As it turns out, everyone’s 2nd favorite (Billy Mays is the greatest) infomercial host Vince Shlomi of ShamWow fame was recently arrested for beating up a hooker in a hotel room.

Mugshot from thesmokinggun

Not sure how I missed it since I watch the network religiously, but a producer just absolutely loses it and you can hear him in the background.  Kudos to Contessa Brewer for not directly acknowledging it.

Anyone else think it’s weird lately with how legislators today can be commonly overheard talking about how big or small their package is and nobody bats an eye?

Time to get a ring on the second hand now, Cards don’t stand a chance.

Donnie Iris could quarterback a team to victory over the Arizona Cardinals.

Here’s a product that didn’t get a lot of attention at Macworld last week.  The Macbook Wheel.

BTW This is fake, in case you didn’t pick up on that.

Kudos goes to The Onion for the great production on the clip.

Also, Anyone else notice that consumer products today are no longer good enough the way they were initially meant to be and now warrant the need to add on words such as…Advanced, Super, Plus, 2000, and my all-time favorite….Extreme. I was sitting around watching TV the other day, and I saw a commercial for gym in Ohio claiming to be the most “ExTrEmE” gym around and I thought to myself, what constitutes Extreme? Are there varying degrees of Extremity? Are there any pre-requisites to be considered Extreme? Is there an annual fee? What about the benefits of being Extreme as opposed to being bland, normal, banal, blah, boring, dull, flat, flavorless, ho-hum, humdrum, insipid, milk-and-water, monotonous, nerdy, nothing, pablum, sapless, tame, tedious, unexciting, uninteresting, uninspiring, unstimulating, vanilla, vapid, and waterish. At first, these questions seem almost impossible answer, but after numerous long and grueling brainstorming sessions atop of the porcelain throne I’ve come to the conclusion that to be considered “Extreme,” you must either be an asshole, or wear faded jeans, which would also make you an asshole. Use this link for an explanation on why people who wear faded jeans are assholes. Right Guard Extreme sucks ass.

And to talk about bad luck: Just when I finally perfect the art of sleeping with my eyes open at work, a little snoring problem comes along and screws up everything.

Also, I found this great webcomic at XKCD, and I think it perfectly describes our society as a whole since the computer has become ever so much more prevalent in our lives and homes:  (Click it to go directly to the page for a larger version.)

It’s been awhile since I’ve written anything, so I figured i would let you in on the secret.

This is the worst week ever.

Monday – Root Canal

Tuesday – Woke up with the flu

all the rest is a  blur.

Obviously, you have probably heard, but America has not only elected the first African-American to hold the highest post in the land, but we also elected the right canidate for the job.  Here’s a video with a quick rundown of the election season.

Just how out of touch is McCain?  Well, during the debates he praised the business accumen of Meg Whitman, CEO of eBay, only thing is that eBay just layed off about a thousand people two days ago.  So let’s do a countdown of “financial gurus” that McCain seeks advice from:

1.)  Phil Gramm (aka Foreclosure Phil)

As of early this summer, McCain proudly touted him as his chief financial adviser and he basically wrote McCain’s economic plan…and then the economy crashed, and oops, looks like this guy caused a lot of it.  So Phil Gramm gave way to…

2.) Carly Fiorna

You may not know her, but I am sure you’ve used one of the products of her former company.  Carly used to be the CEO of HP-Compaq until she was fired for basically running the company into the ground.  She was so bad at her job, that when word leaked that she was fired, HP’s stock jumped 7%.  McCain liked to throw her name around alot up until she was giving an interview one day and she said something to the effect of Palin does not have the experience to run a large corporation.  FYI, the U.S. Government is the nation’s largest employer.  So Carly gave way to …

3.) Meg Whitman

Former CEO of eBay.  Buyer of everything online.  Here’s a quick list of companies that were bought by eBay: PayPal, BillMeLater, Skype (which she admitted they overpaid about a billion for), and epinions.com.  She has been widely criticized for buying up companies, whether they jive with Ebay or not, case in pointL Skype.  Why the hell does an online auction site need to acquire a Voice-over IP software company?  Meg will eventually give way to…

4.) The Guy from Monopoly