Brow Beaten

A Portland high school is raising eyebrows with its brow grooming policy: shave 'em or go home.

Some students at Centennial High School have shaved vertical lines into their eyebrows in a trend recently made popular by hip-hop star Soulja Boy. School officials say the mark looks like a gang symbol.

Centennial administrators are telling students with the lines that they can't return to school until they shave their eyebrows off. Assistant Principal Mark Porterfield said the students are not suspended, but they are not allowed in school until they cooperate.

Four students have been sent home. One returned with a bandage covering the shaved brow.

Police say gangs have co-opted the trend for their own use, with one gang's members marking themselves by shaving one line into an eyebrow and three lines in the other to symbolize 13.

It's Fun To Do Bad Things...Hood Rat Stuff

Delysid

Albert Hofmann, father of the mind-altering drug LSD whose medical discovery grew into a notorious "problem child," died Tuesday. He was 102.

Hofmann's hallucinogen inspired millions in the 1960's hippie generation. For decades after LSD was banned in the late 1960s, Hofmann defended his invention.

The Swiss chemist discovered lysergic acid diethylamide-25 in 1938 while studying the medicinal uses of a fungus found on wheat and other grains at the Sandoz pharmaceuticals firm in Basel.

He became the first human guinea pig of the drug when a tiny amount of the substance seeped onto his finger during a repeat of the laboratory experiment April 16, 1943.

"I had to leave work for home because I was suddenly hit by a sudden feeling of unease and mild dizziness," he wrote in a memo to company bosses. "Everything I saw was distorted as in a warped mirror," he said, describing his bicycle ride home. "I had the impression I was rooted to the spot. But my assistant told me we were actually going very fast."

For a time, Sandoz sold LSD 25 under the name Delysid, encouraging doctors to try it themselves. It was one of the strongest drugs in medicine, with just one gram enough to drug an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 people for 12 hours.

"LSD can help open your eyes," he once said. "But there are other ways: meditation, dance, music, fasting."

Hand Ball?

Ronaldo went into hiding Tuesday after a run-in with cross-dressing prostitutes. He canceled two TV appearances and local media said he will continue physiotherapy at his home.

Prostitution is legal in Brazil.

Ronaldo told police he knew they were prostitutes but did not realize they were cross-dressers until getting to a motel. That is where Ronaldo says one of them tried to extort money from him to hide the story from the media.

Police said one of the prostitutes "fled" from the police station during questioning.

A brief video clip of Ronaldo at the motel apparently recorded by one of the prostitutes with a cell phone became a big hit in Brazil after being posted on the YouTube Web site.

Ronaldo reportedly was celebrating Flamengo's 1-0 victory over rival Botafogo in the first leg of the Rio de Janeiro state final that he attended at Maracana stadium on Sunday.

Ronaldo has won two World Cups with Brazil, including the in 2002 when he scored eight goals, including two in the final against Germany.

What The F(ritzl)!?!?!

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/29/austria.cellar.profile/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/28/cellar.rooms/index.html#cnnSTCText

...at least Rick James had class when he locked a girl up...

Sorry...

Monday was my first day at my new job, so sleep and work are going to take some getting used to...I hate change---nah, no I don't---I hate work.

Who is with me on this?

Flying Priest

My Two Visitors...

Mark and Melanie Jafar!!!!

and....
Thurston and Ellen Carlen!!!
...let's give these two a round of applause for making it all the way out to The Burgh!

Benny The Bull(Sh*t)

An Illinois dentist called a flagrant foul on Chicago Bulls' mascot Benny the Bull on Monday, suing the team over a high-five gone awry.

Dr. Don Kalant Sr. alleged he was sitting near courtside on Feb. 12 when he raised his arm to get a high-five from Barry Anderson, who portrays the exuberant mascot in a bright red fuzzy costume.

Instead of merely slapping Kalant's palm, Anderson grabbed his arm as he fell forward, hyperextending Kalant's arm and rupturing his biceps muscle, according to the lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit Court.

The lawsuit claims Anderson was negligent in either "falling forward while grabbing a fan's hand" or "running out of control" through the crowd according to the Chicago Tribune.

*(Note: Benny the Bull- Job Description: Run out of control through the crowd. Fall forward for laughs. Grab fan’s hands whenever possible.)

Whenever Your Birthday Is...

Chris Kelly would like to wish you a Happy Birthday!!!

...from the smiley face in his cake!!