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Monday, January 31, 2011
WEEKEND WRAP UP: THE RITE HITS NUMBER ONE, TIGER HAS A SENSE OF HUMOR, KOURTNEY AND KIM ARE FIGHTING IN THE CLUB, JAILED FOR GETTING A SEX TAPE STOLEN FROM YOU
The Rite hit number one this weekend even though I still do not know what it's about. But that didn't stop it from making $15 million. Here are the rest of the totals.
Box Office Chart
Weekend Box Office Estimates (U.S.)
Jan 28 - 30 weekend
1 - The Rite Warner Bros. Pictures $15,005,000 TOTAL: $15,005,000
2 1 No Strings Attached Paramount Pictures $13,650,000 TOTAL: $39,742,000
3 2 The Green Hornet Sony Pictures Releasing $11,500,000 TOTAL: $78,800,000
4 The King's Speech The Weinstein Company $11,102,276 TOTAL: $72,217,183
5 True Grit Paramount Pictures $7,600,000 TOTAL: $148,388,000
7 3 The Dilemma Universal Pictures $5,475,925 TOTAL: $40,634,380
8 6 Black Swan Fox Searchlight Pictures $5,100,000 TOTAL: $90,704,041
9 8 The Fighter Paramount Pictures $4,055,000 TOTAL: $78,373,000
10 9 Yogi Bear Warner Bros. Pictures $3,165,000 TOTAL: $92,507,000
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Does anyone still watch this show and why do they even have a show.
The two videos were not deliberately distributed, but the presiding judge, Singgih Budi Prakoso, said Nazril had shown no remorse and given ''an opportunity for others to spread, produce and prepare a pornographic video''.
It is the first time that someone has been sentenced under the anti-pornography laws introduced in 2008 at the instigation of the Islamist coalition partners of the President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
Advertisement: Story continues below The saga has captivated Indonesia and sparked hand-wringing about the explosion in the availability of pornography.
It has also sparked concerns about the rising power of religious conservatives, including gangs of violent hardliners who often act with impunity, including ransacking the offices of the modest local edition of Playboy magazine and forcing its closure.
The verdict yesterday was handed down among chaotic scenes in the West Java city of Bandung, with about
1000 Islamists staging a rally and pelting Nazril's police van with eggs and tomatoes.
Meanwhile family, friends and fans supported the singer at the courthouse, including Luna Maya, Nazril's girlfriend and a television presenter who appeared in one of the tapes.
The other video, apparently filmed on a mobile phone, featured Nazril with Cut Tari, another celebrity.
''He's only the victim of a theft of his personal video,'' said Mariana Amiruddin, the head of Jurnal Perempuan, a women's group that opposes the anti-porn laws.
This goes to show your best friend on the computer is delete delete delete.
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Yay! Hoorah!
So tonight is the night where I blog from a new layout!
Spent an estimated 5-hour on choosing the right colors, right fonts, right sizes, re-links, etc.
Now my blog feels as good as new! :)
And I've got a renewed motivation to blog now. Hahaha ;)
Wanted to explore different shades of colors like blue and green, but in the end I'll still stick back to shades of pink.
Oh well, guess I'm a true blue girly girl. *shrugs*
How how how?
Do you like my new layout? :)
love, careen.
Review: The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa
Tags: YA, fantasy, faeries, war, love triangle
Summary
Half-faery, half-human Meghan Chase made a bargain with the Unseelie prince, Ash: he helps her rescue her brother from the clutches of the evil Iron Fey, and she would go willingly to the Unseelie court. Now, Meghan is trapped in a world of ice and cold; she cannot access her magic powers; Ash has seemingly deserted her; and no one believes her about the Iron Fey.
A fatal attack in the Winter Court has Meghan and Ash running, and Summer and Winter Courts preparing for war. Meghan thought that they had defeated the Iron King—but a new threat arises that may prove to be even more dangerous than she had ever thought.
Review
Personally, THE IRON DAUGHTER didn’t capture my heart the way the first book, The Iron King, did. However, I am fairly certain that those who loved the first book will find just as much magic, romance, and adventure in this second installment of this faerie series that deserves all its good hype.
Romance fans rejoice, as THE IRON DAUGHTER revolves much around Meghan’s romantic troubles. One minute, Ash is acting as cold as his courtly title; the next, he is doing something that makes Meghan—and us—swoon. In fact, romance takes center court in this sequel, so much so that it definitely had me rolling my eyes and smacking my palm against my forehead a few times. Meghan’s narration definitely takes a turn towards the “Bella Swan melodramatic” in this book—not a big deal if you’re caught up in Ash and the story as Meghan is, but definitely a bit irritating if you notice the Bella syndromes.
