Oh here’s an interesting one to get us started. Mike Tyson is getting his own Vegas show. Yeah, calling it “Tyson: the Raw Truth.” It will be Mike Tyson on stage telling his life story. Good lord, Mike telling stories for what, an hour, hour and a half. This has trainwreck written all over it!
More from the Only In America file, and just as strange but true; The American Mustache Institute (AMI) is planning a "Million Mustache March". Why?, to convince lawmakers to create government incentives to grow facial hair. Serious…..They’re pushing the STACHE Act, which would quote- "provide a $250 annual tax deduction for mustache related grooming supplies"…this for any “proper mustache-wearing patriot”. Products and supplies the AMI feel should be covered include:
• Mustache and beard trimming instruments
• Weightless conditioning agents and wax
• Facial hair colouring products (for men & women over 43 years of age) --that ones interesting!
• Bacon
• Mustache combs and mirrors
• Burt Reynolds wallet-sized photos
…Well, this is ridiculous, but I’ll give them creativity bonus points for trying to get a tax break on Bacon and Burt Reynolds photos…
Moving on. I read an article this week saying text messaging is bad for your brain. Yep, apparently if you write and receive a lot of texts you are hurting your ability to learn new words and communicate properly…I don’t know about you, but my first thought was OMG, WTF!...... (By the way another WTF moment is coming up below)
Now to entertainment news, a positive note from late night TV. TBS has renewed Conan for two more years! Thumbs up to that…Now if we could only find TBS on TV!
Elsewhere, it’s also Oscar weekend. The 84th annual Academy Awards, with Billy Crystal back as host. Highlights going in, Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” leads with 11 nominations. Odds makers sight French silent film The Artist most likely to win best picture….I’m giving good odds on the show going long, and boring, as usual. Any takers?!
It's also the Superbowl of Nascar this weekend. Well sort of, the 54th Daytona 500 WAS set to go today (Sunday). But, for the first time ever, Nascar postponed the race until tomorrow. (Mon. Feb 27th). The postponement is due to rain…..Boy am I glad I didn’t offer odds on Daytona going super long….woulda lost a fortune! :-P
-Gilmore
-- Oh, P.S. --Here’s a reason to bang your head against the wall--
A giant Boo! to Canada’s federal government. This week they approved construction of a $42-million glass dome for a temporary home for the House of Commons. There’s been a bit of uproar over this, however, I say here is where you can get really angry:
The glass dome is all part of a renovation of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa. Which, are currently more then 1000 percent over budget. You didn’t read that wrong….3 zeros! 1000% over budget….. Why aren’t people being fired over this?! Initially expected to cost 465 million dollars. Experts say the final bill will be higher then 5 Billion dollars!…465 million to over 5 billion…Whaa Thaa Faaa!!… I’m horrible with math and numbers, and you know what, even I could have ball parked this one better….Yeesh!
…idiocy.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
These Are The Things I Think About Feb13th-19th
Lets start with some cool news for Simpsons fans! Always a good way to start isn't it?!...Well, it was quite the Valentine’s Day for the show's creator Matt Groening. V-Day was the day Matt received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was joined during the ceremony by show voice actors Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright and Yeardley Smith… By the way the Simpsons have just aired their 500th episode!
Animal lovers, if you missed it, the Westminster Dog show has wrapped up and Martha Stewart was best in breed. Well actually Martha Stewart’s dog, I should clarify. Yep, Martha’s dog is quite the bitch!…Seems Martha trained her well…:-P
A cool follow up on a story from a few weeks ago. The City of Hoboken New Jersey recently banned Jersey Shore from filming in the town, citing it would be degrading to its residents. Well the Italian American One Voice (IAOV) coalition has now honoured the town with an award for doing it, ha! Its interesting our culture has come this far; being Italian you are more insulted by people thinking you are like the folks on Jersey Shore then people thinking you are in the Mob…..Tells you just how moronic the show really is....
