Impressive “Thriller” Lip Synch
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Ron Howard, Andy Griffith and Henry Winkler Funny
Yes, it’s pro-Obama, but besides that it was crazy seeing Ron play his old characters again with both him and Henry Winkler in costume complete with wigs. And it’s worth mentioning, but Andy Griffith looks pretty darn good for an 82 year old.
See more Ron Howard videos at Funny or Die
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The Secret of the Rubik’s Cube
Two moves . . . that’s it.
Solve The Cube With 2 Moves! – video powered by Metacafe
Who woulda thunk?
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Tempting Picture of the Day
Bear carries a caribou head with big antlers.
Picture by Michal Walker and found at http://bearsrchill.tumblr.com/
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The top 10 movie presidents
1. Harrison Ford – “Air Force One” (1997)
2. Morgan Freeman – “Deep Impact” (1998)
3. Michael Douglas – “The American President” (1995)
4. Bill Pullman – “Independence Day” (1996)
5. Kevin Kline – “Dave” (1993)
6. Dennis Quaid – “American Dreamz” (2006)
7. Bruce Greenwood – “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” (2003)
8. James Cromwell – “The Sum of All Fears” (2002)
9. Jack Nicholson – “Mars Attacks” (1996)
10. Jeff Bridges – “The Contender” (2000)
I’ve seen eight of the ten. I think the most surprising performance wa Jeff Bridges, I was really impressed. And Kevin Kline’s perfomance was just a nice heart warming performance. Sometimes I sing his shower song from the movie, “Hail to the Chief, he’s the one we say hail to, Hail to the Chief because he keeps himself so clean . . .”
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Beautiful Bacon Apple Pie
There’s no better way to supe up an apple pie than with some cinnamon bacon. Unless, of course, you create a lattice work of cinnamon bacon on top. The fine folks at Eli Cooks have developed one great-looking pie.
[Thanks, Chris!]
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The Stink in Farts Controls Blood Pressure
A smelly rotten-egg gas in farts controls blood pressure in mice, a new study finds.
The unpleasant aroma of the gas, called hydrogen sulfide (H2S), can be a little too familiar, as it is expelled by bacteria living in the human colon and eventually makes its way, well, out.
The new research found that cells lining mice’s blood vessels naturally make the gas and this action can help keep the rodents’ blood pressure low by relaxing the blood vessels to prevent hypertension (high blood pressure). This gas is “no doubt†produced in cells lining human blood vessels too, the researchers said.
“Now that we know hydrogen sulfide’s role in regulating blood pressure, it may be possible to design drug therapies that enhance its formation as an alternative to the current methods of treatment for hypertension,†said Johns Hopkins neuroscientist Solomon H. Snyder, M.D., a co-author of the study detailed in the Oct. 24th issue of the journal Science.
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Good News For Fans of Soy Products
HONG KONG (Reuters Life) – Scientists in Singapore may have found a way to reduce certain carbohydrates in soybeans that have long been blamed for flatulence.
At issue are two sugars in soy — raffinose and stachyose — that produce intestinal gas because they are indigestible.
For this reason, many consumers stay away from soy-based products despite their health benefits over dairy-based ones.
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Real-life priests become pop stars
You could call them New Clergymen on the Block: three Roman Catholic priests from Northern Ireland who on occasion swap their rosary beads for microphones and their parishes for studio time.
Fathers Eugene O’Hagan and Martin O’Hagan, who are brothers, and David Delargy have been in the priesthood for some 20 years. But they’ve been singing together since their early teens.
In February they recorded a demo in Belfast which they sent off — as Eugene O’Hagan puts it — to “the powers that be.” Sony BMG responded almost instantly with a very nice offering indeed, a record deal reportedly to the tune of somewhere north of $2 million.
The Priests’ debut album will be released on November 18 and was produced by Mike Hedges, known for his work with U2 and — ironically — Manic Street Preachers (who, of course, are not clergy but punky Welshmen). Some recording took place in St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, and the priests maintain they’d like some of the profits from their music endeavors donated to a charity of their choice.
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Missouri Man Shocked at Being Labeled N-Word on Store Receipt
A black couple from Missouri seek amends from clothing store Journeys after their son was given a receipt that said “dumb N-word” in capital letters.
Linda Slater said she’s both saddened and angry that it happened and “to know that racism is still alive.”
On Friday, her son Keith Slater, 22, bought a pair of loafer-style shoes from the Journeys at the Oak Park Mall in Overland Park, Kan., about a 30-minute drive from their home in Kansas City, Mo.
When he found a less expensive pair of similar shoes at a different store a short while later, however, he returned the first pair to Journeys the next day.
The clerk, whom Linda Slater described as a 20-something white woman, asked why he was returning the shoes and Keith Slater told her about the less expensive shoes he had bought.
It wasn’t until the family got home that he glanced at his receipt and saw the insult printed next to the line marked “Cust” for customer.
“Then I was like, ‘Nah, no way. It can’t say that,” Keith Slater, a junior at Missouri State University in Springfield, told ABCNews.com today. “I was shocked, ’cause I didn’t do anything for that to happen.”
