A Life Most Ordinary

7. For driving both drunk and nude, Lions assistant coach Joe Cullen was sentenced this week to attend two AA meetings a week as part of his punishment. The other part is to stay with the Lions.

8. Going, going, Gonzaga: The story of the Gonzaga basketball players is getting, well, more hallucinogenic every day. When police pulled over Josh Heytvelt and Theo Davis last week, they allegedly smelled a "strong odor of burnt marijuana" from Davis. That led them to search the car, where they found a baggie of dried mushrooms that's now in the drug lab. Of special note to me, though, is that according to the police report the officer also discovered "three foil-wrapped brownie muffins" that he contended contained hallucinogenic mushrooms. Huh? First of all, how could the officer know that the brownie muffins contained mushrooms, without knowing the recipe? Wouldn't the alleged mushrooms have been relatively concealed in the brownie muffins? That's some super sleuthing right there. More importantly, though, what the heck is a "brownie muffin"? I've heard of brownies, and I've heard of muffins, but never a brownie muffin. For instance, when I've made brownies from a mix, it often asks if one would prefer "cake-like brownies." (Personally, like most self-respecting chocoholics, I opt for "fudge-like".) But I've never seen a brownie box ask if I wanted "muffin-like brownies." Is a brownie muffin just a chocolate muffin that's relatively fudgy? Is it the result of brownie mix poured into a muffin tin rather than a 13x9x2 pan? Frankly, "brownie muffin" sounds like a concoction dreamed up by somebody very stoned.

9. NASCAR driver Michael Waltrip allegedly tried to use jet fuel in his car during Daytona 500 qualifying. Waltrip has been fined $100,000, docked 100 points and must forfeit all his frequent-flyer miles.

10. He shoots, he scores: Host Germany's World Cup dreams may have faded in the semifinals last summer, but the event will still leave a lasting impression on the German population. The nation's maternity wards are reporting that they will have to arrange extra beds for all the women expecting babies in April. We especially enjoyed the quote from a midwife calling the baby boom a "product of the euphoria from the tournament."

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