I know, I know.. I said I wouldn’t be back until Monday. I lied, okay? So there.

So, Britney Spears is refusing to do a shampoo commercial in sympathy for the striking actors. This, of course, is a Good, if suprising, Thing. The part of this article that caught my eye, though, was the current debate over the song (called “I’ve Got the Urge to Herbal”) Spears recorded for the ad. Her reps no longer know, see, whether Spears will still be performing the ad jingle during her latest tour. But.. doesn’t.. um.. Oh, to hell with it. I’m now fully expecting N’Sync’s next hit to be titled “Pepsi is Yummy”.

Bah– who cares about all this Napster hooha when there’s real news to be had. Apparently the Good Doctor Thompson wounded his assistant today with a shotgun while trying to chase off a bear. I’m glad to know the man’s still up and around and in some control of his faculties.

Overheard at a computer bookstore this morning: “Now, if I buy this (MCSE tutorial software) here, will I be able to use it on my computer in the States?”

No, see, we use a special Windows for Canadians up here. Where do you want to go today, eh?

If you’re partial to the occasional multi-player trivia Java applet (and face it, who isn’t?) you could do worse than TriviaBox, which I cheerfully wasted twenty minutes on at work today.

Erm, um, poor Pith has been suffering from hosting difficulties for the last couple of days, so, if you can read this.. uh.. never mind. We’ll try again on Monday, shall we?

When I agreed to babysit my mother’s cute little “Aquababies” for a week, I had no idea it would turn out to be such a political decision.

Stop the Pope!

Wouldn’t “Stop That Pope!” have been a perfect name for one of those Tom Hanks/John Candy 80s movies? You know: Two strangers get thrown together by remarkable circumstances.. a team of Swiss assassins mistake Candy as their holy target due to his bizarre hat.. and then the two go on the run as wackiness — and hilarity! — ensue. Oh yeah, and there would also have to be a scene where they dress up as nuns. Duh.

A Scottish designer is hoping to revitalize the youth kilt market (really, aren’t we all?) by creating a version made out of PVC, with pockets for cell phones and water bottles. Now if they can just start holding Highland Games festivals in abandoned warehouses, I think the kids will really start paying attention. (Warning: Highland Games link has background music, and displays an irresponsible use of tartan.)

Aside from “Do you realize you’re all going to hell now?”, my main question for the creators of the Britney Spears doll is what were they thinking when they gave it brown hair? from Jish

Today’s Headline: “Eye-scanning system could reduce airport lines, hassles“. The new machines will also make it much easier for airport security to check if you’re really a replicant.

I had heard rumours that there was going to be an X-Files spinoff featuring the Lone Gunman, but this trailer of the show’s opening proves it. Looks somewhat interesting…