What makes this book worth reading despite any of your qualms about romantic melodrama, however, is the excellent writing and worldbuilding. Julie Kagawa writes with the heart of a cinematographer: sweeping faerie scenes are described down to the icicles sparkling at the ends of tree branches, so that you feel like you’re in Meghan’s faery world with all of your senses. Reading Julie’s books is an incredible sensory experience that adds an extra level to the popular appeal of the love triangle, faery setting, and rollicking adventure pacing.
THE IRON DAUGHTER will leave fans of the series happy, and even if I wasn’t completely enamored with the book, I am still looking forward to what adventures these beloved characters will have to face in the showdown that is to come in the next Iron Fey book.
Writing: 4/5
Characters: 3/5
Plot: 3/5
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Cover discussion: 3.5 out of 5 - I know there's little movement and it's all so very posed and heavily edited... but it's just so pretty... I can't stop staring at it... and petting it...
Harlequin TEEN / Aug. 1, 2010 / Paperback / 304pp. / $9.99
Copy... bought? Sent by a publicist? I forget. Gah. Sorry. Silly brain.
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Some Monday mornings just need to be kept simple. There's no better way to streamline things than with a monochromatic color palette. images via vanessa jackman and casa sugarOr, combine the black and white and guarantee your week will start off on a good foot.Here's to a no muss, no fuss week luvies.Happy Monday!*Mrs. E
Meet likejeffkoonsandlikeHim, wotulookinat, noisysummer, and DC's other top international male slaves for the month of January 2011
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insanetwiztidslave?juggalo, 19
just curious how it feel to get rimmed fingered n fucked in the ass
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DarknessWithin, 23
A bit too trendy to be properly goth
A bit too extrovert to be properly dark
But that doesn't stop me from trying to create my own self
To break down society, it's easiest from the inside... The ultimate rebellion.
I like movies that are confusing and take a few times to watch before they truely make sense. I'm not one dimensional!!
Ideally someone to take me and mold me into their dark fuck pup.
Caveat Emptor - If you want to put me in chastity... the device better go thru an airport un-detected as I travel professionally... Been through 10 airports in 2010, at least 8 were classified as international.
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idontknow369, 18
teen urinal sub for m/couple/group 50+. i like money and weed.
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gingermush, 23
I came into this world as a noob with a nice butt to wreck and want to leave it gaped.
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likejeffkoonsandlikeHim, 24
i'm a bottom Soldier looking for an Arty master. Artist, art lover, art critic, art collector. i get hard real hard all the time I do it with guys like me but it dont sadify me. I need tobe fucked and hurt by a artist to be sadified. Prefer artists aged from 20 to 90.
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DeadWeight, 18
Fart on my pathetic face. Make me into the lowest possible thing. Mere flesh and bone need not apply.
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toddddddddddddddd, 21
The name is Mark. I love using things in my ass and I can make myself have multiple cums in one session. I have gotten as many as five separate loads out of myself before the final bust. One after another. It is so hot. Although I've never had a real cock in me I believe I am a bottom. Putting my ass up into the air waiting for a man to foil my ass with his long shaft and make me his bitch. See. I'm hard right now just typing this.
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iamlegend, 23
Russian looking for some murders prefered onetime, for room death. Like totaly sub/bttm. Agree on video same format.
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FierceFinn, 20
Primarily I am looking for either versatile or top men that are looking to seriously tear up some ass. Try to kill me with your cock. (OH, the soles of my feet are very highly complimented if that matters to you.) Alternately if you give me money then I will give you EVERYTHING ELSE I'VE GOT, because I really need lots of money. (I was in a slave in a movie if that makes me IMPORTANT.)
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RubberRump, 19
i know that Asian Men think and act better than me and i am here to worship them. over 45y or under 20y, please! i pride myself on keeping orderly as well as my environment. i want you i want you... i'm just a simple person... a kind of person you'll never think of having wild and hot blood inside. to find an Asian God, or a dominating Asian friend to be my relationship, buddy and somebody to lean on shoulder to cry, in case of my downfal.
