Head Choppin' Good times

Use of the guillotine continued in France in the 19th and 20th centuries, and the last execution by guillotine occurred in 1977.

(In September 1981, France outlawed capital punishment altogether, thus abandoning the guillotine forever)


(The guillotine installation is by Tom Sachs)

9 things to do on 9/9/09!!!!

(This is from CNN)
It's 09/09/09 and though the date lacks the pizzazz of the lucky sevens (07/07/07), that isn't stopping marketers, mathematicians and the marriage-minded from dressing it to the nines.

Hotels are offering discounts, couples are wedding in droves and "9/9/09" was among the top 100 search terms on the search engine Google on Tuesday.

Lottery users will undoubtedly try their luck by playing 999 Wednesday, and a lucky mother might see herself profiled on the news should she give birth at just the right time: 9:09.

So why not get in on the act?

After all, you're unlikely to experience another single-digit date in your lifetime. The next one won't roll around for 92 years -- until 1/1/2101.

-----Going to the chapel, gonna get married

In China, more than 10,000 couples were expected to register their marriages in Beijing on Wednesday and 6,000 more couples were set to tie the knot in Shanghai -- even though it's a weekday, said the Xinhua news agency.

In Malaysia, more than 500 ethnic Chinese couples married at a Buddhist temple in Kuala Lumpur.

That's because Chinese culture considers the number nine auspicious. In major Chinese dialects, the word for "nine" sounds similar to "longlasting."

Marriage also will be on the mind of many around the world who hope the date will translate to a life on cloud nine.

The Registry of Marriages in Singapore had more than 364 couples signed up to marry Wednesday, says The Straits Times newspaper. The average is 64.

Ditto for Australia. The state of Queensland has reported a threefold increase in the number of couples tying the knot.

"It's as simple as having a wedding anniversary that you can never forget," the registrar-general Helen Lucas told the broadcaster ABC.

Needless to say, the so-called marriage capital of the world -- Las Vegas, Nevada -- isn't about to let such an opportunity pass it by.

The Stratosphere is among several hotels and casinos offering quickie weddings. It is angling to marry off 99 couples at 9:09 p.m. for -- what else -- $99.09.

----Hotels hope you book it!

Several hotels are offering special deals, tied to the date. The truth is that September is a slow time for the travel industry and any gimmick will do.

Hotels.com has been running a nine-day sale leading up to Wednesday, for rooms priced $99 or less.

------Mathemagic

Those who like to play with numbers will have a field day on 09/09/09.

The date falls on a Wednesday in September, both of which have 9 letters.

September 9 also is the 252nd day of the year. 2+5+2

In addition, if you multiply a single-digit number by 9, the resulting two digits add up to 9. Consider: 8x9

------Take me out to the ballgame

More than most, baseball is a game steeped in nines: nine players on the field at one time, nine innings, 90 feet between bases and nine strikes per inning.

You can celebrate by going to one of 15 games that Major League Baseball has on tap on Wednesday. Or you can commemorate along with MLB.com, which is inviting fans to vote for each team's best players, by season and position, in the All-Time 9s.

------Tweet away ...

Republicans are asking Twitter users to log on at 9 p.m. ET for what is being billed as the "largest Twitter tea party ever."

THIS IS NOT ENDORSED BY THIS BLOGGER. Twitter and Republican Tea Parties are two things 2009 could totally have done without!!

------... or take in a movie

The Tim Burton-produced sci-fi flick "9" comes out Wednesday, the 9th. It's a story about hand-stitched robots that battle to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. How many robots? Nine.

------Nine lives? Not today

The humor Web site URLesque has declared a one-day ban on all cat-related videos and stories on 09/09/09. The site doesn't specifically say so, but we suspect it has to do with feline luck running out after nine lives.

"Why only one day?" the Web site asks. "Well let's be honest, that's probably only as long as we'll last before a hilarious video comes crashing into our inbox."

------A day in the life

An Internet project led by 25-year-old student Matthias Kluckert in Germany is soliciting stories from around the world Wednesday -- to capture an ordinary day on Earth experienced by people across cultures.

The project, "A Day on the Planet," hopes to collect the best stories and eventually publish them in eight languages.

