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Amy Wallen Will Give You Crickets
Amy, it's really not that hard to spin a ball on your finger. But, after a minute, it starts to slow down. And, you have to slap it a few times with your other hand, to get it going faster. I just didn't want to take anything away from Simons piece. And I thought it would look bizarre, me standing there doing that (especially since I'm most comfortable doing it with my middle finger). And yes, the Trotters are still around. They come to the Sports Arena at least once a year. They even have a few women players now. Beth, you are an amazing writer. I'm sorry I didn't put a segment of your story in my write-up. I'm looking at 1,000 word count on this, and just didn't have the room. Would you be so kind as to put it up here? Log back on, and put your story (it might take two or three posts). But I'd love for people on here to be able to read it. I hope someday I'm half the writer you are. Your stuff is great.— December 2, 2009 3:22 p.m.
Kick a Kid
In 5th grade, I liked Loreen Demetrio, this tall, cute Fillipina in my class. We did the flirting, where she'd sometimes punch me. And we'd throw berries at each other during recess and lunch. I was coming off the basketball court one day, and she chucked one right at my eye. It hurt, and I was covering my eye. Of course, she ran up apologizing and I said "It's okay." Well, that afternoon, I got glasses from the eye doctor. And the next day it was April 1st. All the kids in my class thought I was wearing glasses for an April Fools day thing. I kept telling them, "Who am I tricking by wearing these things?" When Loreen asked about them, the first thing that came to mind was to say "Well, that berry you hit me in the eye with...it caused some damage." She became my "girlfriend" after that, and I swear, it was out of guilt for thinking she damaged my retina or something.— December 2, 2009 9:30 a.m.
Committing Crimes with Kids in Tow
Dang it. Typo. Supposed to be "bomb". Corrected now.— December 2, 2009 9:24 a.m.
Execute the Imposters
Scorp...to play devils advocate, instead of going on and on about how now someone can try this to assasinate the President, think of it this way. It probably made the Secret Service that much sharper. And really...idiots crashing events for a reality show, isn't nearly as bad as Richard Henne and balloon boy. They put their kids lives in danger time and time again, filed fake police reports, etc. Take their children away! But a couple of idiots wanting to crash parties...okay, well...maybe I'm biased. But still. Jail time would be a bit harsh.— December 2, 2009 1:16 a.m.
Kick a Kid
I concur. Redsox was great in junior high, and I only knew him briefly in high school, as we had no classes together. I know he swam, but swimmers weren't considered "jocks" the way the football and baseball players were.— December 2, 2009 1:12 a.m.
Party Crashing with the President, Car Crashing with Tiger
Scorp, ever since Fatal Attraction came out my senior year of high school, I had to explain to men how it goes down with cheating. Because, nobody could understand why Michael Douglas cheated on Anne Archer (his hot wife in the movie) with Glenn Close (who...well, she played Robin Williams mother in a movie just five years previously!) I think men cheat because it's someone "different". Not because the woman they are cheating with is "hotter" than their wife.— December 1, 2009 9:20 p.m.
Execute the Imposters
When that person threw his shoe at Bush...it baffled me that he was able to get another throw off. Why not have the secret service tackle him before the first Nike ever leaves his hand? I thought they were trained that way? I love the CNN newscaster that said "He could've grabbed a fork and stabbed the President with it." The best part of this...is that they wanted hundreds of thousands of dollars. Instead, they have to do an interview for "free" since they had signed a contract with that network previously, for something else.— December 1, 2009 4:36 p.m.
Party Crashing with the President, Car Crashing with Tiger
I call him "scorp" and I call you "duh". It just seems...right.— December 1, 2009 4:32 p.m.
Party Crashing with the President, Car Crashing with Tiger
Oh, and I heard an interesting thing about the White House Crashers. They did an interview on some network. Apparently, they were FORCED into it, because when she wanted to be on one of those Desperate Housewives of D.C. shows, they made her sign something stating the network had all the rights to whatever she did in the media. And, they used this clause to make her do an interview with their network (I believe it was Bravo and ABC, which are owned by the same company)— December 1, 2009 3 p.m.
Party Crashing with the President, Car Crashing with Tiger
Well, not exactly, Scorp. I seriously doubt the media is one way. And an athlete makes a comment about them being "stupid" and then they decide -- okay, we're gonna show him now! The media is ALWAYS going to be looking for dirt like this, because it sells papers. It could be the nicest athlete on the planet, that was always polite and kind to reporters (something Tiger wasn't). And they'd still turn on the athlete, if it meant headlines. But yeah, Tiger should definitely keep the golf clubs out of his wifes sight for a few days. Lots of stories are coming out.— December 1, 2009 2:59 p.m.