OK, am I a bad parent if I don’t spend $175.00 for a bulletproof backpack for my kids? Excuse me, that’s $350.00 for two kids. My Child’s Pack is the hot story for back to school, but whether publicity translates to sales is another question. You can make a lot of money by scaring people, as our current administration can attest. If you go by the odds, the best thing you can do to protect your children is to teach them to wear safety belts in a vehicle, and to look both ways before crossing the street.

Today on the Veg - hot chicks doing tongue tricks.

(If ever there was a single Lunch Hour Veg that summed up YBNBY, this could be it

My, how time flies when you aren’t paying attention. Carl at TheWAREHOUSE made the Bacon Tomb a year ago, enclosing a raw egg and a raw piece of bacon in plastic boxes, just to see what would happen. It’s still there. A YEAR later. His wife is a very understanding woman. The pictures aren’t pretty.

Sony Bravia, the brand that brought us SF superballs and Glasgow paint explosions, has been shooting a bunch of Playdoh bunnies in Manhattan. Check out Trendwatch, Notcot, or the Bravia Flickr page for images.

Balls was amazing...Paint was ok...I'll bet the bunnies will kick ass. Can't go wrong with Playdoh.

Just spent the better part of Sunday watching every episode of Flight of the Conchords on HBO on Demand. I can now safely confirm what millions already know...it's a pretty funny show.

Haven't seen it yet? Well, here's a small taste...

- Soon, you'll be able to see a Colbert Report episode involving Richard Branson and a water fight.
- Kevin Smith is a great story teller. This one about Ben Affleck at Spielberg's house is awesome.
- Dead roses? Now your plants can call you when they're thirsty. Bt what if you screen your calls?
- Just found the Onion's MySpace page. Add another daily ritual to my already useless mornings.
- And Stephen Colbert tries to explain the US mortgage crisis to Jim Cramer without shouting.

I'm walking down the the paper aisle at Food Emporium, and suddenly, this picture of a dog starts saying...Heeeere shopper, shopper, shopper. Come here shopper. That's a good shopper.

There are now about a dozen ripped open packages of Cottonelle stuffed way behind the Mrs. Paul's fish sticks in frozen foods.