The Wire wrapped up in exceptional fashion. Mostly all the loose ends of Season 5 were tied up with one message made abundantly clear: the people may change but the game won’t.

Dawn Wells, who portrayed Mary Ann on the TV series Gilligan's Island, was arrested after leaving her surprise 69th birthday party in October for possession of marijuana and other charges. She plea bargained down to one count of reckless driving, and was sentenced February 29th to five days in jail, $410.50 in court costs, and six months probation. Continue reading for a mugshot of the happy birthday girl.

Insane marketing idea #3456 comes from the Oregon Urology Institute. A recent radio spot states...

When March Madness approaches you need an excuse ... to stay at home in front of the big screen. Get your vasectomy at Oregon Urology Institute the day before the tournament starts. It's snip city."

Get a vasectomy so you can stay home and watch college hoops. Really? Are you serious? ... Wait, 15 of the 24 spots have been filled since the ad started running. On second thought, this idea sounds like a gold EFFIE winner.

(via Herald Tribune)

Here's a new Alternate Reality Game that was featured during a session at SXSW. The Lost Ring links in with the Olympics and a certain large chain of hamburgers. But don't let that put you off - the trailer is pretty snazzy. Even if they don't let bloggers embed it.

Once again, all four of Haterade's selections got to be called down to the center of the stage by Ryan Seacrest - and once again, 2 of them were sent packing. In addition, 9 out of the 12 that he ranked in the Preseason got to the Finals. So now that we're in the final 12, Haterade tells you what to look for - and who to look leaving.

My first question wasn't why the governor of my great state got involved with a prostitute. It wasn't what lead to his affair. No, all I wanted to know was what a $5,500 prostitute looks like.

I spent most of the morning searching the news outlets for a glimpse of "Kristen" only to end up with lots of dead-ends and more than enough photos of Kristen Bell*. So I turn to you dear readers. I want to hear your speculation, your jokes, your tender misgivings about the American political system. And because we don't use URLs or HTML in our comments, if you DO happen to find a picture of this alleged "Kristen", carefully and creatively point me in the proper direction in the comments section below. (Due to me having the bank account of a Somalian goat herder, you will not be rewarded for this assistance.)

*As far as we can tell, Kristen Bell is not a prostitute.

Spitzer for Governor - He'll bring some passion back to Albany. Honest.

...why not jazz up your website?

Your opportunity to get up close and personal with the place where the sun don’t shine. This inflatable colon is 8 feet high and 20 feet long! You can stick your head in, probe the depths, pass through, and go where many have gone before. It’s a traveling exhibit to teach people about colon cancer and how to prevent it. Is Super Colon passing through a town near you? It’s backed up, I mean booked up for March, which is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, but you can block out a date for your community later, when its itinerary becomes more regular.

(Thanks, Dan!)