Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Who I am at 40-years-old

Today I am 40-years-old...I was trying to decide what to do for my blog on this landmark birthday when The Zone Blitz ran a blog entry of CNBC's new commercial in which their anchors describe who they are...I liked it...so, at 40-years-old, here is who I am:

I am a passionate person...

I bleed Maize and Blue...and despise scarlet and gray...

I love dogs...

I battled depression and won...

I completed 2 marathons...

I am 40-years-old and still feel young...

Give me a gloomy fall day anytime...

I hate bullshitters...

When I go to work, I feel I can make a difference in people's lives...

It is our duty to help the less fortunate...

I have a caring heart that often gets me hurt...

I enjoy writing...

My dad is my hero...

I love sports...and I love watching sports on my HD television...

Ice cream is the best comfort food...

I took 60 stitches in my forehead when I was 6-years-old after being in a car accident...

I fear flying...

Humiliation is wetting your pants in kindergarten...

I like to make people laugh...life should not be taken too seriously, we are only here for a short time...

I'm warning you now, don't ever cross me...

My mother died when I was 23, but her values still live with me...

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

The lowdown on Black Monday firings

Here are various reports from the recent firings on Monday of three NFL coaches...

New York Jets - Eric Mangini
My thoughts - it seemed like yesterday that Mangenius was having dinner with Tony Soprano...now he is out of work...that is the way it is in the big city...take a hike Mangenius...

Rich Cimini of The Daily News writes how Mangini's downfall began when Brett Favre joined the club... "On the surface, Eric Mangini's downfall began five weeks ago, when the Jets started a late-season meltdown with an ugly loss to the Broncos. In reality, it started much earlier, with the blockbuster trade for Brett Favre in August." ...
  • Frank Luksa


  • Steve Serby of The New York Post writes how Jets management is still in love with Brett Favre... "If Johnson and GM Mike Tannenbaum are really serious about staying with Favre and a right arm that needed an MRI yesterday, a scattershot right arm that will be 40 years old in October, then they aren't moving forward." ...
  • Steve Serby


  • Cleveland Browns - Romeo Crennel
    My thoughts - RAC, as he was known to his players, had to go...personally, Crennel seems like a nice guy who knows his football, but he lacks that certain something to be a successful head coach in the NFL...this was a good move...

    Tony Grossi of The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer breaks downs the firing of Romeo Crennel... "With Cowher no longer a viable candidate for head coach, Lerner prefers to have the executive position filled first, but will proceed, he said, to line up interviews with prospective head coach candidates." ...
  • Tony Grossi


  • Detroit Lions - Rod Marinelli
    My thoughts - just like RAC, Marinelli seems like a good guy who was caught in a bad situation...the Lions had no choice but to fire him after going 0-16...

    Mitch Albom of the Detroit Free Press writes that Lions ownership should have fired more than just Rod Marinelli... "This team, the Detroit Lions, needs a total overhaul, and that means everyone, everywhere, most especially the front office. Instead, on Monday, William Clay Ford Sr., the most inept owner in the NFL, did the easiest thing. He fired the coach. Wow. How tough is that? Your team went 0-16. What else were you going to do, give him a raise?" ...
  • Rod Marinelli


  • The Detroit Free Press breaksdown the six possible candidates to fill the vacancy in Detroit...
  • Detroit Free Press
  • Monday, December 29, 2008

    2008 will be one second longer

    I saw this article on Yahoo...

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Those eager to put 2008 behind them will have to hold their good-byes for just a moment this New Year's Eve.

    The world's official timekeepers have added a "leap second" to the last day of the year on Wednesday, to help match clocks to the Earth's slowing spin on its axis, which takes place at ever-changing rates affected by tides and other factors.

    The U.S. Naval Observatory, keeper of the Pentagon's master clock, said it would add the extra second on Wednesday in coordination with the world's atomic clocks at 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds Coordinated Universal Time, or UTC.

    That corresponds to 6:59:59 p.m. EST (23:59:59 GMT), when an extra second will tick by -- the 24th to be added to UTC since 1972, when the practice began.

    UTC is the time scale kept by highly precise atomic clocks around the world, accurate to about a billionth of a second per day, the Naval Observatory says. For those with a need for precision timing, it has replaced Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT.

