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You say tomAHto, I say tomAYto,

let’s call the spelling bee a draw…

And you wonder who ever came up with the idea of making ketchup…

The fight started around 1940, but nobody knows why. Some say it was because of General Francisco Franco, remembered in America not for his dictatorial or even his tomato fighting skills, but for his ability to remain dead (see: Chevy Chase’s comedy career)

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The role that Tom Hanks played in ‘The Terminal’ will now be played by real life Ayi Nii Aryee, an 18-year-old soccer player from Ghana. He can’t leave the airport.

Aryee, who has seen the movie, admits that during his six weeks stuck in an airport in the Phillipines he has not had any airport romances. [Reuters]

I say just wrap yourself up as a big bottle of gelled hair goop and they gotta throw you out of there.

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Lance Armstrong got tired of buddying up with Matthew McConaughey, decides to party all night with Paris Hilton. [Page Six] I do believe Paris will eventually fuck every man in America. You just have to wait your turn.

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How Much Is That Doggie Penis in the window IKEA ad? Much ado in the press about a pic of a dog with a body part that doesn’t look like a dog penis but much more like a human penis.

Remember, at IKEA, the prices for dogs with human penises are good for the whole year!

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Mark Warner will be giving a campaign speech disguised as an interview today, live… inside a video game. [Boing Boing] No word on whether virtual Secret Service agents will be there to protect him from virtual assassination attempts…

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Former Whitewater special counsel Kenneth Starr petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Alaska’s “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” case, a dispute involving a high school student, a banner and a tough school policy.[CNN]

As much as I personally dislike Ken Starr, I’m not sure behind his reasoning in taking up this case, and taking it up pro bono. (pro bono means “Against Cher”, btw)

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Superheroes are so hot in entertainment, they’re spilling out into the world of romance novels. The first time that fact was drawn to my attention was with the “Aphrodite” series by Julie Kenner. Think “discovery of a Wonder Woman like legacy that woman must inheirit” with that one.

There’s another one that I’m sworn to secrecy over… no, it doesn’t involve the Thunder Agents…(which IS available for licensing for just such a purpose!)

And then there is one that was just sent me, due out in May 2007, about “a newspaper reporter who exposes the secret identities of comic-book-type superheroes and ubervillains.” [via HelenKay]

Interesting how the genres start to cross over, isn’t it?

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And finally, if you got an email for a free Starbucks Frappucino, it’s no longer valid.

The company said an e-mail offering a free Starbucks iced coffee was sent to a limited group of employees in the southeast on August 23 with instructions to forward it to friends and family.

Yeah, you would think they would learn by now…

“And they showed to their two friends, and then they showed it to their two friends, and so on, and so on… ”