Below is an email I received based upon my not-active-since 1999 membership in WAMALUG. I wonder if it is a real offer?

All bad grammar as in the original.

Hello, my name is Jodi and I am a casting producer for the show Wife Swap on ABC television. I am seeking families who involved in the subculture of adult Lego hobbyists. I saw you on the forum and thought you may be interested in applying!

Families on the show receive $20,000, and anyone that refers a family that is selected to be on our show is paid $1,000 per referral. Each family should consist of two parents, at least one child between the ages of 6-17, and should reside in the U.S. and have BIG, outgoing personalities.

If your unfamiliar with the show, the premise of Wife Swap is to take two different families and have the mom's switch place to experience how another family lives for one week. Half of the week, mom lives the life of the family she is staying with. The other half, she introduces a "rule change" where she implements rules and activities that her family has. It's a positive experience for people to not only learn, but teach other ways of life.

If you would like to apply, please EMAIL ME DIRECTLY at jodi.friedman@rdfusa.com with a family description, photo and phone number. Hope to hear from you!

-Jodi

Jodi Friedman
Casting Producer
ABC TV/ RDF Media
New York, NY
212.404.2447
jodi.friedman@rdfusa.com

(No link to WAMALUG since the website seems to be down now due to an expired domain name.)

A Burrito is not a Sandwich

Court wraps up argument over sandwich

It took a court ruling, testimony from both a chef and a high-ranking federal agriculture official, talks about culinary history and a precise dictionary definition to set the legal precedent that (gasp) a burrito is not a sandwich.

The contrary was the argument made by the St. Louis-based Panera Bread Co., which took the landlord of a shopping center in Shrewsbury, Mass., to court for leasing space to Qdoba Mexican Grill Inc., according to wire reports.

The cafe and sandwich chain invoked a clause in its lease with White City Shopping Center that forbids the property owner from renting space to another sandwich shop.

But, according to a Superior Court judge's ruling in Worcester, Mass., two pieces of bread-not a tortilla-are what make a sandwich, wire reports stated.

From Advisen.

Just back from a few days in Rome. Not much commentary to offer, just a few pictures of things that caught my eye. I was so overwhelmed by the city that I took far fewer pictures than I expected to take.

My current theory on the meaning of "Save The Cheerleader, Save The World" from Heroes.

1) Sylar steals brains because he gets the powers of the Heroes whose brains he takes, (And, I assume, eats) sort of like how Peter Petrelli seems to be able to "borrow" powers.

2) If Sylar steals the powers of Radioactive Man Ted, then steals the powers of Cheerleader Claire, he'll be able to generate huge amounts of radiation that would destroy normal Radioactive Man Ted, but combined with the healing powers of Cheerleader Claire Sylar will be able to withstand the effort.

3) This is what Hiro saw take out NYC in the future.

Probably wrong, but my current theory.

Processed cow dung as an alternative energy source.

"The wind isn't always blowing," noted David Dunn, a consultant for the power company. "But the cows are always going."

They sell what remains after processing as potting soil.

The brand name for this sterile, composted dung?

Moo Doo.

Science H. Logic!

The Truth About Cars has finally posted the winners of its Ten Worst Automobiles Today Awards.

Sadly, my wife's car made the list at number 3.

My failing defense of the 'Vous is present in the comments at the link.

I've been kicking around this posting meme idea for a few weeks and I finally got around to typing it up today.

I went into my browser (Firefox, if you're interested), went to the address bar and typed in each letter of the alphabet to see which website came up first as a suggested destination URL.

My results are below. I'm not sure if this has any meaning, but I do think it is interesting.

A is for amazon

B is for blogger

C is for cafepress

D is for drudgereport

E is for ebay

F is for freerepublic

G is for gizmodo

H is for hartford.craigslist

I is for ingdirect

J is for jalopnik

K is for kinze

L is for login.yahoo

M is for my.yahoo

N is for news.lugnet

Nothing for O

Nothing for P

Nothing for Q

R is for retirementplan.wellsfargo

S is for saysuncle

T is for tommcmahon

U is for us.etrade

V is for video.google

W is for wired

Nothing for X

Y is for youtube

Nothing for Z

Government is to school as public is to
A) Joke
B) School
C) Frighten
D) Sad

Fourth Grader Suspended After Refusing to Answer Exam Question

McCarthy's May 6, 2005, letter to Tyler's mother detailed her son's suspension. "The fact that Tyler chose to simply refuse to work on the WASL after many reasonable requests is none other than blatant defiance and insubordination," McCarthy wrote.

Remember when not doing your school work just meant you'd get a bad grade. Now it'll get you suspended from school.

How's that for an incentive system? Don't do your school work and we'll kick you out for a while.

This could only be worse if they then arrested the poor kid for truancy while he was serving out his suspension.

Why didn't he want to answer the question?

Then Tyler came upon this question: "While looking out the window one day at school, you notice the principal flying in the air. In several paragraphs, write a story telling what happens."

Tyler's initial thoughts would have been embarrassing and mean. So even after repeated requests by school personnel, and ultimately the principal herself, Tyler left the answer space blank. "He didn't want them to know what he was thinking, that she was a witch on a broomstick," says Tyler's mother, Amanda Wolfe.

Seems like Tyler was right after all.

Know your logos.



I saw about 3 minutes of NASCAR on the TV yesterday and was surprised to see that my bank had a car in the race.

Turns out they don't, but the logo is so close that at 150 mph I couldn't tell the difference.

John Kerry IS A Botched Joke!