    The decision to add or remove a second is the responsibility of the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service, based on its monitoring of the Earth's rotation.

    The goal is to make sure clocks vary from the Earth's rotational time by no more than 0.9 seconds before an adjustment. That keeps UTC in sync with the position of the sun above the Earth.

    Mechanisms such as the Internet-based Network Time Protocol and the satellite-based Global Positioning System depend on precision timing.

    The first leap second was introduced into UTC on June 30, 1972. The last was added on December 31, 2005.

    They have been added at intervals ranging from six months to seven years, Daniel Gambis, head of the IERS Earth Orientation Center at the Observatoire de Paris, wrote in an explanatory piece this month (http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc/).

    Among the reasons for Earth's slowing whirl on its axis are the braking action of tides, snow or the lack of it at the polar ice caps, solar wind, space dust and magnetic storms, according to the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology, another timekeeper.

    By contrast, a leap day, February 29, occurs once every four years because a complete turn around the sun -- our year with all its seasons -- takes about 365 days and six hours.

    In 1970, an international agreement established two time scales: one based on the Earth's rotation and another on highly accurate atomic clocks.

    The U.S. Naval Observatory's master clock is based on a system that now includes 50 atomic clocks, 36 based on the element cesium and 14 known as hydrogen masers.

    With the Earth's rotation gradually slowing, the periodic insertion of a leap second into the atomic time scale is needed to keep the two systems within a second of each other.

    Terry Felton now has company with 0-16 mark

    This article was taken from The New York Times - Monday, December 29, 2008...

    The coaches and players with this season’s 0-16 Detroit Lions will always be associated with the worst season in N.F.L. history, but at least they can share in the blame. Terry Felton, a pitcher with the Minnesota Twins from 1979 to 1982, holds a dubious record all by himself.

    Felton was 0-16 in his career. That is the most losses by a pitcher without a victory since 1900. In 1982, at age 24, he broke a record that had stood since 1914 when he lost his 14th straight decision, the most from the start of a career. Guy Morton was the previous record-holder with the Cleveland Indians.

    Felton did retire all six batters he faced in his major league debut in 1979, and he saved three games in his career, but he finished with an earned run average of 5.53 in 55 games and was plagued by control issues.

    In an interview with The New York Times after a loss in 1982 in which he made a throwing error, Felton said: “I messed up again. It’s not funny anymore. When I first heard about the record, it was funny and I didn’t really think I’d ever do it.

    “I thought I’d get a win before now. It doesn’t happen to everybody. It only happened to two people.”

    Elena Delle Donne speaks on ESPN's Outside the Lines about leaving Connecticut basketball

    This past week, ESPN's Outside the Lines did a feature on former U.Conn recruit Elena Delle Donne...below are the videos from that segment



    Friday, December 26, 2008

    Will Chad Pennington end Brett Favre's season with the Jets?

    Miami Dolphins (10-5) @ New York Jets (9-6)
    Sunday, December 28, 2008 - 4:15 p.m.
    Giants Stadium - The Meadowlands


    Want all the trends and stats for the Dolphins-Jets game?...get it right here...
  • The Bettor's Edge


  • Steve Serby of the New York Post writes how Chad Pennington is ready for his showdown in Gotham... "How ironic that with two seasons and perhaps one head coach's job on the line, Pennington comes to Giants Stadium on Sunday sturdier and healthier than the NFL's indestructible Cal Ripken. How ironic that Favre will suddenly need more help from his new teammates than Pennington does from his new teammates." ...
  • Steve Serby


  • Gary Myers of The Daily News writes that Brett Favre should not retire after the season... "Favre owes the Jets. He owes them one more season after all they went through to get him." ...
  • Gary Myers


  • Israel Gutierrez of the Miami Herald writes how the Dolphins must finish off their storybook season with a win on Sunday... "If the Dolphins don't complete this tale with a playoff invitation, then all the buildup was just that. It would be like one of those infuriating independent films with a sudden and incomplete ending." ...
  • Israel Gutierrez


