While You Were "Working" (August 13th, 2008)

Here’s some stuff that happened while you were “working”:
- War’s back on! Maybe. The White House is shocked by Russia’s aggression? Their president’s name is Medvedev! The Russian word for “bear” is built right in there! RUSSIA’S PRESIDENT IS A GODDAMN BEAR!! Nuff said.
- China beat the US in women’s gymnastics. Fuck it. China is a lousy cheat, and the US team has Alicia Sacramone. Let’s move on.
- First Gmail goes down and I can’t access my Donk-a-Day newsletter. Now Netflix gets glitchy and takes forever to send me Ecks vs. Sever! If I don’t watch Lucy Liu, who will??
- A bunch of pro-disability groups are boycotting Tropic Thunder for using the word “retard” with reckless abandon. For realz? And where was your boycott when The Ringer was stinking up the box office? That movie was seriously retarded.
- The tallest lady in the world, Sandy Allen, passed away. She was 7-foot-7.