You'll pry my foreskin from my cold, dead hands

msnbc.com:

Many of those annoying prerecorded telemarketing calls will be history starting Sept. 1.

The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday that it is banning these “robocalls” to consumers, unless the telemarketer has written permission from a customer that he or she wants to receive these calls.

That's 5 kinds of awesome.

Other calls not covered by the Telemarketing Sales Rule include those from politicians, charities that contact consumers directly, banks, insurers, phone companies, survey calls and certain health care messages such as prescription notifications. These don’t fall under the jurisdiction of the FTC, a commission spokesman said.

And that's 4 kinds of FAIL.

FOXNews.com:

Federal Reserve Board chairman Ben Bernanke was one of hundreds of victims of an identity fraud ring that stole over $2.1 million from individuals and financial institutions, Newsweek magazine reported on Wednesday.

The magazine, citing court documents, said the central bank chief became entangled in the scam after a thief stole his wife's purse in August of last year and began cashing checks on the family's bank account.

GPS Dylan?

Telegraph:

"The lime, who I assume to be the gentleman in this coupling, has a particularly lurid expression on his face. I demanded to see the shop manager and, during a heated exchange, my wife became quite distressed and had to sit down in the car park."

Rectal Rocket Fuel

Just FYI, my lovely and talented wife has just opened her store on Etsy.

So, if you like these, go buy them!

“I am a proud right wing terrorist”

Dark ‘n’ Sue Me

Over on the CBJE: Song By Song blog, Phil Marshall, former guitarist for the Colorblind James Experience is going over the songs from their eponymous album, one by one. In the bit about "Walkin My Camel Home" he recalls Chuck Cuminale (a.k.a. Colorblind James, the, sadly departed, leader of the band) and his attitude towards musical theory:

Chuck didn't care much for music theory or any displays on a musician's part to show how much musical 'knowledge' he had. While he occasionally played 9th chords on his guitar, he didn't show much interest in harmonic embellishments to basic major and minor chords. In typical fashion, after getting worked up about something and hearing me strum a C Major 7 chord, he declared emphatically "That chord is a lie!" It's sole purpose was to make people feel a certain emotion that didn't really exist.

I love that.