The MPAA has convinced the L.A. Boy Scouts to offer a badge for “respecting copyright”.

In other piracy news…

Yahoo published the top 20 misspelled words:

http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/44213/sic-sic-sic

Nothing exciting, really, but a few comments:

11. Brittany Spears (Britney Spears)
12. Brittney Spears (ibid)

Both favorites.

8. Louis Vitton (Louis Vuitton)
19. Mercedez Benz (Mercedes Benz)

I say if you can’t spell it, you can’t own it.

Most of the rest are well-endowed female actresses. No surprises.

Check out this Google translation of the menu of a Chinese restaurant in Woburn.

• Earthen jar meat
• Explosive Yaohua

Both favorites.

This is an evil trick. Someone painted the floor of an elevator car so that it looks like there’s no floor at all. They even put up a warning sign for additional suggestion.

More from McSweeney’s:

Least Reputable Charities

• Doctors Without Credentials
• Habitat for Sean Hannity
• Red Cross—Undisclosed Location in the Cayman Islands Division
• United l33t d00d College Fund
• Feed the Children (to Other Children)
• Oxporn

A Revenge of the Nerds remake is in the works. For me, the original is probably the movie that has the highest “number-of-times-watched-to-quality” ratio.

Iron Man will be played by Robert Downey, Jr. Everyone’s favorite substance abusing millionaire playboy will played by everyone’s favorite substance abusing millionaire playboy.

It’s a half-suit for lazy videoconferencers. $150 seems a bit steep for what’s essentially a glorified dickey.