This book looks great - it's a satire on a really particular self-help genre that is super popular right now. The sad thing is, the author got the idea for the book because he was told he was too nice to ever advance. So, he experimented with being a major a@#hole, got the idea for this book, and is having the last laugh. Good for him. I also love all the various euphemisms for a@#hole in the article (like "orifice").

Quoted: A satirical new book serves up a 10-step program on how to be, well … an a--hole "I was the nicest guy in the world—and it was killing me," he writes in "A$$hole: How I Got Rich and Happy by Not Giving a Damn About Anyone and How You Can Too," his new mock-help masterpiece.

Somehow I don't think this is appropriate for MSN... especially not with that illustration, ha!

Quoted: Italy's highest appeals court ruled that a 42-year-old workman broke the law by "ostentatiously touching his genitals through his clothing" and must pay a 200 euro fine, the Telegraph reported Friday.

This is a great headline: "Turns out you can spell irony with a pee"

Quoted: OK, maybe that was a little too free. A British man was sentenced Tuesday to five days of detention for urinating on one of Latvia's most treasured monuments — the Freedom Monument.

A City Guides story on strange/unusual town names across the country. Haha, I love stuff like this.

Quoted: Hell’s in Michigan. Tightwad is in Missouri and Rabbit Hash in Kentucky. Learn the stories behind these and other unusual U.S. place names.

LOL, awesome. The headline should read "Area Girlfriend" though... :)

Quoted: PLYMOUTH, NH–Evan Riedel has made reference to his Sept. 6 Scrabble victory over girlfriend Amy Vanderploeg about 200 friggin' times in the days since, Vanderploeg reported Monday.

Haha, this headline is just so great, I had to share...

Quoted: Two Australian robbers thought they were hauling away a big sack of cash from the Cuckoo Restaurant, but it turned out to be bread rolls — and one of them accidentally shot the other in the buttocks during the heist.

Haha, Slate's unanswered Explainer of the year contest. Vote for Slate to answer one of the many questions sent in by readers that the magazine had chosen to ignore (for good reason)...

Quoted: Today, the Explainer renews a holiday tradition and presents an assortment of inquiries culled from our voluminous backlog, which Slate felt ill-equipped or unwilling to answer in 2007. Once again, we'd like you to let us know which of these unanswered questions is most deserving of an answer.

Haha Colbert for President! Apparently he's only running in South Carolina :)

Quoted: Stephen Colbert announces his candidacy for president on 'The Colbert Report.'