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Getting ahead in the
world of advertising

A Salt Lake City woman auctioned off her forehead on eBay for advertising and received $10,000 to have a gambling Web site address tattooed thereupon. She said she will use the money to give her 11-year-old son a private-school education, one which presumably will teach him not to become a knucklehead like his mom.

But we here at the worldwide headquarters of "AloHa! Friday" and "Honolulu Lite" love knuckleheads. And that's why we are offering $1.98 to anyone who will have either "AloHa! Friday" or "Honolulu Lite" tattooed on his or her forehead. Rates are negotiable for other parts of the body.

Now the news ...

Pink sushi rice is nice

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) » With Taiwanese youngsters increasingly drawn to western hamburgers and fries, government researchers are trying to lure them back with rainbow-colored rice.

Agriculture officials have developed rice that come in pink, green, yellow and purple. The colors result from natural foods, not dyes.

(Mmmmm, Spam musubi on green rice ... makes the mouth water.)

Publicity stunt melts

NEW YORK (AP) » An attempt to erect the world's largest popsicle in a New York City square ended when the popsicle melted and flooded part of downtown with sticky syrup.

The 24-foot-high Snapple popsicle quickly began to melt in the hot sun, forcing pedestrians to flee to higher ground and firefighters to close several streets.

(If Snapple execs didn't realize what happens to a 16-ton popsicle at high noon in June, maybe Snapple should stay out of the popsicle biz.)

Pot candy a bad trip

NEW YORK CITY (AP) » Anti-drug advocates are trippin' over marijuana-flavored lollipops being sold with names like Purple Haze, Acapulco Gold and Rasta.

The pot candy, which tastes like hemp but has no trace of an actual drug, is showing up on convenience store shelves across the country. Marketers say the candy is legal but the New York City Council is planning a hearing to ban it.

(Just what the kids are craving: Candy that tastes like an old burlap sack.)

Honolulu Lite on Sunday

How do you make sharks boring? Put them on an Internet Web cam. The Waikiki Aquarium's "Shark Cam" is one of many unusual Web cams featured on the World's Weird Web Cam Web site. And although the watching Shark Cam may be a bit boring, watching llamas, cows and bugs is coma-inducing.

Quote Me On This (Department of Golf):

"Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the golf clubs and the fresh air." -- Jack Benny

"My golf partner couldn't hit a tiled floor with a belly full of puke." -- David Feherty

"It took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course." -- Hank Aaron