There used to be a store called Structure. It was a men’s clothing store that you could find at most malls. In about 2002 Limited Brands, Structure’s parent company, converted all of the Structure stores to Express Men.

A few years later, Limited sold the Structure brand to Sears. Sears now uses the Structure brand for men’s clothing at Sears.

The brand has been available at Sears since 2004. I noticed it a few days ago, when I shopped at a Sears (for clothing) for the first time in many, many years.

I guess this is one of those things you find interesting when you spend over a decade in retail.

I started this post to figure out all the voices Seth MacFarlane does in “The Family Guy” and found out something else interesting in the process.

First, MacFarlane does the voices of Peter, Brian, Stewie, Quagmire, and Tom Tucker… maybe more (he’s a regular Dan Castellaneta/Hank Azaria).

Second, every episode includes at least one instance of one character saying “What the hell…” to another. I had no idea, but now that I know that… it makes sense. And here I thought they just swore a lot!

The latest in a string of awesome gifts from the gift-giver-in-chief: Autographed Photos of himself (and his wife!!!)

The private school that President Feckless sent his daughters to held a fundraiser this weekend. (This is the same school that Chelsea Clinton attended when her dad was in the White House.)

While the Clintons donated personal items such as a round of golf with the President, or a night of babysitting by Chelsea, President iPod went a different direction:

According to a source with ties to the school, the only items up for bid from the Obamas included a signed copy of the Rolling Stone issue featuring the president and a signed copy of the January Vogue that featured the first lady.

Well, I’ll give the guy this—at least he’s consistent. Narcissistic, yes. But also consistent.

I wonder how the Parker family feels about the whole thing. Sarah and James Parker go to the same school as the Obama daughters, or at least they did. They won’t be returning next year, as the Democrats have cut off funding for the DC School Voucher program. So they get to go to DC public schools instead.

Hope and Change indeed.

Stick with this one until about the 45 second mark, where you can see exactly how low the plane was flying.

Oh, and you can hear the guy yelling “Oh, my God!”

According to a Wendy’s Spam e-mail that I get for some reason, Wendy’s is introducing two new Frosty flavors… Coffee Toffee Twisted and Frosty-cino. Both of these are coffee inspired and thus do absolutely nothing for me.

I also have a $1 off coupon for them, but can’t print it because it requites the installation of a “Wendy’s printer utility” which I think is fancy-talk for “spyware.”

Apparently there is some type of semi-organized effort around giving away free hugs, called the Free Hugs Campaign.

I’m thinking it’s mostly a way for creepy guys who couldn’t get any normal female affection to try to score chicks who will think they are sensitive. That and a good cover for pedophiles to hang out in public places.

Now that I’ve depressed you about the sorry state of a society that would come up with something as ridiculous and worthless as a Free Hugs campaign, make yourself feel better by watching this hilarious video of capitalism triumphing over some free hug moron.

I tell you this, if the video is not real, the guy’s reaction @ 2:44 should earn him one of those awards that actors give each other.

One of the Air Force One planes buzzed NYC today, officially for a “photo-op mission.”

The White House has issued an apology, after more than a few New Yorkers freaked out, and after Mayor Bloomberg said he was furious about the whole thing.

My initial reaction to this story was “meh,” but then I saw this video. I had assumed that despite their proclamations that they would never forget, most of the residents of NYC had done just that, as evidenced by their recent voting record.

But maybe not so much:

With all the flu talk going around, I thought it would be nice to have a handy-dandy chart that explains the difference between cold, flu, and allergy symptoms. So I put one together.

Source: here, here, here and here.

I’ll take a break from my epidemic watch to bring to your attention another End of the World scenario… bad news from Pakistan.

Pakistan handed control of a region called Swat Valley to the Taliban earlier this month, which is good news for Sharia Law proponents, but not for anyone else.

The act of appeasement had the same result it always does— the appeased, sensing weakness, demand more.

As of last week, militants were within 60 miles of the Pakistani capitol of Islamabad, and not too far from two major nuclear weapons facilities.

Hot Air has more, including several links.

The Taliban in charge of nuclear weapons? What could go wrong?

Gird your loins indeed.

I noted the existence of Mountain Dew—Throwback (or is it Mountain Dew: Throwback?) a few days ago and promised a review.

My review: Meh.

It was good… I definitely noticed the difference… but it wasn’t great or anything.

The taste and aftertaste were both noticeably different. But I’d liken the difference to the existing difference between any soda in cans vs. 20 oz bottles vs. fountain vs. 2 liters.

I’m not sure if I’d describe the taste as better, just different. I think it had more to do with familiarity than anything else.

Bottom Line: Worth a try. Good. Not Great.

I’d be interested to see how others feel should they try it.