While You Were at the Bar 5/27

This is how we do it at the bar.

News you can use:

Tornadoes ripped through northern Iowa and western Minnesota on Sunday evening killing seven people. Most of the town of Parkersburg, Iowa was destroyed in the storm. Certainly more lives would have been lost if not for the tornado sirens sounding well in advance of the storm.

NASA's spacecraft, Phoenix, has safely landed on Mars and sent back a picture of the surface. Teams will inspect the craft and its systems for the next week and then begin digging up the soil of Mars. Scientists are very excited by the possibility that this intact vessel brings.

Actor, director and producer Sydney Pollack has died, at the age of 73. Pollack was diagnosed with cancer nine months ago and died at his Pacific Palisades, California home yesterday.

News you can lose:

This is just wrong, and if I was a leopard, I'd be pissed. (Why hide a great bod under that?)

Word of the Day:

juke joint: a small inexpensive establishment for eating, drinking, or dancing to the music of a juke box

Smartini is the web's hoppin' little juke joint.