More Bullets Than Charlton Heston

Duck:

• Anyone see the VMAs last night? Lot of booty shakin' going on. Must be tough being a non booty-shaking female in the pop music business.
  
• Anyone read about the cigarette industry's manipulation of nicotine levels over the past decade? Apparently, in the face of a dwindling consumer base, RJ Reynolds and friends have been secretly adding nicotine to cigarettes to make them more addictive. That's one way to keep customers. Now if only I could find a way to make my dwindling readership additcted to Kwotebel ... A weekly boobies feature perhaps?
  
• USA basketball is eliminated from gold medal contention at the World Championships by Greece. Wow. I wonder who'll get blamed. It was much easier for the critics when George Thompson coached the national team, or when players like Allen Iverson were on the team, but here, coached by the virtuous Mike Krzyzewski, and featuring non-threatening players like D. Wade and Shane Battier, who will the venom be directed at? Go USA?
  
• This is the funniest "where babies come from" illustrated book, ever!
  
• Some people complain when professional athletes hold out for higher salaries arguing that the players should be grateful to earn so much more than the average worker. I wish a player had the guts to say: the day millions of people tune in to watch what you do at work you can tell me what's a good salary for me, until then, STFU.
  
• Looks like the weather along the east coast will suck this weekend, nonetheless, enjoy the long weekend.