It's been several weeks since my last post, and I just want to apologize one more time for not being as diligent as I used to be with my blogging......oh what the heck, it's time to say "GOODBYE" to everyone because in a couple of hours we're all going to be toast anyway.
I hate prolonged farewells.....and it's only about three hours until The Big Event.
This morning I said my goodbyes on TWITTER with my Ten Rapture Rants. You never asked for them, but here they are, just the same.
#rapture rants- (1) I'm pissed off because the world will end before the new season of MAD MEN
# rapture rants- (2) The idiot behind me is cutting his lawn at 9:00am. You mean I can't even sleep in 4 one more Saturday?
#rapture rants- (3) The world can't end! Rutgers still hasn't won a Big East title in football- or men's basketball, 4 that matter
#rapture rants- (4) Maybe there is something to this rapture stuff. The Pope just called the space station- maybe HE WANTS IN!
#rapture rants- (5) 26 years after quitting, is it OK to for me to smoke again (for the duration)?
#rapture rants- (6) Is it still possible for all those people who booked June weddings to get a refund?
#rapture rants- (7) Today the world will end at 6:00PM. On Monday gas prices will rise another ten cents a gallon.
#rapture rants- (8) This 6:00PM Doomsday stuff has me in a bind- should I start making dinner an hour earlier?
#rapture rants- (9) To the survivalists who've spent tens of thousands of $'s stockpiling food, guns and ammo- wasn't that a waste of money?
#rapture rants- (10) If Newt Gingrich is quoted saying "There will be no rapture", does that mean don't believe him?
I wonder if Harold Camping has a back up speech prepared, just in case things don't go as planned....like a rain delay, maybe?
If you haven’t heard, husband of Demi Moore will be replaced by Charlie Sheen in the CBS hit comedy Two and a Half Men.
You may not have heard of this either, but Charlie Sheen has … had a number of issues.
And because of these problems, he was dismissed from his achievements as vague popular of United States in the TV series people have asked if the show will be able to continue without him, and apparently CBS a chance. Because the man no matter what you think about Ashton Kutcher, name recognition.
Today is the second time Twitter was where I learned of some big news deal. I don't remember what the previous instance was, but I'll likely remember today's.
The Tweet that caught my eye and had me turning on my TV was "President Mubarak has stepped down as president of Egypt."
Whatever you think of Barack Obama, he's the President of the United States and we're at war against the Taliban. I'd expect something like this from a soulless troll like Ann Coulter, but Sarah Palin is supposedly one of the leaders of the Republican Party.....and it appears a candidate from the presidency.
Click the link below for the story and see the photo from FACEBOOK that claims Barack Obama is "an illegally elected Taliban Muslim", favorited by the half term former Governor of Alaska.
Most the civilized world has heard the latest Palinism; Sarah invented the word "refudiate" during a speech, and even TWEETED it later on (ahhhh.... while tweeting didn't that red line under the word indicating it was mispelled, or not a word, set off any alarms...at all?).
Sarah decided to compare her malaprop to Shakespeare inventing words, and to Dubya's "misunderestimate" and Barack's "wee-wee'd up" (is that a diminutive form of being pissed off?).
But take a look at the following video and pay attention to the conversation Harry Smith has with Erica Hill at it's conclusion.
AMAZING!!!!
You mean to say John McCain said "refudiate" as well?
This got me thinking.....whatever happened to "The King of The Malaprop", comedian Norm Crosby. Well...Norm is still alive, and will be 83 years old this September. Obviously, he must be semi-retired at this point in his life.
In keeping with the political side of things, Norm Crosby roasts Senator Barry Goldwater in this old DEAN MARTIN CELEBRITY ROAST....looking at some of the other guests (William Conrad, Dan Rowan) my guess is that the show is from the late 1970's or early 1980's.
Its another one of those days with much to talk about, and so very little time. So here I am again, copping out with QUICK HITS.
(1). Here's a thought someone called "Hugh Jee" had on TWITTER last night...."Being "de-citizenized" by Joe Lieberman's proposed "Strip The Suspected Terrorist Law"; is that kind of like being "unfriended" on FACEBOOK?".
The guy has something there, heh?
(2) So the DOW plummeted 1,000 points in less than an hour, supposedly because someone transposed 16 billion for 16 million on the future's market? Don't you think its a little too easy for one person to do some serious damage to the the economies of this nation and the world- and to millions of little guy investors? If one person could do this with a mistake, what about someone with ill intent, like foreign or domestic terrorists, or someone just doing it because they want to do it. Another case for some serious Wall Street reform, and some competent eyes to watch what's going down.
