I was over at Target today at Steelyard Commons. As I was leaving, I noticed they had a three-wheel motorcycle-looking vehicle parked up front. It was done up in the red-and-white Target colors and marked "Assets Protection". Only 100 stores nationwide have one, so far.















I guess if someone shoplifts, they can hop on this cycle and chase them down. I'd like to see it in action. But I guess the real reason is to patrol the parking lot and provide outdoor security.

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Have the laughs on this past week's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" ever been better? Looks like Leon will kickstart the Middle East peace talks.

Hey, you wuss! Make your own pie crust!

NME lists its 50 best albums of the decade. Not bad.

The 25 Best Live TV Moments of the decade. Includes the mother of Bill Hicks receiving Letterman's apology. Early White Stripes on MTV. Lots of sports, but no Ron Artest, which is easily Top 5 material!

A review of Palin's book. "It moves as quickly as possible to its real raison d’Atre, a methodical re-imagining of her entire political career replete with more excuses than a Cleveland Browns post-game press conference. Palin has never done anything wrong." Nate Silver says she will run in 2012.

Kurt Vonnegut writes a letter from the war. Read the crap that guy lived through.

Bill Maher keeps coming on earlier. Now it's 9:00 p.m. on Fridays, starting in February.

The Best Metal of the Decade.

Exercise Yard

The coach of my alma mater is a wise old man. Listen to Charlie Coles respond to a question of how the Kentucky game got away from Miami. Lowly Miami lost on a last-second shot, BTW.



Hey, Australia! Wrestling is fake! Not front page news.

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