Red-state blues

The national minimum wage just got raised to an astronomical $5.85/hour.

The minimum wage in the state of Kansas? $2.65/hour, or about $6,000/year, and efforts to raise it have been stonewalled by the legislature. God, I didn't even earn that low a wage when I worked in radio.

Try, try again

Headline News anchor Nancy Grace, who's four months pregnant, broke her foot earlier this month while on vacation.

Grace "missed a step going down some stairs and broke three mandible bones in her foot," a Headline News spokesperson told the Web site Tvnewser.com.

I'm not a doctor, but...wha? Three? Mandible bones? In her foot? I can't think of many people who should have their feet in their mouths more, but three is overkill, even for her.

Picspam, my tummy hurts edition

...Well, it does. Note that the Harry-Potter/fluffy-bunny ratio is beginning to balance out again. ( 30 pics below.... )

His name was Cedric Diggory

As seen in the most recent picspam, but worth repeating: Harry Potter meets Fight Club. Magic, mayhem, soap.