1. Self-service beer stations are up and running at Minnesota’s Target Field ahead of next week’s MLB All-Star Game. The self-service machines are called DraftServ, or, as they will come to be known around the seventh inning, urinals.
2. An Ohio man who turned to KickStarter with a $10 goal to prepare and try potato salad for the first time ended up with over $11,000 in donations. So now he’s just halfway to his new goal of being able to buy the ingredients at Whole Foods.
3. Former Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze died yesterday at the age of 86. My prayers are with his family and whoever has to carve that tombstone.
4. Oslo, Almaty and Beijing were confirmed as the official candidates to host the 2022 Winter Olympics on Monday. And I think it’s safe to assume Bob Costas is pulling for Beijing solely on the basis of height.
5. Actor Harrison Ford is recuperating from surgery after breaking his leg on the set of the new Star Wars movie thus delaying filming for two weeks. Said one actor on the film who wished to remain anonymous. “His shit together Indiana Jones does need to get.”
6. According to a new biography, the author of “The Star-Spangled Banner” may have been tone-deaf. So maybe Carl Lewis was right.
7. In a recent interview, Hillary Clinton said she would want Meryl Streep to play her in a movie based on her life. The project is loosely titled, “The Devil Wears Pantsuits.”
8. A new report predicts that global warming may cause the red-head gene to disappear. “Dibs on Northern Ireland,” said England.
9. On Monday, Twitter appointed Katie Stanton as its new media chief. A woman with a high power job, who never says anything over 140 characters, I think I’m in love.
10. A Louisiana Republican seeking to unseat Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu announced on Thursday that his unwed teenage daughter is pregnant. Which can only mean one thing, welcome to Louisiana Levi Johnston.
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