David Brooks uses his valuable NYT Op-Ed real estate to wag his finger at couples who have separate checking accounts. Once again, Brooks proves that you can't go wrong when you forgo writing about real issues in favor of entirely made-up cultural problems.

Christopher Lloyd returns to televised comedy as "an eccentric customer" in a groaningly-titled Fox series which stars -- wait for it -- Pamela Anderson as a bookstore employee.

A Michigan university is insisting that "individuals who use tobacco products" need not apply for full-time jobs. (via Inside Higher Ed)

The Predictable Thompson Eulogy Backlash® gets underway -- and it's what the author would have wanted! In fact, Thompson, wherever he is, might be contemptuous of the journalistic embalming his erratically brilliant, very flawed character has undergone in death.

Ashton Kucher is still famous.

LATE ADDITION: Apparently at least one Chuck E. Cheese has added a cool new salad-themed game. You have to bring your own Taser, though.