(3).Katherine Heigl of "Grey's Anatomy" fame has landed The Plum role. And "Plum" should be capitalized. Ms. Heigl will star in One For The Money, the screen adaptation of the first of a series of novels by Janet Evanovich about Trenton (New Jersey) based bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, murder mysteries that are more comic than procedural. The sixteenth entry in the Plum series, Sizzling Sixteen, will be released on June 22.
My only question is...what took so long? These novels are fun, are an easy escapist read (I have read the first 10, so I have some catching up to do), and hit home for me on several levels. I was born in the Chambersburg section of Trenton where the novels take place. Stephanie is of Italian-Hungarian decent (as am I). My Grandpa used to drive a huge blue 1953 Buick like the one owned by Uncle Sandor in the novels (Stephanie Plum is really hard on cars- she either totals one or has one blow up in every book). And I have certain family members who closely resemble that of Stephanie Plum- though my grandmothers were not as zany as Steph's Grandma Mazur. About 10 years ago I thought Sandra Bullock should play Stephanie, but as she approached 40, I switched support to Jennifer Aniston (Steph is perpetually 30 years old in the books).
As for boyfried Joe Morelli and mysterious tough guy Ranger, it will be interesting to see how the casting goes. But two people I'd love to see in the supporting cast of any future Plum mysteries; Queen Latifah as Lula (Steph's street wise former working girl BFF), and America's Grandma, Betty White as whacky Grandma Mazur. And any character who goes to funeral homes to pick up grieving old geezers is a bit whack-a-doo....and inventive, I suppose.
A long pause here....continuing the blog entry a mere 36 hours after starting it...I told you I've been busy. Hate it when people don't update their sites...I have a responsibility to give you guys information whether you want it or not. You've been warned.
(4). Now......where was I? Oh yeah! Speaking of Betty White. She's hosting SNL tonight. And who woulda thunk it? At 88, she isn't the oldest person to appear on Saturday Night Live. SNL's announcer Don Pardo, who has been with the show for all but one of its 35 years on NBC, has celebrated his 92nd birthday last February. But the oldest guest ever on SNL was probably composer-pianist Eubie Blake. On March 10, 1979 Mr. Blake guested on SNL, which was hosted by Gary Busey that night. Depending on your source, Eubie Blake was either 96 or 92 in 1979, though his 100 birthday was celebrated shortly before his death in 1983.
At any rate, below is the video of Mr. Blake's appearance on SNL in 1979, with the great and sadly missed Gregory Hines singing. Hines died much too young at age 57 in 2003.
(5). And finally....Happy Mother's day to all of the Moms reading this. And to all you guys who still haven't gotten anything....there's always the fresh cut flowers at the all night supermarkets. Have fun!
The question comes from ABC NEWS....is blogging "so last year"?
The answer, in this neighborhood anyway, is a resounding "Nooooo!!!!".
If you can get a coherent, in depth thought out in 140 characters or less, you're a better communicator than I'll ever be, so "tweet" away.
As for FACEBOOK, does anyone really care about what YOU are doing 24/7? Frankly, I don't....with VERY rare exceptions. And these "friends" on FACEBOOK; if they're such good friends, somebody please loan me $500 until Easter. OK?
Nope.....I'd rather have followers than...."friends". It seems so much more honest.
Anyway, click below to read the whole article featuring ABC NEWS' crack panel of experts.
Its time again for QUICK HITS, where I string together various random thoughts that have been fermenting....or rotting....in my brain for sometime, needing to escape. Ready or not, here they come.
(1). Why does baseball call it "Spring Training" when most of the games are played in winter?
(2). Justin Bieber is a trending topic on TWITTER. Am I supposed to know who he is? I have blue jeans older than him!
(3). A fairly prominent conservative site has linked to this blog, and stated that this blogger was a fan, and by implication, a friend of the Tea Party movement. Mmmmm- did the person who wrote that ever take the time to read the stuff that I post here? Try it sometime....it will be a real eye opener. And no, I am not a commie pinko socialist; just a card carrying Blue Jersey Dem. The DIXIE CHICKS leading off the PLAYLIST, or maybe the picture of Ted Kennedy at the bottom of the page with the logo "UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE NOW!"....or perhaps the old banner for this blog at the bottom of the page (with Groucho Marx, John Lennon, George Carlin and Bill Maher) just might have been a tip off as to the nature of this blog.
So to my conservative "fan" who thinks we're on the same page....all I'll say is thank God you never decided to make law enforcement a career. Lily Rush would have "Cold Cases" up to her pretty blond head if you did.
