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"Revel in your wildly attractive freakiness." -Rob Brezsny February 28, 2006 Happy Mardis Gras!! Le bon temps rouler encore! PODCAST SHOW UP! 001: LAUNCH SHOW! You should be able to find the podcast on iTunes later today or tomorrow! Exciting stuff. Brooklyn Man Dies After Being Stabbed At Home Depot ... all he wanted was a little home improvement. According to police reports, the 25 year old man victim did not know his attacker. A storm bringing wind gusts of nearly 100 mph and heavy rains toppled trees, power lines and a 30-ton construction crane Monday night in San Francisco. Winds at San Francisco International Airport reached 71 mph, leading to delays of up to two hours. flickr - my fotolog back to top - home February 27, 2006 Don Knotts died Friday. The Final Torino Report (...zzzzzzzzz.....) 1- I went to the RUSSIA vs FINLAND hockey game Friday night. It was actually pretty effin' rad. Except for the part where the crazed drunk Russian man behind me whacked me in the nog with the 12ft Russian flag he was waving violently over my head. 2- Chad Hedrick came by. He looks so Texan hot on TV... but... I am here to say that all that is pretty much a facade. He is about 5'3 and I dunno what's up all these stories of him hitting on the news talent ladies because I am also here to say my gaydar was wicked beeping and working overtime when I was in his presence. AND I think he has the same cute faux furry UO Lux parka as me. You decide. He's also as skinny as a rail and was wearing the faggiest outfit. Tank, I think he was wearing those button-ass-pocket jeans you've been contemplating. UGH! Ciao. Arrivederci per ora vedali in Beijing. err something.... 'bu Thank you Malibu for your excellent olympic coverage. My attention span of the olympics this year was limited, to say the least. I can blame my disinterest on Bode Miller getting drunk and not winning any medals and Michelle Kwan leaving for home with a groin injury. I'm still in shock that the Japanese went home with the gold in women's figure skating (did anyone else think that woman skated like a robot?) Now I can go back to my regularly scheduled programming as the winter comes to a close and spring brings new life. Ciao Italy. Come back home, 'bu. 
George Michael was arrested on suspicion of possessing drugs yesterday after being found slumped in his car at London's Hyde Park Corner at 1:50am. Police and an ambulance went to the scene where George was given a breath-test. The breath-test proved negative but police allegedly found cannabis and GHB — a Class C drug known as "Liquid Ecstasy". In the trunk of the car cops are also said to have found a cache of pornographic material including sex toys and masks. What kind of person drives around with that stuff in their trunk? Was he going to a sex convention? Maybe he was framed? He was examined by a police doctor after coming to his senses. When the medic concluded he had been fit to drive, he was DE-ARRESTED over the allegation of driving while unfit. George likes to go to parks as he was famously arrested in LA in 1998 for lewdly flashing his toolkit at an undercover cop in a park bathroom near his Beverly Hills home.
flickr - my fotolog back to top - home February 24, 2006 FRIDAY! Am I lazy or what?? In 3 months I will have by birthday. A man walks into a local store.... Customers going in and out of the Giant Eagle Get-Go mini market on 5th Avenue in McKeesport (Pennsylvania) didn't know what to think when they saw police activity on the scene. What happened was that a man walked into store and asked a female clerk if she could use the store microwave to warm up something he had wrapped in a paper towel. Concerned about an unusual odor from the oven, the clerk opened the microwave to check on the item and out tumbled what appeared to be a severed human penis, wrapped up in the paper towel. "Hopefully, they're looking for the person this belongs to," said Sandy Furman, of McKeesport. flickr - my fotolog back to top - home February 23, 2006 I'm taking the day off from my brain today.  Unlike the other posts that are really exciting and filled with nail-biting suspense (can you handle it??), today's post is going to be about nothing. The international news is getting scary with the civil war being started in Iraq and G.W. making secret deals with the United Arab Emirates. Deals that will undoubtedly create some more money for the Bush lineage of the future. Those Bush twins better start making babies. Who else is going to spend all their money? Another Brokeback Mountain "lampoon" called Spongeback Mountain hits the internet. It was funny the first time. We finished the launch episode of Live From the WB, the new podcast I'm doing with Jenna and Kristin, but you can't get it until Monday as we've still got some edits to do. I can't really sleep very well lately. Something in the air. February is a strange month.
flickr - my fotolog back to top - home February 22, 2006 Totes Hump. 
