FRAUDULENT CRUNCHBERRIES. The failed lawsuit. AND: Did anyone ever sue Grape-Nuts?

ADDED: Eugene Volokh tells us about a 1912 case in which Coca Cola was challenged over the lack of coca leaves.

MORE DAVID CARRADINE CLIPS.

AND: I suppose it’s good to know he wasn’t suicidal (so it seems).

IAN McKELLEN’S “KING LEAR.” On line.

FLAUNTING FRUGALITY.

BITTER WOMAN. Not what I was. What I had, last night.

4 TIPS TO OBAMA. How to modulate the abortion debate.

I WOULD HOPE THAT A WISE WOMAN would not keep recycling the same speech year after year.

RISK-TAKING and “the golden third.” “Fugu (tiger pufferfish) sushi in Yokohama – Golden. Boiling up a pot of pufferfish soup at home – stupid.”

STEVE JOBS WAS, ESSENTIALLY, STARVING TO DEATH.

“GAY MEN HAD SYMMETRICAL BRAINS like those of straight women, and homosexual women had slightly asymmetrical brains like those of heterosexual men.”

ESSENCE OF MAGGOT — to heal your wounds.

“BOYS PULLING KITES were running across a flat expanse of smooth flagstones that plays host to crowds, corpses and executioners.”

SOTOMAYOR AND THE UNMANLY MAN.

DAVID CARRADINE, FOUND DEAD. In Thailand. Here are two video clips of him, as Shane, from 60s television, and as Bill, in the Tarantino movie, talking about Superman. “What Kent wears – the glasses, the business suit – that’s the costume. That’s the costume Superman wears to blend in with us. Clark Kent is how Superman views us. And what are the characteristics of Clark Kent? He’s weak… he’s unsure of himself… he’s a coward. Clark Kent is Superman’s critique on the whole human race.”

“IT WAS ISLAM… that carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe’s Renaissance and Enlightenment. It was innovation in Muslim communities that developed the order of algebra; our magnetic compass and tools of navigation; our mastery of pens and printing; our understanding of how disease spreads and how it can be healed. Islamic culture has given us majestic arches and soaring spires; timeless poetry and cherished music; elegant calligraphy and places of peaceful contemplation.” Obama in Cairo.

ENJOY THE OHIO COREOPSIS while I relocate — driving 500 miles — to Madison, Wisconsin from my Althouse-alt-house in Cincinnati.

I’ll try to do the bloggerly thing and take an off-ramp to a McDonald’s and get some WiFi along with my cheeseburger. Can’t starve the Instapundit readers. If you’re really hard up for something to read, consider checking out my home blog, Althouse, where the comments are always on, and we’ve got a Michelle Obama/Nancy Reagan photo caption contest, a “café” (AKA open thread) and many other tasty goodies.

THE MISSING “A.” Was real, we know for sure, at last.

CAN SOTOMAYOR AVOID answering questions about Ricci?

BUTTER!

GAY GROUPS STARTING TO NOTICE that Obama is not about to do anything for them.

“NORTH AMERICAN CONGRESS” AND “MAINLAND CONGRESS,” two terms used by Sonia Sotomayor in her senior thesis at Princeton.

“STUPID CHAIR. Emo kid is throwing slo-mo dove at my face.” Replacing song lyrics with a literal description of what’s happening in the video. “Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl…” If you know the song, before you click the link, I salute you! (Via Metafilter.)

LARD!

OBAMA HASN’T MADE AMERICANS ANY MORE HOPEFUL about Middle East peace. A new Gallup poll shows only 32% think Israelis and Arabs will ever “settle their differences” — negativity that’s about as bad as it’s ever been.

THEY CALLED HER KOKO because, as a girl, she loved chocolate. As a woman, she sang the blues — which she called “a true feeling that comes from the heart, not something that just comes out of my mouth.” Koko Taylor, a heart stilled now, after 80 years.