In the latest issue of Vogue, Bill’s wife, Melinda Gates, reveals that among the “very few things” on “the banned list in our household” are—you guessed it—iPods and iPhones.

When you’re the founder, I think you are allowed to make these rules. Personally, I think the Zune is much better than the iPod, although the iPod Touch is pretty nice. The iPod Phone is OK, but only because it is basically a thicker iPod Touch with average phone capabilities and crappy contract options. What I want to know is if the family is allowed to search on Google while at home, or if they have to use the terrible Live search. Also, are PS3′s allowed? Nintendo Wii or DS units?

And even Melinda herself admits to an occasional pang of Apple envy: “Every now and then I look at my friends and say, ‘Ooh, I wouldn’t mind having that iPhone.’” (Ouch!)

TRAITOR!!! What if Bill Gates were to look at hot models and say, “Ooh, I wouldn’t mind having that iModel,” in Vogue?

See the jar, the congressman challenged Stewart Parnell, holding up a container of the peanut seller’s products and asking if he’d dare eat them. Parnell pleaded the Fifth.

Damn that bastard CEO of the contaminated GA peanut butter paste plant! I went for like 2 weeks without PBJ sandwiches for lunch because of this guy. I bet the CEOs of the companies that didn’t have contaminated peanut butter (like JIF) are so pissed at this guy because the guilt by association is killing their sales at a time when they should be getting more customers. It’s pretty disturbing to hear that there is evidence this company knowingly shipped contaminated products for over 2 years, but at the same time it is really sad that the FDA had no way of making the company’s customers aware of this problem.

The House panel released e-mails obtained by its investigators showing Parnell ordered products identified with salmonella to be shipped and quoting his complaints that tests discovering the contaminated food were “costing us huge $$$$$.”

Let’s save money by canceling the tests and shipping the products anyway!

In another exchange, Parnell complained to a worker after they notified him that salmonella had been found in more products.

“I go thru this about once a week,” he wrote in a June 2008 e-mail. “I will hold my breath ………. again.”

Surprisingly, he did not die of asphyxiation. The evidence seems to overwhelmingly show that there was criminal intent in this case. It’s crazy to read about how Peanut Corp. even stopped using the lab that tested their products because the results kept coming back as positive for salmonella. However, in the end I think this is pretty much a complete failure by the government agencies responsible for ensuring food safety.

In light of the big Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Baltimore Ravens matchup this weekend, mayor Luke R. Ravenstahl has officially changed his name to Luke R. Steelerstahl.

I see what you did there…

The change is only temporary, but he’s gone so far as to change the nameplate on his office door. He said he wants to “eliminate the Ravens just as the Steelers will on Sunday.”

/facepalm

For the entymologially challenged out there, the suffix ‘-stahl’ is actually german for ‘steel.’

So, his name is now Luke Steelersteel? I… I don’t even know what to say.

That’s actually a pretty decent dodge, considering the attacker was quite close and had the element of shoeprise.