It’s a pretty pathetic headline writer who fails to read the first paragraph and the pull quote. But then, we already knew that J-school is not for Our Best And Brightest.

Does it strike anyone else odd to see recommendations on how to secure your privacy from someone whose only accomplishment in life was stealing confidential data? It’s a bit like asking a cat how to store tuna; his motives and expertise are not aligned with your interests.

"Two kinds of Nature's Promise Organic Edamame, sold at Giant Food Stores, have been recalled because they contain soy, which is not listed as an ingredient, the supermarket chain announced Friday."

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Next up, 10,000 pounds of bacon to be recalled for not listing “pork” on the label.

October 31st, the one day a year that Hello!Project costumes are not scary:

Don’t worry, tomorrow they’ll be back to normal:

Meanwhile, I’ve got the promise of a cloudless sky for tonight’s candy-grab, so I stopped at Costco and picked up 75 pounds of supplies. I’m kind of bummed that this year’s non-chocolate assortment has replaced a lot of the standard goodies with things like Haribo, Hot Tamales, and Swedish Fish, though; I blame multiculturalism.

On the bright side, I’ll eat less of it. Or just eat from the chocolates, anyway…

[Update: 65 pounds out the door, last batch of little monsters at just after 9pm. A surprisingly traditional assortment this year, including one group of quite lovely young Japanese girls. In Japan, they’d be old enough for bikini DVDs, but since we have no U-12 idol industry, they went with the more American witch and princess looks.]

Belatedly, it occurs to me that in last week’s episode of Heroes, Emily was chicksplaining comic books to Tommy. I feel triggered! Start a protest march!

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It took me a while to decide whether to file this under Tools, Toys, Food, or Models…

Turns out deleted tweets can still reproduce…

Growing up in the Southwest, Red had learned how to handle Big Bad Wolves.

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