(4). As a longtime viewer of BIG LOVE I have to say it....the show "jumped the shark" with the episode where Bill and Joey go to Mexico to rescue Lois, Frank and Ben, and an enraged Lois chops off Hollis Greene's arm. I've already given my two cents about the direction of the show on a couple of entertainment sites, so I won't rehash any more of my complaints. But the thing that made the show entertaining, the domestic problems encountered by a man trying to juggle three wives and a brood of offspring, often gets pushed to the background by the dozen other plotlines going on simultaneously. The bottom line- the show has become exhausting to watch, and its with a sense of relief that the show's season will come to a merciful end this Sunday.
(5). On a Rutgers football fansite the latest buzz is all about the real possibility of Rutgers being asked to join the Big Ten Conference. If this were to occur Rutgers could possibly quadruple its athletic revenues per year- leaving the Big East would be a no brainer as a business move.
But one fan from Iowa decided to give his two cents when he posted on the site....that Rutgers (in his opinion) would be a bad fit for the Big Ten because New Jersey is so culturally different from Iowa. Gee, that didn't stop the University of Iowa from coming to New Jersey to recruit star running back (and current New York Jet) Shonn Greene a few years ago.
As far as being culturally different....yes we have people with different accents, and some with complexions darker than a paper bag, and we have many who's surnames end in a vowel. But what this guy was saying without really saying it was that New Jersey people are not quite same as "real" Americans from the Midwest. Not quite as Western European Nordic to suit him. Too many "others" in New Jersey.
Yes....he's a bigoted jerk.
I believe most people in this country are the same regarding basic values- and I've lived all over the country through the years; Illinois, Texas, Utah, Colorado, Florida, even a few years overseas in the United Kingdom (yes, where they have the stain and burden of that evil socialist national health care).....but most of my life I've lived in New Jersey. And to Mr. Iowa Bigoted Jerk- I had several friends originally from Iowa during my time living in the Colorado high country. They were some of the coolist people I've ever known, as well as great skiers and heavy duty partiers.... they were from Ames, and Iowa State University. Sorry, I can't vouch for people from Iowa City.
Oh well...Go Cyclone! Beat them Hawkeyes!!!!!
(6). Did you hear the one about the conservative Republican State Senator from California, a staunch opponent of equal rights for gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgendered Americans who was busted for drunk driving?
He was driving home from a gay bar.
Just hours ago State Senator Roy Ashburn has decided to take a leave of absence while a political firestorm has been ignited regarding his sexual orientation.
Haven't we seen this script somewhere before?
(7). More from TWITTER. I've finally found out the truth about Sean Combs- he must have multiple personalities. Look at this latest "tweet" from iamdiddy....
"I left Diddy in Paris...tonight PUFF DADDY IS TAKING OVER LONDON! Hosting CLUB AMIKA and then you BETTER be at my afterparty at RUNWAY!! "
See....he's so confused and can't make up his mind as to who he really is. So talented. So sad.
(8).You've all probably heard about chatroulette. Its the newest thing with younger people....all you need is a webcam. But parents take note; it can be dangerous; do you know what kind of creep is talking to your kids? Take a look at this video....
Late Additions! Saturday March 6
(9). Back to TWITTER again. Somebody on TWITTER gave me an "@Hugh_Jee" reference and called me a "cancer destroying the moral fiber of America". His problem with me- I'm a critic of Glenn Beck.
I won't waste very much of the readers time....I have some dirty work to do. There's so much American morality for me to screw up and so little time. Maybe I should lift the ban on cursing on this blog and speed up the process. Whadya think?
(10).And finally.....a Sarah Palin reality show?
What have we been watching for all of these months?
The woman who despises the media, demands that people respect the privacy of her children, yet parades them in front of cameras at the drop of a hat, is said to be pitching a new reality show produced by Palin and Mark Burnett, the man behind SURVIVOR and THE APPRENTICE. Palin, who tried her hand at standup on the TONIGHT SHOW (where it is said canned in laughter was used for the broadcast), and Burnett are said to have met with executives from the Big Four Networks. The show is supposed to be a look at life in Alaska.
Sonny Bono....Fred Thompson....Ronald Reagan; Right leaning entertainers who went into politics. Sarah Palin doing it in reverse. And Its been reported that Palin has been on a swag spree at pre-Oscar events, though at least one publication has called the stories fabrications. And this just in....Kathy Griffin has arrived in Alaska with her "Life On The D-List" show, accompanied on stage in a show in Anchorage by Levi Johnston, the father of Palin's grandchild with daughter Bristol.
From THE NEW YORK TIMES...."Hollywood has the Oscars. Broadway has the Tonys. Now Twitter has the...Shorty Awards" Its the Second Annual "Shorty Awards", honoring excellence in 140 characters or less. And no, I'm not making this up!