Why 09/09/09?

"Because it is a date that is so easy to remember," the organizers said.

------Speaking of the Beatles ...

It is a big day for the Beatles.

The group's entire music collection comes out digitally mastered. And anticipation is at fever pitch for the video game, "The Beatles: Rock Band," set to launch today.

The date is perhaps a nod to the group's psychedelic hodgepodge "Revolution 9," on which a man's voice repeatedly intones: "Number nine, number nine, number nine."

NOTE: My office is having a bonding day today, guess where we are going?? The fucking Del Mar Racetrack. Today happens to be the LAST race day of the season. I'm very sure everyone will be betting on the 9th Horse in the 9th Race!! I will be getting boozy on my bosses dime, let the bonding begin!!

Also: The 99 cent Store Weddings Today!!

Beatles 'Rock Band' and Entire Discography Box Set Out Today!!

(CNN) -- The fourth quarter of 2009 for the music and video game industries is shaping up to be all about the Beatles. And both could use some "Help!"
The video game industry has high hopes The Beatles 'Rock Band' will pull it out of recession.

The band, which released its last full album of original music in 1970, is the focus of the simultaneous Wednesday release of "The Beatles: Rock Band" for the Rock Band video game franchise, as well as the digitally remastered box set of the Beatles 13-album discography by EMI. Analysts expect a spike in video game and CD sales, which have been declining through the year.

For audiophiles the release of the remastered CDs in mono and stereo is the first re-release of the Beatles catalogue since 1987.

"It's probably the biggest catalogue remaster that has ever happened," said Paul Bromby, EMI's senior marketing manager heading the re-release for the London-based company.

Given the state of CD sales, it may also be the last major event of its kind: Sales of CDs in the United States last year dropped 19 percent, according to entertainment market researcher the NDP Group, while purchases of digital downloads increased by 29 percent. Forrester Research estimates digital downloads will outstrip CD sales by 2012.

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Things you didn't know about Rob Schneider

Did you know Rob Schneider is half Jewish and half Filipino, was the first Asian-American to be cast on SNL and that he is 5'6? Yea me neither...and yes, when referring to the race of someone who descends from the Philippines you use an F.

Hip Hop Show of Fun!!

This will be gooooooooood times, tell everybody! The older dance crew from culture shock, SoCal hip hop faves and the tasty cocktails of Kava Lounge, Im sure there will be a dance party to follow!!

3 Things That I'm Glad People Finally Realized Were Very Lame To Begin With

1. Paris Hilton


2. OctoMom


3. Crocs

Secret Road to Mission Valley!!

Mission Valley is a cluster fuck of artery clogging American slop houses (Fudruckers, etc.) and corporate status quo shopping Mecca's (Old Navy, Bed Bath and Beyond, etc.). It's hard to get around, busy, and uninspiring. Unfortunately if you live downtown you have to go to Fashion Valley Mall, Target, Costco or even BevMo every now and then and that means hopping on the 163 in the wrong direction and then swinging back around into the madness. Turns out there's a secret street that pops out of Hillcrest and heads straight over by Fashion Valley no 163 or traffic needed and it take only 1 minute longer. It's incredible! The direction below are from 5th and University in the heart of Hillcrest!

1: Start out going NORTH on 5TH AVE toward WASHINGTON ST.

2: Turn LEFT onto WASHINGTON ST.


3: Turn RIGHT onto 1ST AVE.


4: Turn RIGHT onto LEWIS ST.


5: Turn LEFT onto BACHMAN PL.

6: Turn RIGHT onto HOTEL CIR S.


7: Turn RIGHT onto FASHION VALLEY RD.

8: End at Fashion Valley Mall!

HAHA!!

Drug Companies Pay Doc's to Get You Hooked on Pills

By GARDINER HARRIS
Published: September 1, 2009
The pharmaceutical industry has developed thousands of medicines that have saved millions of lives, but it has also used its marketing muscle to successfully peddle expensive pills that are no more effective than older drugs sold at a fraction of the cost.

No drug better demonstrates the industry’s salesmanship than Lexapro, an antidepressant sold by Forest Laboratories. And a document quietly made public recently by the Senate’s Special Committee on Aging demonstrates just how Forest managed to turn a medicinal afterthought into a best seller.