Soft lighting is key. Netflix accused of sending frequent customers to back of the line... Once the company's automated system identifies you as a heavy renter it will began delaying your shipments to protect its profits. The Netflix formula shoves frequent customers to the back of the line for the most-wanted DVDs, so the service can send those popular flicks to new subscribers and infrequent renters. The little-known practice, called "throttling" by critics, means Netflix customers who pay the same price for the same service are often treated differently, depending on their rental patterns. You can make me your "netflix friend" by emailing me toby at tobyspinks.com. Fun stuff. "Wifely Expectations" pact emerges in Iowa kidnap case ... Travis Frey, a 33-year-old Iowa man who is facing charges that he tried to kidnap his own wife (not to mention a separate child pornography rap) wanted his wife to sign an agreement that is just too funny for words. But he was serious. Check it out at The Smoking Gun. Moms' Genetics Might Help Produce Gay Sons... New research adds a twist to the debate on the origins of sexual orientation, suggesting that the genetics of mothers of multiple gay sons act differently than those of other women. Scientists found that almost one fourth of the mothers who had more than one gay son processed X chromosomes in their bodies in the same way. Normally, women randomly process the chromosomes in one of two ways -- half go one way, half go the other. The research "confirms that there is a strong genetic basis for sexual orientation, and that for some gay men, genes on the X chromosome are involved," said study co-author Sven Bocklandt, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California at Los Angeles. Silvercup Studios ("The Sopranos" and "Hope and Faith") in Long Island City is unveiling plans for a new billion-dollar complex to be called Silvercup West. The six-acre project would include eight soundstages, production and studio support space, as well as offices, stores, a thousand apartments in high-rise towers, and a cultural institution. The expansion will be a "green project" that will include removing the New York Power Authority facility in 2007. The result will give the public access to the water (the East River, yay). If approved, it would become the largest production house on the East Coast. Bush Vows To Veto Bill Blocking Arab Company's Takeover Of U.S. Ports... As the political storm intensified Tuesday over the White House's approval of an Arab-owned company's takeover of six major U.S. ports, George W. Bush is standing behind the deal. Another brilliant move by our super-duper president. What do I know? flickr - my fotolog back to top - home February 21, 2006 Vermont was amazing... Did you miss me? I had a great time in Vermont (thanks Jen!). It was fun to get out of New York City and live a few days without the hustle and bustle. No subways, no loud and obnoxious automobiles, no expensive drinking like a maniac. I enjoyed spending time with the mountains and the fresh air. It was all about hanging out with my good friends, drinking whiskey, eating cheese and gobbling up fresh maple syrup. Kristin and I went antiquing! I bought a couple candles and some Vermont stuff. We skipped the skiing because there wasn't any real snow. The snow machines were on at Okemo resort but the thought of having my first skiing experience on fake snow that was icy and dangerous wasn't appealing to me. And it was very cold! A terrific mini-vacation. Next trip: Boston in March. By then I hope to have my camera fixed (it's currently in the mail to Canon) so you can see all my adventures ... Torino Italy | Monday Feb 20 | 10:30AM I don't have much to report because frankly i am over it. F Kwan and Bode can go to hell for all I care. So in typical 'over it' fashion, I have begun a savory snack collection. I have included a photo for your quick perusal of my salty faves. 
1. The CIPSTER - pronunciation debatable I like to call it the 'KIP-ster' but many poo poo my attempts and insist on 'CHIP-ster' . WHATevs. Borrring. Either way, it does not detract from the ear crushing decibel levels of the violent crunch when chomped. A rare, Funion/Pringle/packing peanut hybrid, I choose this chip when I really wanna annoy the f*ck out of my co-worker whom I share an office with. I can really chomp away on these for hours and have pay no notice (until the severe heartburn sets in and i need to go to the pharmacia. A mere small price, I say.)
