Friday, June 29, 2007

Business Time

2 minutes in Heaven is better than 1 minute in Heaven...

Gotta Have It

That's Philadelphia Mayor John Street, waiting outside a Center City AT&T location to buy an Apple iPhone, which goes on sale 6 p.m. today.

It was raining most of the morning and the mayor stayed dry in this Gore-Tex rain-suit.

When Are You Gonna Die?

The Shepherd's Death Forecast:

It is estimated that you will die at the age of 80 Years Old.

Fingerin' for 50 more years!

Find out your Death Forecast:

http://www.bored.com/deathforecast/index.php

The Lion Whisperer

Animal behaviorist Kevin Richardson has such an intimate bond with big cats that he can spend the night curled up with them without the slightest fear of attack.

So instinctively in tune is he with these beasts, whose teeth are sharp enough to bite through thick steel, that mother hyenas even allow him to hold their newborn cubs without pouncing to the rescue.

But lions are his favorite. He lavishes them with unconditional love, he says, treating each individual differently, speaking to them, caressing them and, above all, treating them with respect.

"I don't use sticks, whips or chains, just patience. It may be dangerous, but this is a passion for me, not a job," he says.

Gary Busey,

Happy Birthday! You crazy son of a bitch!










Thursday, June 28, 2007

Faith No More?

Anastacio Molina Jr., 40, of Sheboygan, is accused of stomping a pet tropical fish to death during a dispute with a girlfriend faces charges of disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property.

Police had already been called to the house five hours earlier because of a verbal dispute when Molina ordered his girlfriend to move out.

When officers arrived the second time, they found remains of the pet fish, an Oscar, on the sidewalk, the complaint said, and the girlfriend's 12-year-old son told police Molina took it out of its tank and stomped it to death.

Molina also broke a stereo and shattered a picture window, the complaint said.

You want it all but you cant have it
Its in your face but you cant grab it
What is it?
Its it
What is it? ...

The Wrong Belushi

According to ABC...this show is good?!?
After mulling the fate of "According to Jim," ABC decided to bring the James Belushi sitcom back next year.

The network said Wednesday it has ordered 18 episodes to air in midseason.

Does A Body Good

Milk Prices Could Soar to $5 a Gallon by Summer's End
High fuel prices, drought and a spike in the cost of feed and dairy operations are all kicking up the price of the frothy, white beverage.

Americans have been enjoying moderate milk prices for years, so the sudden rise will be a definite hit to the wallet — especially when consumers are already struggling with higher gas and electricity costs.

In fact, the cost of milk is dependent on the barrel cheese price, according to Brady, who said the reserve dairy supply the United States has had for several years has been depleted over time.

Prices of other dairy products like butter and ice cream should also continue to climb as a result of surging milk and cheese prices.

Oh, The Irony...

Liz Claiborne, dies. 1929-2007

Save The Cheerleader...?

Where the fuck was Peter Petrelli? Damn.

Who Will It Be?

Although Portland ruined the suspense last night by declaring their intentions to draft Greg Oden #1 overall, there are still many questions to answer.

It's too bad for the rest of the world that they don't live with Rossman, he already knows the first 38 picks.

Tonight, 7:30 PM


Wednesday, June 27, 2007

I'm In The Mood For Love

Police said inmates used pancake batter and toothpaste to cover a hole they made to allow a female inmate to slide into the next cell and join a male inmate.

The hole at the Scott City Jail was discovered this weekend, said police Chief Don Cobb. He said inmates removed a block from the wall, after making a digging tool with a nail, a wire from a light fixture and a toothbrush.

The mixture of pancake batter and toothpaste looked like mortar, he said.

Now steel plates are being added to the Missouri jail's interior walls.

A Bullet In The Head

April Moylan was arrested Tuesday after her husband woke up in the middle of the night with a terrible headache and later learned he had a bullet lodged in his head.

Eugene Moylan, 45, woke up at 4:30 a.m. and thought he had suffered an aneurism or that his wife had elbowed him in his sleep, authorities said.

His wife drove him to the hospital where doctors said a bullet had lodged behind his right ear. Evidence indicated that Moylan had been shot at close range by someone in the house and it was clear there were inconsistencies with the couple's story, Mascara said.

April Moylan eventually told authorities she accidentally shot her husband.

"How can this guy be shot, not know that he was shot in bed and then walk into a hospital room. It was just amazing to all of us," Mascara said.

