Editorial: Casual Fridays 1/15

Mayor’s lucky numbers

On Jan. 31, tickets for Pennsylvania’s debut drawing of the Mega… Mayor’s lucky numbers

On Jan. 31, tickets for Pennsylvania’s debut drawing of the Mega Millions lottery game will go on sale. Mega Millions tickets will be sold at 8,400 Pennsylvania Lottery retailers,according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Mayor Luke Ravenstahl was already seen in line mumbling something about a pension crisis.

Stinky situation

Pennsylvania State Police apprehended a Washington County man yesterday who ran away from a Pittsburgh halfway house in November, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. After being cornered by police at a relative’s house, the man fled to a nearby bridge before running into a sewer pipe underneath the bridge. As police celebrated the capture, a group of four peculiar-looking turtles scurried back into the sewer.

Little rascal

A Dallas school district recently suspended a 4-year-old from his prekindergarten class because his too-long hair had become a distraction, according to The New York Times. In an act of defiance, the boy held his ground, saying he likes his hair long and curly and does not want his parents to cut it. Looks like the next generation of G-20 protestors is already cultivating.

Feelin’ foxy

“Roxxxy,” the world’s first human-like sex robot was unveiled at an adult entertainment expo in Las Vegas, according to The Daily Telegraph. The doll has flesh-like synthetic skin, stands 5 feet 7 inches tall and comes with variable personality modes featuring settings from shy to adventurous. The doll is even designed to be able to converse with its operator, although guys are really hoping there’s an off switch for that function.

What word?

A new brain imaging study by Carnegie Mellon uses a program that, by studying brain patterns, could predict what word a person is thinking about from a list of 60 nouns, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The study found that when the brain thinks about words correlating to concrete objects, it asks: “Can I hold it, can I get inside it and can I eat it?” Men at the recent adult entertainment expo in Las Vegas were wondering the same thing about “Roxxxy.”