2. is the illusive FONZIE. Most are not fond of the Fonzie, as upon first inspection it looks like only a mundane Cheetoh and smells like fermented vomit - but it's made with aged white cheddar! Yum I say! An added bonus is that it's NON FRUTTI (not fried). These tasty specimens are not easy to find in our snack area, they typically are put out on the breakfast table, so one must get up quite early to capture a bag. However, when ta Fonzie is discovered, most do tend to shy away at such early hours. Co-workers know to steal them and bring them to me since they are my fave. 3. is a dying breed, the endangered TEENAGER chip. For obvious reasons, folks really wanna get their hands on a bag of TEENAGERS. A basic potato crisp, and honestly, 'a nothing special recipe', you don't desire a TEENAGER for its flavor. You just WANT a TEENAGER. Much fun is had during sleep deprived day and nights. "Who the F ate my small TEENAGER!?" "Has anyone seen my new TEENAGERs I picked up last night?" "OK I'm going out, anyone want anything? Kettle cooked TEENAGERS? Oh, No problem". Unfortunately I have not seen a bag of Teenagers in about 2 and half weeks. I carry around an empty bag of Teens just incase I never come across one again and will have something to remember them by. Inferno sanguinante, Ciao. 'bu 
Ship terminology: Lengthwise direction on a ship is fore and aft. Crosswise is athwartships. The front of the ship is the bow, and the rearmost is the stern. To move forward toward the bow is to go forward, and to move toward the stern is to go aft. A ship is divided lengthwise in half by the centerline. When you face forward along the centerline, everything to your right is starboard and everything to your left is port. You never go downstairs in a ship -- you go below. To go up is to go topside. But if you climb the mast, stacks, rigging or any other area above the highest solid structure, you are going aloft. More here...
Argument over ports... The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, a British shipping company, was bought last week by Dubai Ports World, which is owned by the United Arab Emirates. Peninsular and Oriental operates the cruise ship terminal on the West Side of Manhattan and has operations in New Jersey, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami and Philadelphia [nytimes]. The buyout is bringing in questions of security at America's ports. Critics of the deal have cited the United Arab Emirates' history as an operational and financial base for the hijackers who carried out the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Two Republican governors, New York Gov. George Pataki and Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich, are threatening legal action to block an Arab company from taking over operations of the ports. The White House is in a tizzy. Also... The Supreme Court is taking on Late Term Abortions today. The Court will consider the constitutionality of banning a type of late-term abortion. The Bush administration has pressed the high court to reinstate the federal law, passed in 2003 but never put in effect because it was struck down by judges in California, Nebraska and New York. Justices had been split 5-4 in 2000 in striking down a state law, barring what critics call partial birth abortion because it lacked an exception to protect the health of the mother. But Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who was the tie-breaking vote, retired late last month and was replaced by Samuel Alito. Even with O'Connor's retirement, there are five votes to uphold Roe, the landmark ruling that established a woman's right to an abortion but it doesn't look good for this type of late-term abortion. Create your own Simpson...  This is the Simpson I created. You can make your own here. [thanks lurch] flickr - my fotolog back to top - home February 17, 2006 Super Friday!! 3 day weekend in Vermont... Ghost spotted on subway! On the E train! Boooo! "No eyeholes or anything," the photographer astutely points out, "so I doubt it is a burka." [gawker] Moby's upstate house for sale! The picturesque Patridge Hill in upstate New York that is owned by Moby is up for sale for $3.5 million! Get it while it's hot. An 8 person sauna and jacuzzi! [queerty] Check out this journalistic jem: "The people on the floats will toss beads and plastic coins onto the New Orleans they love, but not quite the New Orleans they remember — a city where the famous plea of the Mardi Gras spectator, 'Throw me something, mister,' takes on a newer, more desperate meaning." Can someone say, Pulitzer? [nytimes] Fun at the office: New Cheney hunting game. I only got 23. [thanks lurch] flickr - my fotolog back to top - home February 16, 2006 Hannah Teter, the Olympic snowboarding gold medalist is from Belmont, VT, the town next door to Mt. Holly which is where I will be visiting my friend Jen this weekend! Awesome! Go Hannah! [thanks for the info Jen, can't wait to see you] New York News Tidbits: (cuz it's fun...)  It's going to be in the 60s tomorrow! Brooklyn Man Says Dog Was Electrocuted By Live Wire Outside Substation...A Brooklyn man says his dog was shocked Wednesday while walking down Third street in Park Slope, right in front of a Con Ed substation. Have You Seen This Dog?...The search continues for a top pooch from this week's Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show after it escaped from a travel cage at Kennedy Airport. Gunman Accused In Fatal Shooting Of Actress Says He's Not Fit For Trial...The alleged gunman who shot and killed an aspiring actress on the Lower East Side last year tried to convince the judge in the case Wednesday that he is not fit to stand trial. Court Rules Against Council's Equal Benefits Law...Mayor Michael Bloomberg won a court victory Tuesday that could extend beyond the case at issue. The Equal Benefits Law mandates that private companies doing business with the city must provide the same benefits for domestic partners as they do for married couples. Bloomberg says it will effect the city's relationship with some companies. Flamboyant figure skater, Johnny Weir... 
