Thurs. Show Prep - Chainsaw massacre edition at ProductionNinja.com

Daily Mail: Imagine that one day you’re sitting at home minding your own business, maybe watching a hysterical episode of How I Met Your Mother, when suddenly there’s a knock at your door. It’s your neighbor, saying “Please help, I’ve just cut my arm off” That’s exactly what happened to one British man… well, except the HIMYM part, I made that up. They packed his arm up in ace until paramedics arrived, and doctors were able to re-attach the arms. Two questions: a) if someone shows up at your door with a severed arm, would be able to think straight enough to help them? b) what kind of small talk would you make while you were waiting for the paramedics.
AFP: And here’s a less bloody story from across the pond: A British couple who met on a dating website turned out to be neighbors who had lived only a few houses apart for 17 years. For the love of all things holy people, introduce yourself to your neighbors.
FoxNews: The governments solution when they want to spend more money than they have is just to spend it anyway. So it seems kind of ironic that the national debt has now gotten so big that they need to add another number to the debt clock. Personally I think the bigger story is that they now have to add another digit to the “Eamus Catuli” sign at Wrigley Field because the Cubs world championship drought has now reached 100 years.
Trib: Speaking of the Cubs loosing. I’ve reacted to the Cubs being swept out of the playoffs by simply ignoring baseball for a while. One “fan” has a slightly different strategy, he’s auctioning off his loyalty on eBay. Right now the winning bid is $64, if I were the Cubs I would actually try to win the auction.