Interesting tid-bits

Good Afternoon, and welcome to your monday edition of the Afternoon Update (A.K.A. The "afternoon delight"). This whole week's worth of the blogging is dedicated to my man Jonny who has nothing to do until this coming weekend when he will get married. Therefore I am almost GUARANTEED a reader for the whole week. So Jonny, this one's for you.

Also I am starting to really suck at naming these babies. If anyone has good suggestions for me other than "wacky wednesdays" than please let me know.

I was watching the tail end of a movie during my lunch break entitled "Digging to China" which by the way has nothing to do with asians or a tunnel through the earth. It's about a mentally disabled man played by Kevin Bacon (Tremors, Sleepers, and lots of other 1-word titles) who befriends a 10-year old girl. Now the movie was pretty boring, but again I only saw the last 30-45 minutes. However, the reason I bring it up at all was that Mssr. Bacon's performance was pretty gosh darn solid, and it reminded me of some other actor that I could not place. Then BAM! it hit me in the face like a fist from the the Dark Knight (that's Batman for all those of you who aren't as nerdy as I assume). Kevin Bacon's performance was the identical twin of Johnny Knoxville's in "The Ringer", A classic comedy gem which if you haven't seen it yet, go for it. While Knoxville played Jeffy about 18 years later than bacon, it is still remarkable how they seem like the same character yet one is meant to be funny and the other oscar worthy. I am not sure if this is props to Knoxville, or a knock on Bacon's portrayal (which was pretty good). That's all I got, I was just thinking about it. For those of you expecting something more from this little thought, I apologize.

Giant Rats Discovered:
American and Indonesian scientists and explorers have discovered two new mammals in the Indonesian jungle. The first is a tiny possum that is completely boring. However the second mammal is a giant rat that is about 5 times the size of a normal city rat (although I am not sure what normal size of a city rat is, because here atleast, they are pretty damn big). Check out the link to see a picture of the new "super-rat" that will most likely now be making its way to NY and other various US cities soon.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/17/giant.rat.ap/index.html

Sarkozy Still Looks Like Kevin Mcdonald:
This headline is supposed to read something about him and his date with a hot French super model at Disney Land-Paris. Its supposedly big news because he just got divorced blah blah blah. Look at these two pictures and tell me I am not crazy. Albeit Mcdonald is younger i'll give you that, but I am starting to think that this crazy Canadian from "Kids in The Hall" is actually the French President's illegitimate child.
Sarkozy- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/graphics/2007/02/09/france/fpsar.jpg
Mcdonald-http://www.hahaha.com/images/2007/spectacles/KevinMcDonaldbriHammyandtheKidsi_519_PH.jpg

Lieberman Backs McCain:
No not the french fries. The Senator! Former Denocratic Vice Presidential candidate and now Independent Senator Joe Lieberman has endorsed Sen. John McCain's presidential bid. Contrary to all the comments currently being made, Sen. Joe has not actually crossed any partisan lines since he is an independent. While I agree that McCain is one of the good candidates (not THE candidate, but its my opinion) I can't help but wonder if this could possibly also be a big fuck you to the Democratic party for abandoning him (Lieberman) during his last election. He kicked the Dem. challengers butt, and now he is the Chuck Norris of politics. Or he would be if the real Chuck Norris wasn't actually involved in politics. Could you imagine if he was president? The rest of the world would back off threats and there would be no more kidnappings and terrorism or we would just send the president after them.
Norris/Bauer '08.
Also this is being hailed as a "key endorsement" for McCain. Now I agree with that whole-heartedly and I do know that there are many key endorsements for politicians, but it seems that every single person who endorses a candidate is a key endorser. I think they need to create a seperate group, perhaps the "super-key endorsements".

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Russia Sends Nuclear Fuel to Iran:
The Russians are helping the Iranians build a Nuclear plant, however they swear that the fuel can only be used at one site, and that the Iranians are not allowed to use it elsewhere. They promised. WWIII.

Dan Fogelberg Dies at age 56:
To be honest, I never got into soft rock so I don't know his music, but Jonny loves soft rock and therefore I thought it was appropo since this blog is dedicated to him. Dan Fogelbreg is also referenced in "Baseketball". I though some one might want to know that.

Magna Carta Up For Sale:
Yes. THE Magna Carta. For all of you ignoramuses out there, go google magna carta right now.
The expected haul is around $30 million. To be honest, i'd think it would go for more. Next up on the auction block is the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Human Rights. How can you sell the Magna Carta?

Ok, this is a pretty messed up story. I'll give you the link to read, but I just want to say my favorite quote is "We never did anything to anybody, how could this happen to us in America?" The article can be found here: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/12/17/forced.labor.ap/index.html

Teen Joking About Killing Grandparents, For Satan:
An 18-year old kid in Ohio has been arrested after he was turned in by the leader of of the Church of Satan. The kid sent in a letter to them saying he would kill his grandparents, steal their monet and their car, all in the "name of our unholy lord Satan". The teen said it was just a joke. Hilarious.
The church said they get hundreds of letters a day, but this one stood out as something they should report. He said they are not devil worshippers, but atheists who believe Satan is a symbol of freedom, not evil. There is something wrong with kids these days.

Artist Donates Pickled Cow:
An English Artist is donating his famous pickled calf and cow to an art museum. The exhibit is a calf and a cow both which were neatly bisected longways, and then suspended in formaldehyde. I am suprised this isnt some crazy PETA circus over this. I personally don't care, but it is interesting that they can pick and choose their battles.

California Terrorists Convicted:
3 California men were convicted yesterday on terrorism charges after being found guilty of conspiring to attack U.S. Military installations, "infidels", LA synagogues, and other Jewish facilities during the high holidays in order to "kill as many people as possible". Interestingly enough, they have no ties to any international group and are just plain old American Muslim terrorists that cooked up a plot in prison to rob gas stations to fund terrorism. It's crazy how this stuff is happening here in our country everyday, and people have no clue.

Connecticuit Teacher Not Cultured Enough:
A Conn. teacher barricaded herself in her classroom and called the police after receiving what she assumed was a death threat over the loudspeaker. She was in the school late after hours and assumed the place was empty. So did the 3 teens who were doing karaoke on the school's PA system. One of the students was singing Guns N' Roses' "Welcome to The Jungle" and when the teacher heard the verse "you're in the jungle baaaby, you're gonna dieeeeeeee" she feared for her life. If only she had a broader taste in music she would not have flipped out the way she did.

The Most Wonderful Thing About Tiggers Is:
Their socks are worth $95,000. A group of parents sued the Northern California School District over their dress code after a child was sent home for wearing a pair of Tigger socks. They were awarded $95,000 to cover their legal costs.

Woman Has 10 Husbands:
A Cuban-American woman has been convicted of bigamy in Florida after authorities discovered she is currently married to no less than 10 men. All of them were seeking legal status and the woman married them for a fee. This is common (though illegal) practice in the United States for all sorts of immigrants, I even know someone who did it. However the woman never divorced any of the men, and continued to extort them for money. How could the system fail so many times to not discover this?

Ohio Paints Jails Pink and Purple:
Supposedly pink is a softer color that calms people. The purple bars are just a matching color to go alnog with the pink walls. I think its just gonna piss off a lot of inmates, but what do I know?

The Redskins took down the Giants last night 22-10 to keep their playoff hopes alive.
The Dolphins got their first win over the Ravens, who suck.
and David Garrard looks silly in those hats he wears after the game. The 1920's are over and it looks over the top.

Keepin it real from the loop.