"This one they kind of sat back and had their cognac and cigarettes and relaxed. His was more like a vodka shot, let's-snort-coke kind of thing," said Weir on the audience's reaction to his program and to another skater's. His descriptions of past costumes include "icicle on coke" and a "Care Bear on acid." A huge Christina Aguilera fan, Weir wears a silver charm with the letter "D" for "dirty" (Dirrty is his favorite Aguilera song) around his neck. His nicknames include "Tinkerbelle" and "Simba," and he has a fan club whose members call themselves "Johnny's Angels." Weir is currently in second place after the short program. The first shot of Weir I saw on NBC last night was him in these enormous D&G sunglasses lounging on a couch outside the skating rink on a mink. He talks a lot of trash but he is a talented skater... I was impressed with his routine. He skates tonight at 8pm.
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Cité 120 W 51st St, between 6th and 7th; 212.956.7100 8pm-11:30pm Mon-Sat, 5pm-10pm Sun For $69, you get your choice of appetizer, entrée, and dessert, plus all the vino you can drink. On Sundays the deal starts three hours earlier, so you can pull off five straight hours of refills. [source] flickr - my fotolog back to top - home February 15, 2006 Horray Humpday! Willie Nelson has a new song called "Cowboys are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other." "There's many a strange impulse out on the plains of West Texas / There's many a young boy who feels things he can't comprehend."The song has a distinct "Momma, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys" theme to it. You can currently only download it through iTunes. I think he's being serious but many Texans believe he's just he's just pullin' our chains (follow that with a "yeee-haww"). My favorite line is: "Say what did you think all them saddles and boots was about..."Go Willie Go! [bassfaerie] The Men of the Olympics... click on them to get their stats, bios, photos and more.       Torino Italy | Feb 15 | 9.15AM Ciao Americanos Not much to report. Duran Duran is playing at the medals ceremony tonight but it's supposed to snow. It's also reallyyy f*cking cold out and stupid Bode didn't win (again) and he wont be there, so that plan [to meet up with Bode at the medals ceremony] may not beat out my back up plan which is to go to the family italian place (not Hooter's Italia) behind my 'compound', aka the Medieval Village, and eat cheese tortellinis and drink loads of vino rosso before passing out in my twin sized bed while half watching MTV Italia at 4pm. Speaking of my small, low-security prison cell style room... there's some sort of poltergeist/electrical problem in my room. I have fried ALL electronics I brought over (yes I have the converters). So far I have fried my hair dryer, my flat iron, my cell phone adapter, my cell phone, my neighbors hair dryer, an alarm clock and 4 converters. Along with this was one small fire. Also, the maids flat out refuse to tidy my room, clean my bathroom or give me towels. Martha Stewart f*cking haunts me. Grazie' 'bu What's up with the Tom & Katie breakup... A rep for Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes is denying a report that the pair have broken up and canceled plans for their wedding, calling the rumors "100 percent false." They always deny at first and then eventually we find out the truth. The same thing happened to Brad and Jennifer, Ben and J-Lo and Nick and Jessica. It's over. We all know the truth! Admit it... and take the fake "baby bump" off your stomach Katie. It's annoying. New York City Transit is planning to add some extra bodies to the already packed subway platforms commuters crowd onto during rush hours. According to the Daily News, 96 new "platform conductors" will keep order during rush hours at 20 of the city's busiest transit hubs. They'll be ready to direct riders in case of an emergency and they can also help notify crews when it's safe to depart, signaling that all passengers are on board or standing away from the platform's edge. flickr - my fotolog back to top - home February 14, 2006 Happy Valentine's Day... not my favorite day of the year. 
WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes — it’s over!
