It's the day before Friday - just think of the hangover before going to happy hour tonight. It's also means its time for The Scanner: Where shame is the only currency.

Not without my Nutter Butters! Bangor High School is joining a growing number of schools around the country to ban peanuts from cafeteria food and vending machines. You can debate either way if this is fair or not, but the story is interesting because the school district is telling parents to "refrain from packing peanuts or other nuts or nut products in their children’s lunches." Who in high school still needs mom or dad to pack their lunch?'
(At least 100 COTW bonus points to whoever can identify the character to the right and what show he's from.)

There may be hope for CDs A week ago in the iHerald and here in the blog we talked about the future of CDs with the onslaught of digital music. As promised, MaineToday's Dylan Martin offers his take, which holds out hope for CDs and albums.

More love for local bars This is why I subscribe to Esquire. They know me, they understand me. They like the bars I have been known to frequent. First Rosie's, now The White Heart. Is Dock Fore next?

They don't test for doping If you've got more than a few minutes on your hands, check out The Hipster Olympics, which is pretty hilarious. How soon till the games come to Portland? Is there an international committee to appeal to? (Thanks to NXT reader AC)

Everywhere, like, such as... By now many of you have already seen it, but let's give a hand to Miss Teen South Carolina, the pride of our nation's educational system. Every time I watch this I cringe. Hard. (Thanks to NXT reader Réal)

14 minutes and counting Miss Teen S.C. Look who has parlayed their fame into more edu-tainment and embarrassment.

They had to see this coming So we know the iPhone can be hacked, and as result we know the people that do so will get a call from Apple's lawyers.

Still, it appears it's only a matter of time before some sort of quasi-official iPhone hack service is available.

Another piece of your iLife So here's another Apple related rumor this week, a possible iCar. Yes, that's right, according to some sources Apple and Volkswagen are holding secret meetings to talk about an automobile collaboration. Will Apple beat Japanese companies in creating a Transformer?

The worst of YouTube If you've spent any amount of time on YouTube, you'll know people are fond of branding things "worst (fill in the blank) clip EVER." But after seeing these three "music videos," (the term is liberally applied here) I think they may be contenders for worst ever.

"I wanna love you tender"
"Sometimes"
"Why Must I Cry" (Clip is more than bizarre and NSFW.) (Thanks (or is that no thanks?) to NXT reader Prince Bubiqwue)

If I can't find the worst music videos, what's the point? It's no secret television and cable networks are trying to stop YouTube's continued theft of clips from sitcoms and other shows. Now they think they've got their own YouTube. They call it Hulu. Good luck with that.

A weapon for a more civilized time So apparently George Lucas is willing to do just about anything for his franchise. Luke Skywalker's lightsaber is going into space. Seriously. The original lightsaber prop from "Star Wars" is going into space. (Hat Tip: G4)

Why not Pitfall? Saying you remember the videogame Joust may date you a bit, but take a look at this: a Hollywood production company wants to make the 80s videogame into a feature length movie. It involves fighting on ostriches and emus. Smells like a goldmine to me.

Who says your local newscast is not worth checking out So I was trying to get a link to a video the Sacramento CBS affiliate did where two anchors re-enact the Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) with hilarious. Results. If you can find it be my guest. (Search under "Chris and Jeff") But, thanks to YouTube I did find this, which is also from CBS 13, and just as weird.

"Operation: Double Trouble" First they turn the tide in the drug wars, now they're going to stop DVD piracy? Meet the dogs who can sniff out counterfeit DVDs and are responsible for a big bust in New York City. Feel free to make your own DVD smuggling jokes.

Today's the day to get your say in for Commenter of the Week. It's a wide open field this week, there's only been a few comments. Remember if you want the chance for a free guest post tomorrow morning, you have to comment and get a vote in to me before 6 p.m. EST.

Remember, if you got a Web site, video or otherwise bizarre phenomenon on the Internet, e-mail me or IM me (JustinNXT) and it’ll end up in the Scanner.

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