The document, “Lexapro Fiscal 2004 Marketing Plan,” is an outline of the many steps Forest used to make Lexapro a success. Because of concerns from Forest, the Senate committee released only 88 pages of the document, which may have originally run longer than 270 pages. “Confidential” is stamped on every page.

But those 88 pages make clear that one of the principal means by which Forest hoped to persuade psychiatrists, primary care doctors and other medical specialists to prescribe Lexapro was by finding many ways to put money into doctors’ pockets and food into their mouths.

Frank Murdolo, a Forest spokesman, said the company was “aware” that its marketing plan was circulating around the Senate.

“We’re aware of it but I can’t give you any other comment on it,” he said.

In February, federal prosecutors in Boston announced a civil lawsuit against Forest claiming that the company illegally marketed both Lexapro and a closely related antidepressant, Celexa, for use in children and paid kickbacks to doctors to induce them to prescribe the medicines to children.

It is illegal to pay doctors to prescribe certain medicines to their patients. It is not illegal to pay doctors to educate their colleagues about a medicine. In recent years, federal prosecutors have accused many drug makers of deliberately crossing that line.

Lexapro was the sixth drug in a class of medicines that includes Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Luvox and Celexa. Forest licensed Celexa from Lundbeck of Denmark and introduced the medicine into the United States in 1998. But because Celexa’s patent life was relatively short, the company quickly developed a new version of Celexa by tinkering with the molecule in a way that is standard in the industry. The company called the new medicine Lexapro and introduced it into the United States in 2002.

Forest’s executives and paid consultants have long implied that Lexapro is superior to Celexa and other antidepressants. But the Food and Drug Administration did not require Forest to test this theory in any statistically valid way. The F.D.A. views the two medicines as so interchangeable that the agency recently approved Lexapro’s use in depressed adolescents based in part on the results of a study Forest conducted using Celexa.

Lexapro had $2.3 billion in sales in 2008 even though generic versions of Celexa and every other drug in the class sell for a fraction of Lexapro’s price. For example, a month’s supply of 5-milligram tablets of Lexapro costs $87.99 at drugstore.com, compared to $14.99 for a month’s supply of a generic version of Prozac. Forest has recently been raising the price of Lexapro to make up for a decline in its use.

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Stand Up Comedy Gem: Sinbad's Afros and Bellbottoms

I LOVE STANDUP!! I love Martin, Dave Chappelle, Jim Gaffigan, Daniel Tosh, Patton Oswalt, Nick Swardson, the list goes on. The first stand up I remember seeing though was with my family, which means it had to be clean but it had to be funny. Sometimes that is hard to do! These days an F Bomb can spice a joke in just a way that the whole crowd starts guffawing. Sinbad's Afros and Bellbottoms was our families all time favorite, clean and hilarious stand up and we watched it all the time. Sinbad has hilarious physical humor and this special is all about how it was "Back in the Day." My parents adored it because it rips on how kids of the 90's don't know shit about 8 tracks, playing outside and other tidbits of the 60's and 70's. It really bonded our family through humor and gave us inside jokes we can still resort to when Christmas vacation is coming to an end and tensions are high. Check it out from Netflix or Blockbuster, you will love it!!


Also Great Sinbad Related Movie (Includes my beloved Phil Hartman. If you need something family friendly, are babysitting, or just want something really funny on when you smoke a bowl, this is actually HILARIOUS!!)

Cranberries Announce Reunion Tour

LONDON (VIP NEWS) -- Dolores O'Riordan and the original members of The Cranberries have announced that they will reform for the first time in nearly seven years for a live tour.

"I've decided to reunite with my former band members in The Cranberries and we will be writing new songs and performing tracks off my new album as well as our greatest hits during the shows. I'd love to see you out there." O'Riordan stated.

In January, O'Riordan played a set at Dublin's Trinity College with band members and brothers Noel and Mike Hogan to commemorate her being made an Honorary Patron of Trinity's Philosophical Society. The performance was the first time the band members had seen each other since 2003.

Never officially broken up, the band instead has been on hiatus, and being in the same room and playing music together for the first time made them realize how much they had missed each other.

