Smoking Popes

As a non-Catholic, I'm allowed to say this: I don't like the new Pope. Aside from the fact that he prayed to God that he wouldn't be elected, he has attacked quite a few things that I like a lot. First, way back before he was the Pope he said that heavy metal was "an instrument of the devil." Then he proceeded to single out these acts as the worst of them all:

• Pink Floyd
• the Rolling Stones
• Queen
• Led Zeppelin
• Black Sabbath
• the Beatles
• Alice Cooper
• AC/DC
• the Eagles

So pretty much, he hates most of the most important music ever created. And now, since becoming the Pope he has officially attacked the Harry Potter series saying that they undermine the "soul of Christianity." Furthermore, this comes after Pope John Paul II praised author J.K. Rowling for her Christian lifestyle. It seems as if "God's Rottweiler," as Benedict XVI is called, is doing his best to suck the fun out of life one form of media at a time.

Street Cred

• I guess I'm not the only one who thinks that Jeff Probst pretty much saved Stephenie from elimination. (courtesy of PiTNB)
• George Lucas is going to be on the O.C. With his band, the Tattoine Five. The last part is not true.
• Choose your summer festival wisely. I personally will choose Lollapalooza (see yesterday) and possibly the Intonation Festival.
  
• After the dinner conversation about the '93 Phillies I found this: The '93 Phillies: The Dirtiest Team Ever.
• Thankfully this didn't happen after the NFL Draft.
• Jessica Alba. Even dolphins love her.