Sadly, it appears that Billy Mays' heart disease wasn't from eating fatty foods, using too much Oxy Clean or hawking various other pieces of shit late night infomercial junk.  Apparently, he got the pep in his step from cocaine...you know....nose candy, Florida Snow, wacky dust, bouncing powder, gold dust, joy powder....check out the full report here.

As mentioned earlier, I'm about to embark on a fun-filled journey out East. Out to a place where the hedgerows reach toward the sun, the beaches are completely devoid of loud music, hairy backs, and gum chewing, and the swimming pools don't require wrist-bands for entry. I'm talking about the Hamptons. And like any true vacation, the preparation for all that awesomeness and relaxation takes a tremendous amount of work. Planning, studying, sleeping, resting of the liver, sleeping a bit more, and packing. This is what I've accomplished thus far...

Now that the recession seems to be stabilizing and we can afford to buy Oreos instead of Hydrox, it's time to set our sites on loftier purchases. And since we're half-way through the summer, why not create a list of products guaranteed to let you have a good time ... for whatever is left of the season. So grab your swim trunks, a nice frosty beverage, and let's get started.

Don't worry man, Cloud 9 has what you need for your vacation in the stratosphere.

Cloud 9 is a specialty shop Queen Street in Toronto.

During a talk last year, David Pogue was trying to demonstrate the real-time nature of Twitter. On stage, he typed: "Anyone got a pun that can fit in 140 characters?" Within 10 seconds they started coming in.

@alancshaw wrote: "I used to work at an orange juice factory, but they canned me because I couldn't concentrate."

@matthewdooley tweeted "She was only a moonshiner's daughter, but I loved her still."

And so the idea for a new book began...The World According to Twitter is the handpicked, best tweet responses to questions, photos and comments from Pogue's 500,000+ twitter followers.

The Wit and Wisdom of the Twittersphere if you will.

I have a vested interest in the success of this book. Not cause I'm on twitter, but because my brother designed the book. So help a brother out will you.

In this case, my brother. Buy the World According to Twitter.

A review of a Loews Hotel.