Life & Style has learned exclusively that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have agreed to call off their wedding — and, ultimately, to split. Multiple insiders confirmed the story to Life & Style, with one longtime friend of Tom’s saying: “Their relationship is basically over.” Another friend adds: “They both agreed that the marriage wouldn’t work and they wanted to end it before they learned to hate each other.” The insiders say that Tom, 43, and Katie, 27, plan to keep up the charade of a romance until after their baby’s birth this spring. In the meantime, the couple will live in his Beverly Hills home — though sleeping in separate bedrooms — through the summer. Then, presumably, they’ll announce a separation — but Tom plans to buy Katie a home nearby so he can visit his child whenever he wishes. “They’ll share custody,” says the friend, who claims the couple are drawing up a legal document to provide for Katie’s and the baby’s financial well-being for life. “Tom will set up Katie and the baby,” adds the pal. For more on Tom and Katie’s split and other celebrity relationship and style news, pick up the latest issue of Life & Style Weekly. Posted 3:08 p.m., Feb. 14 Funny shit. American Bode Miller was disqualified from the Alpine combined Tuesday for straddling a gate in the first slalom run, just when he seemed to have built a commanding lead for his first Olympic gold medal. Play the Dick Cheney quail hunting game! Tuesday's Phobia... Aurophobia- Fear of gold. New York News Tidbits: (cuz it's fun...) Police Investigate Cause Of Bronx Man's Bloody Rampage...A toddler remains hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday morning, after investigators say he was knifed by his uncle during a bloody rampage that ended with the man's fatal shooting by police. City Sanitation Worker Charged With DWI...Police say one of the city's sanitation workers out on the roads yesterday was arrested and charged with DWI after veering off the street and plowing into a row of parked cars. Health Department Set To Launch First-Ever New York City Brand Condom...Health officials are reminding lovers to be safe about celebrating the holiday as they work to launch a new city brand condom. flickr - my fotolog back to top - home February 13, 2006 Torino Italy | Feb 12 & 13 | 5.45AM We made it through Bodie's boring press conference, then opening ceremonies (which *I* thought were quite pretty and unique while most Americans seem to think not of course) and finally Hedrick crying about his Granny at short-track (and getting the gold)....but can we make it through Martha in TORINO!!!!? Rumour has it Martha Stewart was seen whooping it up behind my 1930's Mussolini-esque prison compound disguised as the Olympic Media Village a couple nights ago having dinner at a place that i have actually banned already! (GASP) An acquaintance of mine, and huge martha fan, approached un-motherly maven at "Garibaldi's" a bar/ristorante' (which in my opinion is the equivalent to the american Hooters-they play soft-core porn on the 4 tvs after midnight while questionably dressed italian girls under 18 tend to you). ANYWAY, i digress... so when my friend approached Martha, Martha was icy cold and gave her the proverbial "hand" and refused to auto her place mat! it's true. Could Maniacal Martha be the cause of the below freezing temps in the Olympic city this week? Wait Laura Bush is here too... George Clooney is in town staying in a (the) posh hotel in city center. He's filming and and blends in well with the italian crowd so i hear. that's all i have on the Cloon right now. malibu flickr - my fotolog back to top - home February 10, 2006 Ciao Friday!!... goda la vostra fine settimana! 
Torino Olympics 2006! Tonight we get to watch the the Opening Ceremony for the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics. The Opening Ceremony features the Parade of Nations and the lighting of the Olympic cauldron. Let's hope there is some controversy like the 2004 Athens Olympic Games Opening Ceremony with the naked statues (right) that couldn't be shown on primetime NBC! Speaking of NBC, it's really funny to listen to Matt Lauer try to speak Italian on Good Morning America.
Not so hot, tub: An avalanche engulfed more than a dozen people in an outdoor bath at a Japanese hot spring on Friday, and killed a worker clearing snow nearby. The avalanche, some 50 meters (164 ft) wide and 30 meters high, struck the popular inn in Akita prefecture, around 460 km (290 miles) north of Tokyo, slightly before noon. "It was like being carried away by a wave of ice," one man, dressed in the informal kimono typical of hot spring inns. Well isn't that nice. Here comes the snow! The Northeast braces for snow predicted to march up the East Coast. flickr - my fotolog back to top - home February 9, 2006 
John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is one of two Americans who have been nominated for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. Last year, Democrats and a few Republicans refused to confirm Bolton to the U.N. post, forcing President Bush to resort to a recess appointment. Bolton and Kenneth R. Timmerman were formally nominated by Sweden's former deputy prime minister Per Ahlmark, for playing a major role in exposing Iran's secret plans to develop nuclear weapons. Unfortunately, this means that I may have lost a bet to Lurch. Back in 2005 I bet that Bolton would remove the United States from the U.N. entirely (unfortunately the comments don't stay in the comment box for too long, should i pay for the comment feature to archive?). Apparently he's doing the exact opposite and has gone to win an award for doing so. What were the terms of the bet again, Lurch? I am a horrible gambler. PS: Bolton still doesn't have Senate approval...
Here are just a few Grammy winners from last night. There are hundreds of categories but these are the categories that we care about...