In a classy segue, now off to the state mobster Al Capone would rise to power in, Illinois. Get this one, the Prairie State is considering imposing a $5 skin tax to get into strip clubs. Strange but true, but I do hear you will be allowed to slip your 5 dollar bill into the strippers thong as a preferred method of payment. (useless sidenote: Gotta wonder how much cash Capone woulda made back in his day with a skin tax in place)
And finally, a little more entertainment news. Actor Jason Bateman and his wife Amanda are parents again. They had a baby girl. --Oh fer sweet-- And it’s a good thing for us. Why? Well, if it was a boy we would have to officially refer to him as Master Bateman, just sayin’…
We’ll end there!
-Gilmore
--Oh P.S. Since it was on the 14th, here's a little Valentine's Day nugget for ya: Apparently during the 1800s tribes in Taiwan presented their loved ones with severed heads...Severed heads! Word is, a severed head would also be use to woo a potential bride too. Yikes! So, no matter how bad you're gifts were this year, given or received, it had to have been better then a severed head!... Plus, this story certainly gives new meaning to getting head on Valentine’s Day!
Animal lovers, if you missed it, the Westminster Dog show has wrapped up and Martha Stewart was best in breed. Well actually Martha Stewart’s dog, I should clarify. Yep, Martha’s dog is quite the bitch!…Seems Martha trained her well…:-P
A cool follow up on a story from a few weeks ago. The City of Hoboken New Jersey recently banned Jersey Shore from filming in the town, citing it would be degrading to its residents. Well the Italian American One Voice (IAOV) coalition has now honoured the town with an award for doing it, ha! Its interesting our culture has come this far; being Italian you are more insulted by people thinking you are like the folks on Jersey Shore then people thinking you are in the Mob…..Tells you just how moronic the show really is....
In a classy segue, now off to the state mobster Al Capone would rise to power in, Illinois. Get this one, the Prairie State is considering imposing a $5 skin tax to get into strip clubs. Strange but true, but I do hear you will be allowed to slip your 5 dollar bill into the strippers thong as a preferred method of payment. (useless sidenote: Gotta wonder how much cash Capone woulda made back in his day with a skin tax in place)
And finally, a little more entertainment news. Actor Jason Bateman and his wife Amanda are parents again. They had a baby girl. --Oh fer sweet-- And it’s a good thing for us. Why? Well, if it was a boy we would have to officially refer to him as Master Bateman, just sayin’…
We’ll end there!
-Gilmore
--Oh P.S. Since it was on the 14th, here's a little Valentine's Day nugget for ya: Apparently during the 1800s tribes in Taiwan presented their loved ones with severed heads...Severed heads! Word is, a severed head would also be use to woo a potential bride too. Yikes! So, no matter how bad you're gifts were this year, given or received, it had to have been better then a severed head!... Plus, this story certainly gives new meaning to getting head on Valentine’s Day!
Monday, February 13, 2012
These Are The Things I Think About – Jan30th-Feb12th
Ok it’s been a while, but what can I say, I’ve been a busy man…Better late then never! Lets get up to speed shall we:
Well a lot has happened since the last update, including word about facebook going public on the stock market. Hope you are sitting down. Mark Zuckerberg will have to pay 1.5 billion, Billion!! dollars in tax on his shares…However, hope you are sitting down on a toilet now, Mark will also be personally worth 24 billion dollars!! with facebook going public. That is ridiculous.
Talking toilets, if you hadn’t heard, Queen Elizabeth II has now celebrated 60 years on the throne… hope she lit a match* ha!
A few more milestones to mention. Hats off to David Letterman. Dave has now celebrated his 30th year in Late Night TV. Howard Stern was on the anniversary show, plus his staff gave a great Top 10 list. Find it now on The Gilmore Fan Page. By the way, although I am a big fan of most hosts, hands down Letterman is the king of Late Night TV!...There is no arguing this fact.
Turning to Birthdays, Axl Rose is now 50. I hear his friends threw him a party, but he threw a hissy fit and refused to show up. Axl Rose, 50 but still acting like 5...That should be on a T-shirt!... And Belated Happy Birthday wishes to Don Cherry!, Donald S Cherry is now 78.
