While You Were at the Bar 5/1

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News you can use:

Trainer Richard Dutrow, Jr. stated at a press conference yesterday that his horse, Big Brown, will not get beaten at Saturday's Kentucky Derby. He said "I have not seen a horse with my own eyes who will beat him... I'm not concerned about any other horse. Just ours. If he breaks clean, he'll do the job." He also went on to state that he was certainly going to be betting on him to win, much like he did on a previous horse and took home over $220,000.

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates a quarter of a percent yesterday in an effort to "buffer the economy from a credit crunch and housing downturn". There are indications that this will be the last in a long series of cuts, but some in the market think the rate could move even lower.

The colossal squid that has been undergoing the thawing process in New Zealand has been found to have the largest eyes of any animal on Earth. The scientists who are investigating the thawing remains of the squid have measure its eye at almost 11 inches across. They also used an endoscope to look into the stomach and examine other organs of the squid. They have determined that the squid caught is a female and has ovaries full of several thousands of eggs. Holy cow, or holy squid, can you imagine something with eyes that big looking at you? I think I would pee my pants.

News you can lose:

Paula Abdul, judge on American Idol, admitted yesterday that she had seen the dress rehearsal performance of Jason Castro and used that to formulate her comments on his performance Tuesday night. This has long been suspected by Idol fans but Ms. Abdul made it very clear with her obvious flub about Castro's 'two songs'.

Word of the day:

epigone

"I'm taking my epi-pen and epi-lady and we are epigone."

Wednesday's WOD, gimcrack, means 1. A showy but useless or worthless object; a gewgaw 2. Tastelessly showy; cheap; gaudy. Congratualtions to E for the sentence " When the bum yells, "gimcrack!" I tell him, "I ain't got no rock." However, Andi did leave me singing " gimcrack corn and I don't care!"