Today's Magic Words: Slow News Day. Defined as any day I resort to Bigfoot and Mayan calendar stories. Enjoy!
- The sad downward spiral of candidate John McCain.
- We all buy stuff with a "Made in China" plastered across the box, but have you ever wondered how these things get produced?
- Somebody's leaving bundles of cash in Japanese men's rooms, capturing the imagination of a nation and more than doubling the number of pee-breaks among the dudes.
- Today's dumbest spot imaginable for a giant marijuana farm: 200 yards from a DEA office.
- The hunt is on for Bigfoot, this time in upper Michigan.
- A new survey reports iPhone buyers love Apple's latest wonder.
- By now you've heard of the Mayan Calendar and how its 2012 expiration date supposedly signals a great transition for mankind, but have you played the board game?
- Update: Earlier in the week I linked to this Times story about a woman held as a "sex slave" in Pasco County. Tom over at Tampa Taxi Blog has an alternate take on the report…
This article appears in Jul 11-17, 2007.