Touring will begin at the end of the year in North America and make its way to Europe in early 2010 with dates announced shortly.

Roots, Rock, Reggae Fest with Ziggy Marley on Sunday

Ziggy Marley, son of immortal reggae legend Bob Marley, will perform on Sunday, Sept 6th. Born in Trench Town, Jamaica Ziggy was surrounded by the sights and sounds of his father during his studio sessions. He carrys-on that legacy and continues to spread the unifying message of love.

NOTE: Reggae concerts, especially inexpensive ones, are fun for everybody. Get high or drunk and dance around with your friends. The vibes are wonderful and you've never smelt a better smelling concert. Also, food always tastes better after a reggae show haha.

The concert is free with your paid track admission ($6). No reserved seats, standing room only so get here early.

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Pete Yorn Does It Up At Del Mar Friday Nite

The concert is free with your paid track admission ($6). No reserved seats, standing room only so get here early.

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New Jersey native Pete Yorn took a rather unique route to singer/songwriter acclaim, gaining his first big break by providing the score to a Farrelly Brothers film. Having graduated from Syracuse University several years prior, the 26 year-old pulled up stakes in 2000 and relocated to Los Angeles, CA, where he began writing music for film and television. Prospects increased when Yorn was recruited to score Me, Myself, & Irene, a Farrelly Brothers movie starring Jim Carrey. One of his own pop/rock numbers, "Strange Condition," appeared on the film's soundtrack and was subsequently released as a single, where it fared well on the modern rock charts and increased public demand for Yorn's songwriting.

After netting a record contract with Columbia, Yorn returned to the studio and co-produced his debut album, 2001's Musicforthemorningafter, with Brad Wood (Placebo, the Smashing Pumpkins, Liz Phair) and R. Walt Vincent. He also played the bulk of the instruments himself. Yorn supported the album by touring for 18 months, enabled Musicforthemorningafter to go gold by April 2002. The following spring, he returned with the earnest Day I Forgot, which featured several contributions from R.E.M.'s Peter Buck (who had previously made a cameo on the single version of "Strange Condition"). A year later, Yorn issued his first live album, Live from New Jersey, a double-disc set that captured his late October performance at the Community Theater in Morristown, NJ.

For his third studio LP, Yorn enlisted collaborators such as the Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl and the Dixie Chicks' Martie Maguire and Natalie Maines to shape the sound of Nightcrawler. Produced by Butch Walker, the album arrived in August 2006 and replaced Yorn's folky leanings with a more rock-oriented foundation. Another noted producer, Bright Eyes alum Mike Mogis, was enlisted to helm Pete Yorn's next record. The resulting Back and Fourth was recorded in Omaha, NE, and released in 2009, prefaced by the lead single "Don't Wanna Cry."

Crack isn't as Wack When You Pull Off a Comeback

According to Billboard Whitney Houston’s much anticipated comeback album, I Look To You, is set to debut at #1 this week after only 2 days of sales. The record has already sold 200,000 copies and is selling strong!Guess you CAN bounce back from an abusive relationship and a serious multi-drug addiction that includes cocaine AND crack. Congratulations Whitney!!

You Can Go As Fast as You Want on The Autobahn

The German autobahns are famous for being some of the few public roads in the world without blanket speed limits for cars and motorcycles. On a family vacation to Germany in high school my Dad rented a pure driving machine, some sort of Mercedes he was watering at the mouth at. He said he couldn't leave the country until he'd gone over 120 mph on the Autobahn. It WAS pretty rad. Would have been cooler if my Mom hadn't been praying out loud the whole time! Certainly, speed limits do apply at junctions and other danger points, like sections under construction or in need of repair. Suggested speed limits at non-construction sites are typically 100 km/h (62 mph) to 140 km/hr (86 mph).

Ironically, the overall safety record of German autobahns is generally better than that of other European highways and certainly better than most roads in the country (Compare death rates at 3.0 on the Autobahn to 10.0 on roads).

SAVE THE DATE: Hip Hop Fall Showcase

Hip Hop hardly happens in San Diego, True or False? I dunno, I've only been to two legit show since I've lived here that weren't national acts. But the shows I went to were BOMB and the artist taking the stage on Sept 25th at Kava Lounge were the reason for that. Mark your calendars, details to come!!! K-The-I??? Is an international and LA favorite reviewed in NME among other prestigious publications and M-Double-A-L has been nominated for a San Diego Music Award.