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cheermeup, 21
I recently had a man shit on me and much to my surprise i liked it and enjoyed smearing it over me and then spending time with him clean and me dirty covered in his shit. I am not an eater yet. I am an Angel trapped in a nightmare and I'm so horny for some reason.
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lilbro2breed, 26
I'm not 5 feet 4 inches, I'm "FUNSIZED". Are you out of Viagra, you can use me instead? Into being milked till a dry shoot and fisted. enemas. curious about being panties. anything really.
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phantomslave, 20
i am Harsh just 20 yrs. i got a serious haunting fantasy about being chopped up and made into feed for pigs or horses or some such. would want to watch and feel this happening to me so i am not looking for real. i am thinking a hypnosis master or a hallucinogen master who could make it "happen" if there is such a thing. i am afraid i am going to jump off the bridge near my house soon if this doesn't "happen."
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Incessant, 21
I have a welcoming tight hole that needs raped while my lungs are full of amyl. No subject is taboo even the illegal ones. I am looking for the 'mad scientist' type of thing. I'm just an imperfect loner Emo with a bunch of weird thoughts whose struggling to survive and looking to get shoved in some fucked up shit.. My only limit is disease.
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noisysummer, 25
why do you failuresbuild me up?buttercup baby,just to let me down................ failures,,,dont define you,but makes you stronger,,, what am i talking about?
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imhotbloodedIMHOTBLOODED, 23
abuse me,torture mee unti i'm the best but pls dun ask me 4 shit like a dumb fuck
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wotulookinat, 18
after being group fucked im awesome
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p.s. RIP: Milton Babbitt. Hey. An alert to those of you reading this in Portland: tonight at 7:30 at Powells Books on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Lonely Christopher will be reading from 'The Mechanics of Homosexual Intercourse', the new title from my Little House on the Bowery imprint, along with writer Zoe Trope. Try to make it if you can. Thanks! More info here. ** David Ehrenstein, Hi, David. ** _Black_Acrylic, Thanks a billion again, Ben! It and you ruled. Everyone, courtesy of _Black_Acrylic, if you're curious and if you dare, here's a pic of Bobby Orlando now. ** Jax, Hey, pal. As far as I know, there are no plans for 'Jerk' to play at Tramway. Yeah, here's hoping on the impending new TV. Yury's pretty fussy about electronics, so we'll see if it meets his standards. I'm easy, and I mostly want the new one so I can play videogames again. The TV the Recollets provides is so old it doesn't even have a port. How was 'Neds'? I'll go hunt down "Fridge' on Youtube, or I'll do my utmost. ** Sypha, Hey. There have been a couple of attempts to get Grove Press to put out either a GM Cycle box set or to reissue the five novels in uniform-ish jackets that acknowledge they're a cycle since Grove never mentioned that on the original books. Basically, Grove has never seen a financial advantage to the idea, so they're not interested. Maybe I'll ask my agent to suggest the idea again since it's been a while. I really want the reissues or box set to happen, but until Grove decides doing that will make more money than just leaving things as they are, I seriously doubt it'll come about. Glad you're seeing a doctor. Stan_cz was gone for a while, and then he returned as C.P. for a week or so, and now he's gone again. He moved to London, so he's probably busy settling in and all that. ** Patrick deWitt, Hey. Oh, yeah, I know the kind of residencies that you are applying for exist, but I don't know anything about how they work. The residency that I and the people I know here have involves paying your own rent and just having an official sponsor, which the Recollets usually arranges, and you can live here for up to two years. I think the kind you're going for is much more competitive. The kind I'm doing is relatively easy. So, maybe for the kind of residency you're talking about, applications have to go through the city hall/ bureaucracy. That's possible. I don't think it's a bad idea at all to write directly to Chrystel about the residency, and I would do that. Tell her that was my suggestion. Having Chrystel aware of your application and hopefully onboard can only help and maybe help a lot. ** Alan, Fascinating about Egypt, yeah. I barely took my eyes off the coverage all weekend. It seems like something big will happen or start happening at the top today or tomorrow, or that's a guess. Well, yeah, of course, it would be great if you want to share part of your novel on the blog! That would be fantastic! Just send me what you want now or anytime, and I'll make the post. Great idea! ** Wolf, Well, you'll know what's bloggable among your writings if and when. Just know that my eyes are hungry for Wolfish words whenever. I think the maze piece could end up be really amazing. I'm excited. I's pretty crazy. We'll be working on it this year, especially after the 'trailer' piece is finished and performed in March. So far, the maze piece will definitely be 'performed' in Brest and in Bordeaux, and maybe, if the stars end up aligning, in Paris at Palais de Tokyo. And it'll