"MISSION: Impossible III" star Tom Cruise reportedly got Katie Holmes to ink a $52 million pre-nup. The new parents spent weeks hashing out the details of the agreement, in which a $19 million trust has been set up for Katie and her baby regardless of whether the couple wed, London's Daily Mail claims. But if they do marry and later divorce, Holmes will receive an extra $33.5 million.

That's going to be one ugly custody battle when they get divorced.

That's going to be one ugly custody battle when they get divorced.

What? Do you think Tom might be a little bit controling?

That's going to be one ugly custody battle when they get divorced.

Do Scientologists have lasers?

That's going to be one ugly custody battle when they get divorced.

That's assuming they marry.

Do Scientologists have lasers?

On sharks even.

That's assuming they marry.

true, she's got 19 mil regardless.

Need distractions?

Last week's EW had a special web site edition of their "The Must List" column. Some of them are things we discuss here a lot, like Overheard in New York (#9) and Cute Overload (#1), but some of the others seem worth noting:
#2 Book Covers (just exactly that)
#4 Small Town Misfit (a collection of police blotters from small town papers across the U.S.)
#8 Filmwise (movie trivia quizzes and other stuff)
#10 Japander (Japanese ads starring big US stars) From the site:

Japander:n.,& v.t. 1. a western star who uses his or her fame to make large sums of money in a short time by advertising products in Japan that they would probably never use. ~er (see synecure, prostitute) 2. to make an ass of oneself in Japanese media.

::hip hip hooray:: I'm getting assigned back to my department for at least two if not three weeks -- I've been crossposted to QA, which would have been fine, but alas the stuff we were supposed to actually test was already badly overdue, but has gotten even more so. Going back to the job I actually know and do well is such a relief!

Pinging me repeatedly to ask how soon I can have the third and fourth set of items on my prioritized To Do list will not get them done any sooner. It just interferes with how focused I am while working on the higher priority items, and therefore ensures I'll be working on those longer to correct any mistakes.

Oh, Matt. Could you calmly state my work hate right now as well? I fear that my rant would melt people's computers.

Cat poop protestor prompts court shutdown

Higgins said Carroll, who was still in jail Tuesday, has admitted placing boxes apparently containing cat excrement outside a door of the government building on Saturday. Those boxes, discovered Sunday, are being analyzed to determine their precise contents, he said.

Lake County Detective Robert Bridgeman said Carroll could be charged with battery by bodily waste for those packages, if they turn out to contain feces.

Tonight, on a very special Cat Poop CSI....