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Ridiculous Tales From The Single Life

First of all, I LOVE being single. Honestly, I'm one of those rare women that shudders at the thought of having ONE regular dude invading my space all the time, the SAME dude. But I love dating and I like dating older men. They are usually more secure, future driven and have more going on. They are many times life long bachelors so they aren't looking for long term either. And they are more dominant and confident in bed. So when I was introduced to 37 year old Ph. D Dan* I was very intrigued. He looked about 28, was tall, smoked weed (hard to find in motivated men), was an Atheist (hard to find in San Diego), educated, loved traveling, was funny, oh and Jewish, LOVE EM. We got along really well on our first date, totally hit it off!! Then we set up another date and he stood me up in the weirdest way. He sent me an email of his arm when he had the measles and a picture of him in a suit as a REPLY when I asked if our date was still on. I had to send about 20 emails and texts to get a clear answer out of him when he wouldn't just use his god damned phone. He apologized and we made plans for another date a week in advance, I was totally cooling off on the whole thing but our first date went so well.... Guess what? He stood me up again, cancelled an hour before basically. Instantly I thought of the Current Strong Women Mantra "He's Just Not That Into You." And I got over it, I live a low drama life, I'm repelled by problems and mental irregularities. I have a normal fuck buddy and lead a busy life, I was over it. But then he heads off to Chile to snowboard and tells me to not give up on him, that he'll be back Sunday and wants to go out, he was having problems, is awkward, got out of a long term relationship, blah blah blah blah DRAMA. I was still intrigued though and what did I have to lose! I accepted when he asked me out again because all my girlfriends and I wanted to see what was up with this date canceling weirdo. Check out how things went when he returned. I pretty much laughed myself to sleep!!!

The E-Mails Exchanged When Dan Returned From Chile:

ME: Did you end up staying in Chile?

DAN: nope. crashed right after i got home...just got up!

ME: Good Morning, welcome back to sunny ass san diego ha
what was your fav part of the trip?

DAN: let's meet up tomorrow. for lunch. please...don't forget about me. i really do like you. i just had some issues these past several weeks...por favor???

ME: Are you going to stand me up again!? LOL I'm only half joking. Where do you want to meet up? I'd sorta rather maybe hang out on a blanket in the shade in Balboa Park or something.

DAN: ummm. i actually have to stand you up. i'm SUPER sorry. i forgot that i have a lunch with my lab for someone who is leaving. sorry...i'm so absent-minded. obviously.

LOL NO WAY!!! I think I laughed for 10 minutes. He immediately turns around and stands me up!! Some guys are soooo good on paper and may even pull off a first date, but crazy can't hide. And here' it rears it's ugly ugly head. What a waste of a face/stats.

*= Named has NOT been changed for privacy.

America's Favorite Sugar Fat Salt Bars

5. Milky Way
The bar made of chocolate malt-flavored nougat and caramel, and covered with milk chocolate single-handedly launched the company. Actually called "Mars bar" everywhere out of the United States, Milky Way traces its origins back to 1923. Originally, Frank Mars and his son Forrest wanted to market a chocolate malted drink in the form of a candy bar. That bar is now sold in three varieties: Midnight, Lite and Original.

Slogan: If only all good things could last this long.

NOTE: Pretty much one of the most BORING candy bars ever, besides the god damned 3 Musketeers which is a Milky Way WITHOUT the caramel. WTF who eats those!?!?


4. Butterfinger
Butterfinger consists of a crunchy blend of butter and peanut butter covered with chocolate; there's no better way to describe a Butterfinger than by its motto. For a while associated with Bart Simpson, who was the bar's "spokesperson," this flaky candy has been around since the 1920s. A creation of Otto Schnering and his Curtiss Candy Corporation, Butterfingers were also marketed by being dropped out of airplanes over cities in 40 states.

Slogan: Nothin' like a Butterfinger.

