Don't Toy With Me

Since I don't have kids, far be it from me to speak with any authority on the usefulness of rent-and-return toys.

However, from just a casual spectator's perspective...

ewwwwww!

I used to babysit. I hang out with friends' kids now. My signif has a young niece and nephew. And the one thing all tots have in common? They drool! A lot. All over you. All over their stuff. And even though this new kiddie Netflix model claims to clean toys with Clorox wipes, I'm not convinced they're truly sanitary, let alone sterile.

I'm not against donating used toys, but once they're re-adopted, they're (hopefully) given a good scrubbing and then stay put. It's the back and forth over and over again that's got me concerned grossed out.

Baby don't play that.

Tasty!

Your Friday culture scone is fresh out of the oven and cooling here.

Remember to check in late Sunday morning for a second helping here.

Love is on the menu this time around.

Have a great weekend.

No Money for Old Men

Well, that didn't go well.

Yesterday was supposed to be a big online fundraising day for conservatives. F7 was the day to give to the Republican nominee (whoever he may be) to counter the gobs of money being raised on the left.

As of this morning, Rightroots has drummed up $2646 from 32 donors.

Obama's website is claiming 329,496 people have given money so far this year, and the campaign has raised more than $7.5 million since the polls closed on Tuesday. Clinton's campaign reports more than 35,000 donors have contributed in the past 48 hours, and she's now got an extra $4 million on hand.

How much did it cost to get into CPAC? It couldn't have drained all the funds on the right. Right?

Fast Food Fast Facts

Just caught a clip on local news about Diet.com's mobile nutrition info.

Diet.com says: We've given you access to over 36,000 foods from 1700 restaurants in North America!

Here's how it works:

Enter your query as a text message
Send message to the 5-digit US shortcode 34381 (DIET1 on most phones)
Receive text message(s) with results (takes about a minute). You may receive multiple messages labeled "1 of 2", "3 of 5", etc.

You can play around with samples on the website.

The newscast mentioned the service is free, but you'll pay whatever text fees your cell carrier usually charges. I couldn't find any pricing info on the Diet.com site so I'll assume this info's true.

The Segment You Should See Today

The Obama campaign reports having raised more than 7 million dollars online since polls closed in primary states Tuesday night. [circle the big donation counter]

According to an email sent out by campaign manager David Plouffe, 3 million of that money flowed in organically.

But when news broke that Senator Clinton had lent her own campaign $5 million late last month, Plouffe sent out a call for contributions to match that money immediately, and blogs helped spread the word.

Then you'll see some updated quote from the Clinton camp and a matching quote from Obama's press people. Cap it off with a general tidbit about how many more small donors Obama's got than Clinton and how he can go back to them for additional cash, and you've got yourself a bona fide Internet segment all good to go.

Weather or Not

This is the third time in recent weeks we've been told to expect some sort of ice/wind/rain storm and gotten nothing.

What other job allows you to be so wrong so often and still get to keep at it? (besides President, I mean.)

Maybe my next TV gig should be as a weatherperson (Not meteorologist. That takes some work. And math). But if I have to point and circle, I've already honed those skills.

The rest is clearly just guesswork.

Project Awesome

How can you not love a show that sends its contestants to Spandex House?