This is what’s so great about public access cable.

According to one insurer’s written test, Massachusetts’ drivers are the second worst in the nation, and Oregon came in having the best. Mass was inched out by Rhode Island. Well done, RI… enjoy your 15 minutes of fame before obscurity reclaims you.

The only reason Oregon placed highest is because the guy who scored the tests thought it was cute that when asked “When is it OK to pass another vehicle on a 5-lane highway?” every driver in Oregon answered, “Never”.

Above is the sculpture in Chicago’s Millennium Park called Cloud Gate (aka The Bean). It was donated by SBC Communications, but its upkeep is funded by taxpayers, and it’s on public land. In a moment of idiocy, the city claimed that the artist retained the copyright on the sculpture, and that people weren’t allowed to photograph it. Later the city decided to charge for the “privilege” of photographing it. After much well-justified public outcry, the city made it free today.
The Chicago Tribune has an article about it.

So there’s this protest over the Scouts’ policy to not include openly gay and atheist members. The policy has been in place since the organization was founded in 1910. For a private organization, that would be their prerogative, but they receive federal, state, and local funding and have preferential access to various resources, etc. The controversy has been going on for a long time. Anyway, the chosen venue for the Scouts’ annual meeting that’s being picketed… the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center.
Dahh-hah.

Some bean-hungry student at the Daily Northwestern claims that this chain can satisfy me in ways a whore never could.

Hard to find anything to disagree with here: The full ode.

By the way, if you check out the Chipotle web site, you can see the live Chicken Marinating and Avacado Ripening cams. Nice. I would really like to see the “Employee Stealing from the Register” or “Hair In My Burrito” cams.

From their ad:

Many Minnesotans are afflicted with the genetic defect known as Minnesota Nice, and it takes valiant effort by the not so nice Minnesotans to bring them back to reality.

I like the image. Kinda Trogdor-esque.

From the Citypages article:

In that case, filed earlier this spring, the foundation is suing the University of Minnesota for its participation in an entity called the Minnesota Faith Health Consortium. Among other things, the suit alleges that “religious indoctrination is an integral component” of MFHC and that “patently religious principles dominate [its] approach to public health.” According to its website, the MFHC seeks to “increase understanding of the links between faith and health, demonstrate the relevance of faith in wellness and disease prevention and initiate faith and health projects.”

The Astrology Health Consortium must feel slighted.

A famous California governor dispatched a road crew to a residential street in San Jose to create a pothole, which he later turned up and filled, grinning for news cameras and declaring his willingness to increase funding for transportation projects. The Potemkin pothole was later sealed by a roadcrew with a gigantic roller truck. Article at SFGate.