  • Jeff Darlington of the Miami Herald writes that lost in the Pennington-Favre brouhaha, former Miami kicker Jay Feely now kicks for the Jets... "Veteran kicker Jay Feely, who was cut by the Dolphins during training camp in favor of undrafted rookie Dan Carpenter, would be the player lining up for the Jets in that situation. Carpenter would be the one kicking for the Dolphins." ...
  • Jeff Darlington


  • Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald writes about the parallels between the 1970 Dolphins and today's team... "And more importantly, the 1970 team, which laid the foundation for three Super Bowl appearances, suggests greater things might be in the offing for today's Dolphins." ...
  • Armando Salguero


  • Brian Costello of the New York Post encourages fans to cheer for Pennington if they want to see Mangenius fired... "That's right. Go to your closet Sunday morning, dig through the sweaters and dress shirts and find that old green jersey with the No. 10 peeling off, throw it on over your sweatshirt and when you get to the Meadowlands root like hell for Chad Pennington." ...
  • Brian Costello
  • Thursday, December 25, 2008

    Heat's Dwyane Wade helps family displaced by fire

    When Dwyane Wade heard the plight of a South Florida woman whose nephew accidentally burned down her home - and ruined all the family's possessions - the Miami Heat star knew he had to do something.

    So he helped the family move into a new home, just in time for Christmas.

    Wade presented Dawn Smith with the ultimate Christmas gift on Wednesday - the keys to a her new house, along with some furnishings, clothing and gifts to make sure her family has a joyous holiday, something that didn't seem likely just a few weeks ago.

    His Wade's World foundation will make some payments on the home, while Smith and her family get back on their feet.

    "That's what I try to teach my kids," said Wade, whose foundation has hosted several charity events this holiday season, mostly for needy children. "It's not about what you're going to receive - it's what you can give to others from what you've received."

    Smith couldn't hold back happy sobs when she saw the home for the first time.

    "A big-time relief," Smith said, clearly overcome by emotion. "Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Oh, God, thank you so much."

    The NBA's leading scorer this season had a simple message: "Hopefully, you'll like it."

    Wade's other holiday events this year included a party for 350 children on Monday, and hosting 100 kids at Tuesday night's Heat game against the Golden State Warriors. He also donated $10,000 to each of three children's organizations, but said he was particularly touched by being able to assist the Smith family.

    "We can help this family have a new beginning," Wade said.

    Article from the Associated Press

    The tradition of mistletoe

    While the tradition of kissing under the mistletoe is a long-standing and Christmas tradition, the mistletoe plant itself is anything but romantic.

    A parasitic plant that grows on trees along the eastern coast of North America, mistletoe was believed to have been spread through bird droppings. In fact, the word "mistel" is an Anglo-Saxon word meaning "dung" and "toe" means "twin". So mistletoe quite literally means "dung on a twig."

    If that image doesn't make you want to pucker up, consider this: Mistletoe has also long been believed to carry magical powers. The Druids believed that mistletoe, which also grows on oak trees throughout Europe, represented the tree's soul and sexual prowess. The mistletoe would be gathered mid-summer and mid-winter and used to decorate one's home. During the Middle Ages, mistletoe branches were hung to protect homes from evil spirits. Northern Europeans believed that mistletoe could help ward off witches.

    The very first people to believe in the magic of mistletoe were the ancient Greeks. The ancient Greeks thought that mistletoe was imbued with the powered fertility, an antidote to poison, and also a powerful aphrodisiac.

    In fact, during the festival of Saturnalia, the ancient Greeks would kiss under the mistletoe, which later became customary during marriage rites as well.

    The tradition of kissing under the mistletoe on Christmas emerged in Europe during the Middle Ages. The original custom held that each time a man kissed a woman under a twig of mistletoe, he should remove one of the berries. Once all the berries were gone, no more kissing could take place under that twig.

    Wednesday, December 24, 2008

    Merry Christmas


    Merry Christmas!




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    Christmas Eve 2008


    Leaving Santa cookies and milk: Tips on leaving Santa cookies

    Every kid always leaves cookies for Santa...I was checking through the web about this tradition and came across this interesting information...

    1. Make fresh cookies. Whether you plan on leaving chocolate chip or Santa's favorite, frosted sugar cookies, Santa prefers homemade to store-bought cookies.

