Wilco is my new favorite thing. Their performance at Lolla was fan-tass-teek.

I am in love with how fucking crazy Mel Gibson is. I cannot wait for Southpark to do "Passion of the Jew : Part 2."

The women in my family have a strange habit of buying trashy tabloids, reading them, and then gifting the other women in the family with them. Two days ago, my grandma swung by to drop off some garden-fresh tomatoes, and with them she brought two issues of People magazine.

I of course read the one about how crazy Mel Gibson is, because I don't give a shit how gay Lance Bass is.

The tabloid didn't tell me anything I didn't already arrogantly assume, but I did discover this fantastic article in a group of articles about unusual themes for kids' birthday parties:

Jim Lehrer?
It could be worse: Every night Henry Schally, 3, begs his parents to watch PBS's The Newshour With Jim Lehrer. When he misses it, he asks to hear the podcast. "That's all we listen to in the car, over and over," says his mom, Jennifer, 35, an office manager in St. Paul, Minn. Henry's dad, Troy, 35, a computer programmer, likes to watch the show but never expected his son to become a hard-core fan. "You don't get to choose what your little 3-year-old becomes obsessed with," says Mom. When asked if he'd like to include the show in his party, Henry said, "Oh yeah, Mommy, I want Jim on the cake!"
Gwen Ifill, Too!: Jennifer asked Newshour for permission to use an image of the cast as cake frosting. The show agreed and sent cast photos as birthday presents-including an autographed shot of Lehrer.
Extras: Guests wore hats featuring all four stars. After present time, Henry acted like a regular kid and blew bubbles.

(The caption of a picture of little Henry smiling at his Jim Lehrer cake is, "'Why are those gentlemen on Henry's cake?' asked one young guest.")

posted at 7:27 PM by Alison

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