While You Were at the Bar 6/12

News you can use:

Iowans suffered yet another weather travesty Wednesday when a tornado touched down in the western part of the state at a Boy Scout camp, killing 4 Scouts. An unknown number of scouts were injured in the twister, which is stretching Iowa's emergency response teams dangerously thin. It's not just corn fields and pigs in Iowa, people. So sad.

Pluto, which was demoted two years ago to a dwarf planet, has been assigned a new name: plutoid. Actually, plutoid is the name given to all dwarf planets. Poor Pluto, you will always be a planet to me! MyVeryEfficientMotherJustServedUsNinePizzas PIZZAS, PLUTO!

Senator Barack Obama's chief member of his VP search committee has stepped down. Jim Johnson has faced fire for allegedly receiving private loans at below market rates from Countrywide, after he left his position as the head of mortgage giant Fannie Mae. Looks like Johnson is out on his Fannie, Mae. Perhaps he could use a hip pair of jeans?

News you can lose:

Forbes announced their Top 100 list of most powerful celebrities, with Oprah topping the list once again. The rankings, which are based on income and star power, have one Ms. Angelina Jolie at #3 and Brad Pitt at #10.

Word of the Day:

cudgel: a short heavy stick used as a weapon; a club

Do not let some of the Smartini girls get their hands on a cudgel when they have a run in with AJP as they may beat her about the head and neck.

OR: Did you see that cow's cudgel? SICK!