Topical Chat, December 19, 2007

Only a few more shopping days left until X-mas … are you ready???

1. On Val Kilmer reportedly signing on to star in a sequel to the 1985 comedy, 'Real Genius':
“Can a sequel to Top Secret be far behind?”
http://www.filmfodder.com/scifi/archives/2007/01/real_genius.shtml

2. On a new energy bill that would make incandescent light bulbs illegal:
“Sounds like another one of those government ‘bright ideas.’”
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/environment/2007-12-16-light-bulbs_N.htm

3. On the nation's four biggest makers of microwave popcorn removing a flavoring chemical linked to a lung ailment, called Popcorn Lung, in popcorn plant workers from nearly all their products:
“Couldn’t they come up with a more ‘manly’ name for a disease than ‘Popcorn lung.’”
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071218/BUSINESS/712180346/1003/RSS03

4. On neighbors in Florida complaining about a popular event at a Sarasota bar, called drag queen bingo:
“Nothing to get ones panties in a bunch over …”
http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=2FD8A7E59A59215D08E6D729F4A40C06?contentId=5243830&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1

5. On Japan's top government spokesman saying that UFOs exist:
“That comment is ‘out of this world.’”
http://www.eitb24.com/new/en/B24_79744/life/REGULAR-PRESS-CONFERENCE-Japans-top-government-spokesman/

6. On a woman being jailed for coaxing her child to smoke and posting it on MySpace:
“When will Brittany Spears ever figure it out?”
http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=7507825&nav=menu45_6

7. On the city of Amsterdam announcing plans Monday to clean up its infamous "red light" district:
“Yet one less reason to visit Amsterdam, now.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071217/od_nm/dutch_prostitution1_dc