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Celebrity Idiots -- The Jamie Fox and Hulk Hogan Edition
Ovod: if you can seriously "understand" with what OJ felt and/or did out of insane jealousy, you have much bigger problems than apologizing to Josh for calling Josh an idiot. There is NOTHING cool or understandable about fantasizing slitting the throat of a former wife and butchering a young man you believe she is involved with, let alone doing it. The woman is Hogan's EX wife for a reason...he picked her - he contributed to the break down of the marriage to some degree - he needs to live with whatever flows from those choices The double standard Josh so rightly points out reminds me of the new laws the Afghani's are proposing regarding women - talk about idiots! Hogan is a MASSIVE idiot and a disgrace to jokingly talk about committing a horrific act of violence because his pee-pee's ego is bruised. "Emotions" are no excuse; grown men keep them in check or weren't raised to have homicidal fantasies to begin with. Hogan's former wife is single (just like him); she gets to date whomever will have her (just like him). Personally, I love the word "idiot." Just like my favorite swear word, it says it all and does so succinctly. Please Josh keep using it. It was aptly applied and well deserved by both Foxx and Hogan.— April 17, 2009 3:35 a.m.
Domino's (the pizza, not the game)
I guess one example of the 'ole "what you don't know won't hurt you" misguided philosophy...but once you know, try getting it out of your head! Dominoes was great when I was in college and could get a medium MEAT pizza (with extra sauce) for $5, plus tip. And if it wasn't at my dorm in 30 min....free!!! Yay! (I'd still tip the guy though). And now if you're in a pinch for time, they have what's not a half bad philly steak sand, with a cool interactive web site ordering that tracks the prep and cooking and delivery of your sandwich. Leaving them very little time to despoil it, I might add. When you get older, as Josh points out, you go for the better Pizza because you can afford it. (Lou Malnati's deep dish...which you can buy frozen online, I can't think of the name of the SD place that's a chain but advertises they serve the "last authentic pizza"...anyone? They are great!) It certainly is a shame that two total morons apparently raised in caves will most likely make a big ding in Dominoes' bottom line because of their B.S. I hope they have business disruption insurance that covers employee misconduct. But that won't cover the bad P.R. that no amount of free over 30 minute pizza's (which I don't think they do anymore) will correct. Only time, and some other YouTube video du jour will adjust public perception somewhat. Josh, did you say that they were pursuing felony charges against these kids? I love how Dominoes put out that there was "no evidence the sandwiches had actually been served." Yeah, lol...right....— April 17, 2009 3:21 a.m.
Junk Talk
OMG joshb, you had to use the clinical term for your respective "junk" when you were kids! Hilarious!! My parents taught us 4 kids (2 boys, 2 girls - me being the eldest, go figure) to use the term "peach" when we were little and needed to refer to our whatevers...nevermind it was the same term for both sexes. (We were also taught to use the word "nuches" for boobs, some Sicilian/Italian thing, but I digress). When I had my two sons, I sorta understood why "peach" for a girl, but it didn't seem to fit a boy. So I taught my sons to use the term "picky"...it's a wonder we are not all in therapy. Perhaps that is where the respective discomfort and bravado over the female and male terms come from: our own parents' levels of comfort. Blame your parents; the default position. :) Hey magics5...I DID see that tampon commercial and what a ridiculous waste of advertising dollars it was. First of all, no woman on a date with a guy would pull out her tampon to plug a hole in a boat. We'd rather drown. Second of all, how insulting. You mean to tell me we need to be packing something that has the capacity to suck a lake dry when our special "visitor" comes to call? Try sitting between two teenage boys on the couch when one of those commercials come on....horrifying.— April 17, 2009 3 a.m.
Celebrity Idiots -- The Jamie Fox and Hulk Hogan Edition
Ovod: Get up on the wrong side of the fjord? Seriously, this blog is about entertainment; and, JoshB never fails to entertain with some interesting FYI I might add on a regular basis. If you are looking for serious news there is a news section and the NY Times is online as well. Take your bitter pill and play somewhere else. That being said, it never ceases to amaze me how truly moronic most celebrities are...have you even seen them in an interview where they can only play themselves? I once saw Suzie Kurtz on the David Letterman Show years ago. Firstly she comes on the show in a yellow rain coat and red rain slickers....oookay; and, 'B' she was either tripin' or she's a moron. At the time she was in a very serious and dramatic role which she was promoting. While I was taken aback by her inanity,I admire her acting skills all the more. Jamie Fox' behavior was just plain sad...and Hogan...well, c'mon, he's made a living on the WWF or whatever! All he has left to sell are his stupid antics...— April 16, 2009 4:50 a.m.
