Talk about bad luck: The Regular Guys on ATL's 96Rock were suspended because they are really unlucky (and/or careless). Here's what went down:

"They had planned a segment called "backward smut," in which they would bring in porn star Devinn Lane, talk to her on tape, then play the tape backward on air. "It's not actionable because nobody can understand it," Wachs said earlier this week.

While taping the segment during a commercial, the mikes stayed live. Over the sound of a Honda truck ad, Lane could be heard describing sexual acts in graphic terms.

Moments later, Wachs said on the air, "Our bold experiment will not go forward," blaming "technical difficulties."

Will they or won't they? Alabama legislators are trying to name an official state whiskey.

The maker of Conecuh Ridge Fine Alabama Whiskey says the whiskey is "a source of pride for Alabama."

I say.... who? what? You're wasting everyone's time bickering over a whiskey I've never heard of?
Get cracking on a state cookie, like Massachusetts

(link courtesy of FARK)

A wider 14th St bridge means a lot of construction, traffic and store closings in my area. A start date of 2005 means-- SUCKERS, I'm so out of here in August!!!! You can't screw me over anymore with your ridiculous urban planning.

Who is America's Funniest Senator??

Zug.com got several senators to send them their favorite joke by posing as a 10 year old boy with a social science project. It's nice to know there are some good natured folks in DC (most likely just interns). If you don't have time to read all of them (come on, only a handful of the 100 responded), here are my five favorites (you'll have to go to the site to read them):

1. Jon Corzine (I agree with the zug.com guy, this was the only one that made me laugh out loud)
2. Olympia Snowe
3. John McCain (love this guy....)
4. Chuck Hagel (who doesn't love a terrible pun?)
5. Kent Conrad (old joke, but still funny)

(link courtesy of FARK)

In case you wondered where I disappeared to for a week (and missed the prior warning), here's where I've been:

Tuesday- 9 hours to Lafayette, IN
Wednesday- 2 hours to Chicago, IL- visited UIC- 2 hours to Madison, WI
Thursday- Madison
Friday- Madison, 2 hours to Chicago
Saturday- Chicago
Sunday- 12 hellish hours back to Hotlanta

A quick rundown of how it went:
UIC was not pretty, the Ed Psyc Department has some great faculty but Chicago is too sketchy and it's just not happening.
Madison was cute as anything. Very Athens, lots of restaurants, great atmosphere. Cold as bullocks.
UWisc- cute, great faculty and students.
Chicago- gritty and urban, and this is coming from a girl who lives in downtown ATL. Maybe there are parts of Atlanta that look desolate like Chi-town, but we don't have an El to show it off.
Shedd Aquarium- pretty cool. The seals, beluga whales and penguins were fun.
Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio- it's not in Prairie style, but it was the place where he developed that style. It was probably cooler than one of his houses, as he constantly renovated it and added cool touches.

BTW, we saw 37 state tags in our journeys. Apparently New England and the West have no business in Indiana. Since returning, we've seen five of the missing tags in GT parking lots. I'm playing the tag game at home sometime.

Update on the TV thing: Horrors-- I woke up last Tuesday (maybe it was Monday) to no Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV... etc. It sucked. Thank goodness when I arrived home from my trip, order had been restored. Can you imagine having to miss the new season of Southpark because of a price hike on a utility I have no control over? Horrors. I (heart) cable.

PS- I had at least 30 hits from people searching black bar and various losing-cable search terms. I wasn't the only one freaked out.