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A Young Colt McCoy
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8 Inauspicious Early Roles for Famous Actors
Celebrities do not rise overnight. Well at least not real ones. The girls from the Hills and the now infamous Joe the Plumber may have gotten famous extremely quickly for apparently no reason, but most actual celebrities have to work tirelessly over years to get where they are now. That is why some of today’s best actors have filmographies filled with some less than stellar film choices. The best, of course, are the ones who acted in projects that have no resemblance to anything they do today. Here are 8 of the best.
I thought it was quite interesting that Laurence Fishburne and Benicio Del Toro both had Pee Wee Herman ties.
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Bag of Randomness
- GoogleMaps and voter info, just enter your address. Link
- I wasn’t aware that the name of each of the continents begins and concludes with the exact same letter? Asia – Europe – Africa – America (North and South) – Antarctica – Australia.
- I’ve seen Deion Sanders advertise for Drivers Select for a while now, but about two or three weeks ago I noticed that Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones has joined him on that billboard.
- Tina Fey’s secret is out, she glues here ears. Link
- Another Simpsons Treehouse of Horrors thought – I always make it a point to read the spooky names in the opening credits even though I have no idea who most of those folks are.
- My favorite is their adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven.
- Did you know the first Treehouse of Horrors started back in 1990. Thanks Wikipedia
- I think it’s even crazier that 1990 was 18 friggin’ years ago.
- I think Cambell Brown of CNN is an attractive women, which I why I don’t understand why CNN displays an overly touched up photo of her when she does her commentaries.
- The only reason Obama appears to be ahead in the polls is because of hypnosis. Link
- And now a link for you McCain fans – make your own McCain logo here. I even made my own McCain sign.
- His brother called 911 to complain about traffic? Link
- Venus Flytraps are not planted in the White House gardens. Link
- Abandoned futuristic houses in Taiwan. Link
- The first ever picture on the Internet. Link
- Oh, I had a few inquiries on my theological epiphany that I referenced earlier this week. I was going to make a separate post about it but realized I could easily sum it all up, and it may just be something that is already glaringly obvious to others. I thought Evangelicals and Protestants were an interchangeable term, but it turns out I was totally wrong. Now I know all Christians are called to “evangelize” but I’m referring to the classification or group of people called Evangelicals. Protestants, from my understanding can be classified either as Evangelical or Mainline Protestant. Evangelicals are more conservative regarding theology (and politically) and Mainline Protestants are more liberal in that sense. I’m super paraphrasing here, but that’s the gist of my epiphany. All of this started when I read an article that mentioned that Methodists are not Evangelicals (which of course I thought otherwise at the time), which lead me to research the topic and consult with some of my pastoral friends which lead me to a Wikipedia article where the epiphony hit me. The last paragraph of this section of the article helped clear it up for me as it clarifies a few denominations and where they fit. I guess In the grand scheme of things classification doesn’t matter, but for me I realized I was a Mainline Protestant and never knew it, and have nothing to be ashamed about regarding my theological views as I’ve been previously told. This square peg has been trying to fit into a round hole for way too long now.
- I think it’s funny I started that last point with “I could easily sum it all up.” It got a little lengthy. At one point I was going to stop and just create a separate post, but I was on a roll and press for time to do such a thing.
- I wouldn’t be surprised my readers who are either Biblical scholars or in the ministry will leave a comment or two on this subject matter.
- Free Dr Pepper thanks to Guns and Roses. Link
- When you Photoshop, don’t forget the reflection. Link
- 13 Favorite ‘Same Character, Different Actor’ Switcheroos. Link
- Rare American bird touches down in England ‘for first time’… and then gets run over and killed by car Link
- It cracks me up when females refer to their female friends as girlfriends. I have never heard of a guy refer to another dude as a boyfriend in conversation.
- With that said . . . it appears that my blogfriend Kevin from Philadelphia is stuck in a bit of a conundrum. You will see in the title of his blog that he states, “Blogging until a championship . . .” The world waits to see what happens should the Phillies win the World Series.
- There must have been a demand for a video website like YouTube just for tractors. YouTractor
- I get a kick out of some of the names people use when leaving a comment.
- The local news are touting all their ‘local’ Emmys as of late. I guess they are directly related to the real Emmys, but with every station touting their awards they must not be too hard to get. Even Gordon Keith got one for his show on WFAA.
- I wonder if my daily readers read from the top post down, or do they scroll down and read up from the last post they read.
- I had some interesting communication regarding the whole shoe resoling. Other than cowboys around here, I think it’s an income and generational thing. Thankfully with my current dress code policy I don’t have to worry about nice dress shoes for a while. However, I think I want to examine a pair of shoes that could be resoled, and would like to know a price of those kind of shoes. Can any dress shoe be resoled?
- I’ve never been much of a biscuit fan, but I love me some rolls.
- My second to last college roommate is 5 feet tall on a good day.
- I use to be able to do a ‘clean twist’ of an Oreo cookie, but not anymore. I don’t think it’s me, I think the cookie is different. But I can do a ‘clean twist’ off a Double Stuff Oreo.
- I love me some SNL on Thursday nights – they really bring their A game, and it’s cool to see SNL Alumni come back for a skit or two. Will Farrell came back as George W last night and endorsed McCain in case you missed it.
- At this particular moment I see I actually had 18 comments on a post yesterday in response to my question. It good to know I have at least 18 visitors.
- Cowboys will win on Sunday, I’m wearing my lucky Staubach shirt today.
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