Most of my blog ideas come reading the news, which means I spend a lot of time online during the week at various new sites.

During the course of my 'research,' I often find interesting stories that I decide not to use for different reasons. Sometimes it's too easy or I know it's been done by everyone else or I'm not sure if I can develop the thought for more than two sentences.

None the less, it doesn't mean I can't share my findings with anyone else. So below are some of my favorite links from surfing the Web this week and a few things you might have missed.

1. Guys, don't take this girl out on a date and forget to call her back the next day. Through, she probably won't be going on any dates anytime soon, which is sad because any girl that can convince three other guys to hold another guy down and brand an "R" on his stomach must either be rich or dang good in bed. The best part of the story, if there is one, is the judge let one of the guys finish his degree before beginning his five-year jail term. I bet he's questioning why he chose a degree in photography seeing how inmates don't normally have cameras. He should have majored in something like history or political science because while neither will be a lot of help finding a job, they sure would give you something to think about for five years.

2. High gas prices aren't affecting just food prices and people's driving habits. It turns out, they are bad for whore houses too. An interesting take on a common story.

3. For all the wrong reasons, this might have been the greatest women's soccer game ever played, other than Team USA's 1999 gold-medal win. I tried to find more pictures, but sadly I couldn't.

4. Anyone wondering what Ron Paul or Mike Huckabee are up to nowadays?

5. A few weeks ago, I blogged about Nashville Star. The show is easily the worse hour on television and the most painful country act to watch since Dana Carter. However, I'm a big fan of Johnny Cash and blonds. Check out this blond singing Johnny Cash on the show.

6. Michelle Obama shops at Target.

7. Speaking of Obama, he, or his people, must have read my blog about fighting terrorism. How else would they have known to watch out for girls wearing scarves?

8. I might have decided Boise State sucks when I shunned the school for Idaho, but that's nothing compared to this kid who told 18 schools, including six Ivy League schools, to go pee on themselves.

9. Beer was $11 a cup at the last concert I went to. Had I had one of these, I could have snuck my own beverages in using a device that takes ''beer belly'' to a whole new level.

10. The real reason Hulk Hogan wanted his son out of jail: to play chuffier for his mom's new boyfriend.

11. Cookies are now 'sometimes food.' Great link from the Colbert Report.