    2. Put the cookies on a decorative Christmas plate. Imagine the twinkle in Santa's eyes as he picks up the last cookie only to reveal his jolly face or a beautiful Christmas tree.

    3. Leave at least ten cookies. Make sure that there will still be cookies for Santa after Mom and Dad have eaten a few themselves.

    4. Leave a glass of milk or eggnog with the cookies. Keep the milk or eggnog in the refrigerator and have Mom and Dad put it out before they go to bed. Santa loves icy cold milk.

    5. Leave the cookies in a place where Santa will see them. Place them on the fireplace hearth or near the Christmas tree. Leave a note to tell Santa where the cookies are if you have to hide them from the dog.

    6. Leave a napkin for Santa to dab his mustache. Santa loves festive napkins, but a plain napkin will do as well.

    7. Leave a note by the cookies. Let Santa know how thankful you are for his visit to your house. Sometimes Santa has been know to write notes back to good children.

    Tips and Warning
    - Leave chocolate sandwich cookies if you have to resort to store bought. They are his favorite.
    - Leave carrots for the reindeer. Cookies give reindeer tummy aches.
    - Use plenty of sprinkles to decorate the cookies.

    Tuesday, December 23, 2008

    Mr. Heatmiser and Mr. Snowmiser

    Who can forget the memorable musical tidbit put on by Mr. Heatmiser and Mr. Snowmiser from the Christmas show "The Year Without a Santa Claus"... enjoy!!!!

    Sunday, December 21, 2008

    Figgy Pudding - what really is figgy pudding?

    (I always wondered what was figgy pudding...in fact, over the holidays I planned on buying some figs and throwning them in the blender..but before I did that, I wanted to find out more about figgy pudding...this was taken from the website www.webgeek.com)

    It's amazing what a brief mention in one Victorian-era Christmas carol can do for an obscure little dessert called figgy pudding. Every year, thousands of people around the world become curious about the figgy pudding mentioned in the secular English carol "We Wish You a Merry Christmas." Apparently, the party-goers mentioned in the lyrics refuse to leave until they get some figgy pudding from their host. This must be some seriously good pudding.

    In actuality, figgy pudding is more of a cake than a pudding. There have been recipes for figgy pudding since the 15th century, although its popularity as a Christmas dessert probably reached its peak during the late 19th century. Several factors have significantly hampered the wholesale expansion of the figgy pudding industry, including an interminably long cooking time, an exotic ingredients list and a cringe-inducing dependency on saturated fats for texture.

    There are numerous recipes for figgy pudding, from a traditional steamed version similar to modern bread pudding to a pastry-covered blend of figs, dates, fruits and spices. Nearly all figgy pudding recipes call for three or four hours of steaming. This is accomplished by placing a metal bowl with the figgy pudding mixture into a larger bowl partially filled with boiling water. The indirect heat generated by the boiling water cooks the figgy pudding evenly and slowly. This is equivalent to using a bain marie water bath for individual ramekins filled with batter.

    The most traditional figgy pudding recipe is very similar to a carrot cake base blended with a custard. Chopped figs are added for flavoring and texture, along with chopped dates or apples when available. The spices in a figgy pudding are similar to carrot or spice cake - cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg are commonly used. Heavy cream, eggs, sugar and milk help to create the custard. For additional flavoring, many traditional figgy pudding recipes also call for liqueurs such as cognac or rum. Non-alcoholic extracts can also be used.

    Some figgy pudding recipes call for a loaf of fig-infused bread to be crumbled into the mixture, while others suggest standard breadcrumbs. As if this weren't enough, the most faithful recipes also call for the addition of an animal fat called suet. Suet is a form of fat found near an animal's kidneys. Pure butter and shortening can be substituted if suet is not available locally. All of these ingredients are mixed together in a metal bowl or pudding mold and placed in a larger pot for steaming over a fire.

    Only three or four short hours later, those house-squatting carolers demanding their figgy pudding can finally be appeased. Steaming was a very popular cooking method before the days of regulated heating. Even if the source of the heat were inconsistent, the food itself would still cook fairly evenly. Even so, the unveiling of a figgy pudding was often a defining moment for the cook. The dessert would be either a solid success or a soggy mess. Charles Dickens hints at this figgy pudding moment-of-truth during the Cratchit's dinner in his novel, A Christmas Carol.