tour all over, I assume. Oh, speaking of touring, and it's not for sure yet, but it looks like we might be doing 'I Apologize' at the ICA in London. Cool, if so, no? ** Allesfliesst, A curator's class ... curators of theater, art, ... all of the above or none? What were you working on with them? Hope you got the 10 hours. ** Steevee, Yeah, better to go long on the length thing and see what they say. Could work, unless they have a strict, standard word limit on the column. ** Armando, Hey. It's going okay with me. Nice rhapsody about that new Neil Young. I've been eyeing it and liking what I've read. I think your passion and descriptive powers have sold me, man. Thanks! ** Dandysweets, Ha ha, 'SS Day' does sound creepy, doesn't it? Well, let's keep them worrying and guessing, eh? Best to you, I. ** Alexp336, Hey. I'm like you. I love architecture, but I don't think I have the brain to think in those dimensions. One of my big life's dreams is to design a videogame, although I would need a lot of help. My novel 'God Jr.' is currently under option by the people who made that wonderful film 'Coraline', and their idea is to do both a 'God Jr.' videogame and film, and to have them connect in an interesting way. It's a long shot, but I'm as excited as hell about that. I don't know about the appeal of the 'car' cake. I get weirdly giddy about designer cakes that look like other, real things. Some little kid holdover interest, I guess. Getting opportunity and inspiration to align is a bitch. I just try to keep writing as a habit, getting it in constantly as best I can, in drips if necessary, so I don't get too rusty. I map out a novel's structure and voice and form first, and I let the story evolve in a more vague way in my head before I start writing, and then, when the form is kind of worked out, I just start writing, and the story ends up being partly planned and partly intuitive and spontaneous. Re: UK publishing, the London Book Fair is coming up, and that's where agents and publishers schmooze, so I think my agent will be trying to find my novel a UK publisher there. I have hopes, but no UK publisher has been interested in putting out my books for about ten years now, so my hopes aren't that high. You never know, though. ** The Dreadful Flying Glove, Hey. I haven't done a lost porn star themed post in ages, and maybe it's about time. Yeah, I think I'll do that. The music on the Citiboyz vids were always a problem. I preferred the porns of Miami Studios, which were somehow connected to Citiboyz and concurrent, and which looked similar but used all live sound, if I'm recalling right. I tried to find you an image of my favorite early era MS model, and I couldn't, but you would not be shocked in the tiniest. ** JoeM, Hey, Joe! I had a feeling you might like that post, and I was hoping for some of your related wisdom and poetry, and I was not disappointed. How are you doing? Are you getting some writing in, I hope? ** Misanthrope, Sick again?! Dude, your immune system is for the birds. You need to get that fixed: supplements, doctor advice, something. You should not be getting sick constantly. Something's amiss in you. I'm guessing it's your immune system. Get some homeopathic boosters if nothing else. Well, the Egyptians do have a kind of leader, ElBaradei, and he seems to have formed a kind of coalition with the Muslim Brotherhood and others, so it seems like they have enough organization to get the revolution accomplished unless Mubarak manages to slaughter everyone, which I don't think is at all possible. I think Mubarak could and should resign today, and that things would/will be far, far better, but I'm anarchist, obviously, and I have faith in chaos. ** Ken Baumann, Thank you, maestro. Ha ha, wow, Jesus, holy crap, i.e. le clip. You're right. And you've got to love the classic Russian 'talking over the movie' dubbing technique. Everyone, courtesy of Ken Baumann, please watch what some have called, and here I quote this some, 'the best action sequence ever. ever. ever. -- Endhiran (Robot)'. Nuff said, and it's seriously awesome, and just click this. I'll read that De Landa book based on its title alone. Well, your recommendation is the clincher. Thanks for the tip. Almost finished with you-know-what. ** Chris Cochrane, Sorry about the strangeness. Maybe you just needed to find your rhythm? We'll get it work out somehow. Yeah, waiting for the Utrecht thing to become real or not. And you'll get the text soon, promise. Maybe even today. ** Mark Gluth, Slow going and solid sounds good and very familiar to me. Excellent. ** Andrew, Drag queens have been doing lines of coke forever, albeit with a particular fervency in the '80s, so I think your mental picture is authentic. I actually have to resist doing too many posts about things from Japan. The pull is too great. ** Math, I found the post. Yeah, it was on this newer blog, but what the hell. I like it, and I'll repost it anyway. Very soon. Welcome to SF! Awesome. Report. ** Postitbreakup, Hey. Thanks about the totem poles. Doing the blog for money would ruin everything, I think, as nice as the money would be. I think I'd stop doing the blog before that happened. My weekend was okay, quiet, quieter than yours. Crying a lot can be really good. I can't remember the last time I had a good crying jag. I want one. Thank you for the links! You're a perseverant hero. I'll follow them, although that's sad about the N64 site being down. I will google it. I feel a cancelled/lost video games post coming on. You playing a game at