Today will go down as the sad, sad day that much like Al Capone, our beloved Kwik Check was seized by the state government for tax evasion. Let this be a lesson.

In other news:

- Memphis in May has announced their 2011 honored country. It's Belgium, land of waffles and chocolate. It's also the place that's most often used for comparative sizing. Is it wrong to hope that Plastic Bertrand will be the honored country's representative for Beale St. Music Fest?

- Once again, it's ridiculously hot out. It's so hot that an intrepid band of Memphians actually tried to fry an egg on the city streets. The good news is that temperatures should be working their way back into the 90s later this week.