    Happy Hanukkah to all my Jewish friends

    Friday, December 19, 2008

    And Then The Fight Started


    My wife sat down on the couch next to me as I was flipping channels.

    She asked, 'What's on TV?'

    I said, 'Dust.

    And then the fight started...




    My wife was hinting about what she wanted for our upcoming anniversary. She said, 'I want something shiny that goes from 0 to 150 in about 3 seconds.

    I bought her a scale.

    And then the fight started...




    After retiring, I went to the Social Security office to apply for Social Security. The woman behind the counter asked me for my driver's license to verify my age. I looked in my pockets and realized I had left my wallet at home. I told the woman that I was very sorry, but I would have to go home and come back later.

    The woman said, 'Unbutton your shirt'. So I opened my shirt revealing my curly silver hair. She said, 'That silver hair on your chest is proof enough for me' and she processed my Social Security application.

    When I got home, I excitedly told my wife about my experience at the Social Security office.

    She said, 'You should have dropped your pants. You might have gotten disability, too.

    And then the fight started...




    My wife and I were sitting at a table at my high school reunion, and I kept staring at a drunken lady swigging her drink as she sat alone at a nearby table.

    My wife asked, 'Do you know her?'

    'Yes,' I sighed, 'She's my old girlfriend. I understand she took to drinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear she hasn't been sober since.

    'My God!' says my wife, 'who would think a person could go on celebrating that long?'

    And then the fight started...



    A woman is standing nude, looking in the bedroom mirror.

    She is not happy with what she sees and says to her husband, 'I feel horrible; I look old, fat and ugly.

    I really need you to pay me a compliment.

    The husband replies, 'You still have good eyesight.

    And then the fight started.....




    I tried to talk my wife into buying a case of Miller Light for $14.95.

    Instead, she bought a jar of cold cream for $7.95.

    I told her the beer would make her look better at night than the cold cream.

    And then the fight started....




    A man and a woman were asleep like two innocent babies.

    Suddenly, at 3 o'clock in the morning, a loud noise came from outside.

    The woman, bewildered, jumped up from the bed and yelled at the man 'Holy crap.

    That must be my husband!'

    So the man jumped out of the bed; scared and naked jumped out the window. He smashed himself on the ground, ran through a thorn bush and to his car as fast as he could go.

    A few minutes later he returned and went up to the bedroom and screamed at the woman, 'I AM your husband!'

    The woman yelled back, 'Yeah, then why were you running?'

    And then the fight started.....




    Saturday morning I got up early, quietly dressed, made my lunch, grabbed the dog, and slipped quietly into the garage.

    I hooked up the boat up to the truck, and proceeded to back out into a torrential downpour.

    The wind was blowing 50 mph, so I pulled back into the garage, turned on the radio, and discovered that the weather would be bad all day.

    I went back into the house, quietly undressed, and slipped back into bed.

    I cuddled up to my wife's back, now with a different anticipation, and whispered, 'The weather out there is terrible. '

    My loving wife of 10 years replied, 'Can you believe my stupid husband is out fishing in that?'

    And then the fight started ...




    I asked my wife, "Where do you want to go for our anniversary? "

    It warmed my heart to see her face melt in sweet appreciation. "Somewhere I haven't been in a long time!" she said.

    So I suggested, "How about the kitchen?"

    And then the fight started....



    My wife and I are watching Who Wants To Be A Millionaire while we were in bed.

    I turned to her and said, "Do you want to have sex?"

    "No," she answered.

    I then said, "Is that your final answer?"

    She didn't even look at me this time, simply saying "Yes."

    So I said, "Then I'd like to phone a friend."

    And then the fight started....

    Montana-Richmond play to determine real college football champion

    Montana Grizzlies vs. Richmond Spiders
    I-AA National Championship Game
    Friday, December 19, 2008 - 8:05 ESPN2
    Chattanooga, Tennessee
    Finley Stadium/Davenport Field (20,688)


    Summary
    These two teams met only 1 other time...in 2000, they faced off in the I-AA quarterfinals with Montana winning 37-17...

