Table scraps:

♣REAL OR FAKE? Forget-me-not panties have GPS trackers and body temperature monitors embedded into them, so you can give your wife or girlfriend or daughter a pair as a present and then track their every move. It seems insane enough for some people to actually but, but I still can't totally believe this is serious.

♣MIKE DOUGHTY, THE frontman of the now-defunct Soul Coughing, just came out with an awesome solo album called Haughty Melodic. Not quite as exciting, but still very entertaining, is his blog -- especially this post about being a guest on insaneman and former Sex Pistol Steve Jones's radio show.

♣THE LEADER OF a crazy megachurch has sent out instructions to his followers, who are soon to be filmed by network news crews, and his message is this: Don't act crazy! Isn't that fascinating? He's actually aware that his followers are batty -- seems to enjoy it, actually -- and yet is trying to make sure they don't flaunt it on tv. What's he trying to hide?

♣FEELING DOWN? WHY not let the New York Times tell you how much better off you are -- or, I guess, worse off you are -- than everyone else.

♣PHIL SPECTOR'S CHIN must be an insta-afro button, because somebody pushed it in and look what popped out.

♣WHAT HIGH SCHOOL kid hasn't fantasized about blasting the school in a graduation speech? Impressively, this guy did it.

♣I DIDN'T WATCH "American Idol," but I loved watching this.

Posted by Jason Feifer at May 27, 2005 11:25 AM