We literally had the microwave meltdown last night -- well, at least the plastic lining the top of the chamber. I put in some popcorn for 4:45, just as usually do, but it more than charred -- smoke all over, just enough to make the smoke detector start up when I opened the oven door.

I guess I'll be buying a new microwave today.

Shuffling:
Neighborhood #7 (Kettles) - Arcade Fire
Pulling on a Line - Great Lake Swimmers
Everything is Moving - Great Lake Swimmers
Dang - Buck 65
Heart - Stars

It's an all-Canadian shuffle list!

Yikes!

Car Slams Into CTA Train After Expressway Accident (VIDEO)

CHICAGO (AP) -- Service on the Chicago Transit Authority's Blue Line was disrupted early Thursday when an auto involved in an accident on the adjacent Eisenhower Expressway jumped a retaining wall and landed on the tracks, where it was hit by a train.

According to CTA spokeswoman Kimberly Myles, seven of the train's 30 passengers complained of minor injuries and were taken to area hospitals.

Authorities said the driver of the auto got out before it was hit. However, two people in another vehicle involved in the expressway accident were taken to a hospital for treatment.

Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said the expressway accident involved three autos, with one of them hurtling the barrier between the tracks and expressway. The auto became wedged under the front car of the train.

Service along the Blue Line on Chicago's West Side was shut down for more than three hours

I second (third?) the Boom Boom Pow suggestion.

Toph

Loves!

Shuffle:
"Alone, Together" The Strokes
"Blister in the Sun" Violent Femmes
"Never Had No One Ever" The Smiths
"I'm Taking Europe with Me" Veruca Salt
"Two of Us" The Beatles

OK, here's my shuffle:

"The Photographer" - Philip Glass - Glass Masters
"Whip It" - Devo - E-Z Listening Disk
"Sunday Sounds" The Apples in Stereio - New Magnetic Wonder
"Make It All Right" - The Legends - (unknown album)
"Secret Corners" - The Church - The Blurred Crusade

eta:

"Underdog" - Butthole Surfers - Saturday Morning Cartoons' Greatest Hits

ION, Snotmonster has taken over my sinuses. Either that, or... I am become Snotmonster, the destroyer of worlds.

Morning shuffle:

Monsoon- Robbie Williams
This Was the Year- Nina Gordon
Save it For Me- Franki Valli & the Four Seasons
What Hurts the Most- Rascal Flatts
With You- Josh Groban

I think I need more coffee. And my iTunes needs to stop laughing at me.

Texas town says goodbye to 'hello'

KINGSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- In this friendly little ranching town, "hello" is wearing out its welcome. And Leonso Canales Jr. is happy as heck.

At his urging, the Kleberg County commissioners on Monday unanimously designated "heaven-o" as the county's official greeting. The reason: "hello" contains the word "hell."

"When you go to school and church, they tell you 'hell' is negative and 'heaven' is positive,'" said the 56-year-old Canales, who owns the Kingsville Flea Market. "I think it's time that we set a new precedent, to tell our kids that we are positive adults."

The new salutation, according to the county resolution, is a "symbol of peace, friendship and welcome" in this "age of anxiety."

they tell you 'hell' is negative

Not compared to, say, "fuck-this-o".

That's not very symbolic of peace, friendship and welcome of you.