As always my best work goes unnoticed while a post about beets gains unexpected popularity, which once again proves that the reading public is fickle beyond any reason. Usually by the middle of the week I accumulate some items I want to mention but don’t want to make them into separate posts. So here goes:

• Nightmare is participating in collecting emergency supplies for the victims of recent storms in Southern Missouri. Contact him if you have something to donate.
• The local band with the Russian accent mentioned here will be appearing in Westport on May 15th. Mention that you read about them here and they will pour you a vodka-shot. (OK, I made that up but go ahead and demand it anyway).
• This is an older article but I read it yesterday so it’s new to me. That’s just fucking evil. Notice I never (hardly ever) cuss on this blog. This actually calls for it.
• And speaking about evil: we all read about the story of a couple prostituting their daughter and training her to be a dominatrix (WTF). I hope the prosecutor is also asking the questions who were perverted fucks who paid $80,000 for the services. If there is a case to request their ISP records and knock on some doors, that’s definitely it. Just export these people to the place described in the article linked above.
• Luckily for these evildoers, Midtown Miscreant (the recent winner of the lobster dinner) is publishing Prison for Dummies series, which should help them survive past their first day in prison.
• Turns out that most of us are too wimpy to handle our coffee without add-ons. If we weren’t Starbucks wouldn’t be on every corner.
• Lastly, May wants to know what you think about the technology of the future. Nanobots and all the other sci-fi geek stuff is OK with me, but where is the completely programmable customizable one size-fits-all bionic woman? I hope she doesn’t run on Windows Vista…