NOTE: Butterfinger's will never be #1 because of the MADDENING way they get stuck in your teeth. It's not worth the buttery peanut crunch. Also, is it safe to drop things from airplanes? I thought throwing a penny off the Empire State Building could kill people?

3. Kit Kat
Distinctive with its red and white wrapper, the chocolate-covered wafers apparently got their name from the famous London Kit Kat club, an 18th century literary club. The only paintings that could fit inside the rooms with very low ceilings were called "kats" (they were wide but not very high).

Although the jingle of this candy bar makes it look like a new product, Kit Kat actually originated in England in 1935. Back then, it was known as Rowntree's Chocolate Crisp. It wasn't until 1937 that the name was changed to Kit Kat.

Slogan: Have a break, have a Kit Kat.

NOTE: SO fun to eat these meticulously. Bite the chocolate off side by side then eat each layer...a bit lackluster though.


2. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
After finding various degrees of success with his own candy bars, Harry Burnett Reese started making peanut butter cups covered with chocolate in 1923. He had been a dairy employee of Milton S. Hershey, but figured that if his boss could make a fortune with candy, then so could he. The yellow and brown candy was first sold in syndicated stores and vending machines. It was in the '40s and '50s that it gained nationwide recognition.

Slogan: There's no wrong way to eat a Reese's.

NOTE: There's no wrong way to eat a Reese's, you hear that you smug ass people who insist on showing everyone in the room that you can eat a hold out of the middle?? That's so 1994 dude....


1. Snickers
How can you go wrong with nougat, caramel, roasted peanuts, and milk chocolate? Exactly, and that's why it's the number one selling candy bar in America. First launched in 1930, it was named after a favorite horse of the Mars family.

Not only is it nutritious -- after all it does contain protein and dairy products -- it's also delicious and fills you up quite nicely.

Slogan: Hungry? Grab a Snickers.

NOTE: Snickers are fucking delicious. Period. But they are also one of the most engineered candy bars on the market. It's made to be hyper palatable so you really can't stop putting it in your mouth, it's the perfect combo of sugar, fat and salt. Also, they made a decision to break up the peanuts so small so you don't have to chew, they just slide down your throat encased in caramel. Sorta gross. Sorta delicious. More gross.

The Kennedy Curse

The Kennedy tragedies,colloquially called the Kennedy Curse, is a term sometimes used to describe a series of tragedies involving members of the Kennedy family. Some have called the continual misfortune of the Kennedy family a curse.Several members of the family have died from unnatural causes, most notably brothers John and Robert, who were assassinated by gunshots in 1963 and 1968, and John, Jr., who was killed in a plane crash along with his wife and sister-in-law in 1999.

Believers in the "curse" generally cite the following core events as evidence of the family's misfortunes:

* 1941 – Rosemary Kennedy was believed to be mentally retarded. However, some sources have claimed she was suffering from mental illness, such as depression. Because of her increasingly violent and severe mood swings, Joe Kennedy arranged in secret for her to undergo a lobotomy. The surgery impaired her cognitive abilities even more, and as a result, she remained institutionalized until her death in 2005.

* August 12, 1944 – Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., the eldest son of Joseph Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, dies in a mid-air aircraft explosion over eastern England while flying a hazardous mission during World War II.

* May 13, 1948 – Kathleen Kennedy Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, dies in a plane crash in France, along with her lover Peter Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 8th Earl FitzWilliam.

* August 23, 1956 – Jacqueline Kennedy gives birth to a stillborn daughter.(Although the daughter was unnamed and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery next to her parents with a marker reading "Daughter", later reports indicated that the Kennedys had intended to name her Arabella.

* August 9, 1963 – Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, the third child of John and Jackie Kennedy, born six weeks premature, dies two days after his birth.

* November 22, 1963 – President John F. Kennedy is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas.

* June 19, 1964 – Massachusetts Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy is involved in a plane crash in which one of his aides and the pilot were killed. He was pulled from the wreckage by fellow senator Birch E. Bayh II (D-Ind.) and spent weeks in a hospital recovering from a broken back, a punctured lung, broken ribs, and internal bleeding.

* June 6, 1968 – Robert F. Kennedy is shot multiple times and killed by Sirhan Sirhan in Los Angeles, immediately following his victory in the California Democratic presidential primary.