The Search Is On

Researchers will visit the Upper Peninsula next month to search for evidence of the legendary creature known as "Bigfoot" or "Sasquatch."

The expedition will focus on eastern Marquette County, said Matthew Moneymaker of the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization.

Run, Harry! Run!

World's Oldest Car Is For Sale

The four-wheeled De Dion-Bouton et Trepardoux, nicknamed "La Marquise," was originally buit for the French Count De Dion, one of the founders of the company. The car has had only two other owners since, according to auction house Gooding & Company, which is handling the sale.

The car was built in France in 1884, about a year before Gottlieb Daimler and Otto Benz of Germany built their first experimental gasoline-powered cars (The two were working independently of one another.) Henry Ford, the man many Americans mistakenly believe invented the automobile, built his first car 12 years after this one.

Xander Phoenix

I mean...Ryan Moody.
Here he is trying out for some dance squad:
http://www.proteushiphop.com/video2.htm
Enjoy.

Warning: Chewy

Starburst Fruit Chews are exactly as their name would indicate: chewy. But one Boston-area woman says the candies are so chewy, they should come with a warning label.

Victoria McArthur, of Romero, Mich., is suing Starbursts' parent company, Mars Inc., for more than $25,000 for "permanent personal injuries" she claims she sustained after biting into one of their yellow candy in 2005.

"I don't know, maybe about 3 chews and it literally locked my jaw … and it just literally pulled my jaw out of joint," she told MyFoxDetroit.com.

McArthur's lawyer, Brian Muawad, says the candies caused her to develop a condition known as temporal mandibular joint dysfunction. McArthur says she has had trouble chewing, talking and sleeping since the incident.

"I don't want to see anybody else have to go through what I have gone through from eating a piece of candy that was supposed to be soft chew," she said.

Gimme a Break!

R.I.P. Nell Carter - We miss you, girl. (September 13, 1948 – January 23, 2003)

Insane Cajun

Condemned prisoner Patrick Knight was executed Tuesday evening for the deaths of an Amarillo-area couple without delivering on a promise to tell a joke in his final statement.

Patrick Knight has been soliciting jokes in the mail and on a Web site, sometimes receiving as many as 20 a day, saying his humor was intended to raise the spirits of other inmates. He said he received as many as 1,300 proposals.

But when the moment came, he said, "I said I was going to tell a joke. Death has set me free. That's the biggest joke. I deserve this." "And the other joke is that I am not Patrick Bryan Knight and y'all can't stop this execution now. Go ahead, I'm finished."

Nine minutes later at 6:21 p.m. CDT, he was pronounced dead.

Knight, who grew up in Slidell, Louisiana, was known in prison as the "Insane Cajun."

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Nerf Crotch Bats

Classic.

Or So The Germans Would Have Us Believe...

Germany has barred the makers of a movie about a plot to kill Adolf Hitler from filming at German military sites because its star Tom Cruise is a Scientologist, the Defense Ministry said on Monday.

Cruise, also one of the film's producers, is a member of the Church of Scientology which the German government does not recognize as a church, but rather a cult.

Berlin says it masquerades as a religion to make money, a charge Scientology leaders reject.

Flight 815 - Oceanic

Feening as much as I? Enjoy. -brought to you in part by "the kellys" ***they never really said how Jack ended up in the jungle!?!?!?!?!

Shark Boy and Lava Girl?

George was dumbfounded.

How did Tidbit get pregnant? "We must have had hanky panky" in the shark tank, he thought.

But sharks only breed with sharks of the same species, and there were no male blacktip reef sharks at the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center in Virginia Beach.

The shark swam away, bumped into a wall, headed back toward Firchau and clamped onto her left shin. Whether Tidbit meant to attack Firchau or just collided into her and snapped reflexively is hard to know.

The pain didn't hit Firchau right away. "Oh, you're not supposed to do that. That was weird," she thought as she felt the shark tug on her leg.

Firchau was taken to a hospital to get stitches while George and other team members tried to revive Tidbit. The shark rallied a couple times but died about 12 hours later.

--Now what's more amazing...? The fact that the Firchau didn't know a shark just bit her shin or the fact that a shark can get knocked up from a little bit of shark hanky panky?

