When Monty Python Meets Star Wars – Laughter Often Ensues

Posted on May 30th, 2007 in Culture, Movies

My thesbian career was short: with the exception of a last minute friendship part in college, my last major part was playing the part of Monty Python and the Holy Grail’s King Arthur.
In the sketch we performed at the bi-annual school event, townspeople (from the Middle Ages) try to determine whether or no a woman [...]

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Move Over Hogzilla, There is a New Pig in Town – Thanks to 11-Year Old Jamison!

Posted on May 28th, 2007 in In The News, Science & Nature

Move over Hogzilla! Recently the AP reported that an 11-year-old Alabama boy used a pistol to kill a wild hog his father says weighed a staggering 1,051 pounds and measured 9-feet-4 from the tip of its snout to the base of its tail. Strangely enough my first question was: what the &#$% is an 11-year-old [...]

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Danica Patrick and the Indianapolis 500 Race Today!

Posted on May 27th, 2007 in Culture, In The News

Danica Patrick has been in the news now for a few years, but she has never won a professional motor-racing race. But as of this time, roughly 100 laps into the 200 lap Indianapolis 500, Danica is in third place and certainly has a chance to win (especially if rain comes soon).

Unlike some other female [...]

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60-year-old N.J. Woman Delivers Twin Babies – Is Ashton Kutcher Responsible?

Posted on May 24th, 2007 in In The News, Science & Nature

TRENTON, N.J. – A 60-year-old woman became a mother, twice over, when she delivered a pair of boys Tuesday. Could it be that Ashton Kutcher is wooing the older women again? Grannies everywhere be on the lookout!

“Quickdrop” Kutcher: renowned pants-dropper with Grandma Smith.

In this case, the Ashton lead-in is just a big red herring (a [...]

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Short and Sweet – American Idol Prediction, Trump and Paris Hilton Updates

Posted on May 23rd, 2007 in American Idol, Celebrities, In The News

Whether you come across this blog or are a regular visitor, you have probably come to recognize I can be a bit, verbose. Yes, it is true and like an recovering wordaholic, acceptance is my first step towards sanity. So I’ll use all my will power to keep my post short and sweet today. Of [...]

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Cicada Brood XIII – Coming Soon to a Drive-in Theatre Near….Me?! OMFG!

Posted on May 21st, 2007 in In The News, Science & Nature

This is kind of like those old faithful stories — you can write it and then recycle it in the future. But in this case it is 17-years in the waiting!

Brood XIII (also known as Brood 13 or Northern Illinois Brood) is one of 15 separate broods of periodical cicadas that appear regularly throughout [...]

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It’s Friday and Guess Who’s Not Coming Out to Play: Mr. Really Really Really….

Posted on May 18th, 2007 in Culture, Humor

Bad Dancer. Yes, I’m still fighting a cold that started last weekend so I guess no one will get to catch me ripping up the dancefloor this weekend. On the upside, I have been captured on video before and quite a few have taken a fancy to my Mr. Fancypants moves.
So for your Friday viewing [...]

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Watching American Idol Made Me Poo-A-Little! Sayonara Doolittle!

Posted on May 17th, 2007 in American Idol, In The News, Music, Television

The real problem with Reality TV is that once you get sucked in, you are emotionally invested. In other words, you’re a sucker.
I’ve been a sucker quite often, but fortunately I have developed a survival mechanism: do not pick anyone — not matter how much you like them — to win. This becomes difficult because [...]

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The TV Show Intro Song and Video Montage – A Dying Art?

Posted on May 16th, 2007 in Television

With the ending of Gilmore Girls, the likely cancellation of Jericho and Veronica Mars, the murmurs that Battlestar Galactica’s next season will be the last and the ending of Lost in three 16-episode seasons, I’m just not happy. But the thought of some good Intro Song Montage (TV Show Intro for the lack of the [...]

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Airlines score lower than IRS in customer satisfaction, but which has better jokes?

Posted on May 15th, 2007 in Culture, Humor

In a close race, Airline passengers are some of the most dissatisfied consumers in the USA, says the University of Michigan’s American Customer Satisfaction index (excepts from the USA Today).
The annual report shows that the industry scored 63 out of a possible 100 in 2007, down from 65 a year ago, and the airlines’ lowest [...]

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