis invoked the "Wiki Defense," actually posting his entire defense online in the hopes that experts in the fields of chemistry, law, statistics, etc., would come to his side -- and they did. Prior to his Wiki Defense, Floyd was a guilty long before the world understood the difference between and A and B sample; now he seems to have genuine hope that his name will be cleared.

Online communities, and Wikipedia in particular, have come under fire repeatedly in newsrooms and classrooms alike, as these cyberspaces are more easily sourced than they are policed. It seems clear, however, that the time has come for even the naysayers to take note. While these sights may not be the perfect organ for reporting, they definitely can no longer be ignored.

UPDATE: Wikipedia user admits changing Benoit entry http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/29/wrestler.ap/index.html

Nancy's little jurists

I can't let the week go by without congratulating Nancy on her new husband and children. Was it hormones that caused her to act so batshit crazy when I was on her show last? I'd like to think so. At any rate, congratulations, dear.

(ed. note: It's been bandied about over the past few days that now that Nancy has found a husband, and dusted off the cobwebs in her uterus, there is hope for us all. My wise friend just reminded me, "I probably would not use Nancy as a baromoter for my life." Touché.

I'm a lover, not a hater....

Which is why I have to ask, is Ann Coulter really that much different from Bill Maher? Really, their shtick is bascially the same. Should we maybe lay off her a little bit?

SPF, WTF?

Why is SPF 15 so hard to find? I walked away from the CVS feeling like a bad person, because I don't want SPF 50, or above. I've been to at least three stores, and no one seems to stock SPF 15, or even 20. (To be fair, I've seen plenty of SPF 4s, but that just seems like a waste of money.) I mean, I don't want cancer any more than the next person, but I don't think it's too much to ask to stock some stuff that lets the sun in, at least a little.