Oscar snub Sacha Baron Cohen, the outrageous comedian who brought the characters Borat, Bruno and Ali G to life has reportedly had his tickets to the Academy Awards pulled after he planned to attend the ceremony dressed as his latest character "The Dictator." I guess the Academy figured that with Billy Crystal coming back to host that would be TOO MUCH hilarious comedy. [Deadline Hollywood]

Unamerican Idol When you have a song stuck in your head, it's tough to stop singing it. But if the song is about Osama bin Laden, you are a Saudi Arabian teenager, and you're currently seated on a domestic airplane flight in the United States, maybe it's smarter to just hum it to yourself quietly? [The Smoking Gun]

Big breakfast There's a new world record for pancake stacking, everybody! Now it's almost two and a half feet high! Sadly, the world record for most pancakes ever eaten before feeling bloated, disgusting and hating the idea of pancakes ever again remains constant at five. Some records will never be broken. [Huff Post Weird]

Wasteful spending (of my time) Headline of blog post: "The stock market loves Democrats." Last line of blog post: "More likely, this is just a small sample size, and the President’s influence on the economy is far more limited than we tend to admit." Followup question: why did you make me read all that? [Washington Post]

Be careful what you ask for If your friend asks you to shoot him in the head, maybe you should get him to write it down first? [StlToday.com]

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