You Missed It: Going my way edition

The short week, better known as the second-best thing about a long weekend, is just about over. That means the weekend is here again. You may wonder if there is anything to write about this week, since so many people were off on vacation and such. Well, let me put it this way: We aren’t so bored that we’re tweeting pictures of our bulges. You only get that treat around the holidays. If you were busy getting indicted on conspiracy and campaign law violation charges this week, odds are you missed it.

Where the streets have no public transportation
If you see someone hitchhiking, you should assume that person wants to kill you. However, if you see U2 frontman Bono hitchhiking, pull over for him, but don’t ask him about politics. Seriously, that guy will talk your head off about his opinions. The Edmonton Oilers’ (that’s a hockey team) Gilbert Brule was driving along the streets of Vancouver when he pulled over for a hitchhiker. It ended up being Bono. The singer had been out for a walk one night, when it began to rain and he found himself stranded. One must imagine that Bono’s shiny glasses and belt probably helped him hitch a ride at night.

Hey fatso, eat this
The ancient Egyptians built the Pyramids to last forever, and so far they’re doing a pretty good job. The Food Pyramid, however, didn’t live to see its 20th birthday. This week, the Department of Agriculture did away with the pyramid no one had the heart to say was really a triangle, and introduced the food plate. Food experts hailed it as a new way for Americans to ignore government health suggestions.

iKidney
According to the Chinese media, a teenager sold his kidney, not for charity or some other reason that might enter the realm of a good reason to sell an organ. He sold it to  buy an iPad 2. But you know it’s probably a cheap knockoff that he got, anyway.

Hindsight and dialysis are 20/20

We’ve talked to you before about the Cult of Steve. They’re a fairly extreme group of people who must have the newest Apple device or software, come Hell or high water. And for full disclosure purposes, I own a (soon to be) 3-year-old Macbook, an iPhone 3G and my iPhone 4 came into my hands a day before it went on sale nationwide. Nonetheless …

… there is no got-damn way that I’d sell my organs for an i-device. However, I’d willingly sell someone else’s organs to get an iPad 2.

Sadly, I’ll have to look somewhere other than Shanghai as a teenager’s almost beat me to it. A 17-year-old sold one of his kidneys to buy the Apple tablet. So, how did the decision turn out for him?

Apparently, not too great. According to the article, he only ended up with a laptop and an iPhone, not quite the i-device he wanted. Oh, and a bad case of buyers remorse. Maybe he’ll get lucky and only contract iAbetes!

Cat fight in Australia

Oh Australia, you’re so cute! Here in the U.S., we have real problems to discuss, like wars, a lax economy and whether or not a member of Congress tweeted a crotch pic to a woman. In Australia, they deal with such quaint things like meowing at each other.

Australian Finance Minister Penny Wong was speaking at a hearing when a senator meowed at her. Wong got upset with blokes for what apparently is a sexist comment in the Down Land Under (or some combination of those words), saying that the senator would not have meowed if it had been a man testifying. The senator later apologized via Twitter.

Woof.