Let's All Go To Court

Hey, welcome back to the party! It feels like forever since I last saw you! What's it been...a week? Two?

In case you haven't heard by now, George Zimmerman was granted bail in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. His attorney hopes to have him out of jail by this week. I was a little surprised by a story I JUST SAW on CBS News that shows people in Sanford, Florida, are a little sick of all the bad press their city is getting...y'know, because an unarmed teen was shot and killed there. Also unusual...the CBS reporter asked 7 black people if they thought Zimmerman should have been given bail. Six of them said yes. I say it's unusual because Martin's family has been playing the FUCKING RACE CARD ever since the shooting happened. Look, I get it, there's a good chance Zimmerman was following Martin because he was wearing a hoodie and was black. Zimmerman is SO not in the clear here, and will probably get jail time for manslaughter. But for Martin's family to come out for weeks after the shooting and claim they're not getting "justice" (however they choose to define it) because their son was black...that's unnecessary. Accusing someone of being racist leaves a little feeling of "Wait, isn't THAT a little racist to be accusing someone ELSE of racism?" I'm gonna quote Avenue Q here: everyone's a little bit racist. AT LEAST a little bit. Some people are overcompensating for others. But it doesn't mean we all go around committing hate crimes. So how 'bout we all just chill out and go watch a Tyler Perry movie together, followed by a Tom Cruise movie. Like "Vanilla Sky."

That creepy guy at work who keeps flirting with you? Bored. Just bored. He doesn't necessarily want to get in your pants. A new study in the U.K. shows men flirt with women at work because they are bored with their jobs and they're just looking for something to entertain them. So, women, there you go: we don't want it from you...unless you offer it up.

And now, our Inappropriate Advertising Idea Of The Day comes to us from a sunglass maker in China. See if YOU can spot the HORRIBLE idea in this ad:

Hint: it's using the BLIND WOMAN to sell SUNGLASSES.

Why is the Avengers movie SO far away????

-B-