World's Greatest Dad Guilty of Sex Abuse

"Authorities have not confirmed whether Everett has children."

CNN

Nathan's Restores Patriotism

I'm glad to see any press about the upcoming hotdog eating competition at Coney Island. I'm even happier to see so much. Here are the highlights:

Fox News on the battle between Joey Chestnut, last year's winner, and Japanese Takeru Kobayashi, 6-time champion: "a rematch-- wiener-à-wiener at high noon Friday"

Gothamist on a 10-minute contest vs. 12 minutes: "some competitive eaters are finding the new rule hard to swallow"

The Brooklyn Paper on chairman of Major League Eating, George Shea's remarks about the contest's new length:

“It’s like the Constitution,” he added. “Are you a strict constructionist or not?”

Shea was asked whether he was.

“I don’t know,” he said. “What’s a strict constructionist about the Constitution? I’m not sure. But on this, I am a strict constructionist.”

But wait, there's more...

Major League Eating on Joey Chestnut's Bib Sheet: "Blessed with strong esophageal muscles and extremely capacious cheeks, Chestnut is widely considered the best chipmunker on the circuit."

Slate on competitive eating injuries: "But Kobayashi's sore jaw deserves all the attention it's getting and more. It is something new to competitive eating: a true athletic injury."

New York Daily News on strategies for winning: "Always dunk your buns," he said.

Blog Agog

This is the power of blogging.

Timothy S. Goeglein, a top Bush aide, has resigned from his guest column for the Fort Wayne, Indiana News-Sentinel. Because he got caught plagarizing his column. By a blogger.

The best of part of the story comes near its conclusion. The plagarist, and may I say again, Bush aide, was caught because he lifted a sentence from an already-published paper. The author of that paper misspelled the name of a professor of philosophy from Dartmouth. Then Goeglein copied and pasted, so in turn, misspelled the name.

Genius. You can find the full article here.

Soda + Chicken Nuggets = Awesome

Man. Now this is a match made in heaven. South Korean fast food chain BBQ Chicken has come up with a way for you to eat your nuggets and suck your soda in one clever container. The Col-Pop is a soda cup with an insert that sits your chicken nuggets just above the beverage of your choice. I know what you're going to ask. Yes, it is available in New York. Anybody in the Big Apple wanna grab one and share the experience with us?