Don't hold out on me, man!
-A hero for our time-
The Daily Show's Jon Stewart is reportedly paying his writers out of pocket for the next two weeks, so they won't be financially harmed by the writers' strike. Stewart will also pay writers for TDS's sister show, The Colbert Report, and both shows plan to go ahead with episodes "that are heavy on interviews," so as not to be interrupted by the strike.
It's not going to be the same, but I thought for sure I'd be jonesing around midnight. I'll take bad versions of TDS and TCR over nightsweats any time. (TV Squad)
-Headline of the day-
"Big Chunk Of The Universe Is Missing -- Again." I blame the writers' strike. (Science Daily)
-Do they come in decaf?-
Ethiopia is tackling a spiraling AIDS crisis the old fashioned way -- with coffee flavored condoms.
The condoms will be distributed by an American charity, DKT International. "Everybody likes the flavour of coffee," a spokesperson says. Others have a different take.
"It is about time to use an Ethiopian flavour for beautiful Ethiopian girls," a university student said of the condoms, which are made to resemble macchiato, an ethiopian espresso with lots of sugar and cream.
DKT has introduced condoms with local flavors in other parts of the world. According to the report, "These include condoms scented with the infamously stinky durian fruit in Indonesia, and sweetcorn-fragranced condoms in China." Nothing says sexy like espresso, "stinky durian fruit," and sweetcorn. The Mexican habanero may not be for everyone's tastes and the Chilean potato could be dull, but the Jamaican jerk is just as good as you'd expect. (Guardian)