We can all thank Queen Sirloin for Slipknot taking home a grammy! Great work going on over there at Roadrunner Records! They also manage Nickleback! Rawk! I guess someone can tell me why The White Stripes beat out The Arcade Fire (Funeral) and Death Cab For Cutie (Plans)? I guess my ear isn't trained for "proper" music? The Grammys are a joke... and "Mimi" can go back to where she emerged from. The birth of the "world's sexiest baby" (ew!) is still a few months away but already the celebrity magazines are preparing to bid heavily for the first photos of the offspring of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. The price tag is already reaching the $4 million mark!  OK! Magazine and People are said to be already in bidding wars that could put the largest price tag ever on a baby picture. For the "first bump" photos of Angelina that People Magazine obtained, the couple got an estimated $400,000 which was donated to one of their favorite charities. If Angelina even thinks of using my baby name for her spawn I will kill her. (my first son will be named is Basquet...) A source close to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie has revealed to Life & Style that they're expecting a baby girl. The source says that Brad’s sister told the storeowners of Jellybeans, a children’s clothing boutique, "I'm shopping for Brad's baby girl."
New York News Tidbits: (cuz it's fun...) Passenger Flips Out On LaGuardia Bound Flight...A female passenger was in custody Wednesday night after trying to open a jetway door on a plane bound for LaGuardia Airport. Busta Rhymes Skips Funeral...The sister-in-law of Busta Rhymes' slain bodyguard lashed out at the superstar rapper and other hip-hoppers for not paying last respects yesterday at an Upper West Side funeral home. Man Fired from Mayor's Office for Catching Mayor Playing Solitaire...Mayor Bloomberg had a city clerical worker fired after visiting his office — and getting enraged when he saw a solitaire card game on his computer. Queens Maid Pleads Guilty To Stealing From Celebrity Clients...The maid accused of stealing from her celebrity clients, including Robert DeNiro and Isabella Rossellini, plead guilty to charges Wednesday. "Potty-Patrol School Stink"... Teachers at a Bronx public school are pooh-poohing a school potty policy, charging that they are being discouraged from allowing children to use the bathroom outside of a set schedule. Principal's sex calls...A Long Island school principal is accused of harassing women over the telephone with sexual comments. MTA, Transit Union Back At Bargaining Table...The MTA and the Transport Workers Union are finally making some headway in their contract talks, even as the MTA's push to send both sides into binding arbitration moves forward. Fashion Week 2006: Designers Showcase Fall Lines...The world's top designers are showing off their fall 2006 collections under the tents in Bryant Park. flickr - my fotolog back to top - home February 8, 2006 HaPPy HumPday!!
Torino Italy | Feb 7 | 4.05AM I know your fans are looking for Oly Gos- but the only thing i have today is that Bode Miller refuses to stay in the Olympic Village (where i am) because it sucks and "the beds are too small" (ahem). he has his own "trailer". when i find out where where he is 'parked', i may have news. Do you think he and i are the only ones from NH in Torino? Bode are reading this? dial 51009. Grazie. Ciao. malibu Puzzels Killer, kills himself: The teenager accused of going on a rampage at a gay bar (he used a hatchet and handgun to wound three men at the Puzzles Lounge in New Bedford) fatally shot himself in the head in a gunfight with Arkansas police, authorities said Tuesday. Jacob Robida, 18, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, turned the gun on himself Saturday after he fatally shot a West Virginia woman who was in his car, said Bristol County, Massachusetts, District Attorney Paul Walsh Jr. flickr - my fotolog back to top - home February 7, 2006 
Torino 2006 (February 10-26, 2006) ... The XX Winter Olympic's opening ceremony is on Friday in Torino, Italy. We've got our first update from malibu who is spending a month in Torino to be a part of the most exciting sporting event in the world. We will get regular updates from her about what she's doing and what she's done and the local gossip coming from the Olympic village. The link to the right will take you where you need to go but I will also post each new update here. Ciao mailbu!