* July 18, 1969 – In the Chappaquiddick incident, a car driven by Ted Kennedy goes off a bridge on Martha's Vineyard, eventually drowning his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.In his July 25, 1969 televised statement, Kennedy stated that on the night of the incident he wondered "whether some awful curse did actually hang over all the Kennedys."

* November 17, 1973 – Edward Kennedy, Jr., loses a portion of his right leg due to bone cancer at the age of 12.

* 1973 – Joseph P. Kennedy II, son of Robert and Ethel, is the driver in a car accident that leaves one passenger, Pam Kelley, permanently paralyzed.

* April 25, 1984 – David Kennedy dies from a Demerol and cocaine overdose in a Palm Beach, Florida hotel room.

* 1991 - William Kennedy Smith is tried for rape. He is acquitted of all charges.
December 31, 1997 – Michael Kennedy dies in a skiing accident in Aspen, Colorado.

* July 16, 1999 – John F. Kennedy, Jr., his wife, and sister-in-law were killed when their Piper Saratoga crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off Martha's Vineyard.

The Lonely Stoner Remix, The Crookers

If you listen to the radio every now and then you may have heard a darker, slower rap by Kid Cudi called Day and Nite (The Lonely Stoner). I like it, it's fun to drive to, no bells and whistles, doesn't get all stuck in your head. Well then The Crookers came out with this insane remix of it! Now it's still dark and different but you can dance to it! The beat drop is sooooo fucking good. Check it out!!




My Friend who works in a coffee shop made a hilarious refrence to the song below:

The Lonely Sconer.....

Librarian By Day Roller Derby Hellian By Night

Proof that life can continue into your 50, 60, 70, 80's if you just take care of your health and take risks!!

Also on This Day in History: "You Are Not Alone" breaks records

On this day, Michael Jackson's newly released single, "You Are Not Alone," enters Billboard's Hot 100 in the No.1 spot, the first song in history to debut at the top of the chart. His 13th No. 1 hit single, the song made Jackson the No. 3 all-time chart-topper, behind the Beatles (with 20 No. 1 hits) and Elvis Presley (with 17).

On This Day in History: First ATM opens for business

NOTE: Hey does anyone remember when you could get $10 out of the ATM?? Man I miss that!!

On this day in 1969, America's first automatic teller machine (ATM) makes its public debut, dispensing cash to customers at Chemical Bank in Rockville Center, New York. ATMs went on to revolutionize the banking industry, eliminating the need to visit a bank to conduct basic financial transactions. By the 1980s, these money machines had become widely popular and handled many of the functions previously performed by human tellers, such as check deposits and money transfers between accounts. Today, ATMs are as indispensable to most people as cell phones and e-mail.

Several inventors worked on early versions of a cash-dispensing machine, but Don Wetzel, an executive at Docutel, a Dallas company that developed automated baggage-handling equipment, is generally credited as coming up with the idea for the modern ATM. Wetzel reportedly conceived of the concept while waiting on line at a bank. The ATM that debuted in New York in 1969 was only able to give out cash, but in 1971, an ATM that could handle multiple functions, including providing customers' account balances, was introduced.

ATMs eventually expanded beyond the confines of banks and today can be found everywhere from gas stations to convenience stores to cruise ships. There is even an ATM at McMurdo Station in Antarctica. Non-banks lease the machines (so-called "off premise" ATMs) or own them outright.

Today there are well over 1 million ATMs around the world, with a new one added approximately every five minutes. It's estimated that more than 170 Americans over the age of 18 had an ATM card in 2005 and used it six to eight times a month. Not surprisingly, ATMs get their busiest workouts on Fridays.

In the 1990s, banks began charging fees to use ATMs, a profitable move for them and an annoying one for consumers. Consumers were also faced with an increase in ATM crimes and scams. Robbers preyed on people using money machines in poorly lit or otherwise unsafe locations, and criminals also devised ways to steal customers' PINs (personal identification numbers), even setting up fake money machines to capture the information. In response, city and state governments passed legislation such as New York's ATM Safety Act in 1996, which required banks to install such things as surveillance cameras, reflective mirrors and locked entryways for their ATMs.

