- You probably heard there were plans to spend your tax dollars to hire a consultant who best knew how to bring “humor to the workplace.” We were going to apply, but unfortunately, you populist rabble-rousers (lookin’ straight at you Drudge) got the program scrapped. Above, an example of my office-cartoon skills. You probably recognize the importance of keeping my actual day job.

- Hey, maybe we could still get into the ham provisioning business.

- What’s big and cold and needs two billion dollars? Three Icelandic failbanks.

- QUEL HORREURS: Forbes endorses box wine.

- If Tony Montana were real, what would you find in his house? WSJ finds out.

- P&G vs Playtex’s advertising – the latest installment of TAMPON WARS. There will be blood.

- The Internet is dead to me. Well, as in investment, anyway (h/t WallStreetFighter)

- Color-coded “threat” system under review in the US. Only tangientally LOLFed, but, we’d like to know what color you think of when you think of fail.