Torino Italy | 3.15am | Tuesday Ciao! Greetings from the land of the Black Magic. WHAT I HAVE DONE SO FAR: Visited 800 cafes (and drank 800 small glasses of tiny little baby-size miniscule wines), fell in mud in the piazza near my hotel (drunk) and lay there, took a taxi... (mini mercedes) with a tricked out sound system which was blasting Eminem, had a bite of a rabbit... it tasted like chicken, went to the "bad part of town" and saw some bandits, got on the wrong tram everytime I got on a tram, winked at a poliza, saw some churches and shit ... I have seen no devils nor have I found the gates of hell. My military hospital – made into a 'hotel' mansion – is in fact NOT haunted.* Also, EVERYONE in Italy is pretty good looking. Police, butchers, waiters, trash collectors. Hott. Let the games begin. Arriverderci e buona notte... malibu *Editor's Note: Malibu is making reference to the fact that Torino is located in the "black triangle". Turin (Torino is the Italian name of the city, while Turin is the common English version. The Olympic committee decided to use Torino to "give an Italian identity" to the games.) is considered a "city of magic." Lying on the 45th parallel, Turin is, one of the three vertexes of the triangle of white magic with Prague and Lyon, and of the triangle of black magic with London and San Francisco. Other reasons: Nostrodamus once lived here. Turino is thought to be haunted. She will speak more of this... New York News Tidbits: A man jumped in front of an oncoming subway train and survived yesterday...but was so bent on killing himself that he electrocuted himself on the third rail, police said. Police: Boy Thrown Down Stairs, Uncle Arrested...A three-year boy who was hurled down a flight of stairs is in critical condition at the Nassau University Medical Center. Police Look To Question Busta Rhymes In Shooting Death Of Bodyguard... Investigators think rap star Busta Rhymes must have seen something early Sunday morning when his bodyguard was shot to death outside a video shoot. Police Investigate Fatal Shooting, Car Fire In Queens...Police are looking for a gunman who shot two men inside a car in Queens Sunday afternoon then set the car on fire. Pataki signs bill that grants gay couples the same rights as spouses in dealing with a loved one's remains... With no announcement, Pataki late last week signed into law a bill that grants gay couples the same rights as spouses in dealing with a loved one's remains. Newark Flight Diverted to Boston Due to 'Fumes'...A London-bound British Airways flight made an emergency landing in Boston on Monday night after smoke was reported in the cockpit. Report: Brooklyn Real Estate Prices Skyrocketed In 2005...A new report suggests prices in many Brooklyn neighborhoods skyrocketed in 2005 by an average of 35 percent over the previous year. Tuesday's Phobia: Stygiophobia or Stigiophobia- Fear of hell. flickr - my fotolog back to top - home February 6, 2006 Steelers' Fifth Title!  Quaterback Ben Roethlisberger did not have a particularly memorable game, finishing 9-of-21 for 123 yards, with a 1-yard touchdown run. 
With a Super Bowl title now in hand, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is going to shave his beard -- and get paid for it. Twenty-three year-old Roethlisberger is  scheduled to appear on the "Late Show with David Letterman" on Monday night and plans to cut off the scruff with Gillette's new Fusion razor. The manual version of the new 5 blade razor will be available in North America in the first quarter of 2006 and has a retail price of $9.99 with two cartridges. The power model hits stores at the same time and comes with a one cartridge and a AAA battery for $11.99 and is operated by a microchip that regulates the voltage and blade action. This is the second time Gillette has paid for the shaving rights to an athlete's beard. In May 2004, the company paid then-Red Sox outfielder Johnny Damon to shave his beard to promote their M3 Power razor.
Superbowl commerical listing... in case you didn't see the commercials during the Superbowl XL you can check them all out here. My favorite is the Whopperettes. The best! 
A woman who got a face transplant last year made her first public appearence in France... showing off her "new face". Isabelle Dinoire, the French woman, appeared before a roomful of reporters Monday, "speaking in a slurred voice about her ordeal and thanking the doctors and the donor who have given her a new nose, mouth and chin." She also spoke of how she awoke to discover her horrible disfigurement after her dog chewed off the lower part of her face while she was unconscious from taking sleeping pills ("I took drugs to forget") in May last year. "When I woke up, I tried to light a cigarette and didn't understand why it wouldn't stay between my lips," she said, her face slack and emotionless. "That's when I saw the pool of blood and the dog." Um. That was the worst story I've ever read. Especially on a Monday morning.
Michael Kupperman... I went to a Michael Kupperman show at Rocketship Comics in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. The show was the launch of his second comic book. It was the first time I've ever been to a "cartoonist exhibit" at a comic book store. I was surrounded by comic book geeks and it was quite a scene. I enjoyed myself drinking the free Brooklyn Lagers before I left with a group to a nice mexican restaurant in the neighborhood. I had a couple shots of Patron and somehow I ended up in Park Slope at a party being dj'ed by DJ DB and Redboy. Fun night. 
