We first became aware of Seattle’s The Stranger almost twenty years ago, when we were attempting a somewhat similar, though much smaller, enterprise in Eugene. Here’s one reason they survived, and we didn’t.

That and Dan Savage, of course.

Sneak Preview of the Cover of The Stranger This Week, Created by Dan Savage and Aaron Huffman [Stranger Slog, via Daring Fireball]

Despite Rachel’s plea, we’re going to sit out the gun-control debate, because, well, this is America, and that question’s been settled for now. But every time something like this happens, one side always claims that the problem isn’t too many guns, but not enough.

Let’s put that claim to the test. One of the Fox-embraced “heroes” of Saturday’s shooting is Joe Zamudio, who “was in a nearby drug store when the shooting began, and he was armed.” Joe rushes out, booger hook on the bang switch, and helps take down Loughner.

Just one thing:

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Meanwhile on I-10, about three miles from the Tucson Safeway…

If It Can Happen Here, It Can Happen Anywhere [Box Turtle Bulletin, via Tom Tomorrow]

So PepsiCo is running a contest for Super Bowl Doritos ads, and somebody submitted the above, and then Fox caught wind of it last week, and, well, you know the rest:

After Media Wave submitted the ad in early November, a number of Catholic groups, including one called America Needs Fatima, took issue with the ad, which the group believed mocks the Holy Eucharist. That group started an online petition to ask Pepsi to reject the ad.

We were actually going to run this early Saturday afternoon, but then we got, um, distracted.

PepsiCo Snafu Illustrates Dangers of Crowd Sourcing [Mashable]

Call it Fate, call it Karma, call it Phil Knight Crapping Millions Upon the Innocent Citizens of Eugene, but somehow the University of Oregon Webfoots have finagled their way into a national football championship, which leaves us bewildered to host this Incredibly Awkward BCS Open Thread/Duck Season-Rabbit Season Recital. If you see any Tiny Green Fingers in crowd shots, we take no personal responsibility — they must be recycled from last year.

It took us a couple dozen clicks to confirm that this is one of the rotating background images on Glenn Beck’s website, but yes, it’s there.

[via StopBeck]