As if most of the nude people weren't fake anyway...

Playboy magazine has perhaps done more for the breast augmentation industry than anyone. I don't know the stats, but it seems reasonable to believe that most of the fold-out set are enhanced both in real life and in post-processing. But now, cnn reports that the magazine is reaching out to fans of the truly unreal. Yes, it's true, the fictional women who star in video games will appear in the October Playboy.

But wait, there's more! It's not enough that the magazine (and the game makers) are so convinced of your belief in these characters that you'll be excited about seeing them in the buff, but some of the characters are in fact too modest to appear naked. Several are willing to "pose seductively", but won't go the full monty for your viewing pleasure.

It's hard enough on the attractive women of the world that they are expected to look like well-assembled movie stars and models, but at least those are people, and most of their parts are still original equipment. But now, attractiveness (in the eye of the gamer, perhaps) is based on completely imaginary women.

The ramifications are astounding. Now, how much did you say that issue cost...

Lilly

Olympic Soccer Update: damn, Kristine Lilly is a stud. Ok, young Heather O'Reilly finished it off thanks to good build-up from Wambach and Hamm, both of whom put in great performances yesterday, but Kristine Lilly just continues to impress me with her overall play.

Brasil looked awfully good in the other semi-final. The U.S. can't be complacent headed into the final just because they beat Brasil before. Between Cristiane, Pretinha, Marta, and, well, all the rest of them, plus with Andreia on her game in goal, that's a very strong side who could expose any lack of speed in the U.S. defense and who can turn defenders as easily as they got turned on Germany's goal yesterday.

It's a little disconcerting that it'll be the U.S. trying to kill the creative play rather than be the entertainers, but that's how the final could be won, methinks. And now, back to your regularly scheduled programming...

What does "today" mean?

Cruising through Vermont, listening to the radio in the car. Just surfing. A station called "Alice 103" or some such plays its promo, claiming that it's the station playing "Today's Best Music", which apparently is "Come On Eileen". Seems like a searing indictment of everything released in the last 25 years, if you ask me.