I’m feeling marketed to again. Target is using Lena Lovich’s “New Toy” (number 18 on KROQ’s top 106.7 songs of 1981) in their latest commercial. Then there’s the Swiffer WetJet ad with the protagonist dancing with her sweeper to Devo’s “Whip It” (1980′s number 1) and a few others.

Cuddly, yet acrobatic:

You’d better act fast if you want to adopt this cutie at the Greater Huntsville Humane Shelter in Huntsville, Ala. (and featured on Petfinder.com).


From SFGate.com’s Day in Pictures.

From the crime log: “The preposterous case of the pink Chihuahua”

Susan Leong stopped at nothing to find the man who stole her dog. She called police, she offered a $1,000 reward, she even hired a private investigator.

This week, thanks largely to her own persistence and sleuthing, Leong has her dog back. It’s now pink, the result of an odd attempt by the thief to disguise it, but it’s still her pet.

I don’t get dyeing the dog pink.

The Department of Occupational Safety & Health (DOSH) report on the Big Thunder Mountain accident was released today. Strangely, the PDF was pulled off the DOSH Web site almost as soon as it was published, but MousePlanet managed to grab a copy. I just finished reading it and the first few pages are pretty grim — a complete description and timeline of the accident itself.

My first written contribution to MousePlanet was published today: Radio Disney CD Reviews. Another will be up next week.