today in stupidity

• We're trying the South Beach diet. Day Seven's lunch is a salad for which the recipe directs you to assemble lettuce, chopped tomatoes, canned crabmeat, blue cheese, and bacon bits on a platter (not in a bowl, in a platter) - and then toss it.
• Animal Planet has a reality-tv show called The Next Animal Planet Star, or something like that. That's right, Animal Planet has a reality-tv show.