the moment? I'm still waiting for my new TV, and then I'll rush out and buy/play 'Epic Mickey'. ** Nb, Hey, Nick! Yeah, I've had publishers who weren't so into my books put them out before, and it's not worth it. Which Brooklyn hood is catching your fancy? Yeah, the thing with the Mexican place is I'd rather go there with someone so we can ooh and ahh together. And no one's around right now. Yury only eats restaurant food in cases of emergency, so he's no help. Oh, so that's why you posted that JAMC vid on FB! ** Creative Massacre, Yum about the X Games. I'll try to get hooked up somehow by the time the Summer edition rolls around. Is there a place you can snowboard around where you live? I mean that you could drive to? Nice about that conversation with the New York art blogger. ** Inthemostpeculiarway, Ha ha, I love that you keeping called it 'The Marbled Swan'. Maybe that can be the title of the sequel or prequel. Didn't get my haircut. I was too lazy to want to sit still for two hours, basically. But luckily my hair isn't horrifyingly long yet. I'm sorry you got lost or that you got spooked by being lost. I guess being lost is always scary, come to think of it. I was trying to think of a way to get lost and have it be fun, and I couldn't. I hope you see some birds today. I was just noticing last week that you almost never see dogs in Paris. People walking dogs and all that. My room looks over a park, as you probably know, and I have never seen a single dog in that park in the four years I've lived here. It's kind of ominous. I guess Parisians aren't into dogs. That's kind of ominous too. I mean, why wouldn't they be? I'd better stop thinking about this or else I'll scare myself. I think I know that 'far away and distant' feeling you described. I might know it from when I was stoned, though. I always feel like that when I'm stoned, I think. My weekend: It wasn't terribly interesting because I spent a lot of it glued to the computer trying to follow the stuff in Egypt and wishing I had Al Jazeera on my TV. But, other than that, let's see ... I met with Gisele and the architect who's designing the maze for our new project on Saturday at this cafe near the Centre Pompidou. He showed us the new, third version of the design, and we were very happy with it, so now we can proceed. First, I have to write the narrative and storyline, which should be interesting because it will be built out of things (conversations, noises, etc.) being overheard through the walls and physical occurrences like the ceiling collapsing or lighting effects as well as from/with the dolls. So, I'll be remembering and studying videogames to get ideas of how to do that. I'm excited about that. I'll start sharing the blueprints and 3D models and stuff on the blog once we get further into the project. I was supposed to meet with Jonathan C., who'll be doing the voices of the boy mannequin and his evil puppet in the upcoming 'trailer' piece, to start rehearsing the text, but he got stuck in Bergen where he was performing his solo show. I wanted to go see a movie, but there was nothing I wanted to see badly enough to go alone. Even though I know the 'Tron' movie isn't supposed to be that great, I'll probably see that next when it opens here in a few days. I talked to my sister who told me all her latest goings on. She's in the middle of a big mess, but it's too complicated to explain. I thought a lot about a possible new fiction thing, and I made some notes. I found out that 'Jerk' is going to be performed in Israel, and the venues want me to come and do readings and talks in conjunction with the performances, and I guess I'll say yes although I'm kind of spooked at the idea of traveling to Israel. Uh, and I ate, smoked, showered, slept. That's all I remember. What's Monday looking like on your end? ** Killer Luka, Hi, KL. What a gorgeous new drawing! You're on fire lately. Everyone, more greatness from the divine Killer Luka in the form of a beautiful new drawing entitled 'Boy With a Horse', that you really must see, and you can do so here (in a smaller size) and here (larger). Moving sculptures means that pictures should be on the way before too long, right? Thank you, bub. ** Zack, Hey, Zack! Oh, yeah, try to get around the fear of rejection thing. It's really important to keep in mind that everyone you submit to is an individual with his or her own quirky taste, and rejections don't have any grander meaning than that, and they have nothing to say about your talent or the quality of your work. The blog's got your back. The short fiction collection you're working on sounds really intriguing. I wouldn't worry about the pressure out there to write novels. It's nonsense, and short story collections are being taken more seriously all the time. It's a very good time to be a short story writer. 'Little Men' cool, yeah, it's great, no? Killian is such an amazing writer. Hope you had a really good weekend. ** Bollo, I love performance art. It's one of my very favorite mediums and one of the mediums I most respect. But, yeah, it can also go very wrong, and that gallery one sure did. Pretension is a miserable thing no matter form it takes. DFW is just about the best writer of sentences that there could be. Best sentence writer of my lifetime, I think. My weekend was okay, kind of relaxing mostly, and that was all right. Let's both fucking nail this week, what do you say? ** Done. It's the last day of the month and, not coincidentally, the first slaves post of 2011. Hear their calls, and I'll see you tomorrow.
