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By Charley Daniels

Happy Friday, ya’ll! These are some important things I thought about during work today:

In the kitchen: Can someone tell me what a honey dipper does that can’t be accomplished with a spoon, fork, knife, or another utensil that you already have that is useful for multiple purposes?

On the street: This blog post on Wired.com about Apple violating California law is interesting, but mostly because it made me realize how stupid the laws are. From the post:

Under CA law, products that expose consumers to the phthalates found in the iPhone and iPod cords are required to be accompanied by a warning.

Okay, yeah. I live in California, and I see those warnings everywhere: “Products used or sold on these premises may contain chemicals known to the state of California to make your legs fall off and kill your favorite uncle*.” But who pays attention to that? In Los Angeles, if you avoided places that had those signs, you couldn’t go anywhere. You probably couldn’t even go home. The result? For better or worse, we’ve stopped paying attention. We’re very, very warned. We don’t care.

Fanboy: Sarah, who sits two cubicles over from me, is on the phone with Jason Lee right now. If I were to run over and grab the phone so I could tell him how awesome he is, I’d probably be fired. Essay topic: Would I be able to collect unemployment for losing my job under those circumstances?

Jason Lee, Jason Scott Lee, Jennifer Jason Leigh: Three actors who should definitely be in a movie or TV show together, or they should at least go out for coffee sometime.