Marketing Stunt Terrorizes Boston. Chaos Ensues! Mayor Furious!
Boston authorities shut down a highway and turned out the bomb squads on fears of terrorism after spotting a “slew of blinking electronic signs” on bridges and other high-profile spots across the city.

Yep, that dangerous looking milkshake in LED looks like a terrorist to me!

Of course, the signs turned out to be nothing more than a creative advertising campaign for “Aqua Teen Hunger Force,” a cartoon about a group of mystery-solving fast food items to be shown on Cartoon Network TV. Still, the mayor is threatening to sue Turner Broadcasting.

BTW, which Aqua Teen Hunger Force character are you? (I’m Master Shake)

Al Franken to run for Senate

Speaking of terror, rumor has it that failed radio mogul Al Franken is going to run for the US Senate in Minnesota, taking on incumbent Norm Coleman.

The news was not unexpected. Franken has been calling members of the Minnesota congressional delegation for their input on a run and he announced this week he would be leaving his show on Air America Radio on Feb. 14. He told listeners he would be making a decision on a race soon.

The only stunning news in all this is that Franken still has listeners.

BTW, Franken’s political action committee is the “Midwest Values PAC”, which (according to OpenSecrets.org) seems to rake in the most money from NY, CA, OR, WA, and in general every but the Midwest!

Look at the size of that tumor. It’s huge!*
A woman kept telling the doctors that her weight gain wasn’t due to her eating habits. Diagnosed with diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity, Taquela Hilton finally got a doctor to listen after at least 12 years.

The result was an operation that removed a 93 pound benign tumor – an ovarian cyst.

* Said in your best “Tiny Elvis” voice

Idiotic Headline of the Day
Bush, Dems Have Different Economic Views

Hey Planet Earth, Put a Cork In IT!
Volcanic pressure in Indonesia has been pushing out mud since May of last year, displacing 10,000 people and closing 20 factories. And it doesn’t show any signs of slowing.

To stop it, geophysicists are going to drop 4,000 concrete balls that have been chained together in sets of four into the volcano’s mouth. Even they don’t think they can stop the flaming-hot mud’s progress all together, but hope to create enough “friction” as the mud has to navigate through the barrier to significantly slow the flow. Says one “scientist”:

It will make the mud tired. We’re killing the mud softly.

Uh-huh. Sounds more like using BB’s to stop a fire hose to me. This is the volcanic force of the planet Earth we’re talking about here — the same forces that move tectonic plates around.

Milk Beer
When the United States gets a surplus of milk, our government turns to subsidies to prop up the dairy farmers. In Japan, an innovative liquor store owner turned his region’s excess milk inventory into beer, soon to be marketed under the brand name “Bilk”.

I wonder how it’ll taste on cereal?