Don't Cry, Tommy

Actor Tom Sizemore, best known for battle-hardened film roles in "Saving Private Ryan" and "Black Hawk Down," was sentenced Monday to 16 months in prison for violating his probation in a drug possession case.

The actor admitted in court last week to violating his probation on a previous felony drug conviction and tearfully pleaded with the Los Angeles Superior Court judge for leniency, begging her, "If you would please just give me one more chance for myself."

The actor's probation for a previous methamphetamine possession conviction was revoked in 2005 when he admitted to using a prosthetic penis in a bid to fake a urine test.

Price Is Wrong, Bitch!

Rosie O'Donnell says she's out of the running to replace Bob Barker as host of "The Price Is Right."

O'Donnell, a superfan of the CBS game show, said on Friday that she had a "nice lunch" with the show's producers.

Drew Carey has emerged as the next contender to replace Bob Barker as host of "The Price is Right.

Plain Jane

Hotel heiress Paris Hilton walked out of a Los Angeles-area jail early today with a big smile on her face after serving 23 days for violating her probation on a reckless driving conviction.

...so is she not wearing makeup or did they send a body double after she was first released?

...is that her?

Monday, June 25, 2007

Home Videos

Rare movie footage of Adolf Hitler enjoying a music festival with his right-hand men has been discovered in the basement of a home in the Port Richmond section of Staten Island, according to a published report.

The reel of film was plucked from the wartime ruins of a German opera house and sent home by U.S. serviceman Walter Ladziak in 1945. By the time Ladziak returned from the war he forgot about the film. Ladziak is now 85 and still living on Staten Island.

The film shows Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Goering and Heinrich Himmler taking in a Richard Wagner music festival.

It had never been viewed until Ladziak's nephew sent it to PBS' "History Detectives," who have been trying to prove its authenticity. A show on the Hitler film is expected to air Sept. 3.

Bong Hits 4 Jesus

The Supreme Court ruled against a former high school student Monday in the "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" banner case -- a split decision that limits students' free speech rights.

Joseph Frederick was 18 when he unveiled the 14-foot paper sign on a public sidewalk outside his Juneau, Alaska, high school in 2002.

The justices ruled 6-3 that Frederick's free speech rights were not violated by his suspension over what the majority's written opinion called a "sophomoric" banner. "It was reasonable for (the principal) to conclude that the banner promoted illegal drug use-- and that failing to act would send a powerful message to the students in her charge."

The incident occurred in January 2002 just outside school grounds when the Olympic torch relay was moving through the Alaska capital on its way to the Salt Lake City, Utah, Winter Games.

Now 24, he told reporters in March that he displayed the banner in a deliberate attempt to provoke a response from principal Morse, by whom he had been disciplined previously. But Frederick claimed his message of free speech is very important to him, even if the wording of the infamous banner itself was not.

"I find it absurdly funny," he said. "I was not promoting drugs. ... I assumed most people would take it as a joke."


Feel The Love


A photograph of an East Side High School student kissing his boyfriend was blacked out of every copy of the school's yearbook by Newark school officials who decided it was inappropriate.

Andre Jackson said he never thought he would offend anyone when he bought a page in the yearbook and filled it with several photographs, including one of him kissing his boyfriend, David Escobales.

But Newark Superintendent of Schools Marion Bolden called the photograph "illicit" and ordered it blacked out of the $85 yearbook before it was distributed to students at a banquet for graduating seniors Thursday. "It looked provocative," she said. "If it was either heterosexual or gay, it should have been blacked out. It's how they posed for the picture."

There are several photos of heterosexual couples kissing in the yearbook, but the superintendent said she didn't review the entire yearbook and was presented only with Jackson's page.

"I don't understand," said Jackson, 18. "There is no rule about no gay pictures, no guys kissing. Guys and girls kissing made it in."

Students were surprised when they opened their books and found Jackson's picture had been covered with marker, Barroqueiro said.

"He purchased the page and fell under the rules," she said. "If they want to kiss, that's their page. If you don't like it, don't look at it."

Jose Gonzalez

Heartbeats -starting Monday off slow...

The Lion Sleeps Forever

Hank Medress, whose vocals with the doo-wop group The Tokens helped propel their irrepressible single "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" to the top of the charts and who produced hits with other groups, has died of lung cancer.

No longer "Hangin' In"...he was 68.

Eva Mendes tells AFI her favorite movie...

I think we can all agree. For once.

Hot-lantic City

Good game. Great weekend!