    Montana will be making its sixth appearance in the I-AA title game...Griz RB Chase Reynolds helped Montana upset #1 James Madison last Friday night...Reynolds rushed for 123 yards and 2 TDS...that was his 8th straight game over 100 yards rushing...blocking for Reynolds is I-AA First-Team All-American OL Colin Dow (photo) (6'5", 300)...

    The Griz defense is led by senior DB Colt Anderson...Anderson was named this week to the I-AA First-Team All-American squad...

    Richmond may be the team of destiny as they upset 3-time I-AA champs Appalachian State in the quarterfinals...the Spiders then crawled up to Northern Iowa and overcame a 20-7 4th quarter deficit to win 21-20...

    The defense is led by senior DEs Lawrence Sidbury and Sherman Logan...the Spiders rank sixth in the country in total defense...this season 11 opponents have failed to rush for more than 100 yards...CB Justin Rogers is one of the most versatile threats with 7 interceptions and 3 defensive TDs, a blocked punt, a fumble recovery
    and a forced fumble...

    Richmond's offense is anchored by 2 Second-Team All-American offensive lineman - Matthew McCracken and Tim Silver...both guys have helped RB Josh Vaughan (photo, below) rush for 1,722 yards and 19 TDS...QB Eric Ward has tossed 16 TDs and is also a threat to run with the ball as he has 8 TDs and 394 yards...

    Montana Grizzlies (14-1) - Head Coach Bobby Hauck
  • Montana Game Notes


  • Chelsi Moy of the Missoulian writes how local print shops are getting the presses ready if Montana wins... "The moment the game clock runs out in the Football Championship Subdivision title game Friday night in Chattanooga, Tenn., Don Cowles will begin a feverish few days of work. Probably. Maybe. Most likely, Griz fans insist. Should the University of Montana prevail over the Richmond Spiders, the Bozeman Grizwear manufacturer will launch into several days of hair-pulling, all-night work and tight deadlines." ...
  • Chelsi Moy


  • Bill Speltz of the Missoulian writes how the Montana fans will be in force in Chattanooga... "Griz backers have stormed Chattanooga in bus caravans, airport shuttle minivans and maroon-adorned motor homes. A fleet of four buses arrived at a hotel here Thursday afternoon and it was as if Ulysses S. Grant had called for reinforcements." ...
  • Bill Speltz


  • Richmond Spiders (12-3) - Head Coach Mike London
  • Richmond Game Notes


  • Paul Woody of the Richmond Times-Dispatch writes about the benefits of playing in the big game... "Playing in this game provides more intangible than tangible benefits. The game will be on national television, which is good for the Spiders. The results will be published across the country, which is good for Richmond coach Mike London." ...
  • Paul Woody


  • Paul Woody makes his game prediction... "Missoula, Mont., and Richmond are about 2,400 miles apart and have little in common. Tonight, though, Missoula and Richmond will merge and become one. Sort of." ...
  • Paul woody
  • Thursday, December 18, 2008

    Slingin Sammy Baugh Dies


    Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Sammy Baugh died on Wednesday at the age of 94 in Lubbock, Texas...some consider Baugh the greatest quarterback who ever played the game...Baugh starred for TCU and later went on to quarterback the Washington Redskins...
  • ESPN


  • Frank Luksa, a former sports columnist for The Dallas Times Herald and Dallas Morning News, writes how Baugh was the last link to old-time football... "He belonged to a world that vanished. A faster, more complex and less personal world replaced the one he knew. It left him linked to a time so distant that his deeds appear carved on a cave wall alongside pictures of prehistoric bison." ...
  • Frank Luksa


  • Joe Holley and Bart Barnes of the Washington Post write how Sammy Baugh was the NFL's first true gunslinger... "More than a half-century later, sportswriter Dan Jenkins called him "the greatest quarterback who ever lived, college or pro." Jenkins, a Fort Worth native, saw Baugh play at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth and as the Redskins quarterback." ...
  • Joe Holley and Bart Barnes


  • Kevin Sherrington of the Dallas Morning News writes about Baugh... "He was such a good athlete that, in 1943, he led the NFL in passing, punting and interceptions. He also briefly played professional baseball, his first love." ...
  • Kevin Sherrington


  • Below is a 44 second clip about Sammy Baugh...