The Promised Land
You wrote: "So often the ones you count on the most abandon you, or you find out they were never actually there for you in the first place, be they your own family or people you had mistakenly counted as friends. And the sun may be shining in Southern California, but the woman down the street is still dying of cancer and the man next door is still be beating his children and no pretty photograph is ever going to turn their cries of anguish into anything beautiful." Wow. So incredibly true; so incredibly well said. I hope your "Cris" forgives you and remembers instead that part of you she found beautiful. Hang on to that. Congratulations on your win!— April 16, 2009 1:23 a.m.
Teleprompters and Speechwriters
I am hopeful that Rush Limbaugh and others of his ilk are the last, gasping relics of a myopic mindset that proved to be no more effective than it was trustworthy. Like most power mongers he is clawing and scratching to cling to his power base using various invectives to get some above the fold coverage. I like the analogy of Obama to Carter. I never thought of it that way, but I think it is a good comparison. I always felt history would vindicate 'ole Jimmy...and what was sad was, at the time anyway, it seemed a good and ethical man could not be a successful President. I hope too that has changed along with the Republican Guard.— April 16, 2009 12:11 a.m.
What was your first pet?
What a cool question! The first domesticated mammal/animal that we took care of were two stray cats which we named some exotic monikers that if I could spell them I would print them here. One of the kitties was all black and seemed to prefer my younger sister, Beth. One day Beth and I were lying in the grass and black-kitty came strolling by, giving us a look/see with her tail straight up and the prettiest white and pink bum-hole you ever did view at face level So naturally my little sis hauls off and sticks her 3 year old finger right into it like a plush doorbell! Mrrreeoowwwww!!! My mother nearly boiled my sister Beth's offending finger off (immediately after Mom peeled the cat from the window screen). I watched all with great amusement. Mom never did let Bethie touch much with that finger thereafter...neither did black-kitty.— April 15, 2009 10:21 p.m.
Old People Driving (nails into their face)
After age 75 you should be required to have bi-annual eye, road, and written tests to maintain your DL. In otherwords, it is suspended at this point and the senior driver must affirmatively demonstrate every 6 months that they are competent to drive. This is not discrimination. Courts have long ruled that driving is a privilege and not a right. I hesitate to say this because I know that should I reach that ripe 'ole age I'll rage against both dying of the light and my "right" to get where I need to go without waiting for my daughter-in-law to pick me up (ungrateful hussy that she is/will be...:). However, diminished capacity whatever the reason, natural or alcohol induced, etc., puts society at risk. Therefore, to maintain the privilege of your DL at a certain point when science tells us we all will be a bit slower on the uptake, down-lo, and rebound it's time to ensure aged drivers are competent drivers. Case in point...today, yet another 80-some mistook the accelerator for the brake and ran over a guy...at the time he was pinned to the wall by the 86 year old's Chevy Corsica he was seated in his dentist's chair, in his dentist's office. 'Nough said. (I wrote most of the above in response to a comment in Josh's "Teen Tagger" post, but it does more aptly belong here - so forgive the repost).— April 15, 2009 9:01 p.m.
Teenage Tagger Tagged
The teen who was killed while tagging in the middle of the freeway should win the Darwinian Award for 2009. Many thanks for removing your DNA from the collective gene pool. We can all learn, at any age, solid lessons from our mistakes. But ultimately there is no cure for just plain stupid. The Universe takes care of that... And yes, after age 75 you should be required to have bi-annual eye, road, and written tests to maintain your DL. Courts have long ruled that driving is a privilege and not a right. I hesitate to say this because I know that should I reach that ripe 'ole age I'll rage against both dying of the light and my "right" to get where I need to go without waiting for my daughter-in-law to pick me up (ungrateful hussy that she is/will be...:). However, diminished capacity whatever the reason, natural or alcohol induced, etc., puts society at risk. Therefore, to maintain the privilege of your DL at a certain point when science tells us we all will be a bit slower on the uptake, down-lo, and rebound it's time to ensure aged drivers are competent drivers. Case in point...today, yet another 80-some mistook the accelerator for the brake and ran over a guy...at the time he was pinned to the wall by the 86 year old's Chevy Corsica he was seated in his dentist's chair, in his dentist's office. 'Nough said.— April 15, 2009 8:09 p.m.
Banker's Hill/Mercy Outpatient
After reading what and how your wrote/write, I am only further confused by gopher-bashing recognition. Please write on..., and most of all be well. Lisa a/k/a "lallaw"— April 15, 2009 7:33 p.m.