The Friday Night Thread For 8/6/10: Not Just Montell This Time

Though he is of course the leadoff man, as always:

The most expensive dog in the world is worth a reasonable $600,000 .

Japan orders Apple to publicize the iPod fix there .

Monkey problem solving!

See, we are a lot like Spongebob....or Spongebob is a lot like us.

This lady deserves every right to sue .

Speaking of sue, wow.

With the district in a financial crisis and hundreds of its members facing layoffs, the Milwaukee teachers union is taking a peculiar stand: fighting to get their taxpayer-funded Viagra back.

The union has asked a judge to order the school board to again include Pfizer Inc.'s erectile dysfunction drug and similar pills in its health insurance plans.

The filing is the latest in a two-year legal campaign in which the union has argued, so far unsuccessfully, that the board's policy of excluding erectile dysfunction drugs discriminates against male employees. The union says Viagra, Cialis, Levitra and others are necessary treatment for "an exclusively gender-related condition."

In the spirit of Shark Week, the 15 worst shark attacks ever .

Why can't we all be like Ecuador folks .