    Monday, December 15, 2008

    Sunday, December 14, 2008

    Hangover Finalists of 2008


    Taxi! Ta .... oooh, a river of beer!


    Dude, this is the most awesome blind date EVER!


    Occupied


    She drinks and she's limber. Oh, I think I love her!


    Head over heels in love with beer


    I can't imagine how this man lost his license


    What's a roofie?


    It's my birthday. I'm 21. Yaaaay!


    Screw you and your stupid car with the windows that don't roll all the way down!


    Step!


    Told you not to use the handicapped toilet


    Look what I found under my seat. It's a little drunk dude.


    Stiff neck in the morning


    What's with the watermelon?


    Sooooo ... you gonna walk me or what?


    I see London, I see France, I see .. uh ... nuts


    Help me ... I think I broke my penis


    Hello lay-deeeeeeez


    This is why we use the regular toilets for this sort of thing.


    Friday, December 12, 2008

    KFC fires girls for bathing in kitchen sink

    I found this in the New York Daily News...what are these kids thinking when they do this?????....

    BY NANCY DILLON
    DAILY NEWS WEST COAST BUREAU CHIEF

    Updated Thursday, December 11th 2008, 2:44 PM

    LOS ANGELES - They serve fast food, but they're slow learners.

    Four months after a Burger King employee lost his job for taking a bubble bath in a restaurant sink, three scantily clad teens were fired when they turned a basin at their northern California KFC into their personal hot tub.

    They landed in hot water with the chicken chain's management when one of the bikini-clad dimwits made the same mistake as the Ohio Burger King employee - she posted photos of the dippy escapade on MySpace.

    The photos included captions such as "haha KFC showers!" and "haha we turned on the jets," and were filed under a gallery called "KFC moments," according to the Record Searchlight newspaper in Redding, Calif.

    The story broke before the unidentified girl could scrub public access to her profile. On her MySpace page, the girl listed herself as a 17-year-old worker at the Anderson KFC near Redding.

    "I'm a KFC worker, they are my best friends and my family," she said on her site.

    The three were suspended Tuesday - and have since been fired, said KFC spokesman Rick Maynard.

    "KFC has zero tolerance for violations of our operating standards, and our franchisee has taken immediate action by terminating the employees who were involved," said Maynard.

    An assistant manager told the Record Searchlight that no manager was on duty when the steamy photos were likely taken and that the trio closed the restaurant themselves.

    Burger King bagged 25-year-old Timothy Tackett in August after a four-minute video of his birthday bath in the sink of a Xenia, Ohio, restaurant landed on MySpace and YouTube.

    Tackett appeared to be naked in the sink.

    Burger King promised to work with the health department to retrain staffers in proper sanitation procedures.

    Swedish Bikini Team and Old Milwaukee Beer - It doesn't get any better than this

    Remember back in the early 1990s when Old Milwaukee beer ran the Swedish Bikini Team commercials...it was so controversial that they were forced to pull the ads...honestly, these ads were tame compared to today's beer commercials...and actually, all the Bikini Team really did was drop by to serve some beer and do some exotic dance...pay attention to the dances they do...they seemed like harmless girls...

    Well, here's a little ride down memory lane...enjoy these two clips...





    Thursday, December 11, 2008

    Sail Away, Bettie Page

    Bettie Page


    April 22, 1923 - December 11, 2008




    1950s pinup model Bettie Page has died at the age of 85.

    LOS ANGELES – Bettie Page, the 1950s secretary-turned-model whose controversial photographs in skimpy attire or none at all helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution, died Thursday. She was 85.

    Page was placed on life support last week after suffering a heart attack in Los Angeles and never regained consciousness, said her agent, Mark Roesler. He said he and Page's family agreed to remove life support. Before the heart attack, Page had been hospitalized for three weeks with pneumonia.

    "She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality," Roesler said. "She is the embodiment of beauty."

    Page, who was also known as Betty, attracted national attention with magazine photographs of her sensuous figure in bikinis and see-through lingerie that were quickly tacked up on walls in military barracks, garages and elsewhere, where they remained for years.

    Her photos included a centerfold in the January 1955 issue of then-fledgling Playboy magazine, as well as controversial sadomasochistic poses.

