Trying to avoid showing up to your next Halloween party with the same costume as someone else? You may want to steer clear of khaki shorts. As it turns out, one of the top-selling costumes is none other than a Steve Irwin getup, complete with blood stain and plastic stingray protruding from the chest area.
Photos of Bill Maher, the well-known political comedian/critic, impersonating Irwin at an LA bash, have been popping up all over the Internet. Not surprisingly, many fans of the late Crocodile Hunter have responded in disgust.
What’s your opinion? Funny or Insensitive?
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Been busy blaring Justin Timberlake’s “SexyBack” on your iPod, waiting with bated breath for the new Gwen Stefani, and can’t stop humming “Fergalicious?” Well, then you’re a pop music fan. Sure, your CD collection might include forays into hip-hop or metal or indie rock, but your heart truly lies with the big hooks, danceable beats, and crisp, clean production of radio-ready pop singles. And though Britney Spears might be a pop princess icon for the ages, she and her schoolgirl uniform did not invent the genre. After all, what do you think those Beatles singles, like “I Want To Hold You Hand,” were, if not pop gems. I’ve created an essential collection of the most candy-coated, contagious, can’t-get-’em-out-of-your-head songs of all time, so when you need to hear a pop jam, you’ll know where to look.

Please, allow me to first say that I was one of the lucky few (among millions, I’m sure) that was able to watch the season premiere of the OC on myspace.com last night, so if you weren’t one of those people, I’d suggest you stop reading this column riiiiiight now. In other words, SPOILER ALERT!
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Sawyer, evil genius that he is, plots to electrocute the next Other with whom he comes in contact. Alas, his plan fails miserably and he has the snot beaten out of him. This seems to be the theme for the week.
The kind of stuff you wish you could write when they ask for feedback on your professor.