Mmmmmm . . . Fresca

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I love my Sprite "Aruba Jam".  Ever since I started looking for a non-caffinated, no calorie soft drink, "Aruba Jam" has become my favorite beverage of choice.  I got into Fresca too, but Aruba Jam is even better. Problem is, my stores haven’t been stocking it lately.  How come?  Could it be a Natalee Holloway thing? Hmmmm.  No answers can … Read More

Disorder In The Court

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These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place. ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active? WITNESS: No, I just lie there. ______________________________ ATTORNEY: What is your … Read More

Friday’s iPod Random Ten

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Lot of oldies popping up this week…. Raspberry Beret – Prince Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me) – Reunion Will It Go Round In Circles – Billy Preston What Child Is This – Vince Guaraldi Hey Nineteen – Steely Dan Fat and Greasy – Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Original Broadway Cast) Pretty Women – Sweeney Todd (Original Broadway Cast) … Read More

Man Dies After 49 Hours Of Computer Games

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Yahoo News: SEOUL, South Korea – A 28-year-old South Korean man died of exhaustion in an Internet cafe after playing computer games non-stop for 49 hours, South Korean police said Wednesday. Lee, a resident in the southern city of Taegu who was identified only by his last name, collapsed Friday after having eaten minimally and not sleeping, refusing to leave … Read More

Deja Vu All Over Again

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Does anyone else remember the summer of 2001?  The headlines were filled with stories about shark attacks, Tom Cruise’s love life (with Nicole), and missing-but-presumed-dead white women (Shandra Levy).  Bush was sinking fast in the polls, and Reps/Dems were sniping at each other. And then, at the end of the summer in 2001, some bad shit went down (you may … Read More

Back To Blogging…

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…after a few days hiatus.  Unusual work demands, home Internet problems, and amateur theatrics (literally) kept me busy.  Here’s a few things to amuse yourselves with: Titanic Passanger List The Gay Agenda Computer Animation Get Better And Better (Check out the hands!) Imagine/Take A Walk On The Wild Side Remix Sung By George Bush Seeing With Sound Alcohol Intake Without … Read More

Funny Foto Du Jour

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Saudi Prince Abdullah, a few days after overseeing the arrest of Christians for committing the crime of praying, sniffs the hair of an infidel while his bodyguards attempt to withhold their embarrassment.  Cardboard cutouts of the President and his mother look on.

Okay . . .?

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I have no idea what it means, but this post on Fafblog — reprinted here in its entirety — brought a smile to my face: We have been to the opera. And by "the opera" we mean "the post office" and by "been to" we mean "thrown buckets of fish at" and by "we" we mean "people who are not … Read More

Landmark Restaurant Going Bye-Bye

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Playbill informs us that the curtain is coming down on the wonderful Howard Johnson’s in Manhattan’s Time Square: Howard Johnson’s, Landmark of Old Times Square, to Shut Down Howard Johnson’s, one of the last functioning remnants of the rough-and tumble, Runyonesque Times Square of yesteryear, will be torn down sometime this year, the New York Post reported April 19. The … Read More

This Is Disconcerting

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Earth’s gravity may lure deadly asteroid A HUGE asteroid which is on a course to miss the Earth by a whisker in 2029 could go round its orbit again and score a direct hit a few years later. Astronomers have calculated that the 1,000ft-wide asteroid called 2004 MN4 will pass by the Earth at a distance of between 15,000 and … Read More