Morning Meme: Taste Bitter Ruin, "Breaking Bad" One More Time, and Andy Roddick Smells Good

At the Indiana State Fair, minutes prior to a Sugarland performance, the stage rigging collapsed in a wind gust, killing at least five people and injuring dozens. Our thoughts are with the families and friends of those lost.

Breaking Bad is renewed for a final season of 16 episodes on A&E. It's likely that will bring it to a close in 2013, which should give me time to catch up from the beginning before the end.

Rep. Michele Bachmann again dodged questions about gay rights, denied previous audio footage and claimed she doesn't judge. She's terrifyingly impossible to knock off message. She doesn’t' answer the question that's asked, just what her talking points are. And I'm afraid most of the country doesn't notice.

Slightly more entertaining is this satiric piece about Governor Rick Perry who may be the true threat.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes managed to hold on to the top spot at the weekend box office, despite a surprisingly strong opening for The Help, in second place. The big shock was Glee 3D, which bombed at $5.7 million. Even Ryan Murphy can't explain what happened there.

One of the downsides to filming on location for Chris Nolan is that footage of The Dark Knight Rises leaks out everywhere. Here's a video of the Batwing "flying" down the street. This thing makes a bumblebee look aerodynamic.

Vertigo Theater Productions in Manchester is mounting a stage production of Matthew Rettenmund's novel Boy Culture next year.

Science has figured out how beer goggles work. There doesn't appear to be a cure, other than sobriety, and what fun is that?

In even further Rep. Michele Bachmann news, she doesn't judge gays, but she'd bring Don't Ask, Don't Tell back if she were elected President.

Father Tony brings us the story of the two weddings he officiated at the Pop Up Chapels in New York's Central Park. He's a marvelous storyteller I hope to meet one day.

Tim Pawlenty's presidential aspirations were the first victim of the entirely pointless Ames Straw Poll. Now I'll have to start taking sleeping pills again.

I can completely get behind this. The UK is talking about turning off or limiting social media during times of unrest under the idea that they fan the flames. Which is ridiculous. But if they do it, I completely agree that you also have to turn off cable news because it fans the flames in the name of ratings. In fact, I think we might even be able to fix Washington, D.C. by banning the cable news networks.

News is jumping that Mike Myers has signed on to do another Austin Powers movie, which is news to both Mike and the studio. The door is always open, but the pair haven't had talks in about six months.

The new cast of Dancing With the Stars is supposedly going upmarket by adding Queen Latifa. But then it's filling in the cast with Snooki, the male Kardashian, one of the females from The Hills (I want Brody Jenner in those costumes), and Tiffani-Amber Theissen.

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