“Want to know how many people you've really shagged?”

This is the selling line from Shagster.net, a site that aims to do for casual sex what classmates.com did for school reunions. Sign up today, locate people you shagged once and forgot about, and see how high or low they rated the shag. Plus, see who shagged your shagee, which, they claim, is therefore someone you have also shagged by association.

Has it really come to this? I mean, I'm not saying I have a list memorized or anything, and I'm not sure I actually remember all their names, but I'm pretty sure I could come up with a reasonably accurate shag count if I thought about it for a few minutes. Does that make me some kind of church mouse? Is the rest of the country really so gregarious they need a social network to keep track of their shag count?

All they need to do now is forge a cross-channel partnership with Imaginary Girlfriends to help raise virtual shag counts, and it's a goldmine.

Man, if only I'd thought of this idea for the Contagious Media Showdown.

Some fantastic examples of murals from Eric Grohe Murals & Design, including a section of before and after photos.

Slate.com recently asked people to send in their best examples of bad uses of popular songs in TV commercials. Examples where the advertisers either didn't know what the song was really about or did their best to make it work anyway.

Here's some highlights:

- The big winner, submitted by dozens and dozens of you, is Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, which used Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life" in a series of spots. As my reader Andrei put it, "Nothing says maritime comfort like a song about shooting up junk."

- Kahlua and Pepsi both used the Rolling Stones' 'Brown Sugar' for an ad. They had to clip out pretty much the whole song—except for the words 'brown sugar'—because the song is about crazy-wild interracial sex with slaves.

- KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) using 'Sweet Home Alabama.' Wouldn't that make it AFC?

- Microsoft used the Rolling Stones' 'Start Me Up.' Lines like 'I can't compete' are weirdly appropriate for a monopoly.

- Using the Beatles' 'Taxman' for H&R Block seems a bit strange. The song vilifies the taxman

Edward Gorey's greatest work. For some reason "D" is missing from the navigation but you can see it if you click the graphical button.

Watch little children perish.

Cue the Fox News Alert whoosh.

Looks like Josh, the (allegedly) terrible telemarketer and (alleged) ass-end of Felon Check's joke, has served up a Cease & Desist. Here's Josh's (alleged) post on the Felon Check Blog:

Hey Aaron, I am Josh, the broker whose phonecall you have posted on this website. First of all, I am deeply hurt and offended by the allegations you have made about me. This was not in any way a scam and I am NOT a scammer. Your suggestion that it was is completely baseless. This is a capitalistic country and when I called you I did nothing except attempt to garner your business, which is totally within the bounds of normal, ethical behavior. I am someone who prides himself on adhering to the highest standards of moral and ethical conduct, both in my personal and professional life. Not only do I abide by the rules and regulations of the securities industry, I also answer to a Higher Power. I do not find this amusing in any way and I ask that you close this website down, as it damages the credibility of the thousands of honest, hardworking people in the securities industry.

When Josh name-dropped the Higher Power, this whole ordeal jumped from "funny gag" to "art."

Looks like Josh is (was?) employed by Laidlaw Financial Investments. This may or may not be their site. This may or may not be a list of their people. This may or may not be a way to find their phone numbers, so you can attempt to garner their business in this capitalistic country.

The C&D letter is titled "FELONCHECK.COM DEFAMATORY COMMENTS UNRELATED TO LEGITIMATE CRITICISM." Here it is (Page 1 and 2)

Perhaps this will cause a last-minute surge in traffic. Or maybe it's the end. Aaron, you had a good run.

For those of you who missed Felon Check, here's a partial transcript.

For full Contagious Media Showdown coverage, click here.

For those of you wondering if you should see "Cinderella Man". There's a
review posted here on BigPictureBigSound, y'all.

So did Axl really pop his head over the Chinese Wall to say “hi”, or is this really the new Clifford Irving?

You decide.

Cute little critter, ain't he? See more pics of the whole Cyclops family at Penis Plays Dress Up.