Google is letting privacy-minded Germans opt out of Google Street View. But one Street View fan, IT consultant Jens Best, has sworn to photograph every excluded house, then upload them manually to Google Maps. Meet the human embodiment of Google.

Today we looked at how young lawyers are shit out of luck. This inspired one commenter to tell us a story about his brother, his stepmother, and some passive aggressive law school attending.

Finally, something about which we can all agree with Glenn Beck: Rick Sanchez, CNN host and certified buffoon (video examples here), is "the dumbest man ever on television." Inside, video of Beck's hilarious Sanchez bash from his radio show yesterday.

"If we let 'em build it, well can't you see, they'll turn 9/11 to a mockery," sings Trade Martin in this anti-Ground Zero Mosque song, cleverly titled, "We've Got To Stop The Mosque At Ground Zero." Yes, this is real.

The director of the Bay County Area Animal Shelter in Florida has resigned in disgrace after it was discovered that an employee took home a pet pig named "Fluffy," butchered and ate it. Of course the pig's name was "Fluffy."

[Steve Carell and Rainn Wilson play nice on the set of The Office. Image via Pacific Coast News.]

During yesterday's Padres-Phillies game, Jayson Werth hit a foul ball into the stands. What happened next was epic: a fan who happened to be walking back from the concessions area—food/drink in hand—caught the ball one-handed. Seriously. Video inside.

This was inevitable: Spencer Pratt is reportedly negotiating the sale of a sex tape starring his soon-to-be ex-wife Heidi Montag. No word, as of yet, whether it was shot before or after Heidi's Barbie-like surgical makeover. [TMZ, image via INF]

According to scientists, rave party staples LSD and ketamine (better known as Special K or just K) can be cures for depression and other psychiatric disorders. Wow, the '90s really are coming back full force. And the best part, too!

Wednesday: man plummets onto Phish stage. Thursday: man jumps to death at Swell Season show.

Iran, aided by Russian technicians, is about to open a nuclear reactor, to produce energy. Russia says it's implemented safeguards to ensure fuel can't be diverted for possible weapons programs. Still: Let's translate this into Drudge Report-ese, shall we?

Granted, noon is the equivalent of 6PM when you host a morning show. In GQ's new profile of Joe Scarborough, the professional chit-chatter reveals his sexual fixations and calls co-host Mika Brzezinski "mommy" while she chugs vodka from a mug.

Michael J. Fox heads to The Good Wife, Access Hollywood announces a spin-off, an interview with Delocated's Jon Glazer, Kids in the Hall's new show premieres tonight on IFC, and why not kick off the weekend with some 90s nostalgia?

At yesterday's Rays-Rangers baseball game, one fella drank too much and decided to take a short nap in the stands. Another fan promptly filmed this as the Rays' mascot, Raymond, woke the drunkard up with a barrage of silly string.

The no-female-guests-allowed Lynx Lodge opens in November and it's billing itself as the ultimate "mancation" spot. Yes, we're gonna get our gay on in New South Wales! Wait, it's staffed entirely by female models? Ugh, it's like a live-in Hooters!

TONIGHT: There isn't much in terms of primetime offerings tonight, though we do have new episodes of Eureka, Say Yes to the Dress Flashpoint, Wizards of Waverly Place, Suite Life on Deck, Chefs vs. City, and more.

Here's a new list of the highest-paid authors. Once again, it's all the crappy ones.

This is Snoop Dogg blowing up an armored, fake money-filled vehicle, all in the name of that game that clogs up your Facebook wall, Mafia Wars. Isn't America an awesome place?

No, not John McCain. We're talking about a 40-something-year-old South American Indian who lives by himself in a remote patch of the Brazilian jungle, the last of a lost, uncontacted tribe. Can he stay isolated forever? That's the question. [Slate]

A couple of new polls show that a growing number of Americans think Barack Obama is Muslim. Why? So far, the Washington Examiner's conservative writer Byron York has the worst explanation: because Obama sometimes mentions his "Muslim roots," confusing everyone!