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.

above: Don’t let Gollum on the plane!

The privacy watchdog group, Department of Homeland Security, is preparing to install specialized X-ray machines at airports that can see through clothing, but stop at the skin. From the NYT (via CNET) article:

“Well, you’ll see basically everything,” said Bill Scannell, a privacy advocate and technology consultant. “It shows nipples. It shows the clear outline of genitals.”

At least there’s sure to be an influx of new applicants for airport screener jobs. What’s worse, it’s not 100% effective. A securty expert said:

Thwarting body-scanning technology would be simple, he argues. Because of concerns about radiation, body scanners are designed not to penetrate the skin. All that’s needed is someone heavily overweight to go through the system, he said. I won’t quote him directly on the details; suffice it to say he posits that a weapon or explosives pack could be tucked into flabby body folds that won’t be penetrated by the scanner.

By extension, screeners will be on the lookout for Dolly Parton hiding two Uzis. Oh, and the name of the company that makes these X-ray devices, “Rapiscan” (pronunciation of the first syllable is ambiguous). Oh, and the name of these X-ray devices, and I’m not kidding, “backscatters”.

You know those big foam fingers people wave at sports and entertainment events? Here’s a link to one that you might find rather shocking…

I even like the description – particularly the grandma line and the quote “not yet obscene to the general public.” Hear hear.

Will Wright’s new game in development, Spore, is getting a lot of press. It’s been a little hard to understand what the hype is about, but the man explains it well.

Basically, it looks like Sim-universe; take a single cell to a galactic empire. The difference is that player content is paramount, and is shared seamlessly.
This is a long talk, but check out the demo footage. Could be a next-gen online killer app. Use www.bugmenot.com to avoid registration.

Just the thing to keep the kids from jumping on the bed.
Found here.