Archive for June, 2010

/’fat/

well filled out : thick, big <a fat book> b : full in tone and quality : rich <a gorgeous fat bass voice — Irish Digest> c :d : prosperous, wealthy <grew fat on the war — Time> e : being substantial and impressive <a fat bank account> well [...]


if this doesn’t work, maybe they’ll get a grammy

the senators of louisiana passed a resolution proclaiming sunday, june 20 as a day of “divine intervention” to stop the oil spill in the gulf.  about the resolution, stephen adley said “Thus far efforts made by mortals to try to solve the crisis have been to no avail…it is clearly time for a miracle for [...]


what is it about the french and their mothers?

the french world cup team is knee deep in le merde after the group of whining babies decided to strike–that’s right, the french went on strike.  seems the monsieurs of french football don’t like their coach raymond domenech.  their star striker star nicolas anelka was so mad at him that he called him a “dirty son [...]


jesus struck by lightning, can’t be good

the 6 story tall “king of kings” sculpture of jesus that sat in front of the solid rock church outside of cincinnati, ohio was quite a sight when you drove. i mean, you can’t help but look at jesus rising up from the ground/water with his arms raised to the sky. i imagine it was [...]


wonder if a jailhouse series is next

you’d think the guy like thomas kinkade “painter of light” would be a pretty mellow guy.  for sure, you either have one of his paintings in your home (supposedly 1 in 20 homes have some form of his art), in a hotel, or at the mall (my mall had a whole thomas kinkade store).  the [...]


so the trip to mogadishu was…r&r?

richard engel, our beloved desert iguana is now embedded with the 82nd airborne division in afghanistan and is once again delivering some amazing reporting (see video below). just a couple weeks before engel took a trip to mogadishu,somalia  one of, if not the most dangerous place(s) on earth to see what life is like there [...]


brian of all trades

that’s right, we’re going to have to stop calling people jacks of all trades and start calling them brians of all trades. newsman brian williams has thrilled us as a firefighter and entertained us as a comedian, now we can add dj to the list.  over the weekend williams was a host on sirius xm [...]