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NYTimes.com: Unicorns. They’re Not the Other White Meat.

ThinkGeek’s April Fools Unicorn meat gets a cease and desist order from the National Pork Board.

I was in Milwaukee over the weekend and had the opportunity to check out the Milwaukee Public Market and the Historic Third Ward.  

In 2008, Touchdown Jesus was flooded
In 2010, Touchdown
Jesus was struck by lightning, burnt to the ground

In 2012, ???

2012 is turning out to be a pretty bad year with all those end of the world predictions. I’m thinking best case scenario, we’re getting locusts, maybe a bad case of the cicadas when Touchdown Jesus is resurrected.

NYTimes.com: Man Hunting Bin Laden Is Arrested

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — An American armed with a pistol and a 40-inch (102-centimeter) sword was detained in northern Pakistan and told investigators he was on a solo mission to kill Osama bin Laden, a police officer said Tuesday.

The man, identified as 52-year-old Californian construction worker Gary Brooks Faulkner, said he wanted to cross over into the nearby Afghan province of Nuristan because he had ”heard bin Laden was living there”, according to officer Mumtaz Ahmad Khan.

Rambo?

ESPN.com: FIFA president backs vuvuzela tradition

If you’ve watched any of the World Cup, then you know what a stadium filled with vuvuzelas sounds like- an angry swarm of bees.  I found the sound to not only be annoying, but also strangely hypnotic.  Whenever I watched soccer this weekend, I started feeling sleepy.  Whether it was the vuvuzelas or the soccer itself, I ended up taking two pretty long naps this weekend.

I couldn’t agree with this more, but I wouldn’t wear it on a shirt.

HuffingtonPost.com: Alvin Greene UPSET: Mystery Man Stuns In South Carolina Senate Primary

An unemployed military veteran who raised no funds and put up no campaign website shocked South Carolina’s Democratic Party leadership by capturing the nomination Tuesday to face Republican U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint in November.

This is an odd story.  How does an unemployed guy who raised no funds and didn’t campaign find and put $10,400 on the line for the filing fee to run for Senate?

NYDailyNews.com: Debrahlee Lorenzana sues Citigroup, claims bank fired her for being too sexy

A Latina lovely says her bosses at Citigroup canned her for flaunting her ample assets at a midtown bank.

The 33-year-old Queens woman filed suit in Manhattan Supreme Court, claiming she was ordered to lay off turtlenecks, pencil skirts and fitted suits because clingy clothes were drawing too much attention in the workplace.

“Debrahlee Lorenzana would be very attractive in a burka,” said her lawyer Jack Tuckner, of Tuckner Sipser Weinstock & Sipser.

The banking industry just isn’t what it used to be.  Now it’s not just oversized bonuses their banning.

Treehugger.com: Volkwagen’s Electric Bike Folds Up To Size And Shape of Spare Tire

This cool looking electric bike folds up and fits in the spare tire spot in the car.  Is it really a bike if it doesn’t have pedals?  And I’m not sure where the actual spare tire goes if there’s a bike there unless you have run flat tires.  The cool thing is that the bike battery is recharged by the car.  Overall I think it’s a pretty cool idea.  Park once in a city and then bike around for all your other stops.

This is a photo of how Google collected some images for Google Maps Street View in Paris.  Kind of an interesting mix of high and low tech.