The list
Top 10 best-selling grocery items for the year ending June 14, according to Information Resources Inc., a Chicago-based market information services firm (sales in billions):
1. Carbonated beverages ($12)
2. Milk ($11.2)
3. Fresh bread & rolls ($9.57)
4. Beer/ale/hard cider ($8.17)
5. Salty snacks ($8.09)
6. Natural cheese ($7.64)
7. Frozen dinners/entrees ($6.13)
8. Cold cereal ($6.11)
9. Wine ($5.49)
10. Cigarettes ($4.63)
Desperately seeking
Five hot Internet searches Thursday, as tracked by Google Trends:
* “Steve Phillips girlfriend”
* “Brooke Hundley photos”
* “Marni Phillips picture”
* “Cami Parker”
* “Lil Wayne going to jail”
What day is it?
Friday is National Mole Day, which celebrates:
A) A small, furry burrowing creature;
B) A raised brown or black lesion on one’s skin;
C) A thick, flavorful sauce used in Mexican cuisine;
D) Avogadro’s Number, a basic measuring unit in chemistry.
The answer is D.
Party on.
the number: $10
Minimum hourly wage that Georgetown University sophomore Charley Cooper is offering in his search for a “personal assistant,” according to The Washington Post. Burdened by the stresses of a full class load, a part-time job (at a financial services firm) and an illness in his family, Cooper apparently says he will pay up to $12 an hour for three to seven hours per week of washing his clothes, gassing up his car and performing other “everyday tasks.” A list that presumably also includes the posting of pretentious help-wanted ads.
the quote
“The thug mentality is what killed my parents.”
— Theodore McClendon, brother of CLTV host Garrard McClendon, on their parents’ slayings