"Michael Kupperman made a comic called 'Up all Night', then later the comic book called 'Snake 'n' Bacon's Cartoon Cabaret' by Harper Collins Publishers (2000) and participated in the 'Blood Orange' and 'Legal Action comix' anthologies. He is also an illustrator for the New Yorker, New York Times and Seattle newspaper The Stranger, as well as Heavy Metal magazine. He also does cartoons for TV Fun House. Kupperman's look and themes are decidedly retro, like comics of the 1940s or 1950s. His comics are about surrealism, absurdity, and sending up pop culture via deliberate, deadpan stupidity." [source] Snake and Bacon are my two favorite characters. Snake always says "sssss" and Bacon usually sizzles or falls asleep. Hahah! Lance Armstrong and Sheryl Crow separate: The couple have released a statement that they are breaking-up after two years of dating and a four month engagement. I thought they were married... guess not. "After much thought and consideration we have made a very tough decision to split up. We both have a deep love and respect for each other and we ask that everyone respect our privacy during this very difficult time," the statement said. I think Armstrong is heading back to his ex-wife and children. [the superficial] flickr - my fotolog back to top - home February 3, 2006 It's Friday!!
flickr - my fotolog back to top - home February 2, 2006 Um... "possible" tornadoes apparently struck the New Orleans area this morning. A forecaster says it appears the worst of the damage was caused by two tornadoes -- one that hit the airport, and another that originated in a nearby suburb and moved into the New Orleans area. The winds ripped part of a roof off Louis Armstrong International Airport. The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning at 2:39 a.m. CT Thursday (3:39 a.m. ET), which indicates an existing tornado or a suspected one is in the area. A thunderstorm moved through the region around that time at 50 mph, according to The Associated Press, which reported the weather service hadn't determined if a tornado had hit.
The question is of course, did he or didn't he? Did Lurch see his shadow this morning and not go into work? Did Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow and scurry back into his nest? What about Staten Island Chuck and Dunkirk Dave? Dunkirk Dave saw his shadow (see image right), Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, Staten Island Chuck did not see his shadow. That's two shadows and one no shadow. I'd say that means 6 more weeks of winter. So what? It's been averaging in the 40s all winter. It's like spring is already here in New York. Have a little fun and rollover the banner at the top. You might find a few surprises! Lubber: 1. A clumsy person. 2. An inexperienced sailor; a landlubber. Yesterday it was announced that Jim Henson Co. is moving forward on the sequel, "Power of the Dark Crystal", (sequel to "The Dark Crystal") and has set animation dude Genndy Tartakovsky ("The Clone Wars" "Samurai Jack") to make his feature directing debut. "According to Variety, the film takes place, 'hundreds of years after the first pic,' and will follow 'a mysterious girl made of fire who steals a shard of the crystal in hopes of reigniting the dying sun.'" Fun! I love the "Dark Crystal". flickr - my fotolog back to top - home February 1, 2006 HaPPy HumPday!
To Do: Catch the Groundhog Tomorrow Morning... Thursday, Feb 2 Gates open at 7am Ceremony begins at 7:30am StatenIslandZoo.org Free admission Pennsylvania's Groundhog Day festival has nothing on Staten Island. First of all it's in Pennsylvania. Second of all and their Punxsutawney Phil's skills are weak. If you want to watch the offical end to winter, check out "Staten Island Chuck", he's the pride of the Staten Island Zoo and the "Northeast's heavyweight groundhog prognosticator". Born Charles G. Hogg, Chuck has been kicking Punxsutawney Phil's behind since 1981* -- in a profession where accuracy is everything, he's right 90% of the time (Punxsutawney Phil is at about 30%). Mr. Hogg is the only groundhog in the entire NYC zoo system -- and the only rodent officially endorsed by both Mayor Bloomberg and Senator Charles Schumer. (*Actually, a succession of Hoggs: this year Chuck V will be passing the baton to his son, Chuck VI.) So go check him out tomorrow. Is the ferry still free? 7am? Ouch. [source] Update: If you happen to be in the western New York region you can also catch "Dunkirk Dave". Dunkirk is a small harbor town located southwest of Buffalo in the heart of grape country and the snow belt. I grew up 15 miles to the southwest of Dunkirk. Quaint. [pip1] Watch the google.com stock drop!  Sell! Sell! Sell! Update at 4:15pm -- And it went back up... flickr - my fotolog back to top - home the contents of this website are intended for entertainment purposes only. i do not assume responsibility for linked content, i just probably find it interesting. if you have a comment or would like to voice an opinion, please write to toby at tobyspinks.com. |
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