Distractions

• Cell phone entrpreneurship in Afganistan.
  
• It's amazing the things that people will confess anonymously and publicly.
• Jihad: The Musical. Because there are very few things that cannot be made more horrific by the addition of overwrought solos and jazz hands.
  
• The world's ugliest car has been retored. No one is exactly sure why.
• Convert all those old VHS and Hi-8 tapes to DVDs. Then, in a few years, convert them again to the next format. (PS, buy me one anyway.)
• Revolutionary War history comes to life in Vermont. They built a bridge by lugging the supports onto the ice then sinking them. Brilliant.
• The Dark Side is corrupting our children through their toys and candy.
• Who exactly is Stanley Bing?
• Transparent computer screens. Well, not really - just something computer geeks do in their spare time to freak out onlookers.
• What do those warning signs really mean? Well, they don't mean this.
• The solar death ray. Really. I suggest melting a few of these.
• A $100 potato chip. Some people are clever, others aren't very bright. Some people are sellers, others are buyers. Same people in both cases this time.
• Claim it's for weight loss, and you can sell just about anything.
• Never, never, never pass out around college roomates.
• Japanese technology companies try out all sorts of odd ideas in the markets of Akihabara.
• Spam love.
• Lego-based Batman movie. Still superior to the George Clooney version.
  

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