Friday, June 22, 2007

You Take The Good - You Take The Bad

To see more or to find your favorite PSU alumni:

Indulge Yourself

Go ahead. Have Juan Moore...

Deafening Silence

Popular Internet gossip columnist Perez Hilton had his Web site shut down for several hours after the company hosting it received a flurry of complaints about copyrighted photos being posted on PerezHilton.com.

After being silenced on Tuesday, the site was back online Wednesday but hosted by a different Internet service provider.

Although his hair and face remain disgustingly the same:


FingerMyBlog has never been silenced.

Going For The Gold

A Pierce County woman apparently tied a record for the amount of alcohol in her blood when the Washington State Patrol toxicology lab measured a blood-alcohol content of 0.50 two hours after she was arrested for investigation of drunken driving.

"It certainly would kill many people," Ann Marie Gordon said.

Rebecca G. Lingbloom, 45, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to one count of driving under the influence of alcohol on May 10. Authorities contended in an affidavit that she nearly hit a pedestrian that day and was seen swerving all over the road.

A Pierce County sheriff's deputy later found her passed out behind the wheel of her car in the Summit area, the affidavit states.

Oscar Nominated

Prairie Dog Drama

My Poop Ticket

Joshua Steven Solberg, 22, has been ordered to pay nearly $3,000 to the woman who became seriously ill in April after opening a parking ticket envelope in which he had placed dog feces.

The complaint says Solberg was ticketed for overtime parking April 18 for leaving his vehicle parked in front of his residence. He placed the ticket envelopment with his payement , and the dog feces, in a drop box for citations at the Law Enforcement Center.

When the office employee opened envelopes from the drop box, she noticed a brown fluid leaking from one envelope. The complaint says the fluid got onto her hands, which she washed, and also contaminated her desk. She awoke the next day with a headache and vomited repeatedly and was hospitalized for about two days with an undetermined illness.

City prosecutor Lee Bjorndal said restitution will go toward paying the victim's medical costs not covered by insurance. Her medical bills totaled more than $5,000, he said.

Solberg also must write an apology letter to the victim and pay a $300 fine, with another $200 and a 90-day jail sentence stayed for one year.

Ala. Man's Finger Gets Stuck in Gas Tank

He apparently tried to clear some gunk from around the opening of the gas tank. His finger got stuck in his gas tank's opening.

"His finger went in past the knuckle and was stuck," Huntsville Fire & Rescue Capt. Nolen Locke said. "People had sprayed WD40 all over, but that didn't work. If he was on FingerMyBlog, this never would have happened. I Finger every day and you don’t see my fingers stuck in a gas tank."

NO, Nolen. NO we don’t.
***Best to Finger every day.

750-Pound Bear Is Captured in Montana!

"Big Daddy"

State bear managers recently trapped a 7 foot, 6 inch male grizzly that weighed 750 pounds after a winter of hibernation.

Mike Madel, bear management specialist with the state Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, said it took two scales and a hydraulic crane to weigh the 8-year-old bruin that had 3 1/2-inch claws and a neck circumference of 4 feet.

"This bear was just a beautiful bear," Madel said.

Madel said the big male with the bronze head, golden back and dark chocolate legs could weigh as much as 900 pounds by the fall. (Serena Williams??!!?)

Madel captured the bear he dubbed "Big Daddy," on May 24. He also said "Big Daddy" hasn't reached its full size, "He's got some growing to do.”

What was it at the Santa Fe Courthouse?

A surveillance camera at the First Judicial District courthouse downtown captured a strange image Friday morning that left sheriff’s deputies, lawyers, clerks and judges scratching their heads as to what it might have been.

Some thought it was the ghost of a man killed at the courthouse more than 20 years ago after bringing a rifle to the building and taking several people hostage. Others felt it had to be a reflection from a passing car or a piece of cottonwood tree fluff.

Thursday, June 21, 2007

AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies

Citizen Kane, a 1941 Orson Welles classic -- the story of a wealthy young idealist transformed by scandal and vice into a regretful old recluse -- was again rated the best movie ever Wednesday by the American Film Institute.

The Top 5:
1. CITIZEN KANE
2. CASABLANCA
3. THE GODFATHER
4. GONE WITH THE WIND
5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA


You can find the entire list here:

http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/movies.aspx

--How do your favorites stack up?