OK moving on to music and Neil Young. Neil recently came out saying it would be nice if digital music had better sound quality. I agree. Well, in addition to this turns out Neil actually spoke to Steve Jobs about it, and, apparently Steve Jobs told him he listened to music on vinyl not an iPod. Some interesting food for thought
A little more food for thought, No pun intended; but lets talk Superbowl eating. Of course the Superbowl has come and gone, with the Giants beating the Patriots for the second time. But, when it comes to Superbowl eating, word is Americans consume more than 30 million pounds of snacks on game day. This is double their average daily snack consumption. Wait wait wait… you mean on the average day Americans eat 15 million pounds of snack food?! ...Who needs doctors, ladies & gentlemen I think I’ve discovered America’s insane obesity source! --If you are an obese American and have a problem with this statement, please, by all means, use your chubby fingers to type me hate mail--
And finally, one more too weird to make up. Fran Drescher, best known as the Nanny on TV. Has come out saying she was once abducted by aliens. Fran adds she was probed and had a chip implanted in her during the experience….Definitely too weird to make up. However this may explain her laugh!! ;-)
-Gilmore
--Oh P.S. This time around the little extra is gonna blow your mind…..We will end with what may be my new favourite useless fact, in the top 3 at least! Get this one, Dolphins are bilingual. They can also speak whale. It’s true, look it up....
P.S.S-- *not my bad joke, but thought it was too good not to share!
Well a lot has happened since the last update, including word about facebook going public on the stock market. Hope you are sitting down. Mark Zuckerberg will have to pay 1.5 billion, Billion!! dollars in tax on his shares…However, hope you are sitting down on a toilet now, Mark will also be personally worth 24 billion dollars!! with facebook going public. That is ridiculous.
Talking toilets, if you hadn’t heard, Queen Elizabeth II has now celebrated 60 years on the throne… hope she lit a match* ha!
A few more milestones to mention. Hats off to David Letterman. Dave has now celebrated his 30th year in Late Night TV. Howard Stern was on the anniversary show, plus his staff gave a great Top 10 list. Find it now on The Gilmore Fan Page. By the way, although I am a big fan of most hosts, hands down Letterman is the king of Late Night TV!...There is no arguing this fact.
Turning to Birthdays, Axl Rose is now 50. I hear his friends threw him a party, but he threw a hissy fit and refused to show up. Axl Rose, 50 but still acting like 5...That should be on a T-shirt!... And Belated Happy Birthday wishes to Don Cherry!, Donald S Cherry is now 78.
OK moving on to music and Neil Young. Neil recently came out saying it would be nice if digital music had better sound quality. I agree. Well, in addition to this turns out Neil actually spoke to Steve Jobs about it, and, apparently Steve Jobs told him he listened to music on vinyl not an iPod. Some interesting food for thought
A little more food for thought, No pun intended; but lets talk Superbowl eating. Of course the Superbowl has come and gone, with the Giants beating the Patriots for the second time. But, when it comes to Superbowl eating, word is Americans consume more than 30 million pounds of snacks on game day. This is double their average daily snack consumption. Wait wait wait… you mean on the average day Americans eat 15 million pounds of snack food?! ...Who needs doctors, ladies & gentlemen I think I’ve discovered America’s insane obesity source! --If you are an obese American and have a problem with this statement, please, by all means, use your chubby fingers to type me hate mail--
And finally, one more too weird to make up. Fran Drescher, best known as the Nanny on TV. Has come out saying she was once abducted by aliens. Fran adds she was probed and had a chip implanted in her during the experience….Definitely too weird to make up. However this may explain her laugh!! ;-)
-Gilmore
--Oh P.S. This time around the little extra is gonna blow your mind…..We will end with what may be my new favourite useless fact, in the top 3 at least! Get this one, Dolphins are bilingual. They can also speak whale. It’s true, look it up....
P.S.S-- *not my bad joke, but thought it was too good not to share!
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