That Skechers shoe company claimed that by just walking around in their Shape Ups brand shoes would give you an ass like Kim Kardashian shot in Sepia with the camera only showing her backside with strategic diagonal shots (never from straight behind). According to the FTC (aka Federal Trade Commission) Skechers are liars, and must pay them $40 million.

The settlement also involves the company's Resistance Runner, Toners and Tone-ups shoes. The FTC alleges Skechers made deceptive claims about those shoes, too.

The FTC says Skechers falsely represented that clinical studies backed up the company's claims about its toning shoes. (USA Today)

I love how it's "The FTC alleges" and "The FTC says;" you'd think for forcing a company $40 million they would be a little more definitive. It might as well read, the FTC's chairman bought a pair for his wife and her ass is still a complete mess so he's pretty sure they made it up...

- Cory

Holy crap this is awesome! Some kid in England, or somewhere over there, has built guns out of LEGOs. And they actually shoot LEGO pieces; non-lethally, of course.

He's putting out a How To book, so he's getting guff from predictable-kid-safety-groups. And yes, there are a few very unfortunate stories of kids getting shot because they were in a terrible situation where a realistic looking toy gun was confused for the real thing. Parents shouldn't buy this book for their kids without having a conversation about it. I grew up playing with LEGOs, and playing guns with my friends, and would have done this if I knew how; because this is what boys do.

We will talking about this on Radio School this Sunday evening at about 6:15pm.

- Cory

Best. First. Line. Ever.

And I know what you're thinking... that's actually not true at all; I have no idea what you're thinking, but I imagine people expect everyone on the internet everywhere to weigh-in on Obama coming out in support of same-sex marriage. Fine, I'll give in to the intense pressure and expectation... nay, responsibility of writing a blog, so here it is: Good for him. Alright? Fine, let's move on. That's a pretty funny commercial, huh?

- Cory