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Random thoughts while considering if Bugles are of the grain or vegetable food groups:

• Has anything ever been more effectively covered up than the actual album title of “Let’s Get It Started,” by the Black Eyed Peas? Nobody I know seems to be aware of it. I feel like Deep Throat just for bringing it up.
• You know how when you eat asparagus, your pee smells of it for a day or so? Why doesn’t this happen with other foodstuffs? Would it not be awesome if, for example, this also worked with apple pie, or nachos? I bet there’s a company out there working on a chemical that makes their food smell strongly in pee, just so that the day after the meal, you’re reminded of how delicious it was. Great advertising, that.
• New Teen Girl Squad!!! I’m so happy. We’re ointment!
• People who make or wear short-sleeved dress shirts (other than the super-casual stuff with fun bowling prints) should be forced to eat heaping bowls of staple sauce.
• XM radio is awesome, but seems to be even worse than regular FM when it comes to “playing the same crap over and over.” Sure, some of the stations are very specialized, such as the one that just plays the current top20 hits in order. But even the “mix” station, which ostensibly plays pop hits from the 80s to today (it’s the commercial free B101!), seems to play “Holla Back Girl” an inordinate number of times per day.

  Also they need to add more classical and Broadway channels. And they need to have a Matt Hearn channel that plays an eclectic mix. As it stands, I’m sure there’s a channel on there (either a rock or alternative or dance station) that plays The Postal Service, but sadly I’d probably have to suffer through a lot of stupid Trent Reznor crap before I got to hear “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight.” Which is sad, really.