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Sunday, January 30, 2011
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You know, I never did watch the British version of The Office, but I bet it was just as awkward. Would be moreso if he didn't have the old 'brows there.
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I should probably leave this to people with talent like Israel Carrasco, but I thought I'd try a few monologue jokes today...
A Florida school district is considering returning a $20,000 donation because the man who donated the money is a strip club owner. Officials found out the donor owned a strip club when the donation came in four suitcases full of one dollar bills.
Washington University at Saint Louis had to drop Bristol Palin as a speaker on a panel discussion that was set to be part of “Sexual Responsibility Week.” Maybe if they have a “Sexual Irresponsibility Week” sometime she could appear at that one.
President Obama and Sec. of State Clinton have called for an “orderly transition of power” in Egypt. Much like the one the U.S. will have in Jan of 2013.
There was some question over the weekend whether or not President Obama was really willing to let Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak fall. But, then Obama showed how serious he was when he de-friended Mubarak on Facebook.
Last week NASCAR announced a new scoring system. They said it was mainly to make things easier on their fans, who tend to struggle with basic math skills.
Tiger Wood's struggled in the first PGA tournament of the season this weekend. After the tournament he said he needed to find a Perkin's Family Restaurant NOW!
Friends of Charlie Sheen say that his biggest problem is that he needs to quit hanging out with other drug addicts and porn stars. So, he went into rehab.
Miley Cyrus was named “Worst Influence on Kids” by readers of AOL's Just So You Know. The cast of Jersey Shore say they're embarrassed to lose to Miley and vow to do more to be a worse influence on your kids next year.
A BBC reporter was roughed up by Egyptian police over the weekend. He got bandaged up and was back on the street reporting in a matter of minutes. Jay Cutler was amazed.
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Ever wondered what Mike (and Mrs. Mike) sounds like? Well, wonder no more cause he called into “I'm With Stupid” last week, and even though some people think the show is “crap” we had a good time with him as always...
Visit to the Derrick Mason Show
Right before the end of the season I decided to take my son to The Greene Turtle in Owings Mills. The last game was coming up and I didn't know if they'd have the show during the playoffs. And Derrick Mason threatens to retire every year and you don't know if my actually be serious this time.
We arrived right around 5:30. The show starts at 6pm and runs until 8pm. The place was already packed, but we were able to get a booth near the back, but I could clearly see the radio platform. Derrick Mason and Stan White show up right around 6pm.
Here's Derrick Mason interacting with whom I would assume to be the producer.
The show is pumped over the speakers in the restaurant, but it is very unceremonious. It was right after Christmas as they were talking about their holidays as if anyone cared. Autographs. We want autographs!
During the first commercial break I literally throw my son up to the booth to get a photo of Mason signed. Mason signs it. He doesn't say anything to my son. Doesn't look at him. Doesn't acknowledge him in any way. Just signs it and hands it back to him.
Le'Ron McClain shows up around 7-ish as the "special guest". He's special alright. He sits and texts nearly the entire time. Doesn't look at the crowd. Doesn't talk to anyone except Stan White and Derrick Mason. Text. Text. Text. He acted like a 300 pound male version of my daughter, though with slightly darker hair.
Le'Ron? Le'Ron? Are you there???? OMG. Where R U? LOL. TTYL.
During the commercials - guess what they did? They sat there. Didn't talk to each other. Didn't talk to the crowd. I have to say - I'm very disappointed in this show. Derrick Mason is supposed to be cool. This ain't cool.
