and i get paid for this.

Four great news stories that happened today. Oh, how I love journalists with a strong grasp on irony:

A) Steve Wynn sells Picasso's "Le Reve" for $139 million, making it the most expensive painting in the world.
Then he elbows it and gives it a 2-inch tear. Oh, the plight of the rich.

• http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2409693,00.html

B) Scarlett Johansson has signed on to record an album called Scarlett Sings Tom Waits.
Ummmm, what?

• http://www.hecklerspray.com/scarlett-johansson-to-wrap-mighty-lungs-around-tom-waits/20065371.php

C) Mailman found dead in his apartment with thousands of letters stolen from people along his mail route.
OK, this is kind of sad, but the irony kicks my butt.

• http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/18/us/18mail.html?hp&ex=1161230400&en=8ae1fa1df5c6b415&ei=5094&partner=homepage

D) I'm not going to post a link to this one, but it is equally smirk-worthy. In London, they have banned junk food in elementary schools. So what's a concerned mum to do now that her kid can't chow down on Lion bars at lunchtime? Why, sell contraband hamburgers, french fries, and sandwiches, of course! Kids just aren't kids without that extra five pounds.