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Worst Album Covers Ever! These cannot be real. Right?

I present this in connection with my earlier mention of the Brick Testament: PeepHenge.

The Postmodernism Generator. Sometimes, I strive to write like that. Genius.

Virgin pulls pouting airport urinals. I'm guessing that a whole lot of people don't find pissing into someone's, especially a woman's mouth, all that appealing. I think the design is great. It's cute and fun. But for a urinal? Shady!

Howie Day Busted! I just got news of this. Pretty sad. I wonder if this will be the end of singer-songwriter as the romantic-melt-girls-heart-era. How many records can he sell now? Was it worth the trouble you're in now, Howie? I bet not. You have to read his statments about the incident because they are some of the funniest things out there. One of them was, "I guess it was wrong of me" or something like that. Um, yeah, I guess it was wrong of you?? So shady.

A rule without reason. I'm going with the use of all right as this was the way I was taught. I thought the two words were the way to go, but a lot of people do use the single version.

Kurt Cobain: 1967-1994. I was never around for Nirvana, but I would have liked to be a part of their contribution to music. I hate it when I'm last to know something. I feel left out, and that's how I feel about a lot of music out there. I'm 10, if not more, years behind. Here's a follow up: BBC News Online looks at fellow rock icons who left an enduring legacy after dying in tragic circumstances.