Commercial break. Text. Stare. Stare. Isn't this entertaining?
I send my son back up for another autograph for my nephew. He's hesitant to go. But he goes because I'm the dad. When he gets up there the autograph police tell him to go stand in a kid line that wraps around the fire exit behind the stage. He moves over to that line and stands there for almost an entire minute, then comes around with this disgruntled look on his face. "I'm not standing in that line. I'm ready to go home."
So my son's first experience with the Ravens up close is a big bust. He's not impressed with them. He's not impressed with the lines. He's not impressed with the autograph police. I'm not impressed with their lack of enthusiasm. Was it just a bad night? I don't know. I've never been to an event like this before, so I have no baseline. I hope Mason was just in a foul mood because he just heard that annoying Crystal Koons commercial on the radio. So we'll give him the benefit of the doubt and we'll try another event when it comes up.
We arrived right around 5:30. The show starts at 6pm and runs until 8pm. The place was already packed, but we were able to get a booth near the back, but I could clearly see the radio platform. Derrick Mason and Stan White show up right around 6pm.
Here's Derrick Mason interacting with whom I would assume to be the producer.
The show is pumped over the speakers in the restaurant, but it is very unceremonious. It was right after Christmas as they were talking about their holidays as if anyone cared. Autographs. We want autographs!
During the first commercial break I literally throw my son up to the booth to get a photo of Mason signed. Mason signs it. He doesn't say anything to my son. Doesn't look at him. Doesn't acknowledge him in any way. Just signs it and hands it back to him.
Le'Ron McClain shows up around 7-ish as the "special guest". He's special alright. He sits and texts nearly the entire time. Doesn't look at the crowd. Doesn't talk to anyone except Stan White and Derrick Mason. Text. Text. Text. He acted like a 300 pound male version of my daughter, though with slightly darker hair.
Le'Ron? Le'Ron? Are you there???? OMG. Where R U? LOL. TTYL.
During the commercials - guess what they did? They sat there. Didn't talk to each other. Didn't talk to the crowd. I have to say - I'm very disappointed in this show. Derrick Mason is supposed to be cool. This ain't cool.
Commercial break. Text. Stare. Stare. Isn't this entertaining?
I send my son back up for another autograph for my nephew. He's hesitant to go. But he goes because I'm the dad. When he gets up there the autograph police tell him to go stand in a kid line that wraps around the fire exit behind the stage. He moves over to that line and stands there for almost an entire minute, then comes around with this disgruntled look on his face. "I'm not standing in that line. I'm ready to go home."
So my son's first experience with the Ravens up close is a big bust. He's not impressed with them. He's not impressed with the lines. He's not impressed with the autograph police. I'm not impressed with their lack of enthusiasm. Was it just a bad night? I don't know. I've never been to an event like this before, so I have no baseline. I hope Mason was just in a foul mood because he just heard that annoying Crystal Koons commercial on the radio. So we'll give him the benefit of the doubt and we'll try another event when it comes up.
P Stands For....
My three year old daughter has been learning her letters and their sounds. Additionally, she's grasped the concept of rhyming. She's starting to figure out by the sound what the first letter of a word is. And as every parent will tell you, 'my child is really smart'. In fact, listening to the helicopter mom's at school - 85% of all children are above average.
The other night I decided that to save some time, I would put her in the shower with me rather than giving her a bath of her own. So you know what's coming - she points and says, "what's that?" "It's a penis." "What does penis start with?" I pause. Quick-quick-quick. So what do I say? "Um.....usually a dinner and a movie."
The next day my son is on the laptop looking up planets. "Guess which planet I'm looking at now? Venus!" My 3 year old responds, "I know what rhymes with venus!!!"
Later, she picks up my son's Star Wars light saber and holds it between her legs. "Look, I have a penis!!!"
Oh, boy!
The other night I decided that to save some time, I would put her in the shower with me rather than giving her a bath of her own. So you know what's coming - she points and says, "what's that?" "It's a penis." "What does penis start with?" I pause. Quick-quick-quick. So what do I say? "Um.....usually a dinner and a movie."
The next day my son is on the laptop looking up planets. "Guess which planet I'm looking at now? Venus!" My 3 year old responds, "I know what rhymes with venus!!!"
Later, she picks up my son's Star Wars light saber and holds it between her legs. "Look, I have a penis!!!"
Oh, boy!
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