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5 Things I Learned Today…

  1. That the founder of Taco Bell was named Glen Bell. It never occurred to me that the “Bell” referred to anything other than a traditional Mexican bell, rung to summon los hombres and las mujeres to gather for a taco feast. Anyway, Glen Bell died last January at the ripe old age of 86, meaning that his lucky heirs paid no estate tax on his millions of dollars (here) thanks to our wonderful, on-the-ball Congress who let the estate tax lapse at the end of last year. Anyway, now whenever I see a Taco Bell, I’ll think about a dead, gigantic pasty old guy handing out tacos and saying “Yo key-air-o.”
  2. That Penelope Cruz (my husband’s ultimate Hollywood crush) was recently married to that creepy guy from No Country for Old Men in a secret Bahamas wedding ceremony (here). Whew. My marriage is doubly safe.
  3. That after 10 straight days of heated humidity, a day of persistent rain will feel like nippy nirvana.
  4. That middle school girls loooove Hawaiian pizza, and will consume it with unequivocal enthusiasm. In fact, that’s about all they’ll do with unequivocal enthusiasm. (I have no link to verify this, so you’ll just have to take my eyewitness word on this.)
  5. That designer sunglasses are “maybe not” worth $500, according to the Wall Street Journal (here). Turns out, they’re just marked-up plastic that are no better for your eyes than pharmacy sunglasses… and are probably made in the same factory, too! Hear that, everyone who has $500 sunglasses? You’ve been wasting your money… in case you’re that fucking stupid. Goodness.

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By Meredith – July 14, 2010

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