Have Hotter Sex

After awhile monogamous sex can just get really stale. You both know how to get each other off in the shortest time possible. You're zoned out and she's making a grocery shopping list in her head. An unsatisfying sex life is one of the fastest ways to infidelity, problems, and falling out of love (along with failure to communicate and money issues). What's so odd is that keeping up the fun in bed is SO MUCH FUN! Why NOT try something new. Have sex TONIGHT and lightly slap her ass, call him Daddy. If that's too kinky for you maybe raise up your legs while you're in missionary ladies or dudes reach up and play with some titties while she's on top. And for god sakes, start making some noise! The more you do it, the more natural it will feel, being vocal in bed was voted one of the hottest sex actions that both men AND women wanted to add to bed but felt weird about. For the love of sex, get over yourself and just start with deep moaning, a yes, a come on! For those of you who need some new positions try this very advanced move. Even if you can pull it off, you'll have fun trying!!



The Butter Churner
How

Lie on your back with your legs raised and folded over so that your ankles are on either side of your head, while he squats and dips his penis in and out of your vagina.

Benefit

Aside from getting that eye contact, the extra rush of blood into your head will increase the ecstasy.

Bonus

Have him dribble chocolate syrup or honey into your mouth. It gets more of your senses involved and amps up the whole experience.

Random Facts for Triviaheads

-The Friends cast makes $8 Million a year in residuals alone. This means the episodes air or are referenced and money is just, you know, sent to their account.

-Elizabeth Taylor has had 7 husbands and 8 marriages (She married Richard Burton twice)

-According to one national survey on drug use, each day approximately 6,000 Americans try marijuana for the first time.

-McDonald's is Brazil’s largest employer.

-The insulting slang “kiss my ass” dates back at least to 1705.


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Screw 600 Count Sheets, Sleep in a Hay bed!

(CNN) -- Holiday-makers around the world are facing up to the fact that, in times of recession, large travel expenses are difficult to justify.

While for some this has meant the end of life as we know it, for a new generation of nature lovers and eco-conscious tourists, it has prompted the discovery of a cheap and unusual alternative.

In Germany and its European neighbors Austria and Switzerland, a long weekend in a converted barn - sleeping on a bed of freshly raked hay -- is fast becoming the 'staycation' of choice.

Heuhotels ('heu' is German for hay) offer exactly what their name suggests. For as little as eight euros ($11) a night backpackers, couples, families and, in the case of one "hay hotel" in central Germany - 'groups of up to 60' - can rest their heads in a way nature intended.

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How many Sugar Cubes do you eat?

Each Cube Represents a Teaspoon!

On This (super creepy) Day in History: A teenage boy murders his father

Fifteen-year-old Eric Witte shoots his father, 43-year-old volunteer firefighter Paul Witte, in the family's Indiana home. Although Eric admitted to shooting his father, he claimed that the gun had accidentally gone off when he tripped on a rug. The bullet hit his father, who was lying on a couch across the room, in the head. The shooting was ruled an accident, and Eric was released.

Three years later, Eric's grandmother, Elaine Witte, 74, was killed with a crossbow. A few months after the murder, the entire family was arrested in California for forging Elaine's signature on her Social Security checks. In the subsequent trial, the bizarre story behind the murders came to light.

Eric's mother, Hilma Marie Witte, had tried to kill her husband, Paul, by lacing his food with rat poison and Valium. When this proved unsuccessful, she convinced her son to shoot his father by telling him that Paul was going to divorce her and that they would end up living in the streets. She later persuaded John "Butch" Witte, Eric's younger brother, to kill his grandmother by convincing him that Elaine planned to kick them out of the house. John, who witnessed his father's murder at the age of 11, was 14 when he killed Elaine Witte. At the trial, John stated, "My mom said I could strangle her or use my crossbow. It was up to me."

A few hours after killing his grandmother, John went to court with his mother to inquire about receiving disability benefits from his father's death. When they returned home that night, they began cutting up Elaine's body with a knife and a chainsaw. Marie and her two boys then scattered the dismembered body throughout California.

John and Eric were given 20- and five-year sentences, respectively, and were released in 1996. Hilma Marie Witte received a 90-year sentence.

But Honestly....

...where the HELL did August just go!?!?!