– Can your manly-man hair pass the caress test?
– If a chaste mermaid won’t save Starbucks, maybe frozen bananas will. (Ugh, dude.)
– Some celebrities educate the public on the Burma situation; John Cusack tallies similarities between McCain and Bush. MoveOn, as usual, is helping raise money to get the ad on air.
– Apparently the Copyright Nazis are after more than just pirates these days. In the UK, you can be prosecuted for playing music too loud or playing it for callers on hold without a license. From now on, let’s just keep all music secret and see how the record industry fares.
– Baseball and the Tour de France aren’t the only sports to disillusion one-time fans; almost half of Advertising Age readers believe the NBA rigs its games. I fondly await the day Canadians lose faith in hockey. Oh wait, many – already – have.
– A Microsoft Xbox Live group banned a player because he used “gay” in his gamer tag, “RichardGaywood.” Upon discovering that was the guy’s name, they BANNED IT ANYWAY. Microsoft, you charmers, you.