    "I think that she was a remarkable lady, an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality, taste in fashion, someone who had a tremendous impact on our society," Playboy founder Hugh Hefner told The Associated Press on Thursday. "She was a very dear person."

    Page mysteriously disappeared from the public eye for decades, during which time she battled mental illness and became a born-again Christian.

    After resurfacing in the 1990s, she occasionally granted interviews but refused to allow her picture to be taken.

    "I don't want to be photographed in my old age," she told an interviewer in 1998. "I feel the same way with old movie stars. ... It makes me sad. We want to remember them when they were young."

    The 21st century indeed had people remembering her just as she was. She became the subject of songs, biographies, Web sites, comic books, movies and documentaries. A new generation of fans bought thousands of copies of her photos, and some feminists tried to claim her as a pioneer of women's liberation.

    Gretchen Mol portrayed her in 2005's "The Notorious Bettie Page" and Paige Richards had the role in 2004's "Bettie Page: Dark Angel." Page herself took part in the 1998 documentary "Betty Page: Pinup Queen."

    Hefner said he last saw Page when he held a screening of "The Notorious Bettie Page" at the Playboy Mansion. He said she objected to the fact that the film referred to her as "notorious," but "we explained to her that it referred to the troubled times she had and was a good way to sell a movie."

    Page's career began one day in October 1950 when she took a respite from her job as a secretary in a New York office for a walk along the beach at Coney Island. An amateur photographer named Jerry Tibbs admired the 27-year-old's firm, curvy body and asked her to pose.

    Looking back on the career that followed, she told Playboy in 1998: "I never thought it was shameful. I felt normal. It's just that it was much better than pounding a typewriter eight hours a day, which gets monotonous."

    Nudity didn't bother her, she said, explaining: "God approves of nudity. Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, they were naked as jaybirds."

    In 1951, Page fell under the influence of a photographer and his sister who specialized in S&M. They cut her hair into the dark bangs that became her signature and posed her in spiked heels and little else. She was photographed with a whip in her hand, and in one session she was spread-eagled between two trees, her feet dangling.

    "I thought my arms and legs would come out of their sockets," she said later.

    Moralists denounced the photos as perversion, and Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee, Page's home state, launched a congressional investigation.

    Page quickly retreated from public view, later saying she was hounded by federal agents who waved her nude photos in her face. She also said she believed that, at age 34, her days as "the girl with the perfect figure" were nearly over.

    She moved to Florida in 1957 and married a much younger man, as an early marriage to her high school sweetheart had ended in divorce.

    Her second marriage also failed, as did a third, and she suffered a nervous breakdown.

    In 1959, she was lying on a sea wall in Key West when she saw a church with a white neon cross on top. She walked inside and became a born-again Christian.

    After attending Bible school, she wanted to serve as a missionary but was turned down because she had been divorced. Instead, she worked full-time for evangelist Billy Graham's ministry.

    A move to Southern California in 1979 brought more troubles.

    She was arrested after an altercation with her landlady, and doctors who examined her determined she had acute schizophrenia. She spent 20 months in a state mental hospital in San Bernardino.

    A fight with another landlord resulted in her arrest, but she was found not guilty because of insanity. She was placed under state supervision for eight years.

    "She had a very turbulent life," Todd Mueller, a family friend and autograph seller, told The Associated Press on Thursday. "She had a temper to her."

    Mueller said he first met Page after tracking her down in the 1990s and persuaded her to do an autograph signing event.

    He said she was a hit and sold about 3,000 autographs, usually for $200 to $300 each.

    "Eleanor Roosevelt, we got $40 to $50. ... Bettie Page outsells them all," he told The AP last week.

    Born April 22, 1923, in Nashville, Tenn., Page said she grew up in a family so poor "we were lucky to get an orange in our Christmas stockings."

    The family included three boys and three girls, and Page said her father molested all of the girls.

    After the Pages moved to Houston, her father decided to return to Tennessee and stole a police car for the trip. He was sent to prison, and for a time Betty lived in an orphanage.

    In her teens she acted in high school plays, going on to study drama in New York and win a screen test from 20th Century Fox before her modeling career took off.

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    (Associated Press writers Denise Petski and Raquel Maria Dillon contributed to this article.)













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