20 Manhole Covers Stolen From Philly Neighborhood

Two suspects were arrested Thursday morning in connection to the thefts of nearly two dozen manhole covers in Northeast Philadelphia.

Authorities said a 108-year-old RAT and a 25-year-old TURTLE were caught red-handed stealing a manhole cover from the 3700 block of Frontenac Street during the early morning hours Thursday.

Police believe the pair is responsible for the disappearance of 20 manhole covers from a neighborhood in the 2nd Police District.

Police think there may be up to as many as 3-4 more TURTLES still at large…

Run Forrest! Run!

Dean Karnazes today will attempt to break a world record by running more than 153.76 miles (the current record) in 24 hours on a treadmill suspended from the Reuters billboard in Times Square in New York.

Considered to be the world's greatest endurance athlete, Karnazes once completed 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days, a run across Death Valley in the middle of summer and completed a 200-mile solo relay race.

4real

New Zealand authorities have blocked a couple's bid to officially name their new son "4real," saying numerals are not allowed according to New Zealand's Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

Pat and Sheena Wheaton said they decided to name their new baby "4real" shortly after having an ultrasound and being struck by the reality of his impending arrival.

The government office has opened negotiations with the parents about the name under a policy that says all unusual names must be given case-by-case consideration.

Clarke said the rules are designed to prevent names that are "likely to cause offense to a reasonable person." Satan and Adolf Hitler were proposed names that have been declined, he said.

If no compromise has been reached by July 9, the baby will be registered as "real," officials say.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

John Butler Trio

- Used to Get High - If you like...don't be shy...look for more. It only gets better.

Give Him The Horns! The Long Horns!

D avid Rivas Morales died Tuesday from injuries sustained in an assault by an unknown number of black men following a car accident, which occurred in the parking lot of the Booker T. Washington apartment complex, police said. Here the city's Juneteenth celebrations were wrapping up…

The driver of the car carrying Morales struck a 3- or 4-year-old girl, apparently prompting the attack. The child was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

"The driver, for whatever reason, whether he realized he was involved in the collision or his vehicle forced a stop, got out of the car, got into a confrontation with several men was assaulted and killed," Piatt said.

Morales came to his aid and was fatally attacked in what police are calling a "spontaneous homicide." He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

The driver was able to get back into his car and drive away. Both he and his vehicle have been located and are part of the ongoing investigation.

"We could have had anywhere from two to 15 and 20 [people] who are actually involved in the assault," Piatt said. Some 2,000 to 3,000 people were gathered in the parking lot at the time.

In case you were wondering, Juneteenth celebrates the day Gen. Gordon Granger shared the news of the Emancipation Proclamation with the slaves of Galveston, Texas, two years after Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery in the United States.

Get Your Rox(borough) Off

$2 Million In Meth Recovered In Roxborough
Three people were taken into custody after Philadelphia police recovered 17 pounds of crystal meth worth more than $2 million in a raid in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia on Wednesday.

Authorities raided the Markle Street house and garage at 2 a.m. and also found $16,000, a speed boat, tools and two hand guns.

Police did not immediately release any other information.
"The laws in this city are clearly racist. All laws are racist. The law of gravity is racist." -- M. Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC

Falling In Love

South Carolina police on Wednesday were investigating how a naked couple fell 50 feet from the roof of a downtown office building to their deaths.

The bodies were found on the road by a passing cabdriver around 5 a.m. Wednesday.

"It's too early to rule out anything," Columbia police Sgt. Florence McCants said.

Clothing was discovered on the roof, leading authorities to suspect the man and woman, in their early 20s, may have been having sex.

HI-OH! SEX! YES!

Darth Scooter

Darth Scooter: "I've been waiting for you, Obi-Wan. We meet again, at last. The circle is now complete. When I left you, I was but the learner; now *I* am the master."

"I want her buried...I want her buried...with her son."

Judge Larry Seidlin, the Florida judge noted for his unorthodox oversight of the Anna Nicole Smith case, says he is retiring at the end of July.

"It is now time for me to devote more of my daily life to my own young family and to pursue the many opportunities that have been offered to me outside the judicial system, and I have disregarded until now," said Judge Larry.

The 57-year-old Bronx native wept on the bench during his oversight of the disposition of Smith's remains.

CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin referred to him as "Judge Judy's wacky little brother."

Some observers speculated he was using his platform as a dais from which to try out for a job on television.