1. This week Facebook announced that is has over 500-million users and over 500-million users SS#’s.
2. On Friday, American cyclist Floyd Landis said he “saw Lance Armstrong using drugs.” He also saw Armstrong, visiting his kids, sleeping, and showering. Landis is under investigation for privacy invasion charges.
3. In California, a man was arrested for secretly videotaping a woman using a camera hidden inside her “Chicken Soup for the Soul” book. Evidently, women bring “Chicken Soup for the Soul” to some pretty weird places.
4. The White House predicted a record $1.47 trillion deficit will be reached at the end of this year. I’m just glad I have free health care, a well paying stable job and the power to lie to myself.
5. It was revealed this week that a Saudi Arabian man chained his son in the basement for six years because he said he was “possessed by an evil female genie”, or “the stripper he met on his 23rd birthday.”
6. On Friday, India unveiled its $35 computer in an attempt to connect its students and teachers at affordable prices. The Linux-based computer is equipped with a screen, a box and a wire.
7. On Tuesday, Mexican authorities arrested a man for attempting to transport 18 tiny endangered monkeys in his pants. Also in his pants, a box-cutter, a nuclear weapon and an eco-system for the 18 monkeys to live in.
8. This week it was reported that Justin Beiber will guest star on CBS’s hit drama “CSI” in the fall. Beiber will be playing a 16-year-old singing sensation, which will be a real reach for the 16-year-old singing sensation.
9. It was reported this week that New York City is experiencing its hottest July on record. Said my non-existent air-conditioner, “you wish you had me now?!”
10. Mel Gibson and Oksana Grigorieva’s riveting sixth tape was released today. I hope the 7th tape is broken up into two parts and released a year apart.
What’s Up New York City? Heat.