Kansas City Blog

Am I the only one wondering what John Turturro's doing in Heineken commercials? Shouldn't an actor of his caliber be in the lead role of a biopic right now or at least an indie film, not pushing a skunk beer? 

The new trend in Abu Dhabi is eating gold. Yes, actually ingesting it, even though it has zero nutritional value. I guess that's one way to store it. [The National]

Normally, a woman addicted to coke wouldn't be a story but this Swedish woman is addicted to Coke with a capital C and recently checked herself into rehab. [The Local]

"From broker to bartender." This article's headline makes it sound like it's a bad thing but all the brokers I knew were always in bars so it seems like a good fit to just cut out the broker part. [CNN]

I'm not going to get in hot water and comment on this article that shows men can control their hunger but women cannot. All I will say is God help the man who invented this study. [In Science]