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I ran across a post from Consumerist about a six year old that was denied the chance to get her doll’s hair “styled” at an American Girl store in Manhattan.

On the original post, it was hard to make out exactly what was going on because it was ripe with sarcasm. Here’s the idea: daughter is invited to go with a friend to American Girl Place. She can take her favorite doll and have a “stylist” work up the doll’s hair (for $20!). Turns out the girl didn’t have a real American Girl doll, so said “stylist” refuses to work on the doll. Then the other people in line start to stand up for the “stylist.”

Now I’m not sure how much is really true and how much is just hyperbole. There’s just a few things that seem odd to me. First, twenty dollars to style a doll’s hair? I don’t even spend that much on a hair cut, and I’ve got a lot more hair than a doll. Second, why make a big stink over it not being a real American Girl doll? Who cares? It’s a doll. Finally, $20? Really? I never knew how much those dolls cost in the first place. So I looked it up. I really don’t see myself shelling out that kind of money on a doll for Julia or Baby #2. But that’s just me. I’m cheap when it comes to that, and I’m happy to admit it.

It’s a drinking game based on the State of the Union address tonight. I know I don’t want to play it, I wouldn’t be able to keep up. Check out a sampler of what gets you a drink: Iraq, Baghdad, elections, troops, evil, and education.

I’d be done in the first couple minutes.

… and it happened in my hometown of Monticello, NY, of all places.

To make a short story shorter, a guy lost his sight in his right eye. Horse hits him in the head, guy gets eyesight back. All happened at the racetrack (racino?) in Monticello. Doctors are baffled, guy is grateful for head-butt.

He just better make sure he doesn’t get hit like that again. He might go back to being blind.

While on the way home today, I was listening to the radio. During the mindless banter between songs and commercials, the DJ was talking about how a girl in Texas is offering TP Insurance for Halloween.

Here’s how it works: you give her $10. If your house gets TPed on Halloween, she and her friends clean it up. And the money goes to charity.

I think this is pretty inventive. I’m sure they could charge even more if they wanted to. I’m just curious to see how many houses get TPed. But they don’t do eggs or “forks”. Not sure what those forks are, any ideas?

[tags]Halloween, Insurance[/tags]