A round of links for my friends

Need some good reads to pass the time? Here are some interesting articles that I've come across lately (100% Michael Jackson media circus-free!):

• Stripper pole aerobics classes aren't a crime...unless you live in a town like the one from Footloose.


• A lengthy (and a bit preachy towards the end) look at George Orwell's obsession with tobacco.


• The Farrah Fawcett-Ayn Rand connection


• I want to be a sleep tourist. Seriously.


• Did Michael Bay actually make an arthouse movie?


• You know, this may be my sepia-toned nostalgia talking, but 1999 was a really good year for music.


• 18 crazy (and legally unlikely) courtroom scenes

That's about it for now. I think I'll make this a regular thing (yeah, it's easy blog filler).