06.03.10:  TODAY IS


POP QUIZ

It was on this day in 1980, the NBA decided to make (this) a permanent part of the game...

a) Professional dancing squads
b) The 3-point shot
c) Rip-away pants

ANSWER

The 3-pointer



IN SEARCH OF

What folks are Googlin' this morning

"jim joyce"- A major league umpire is the #1 search this morning after blowing a call that cost Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers a perfect game.  Joyce, a 20-year veteran of the game, called a man safe at first when he was clearly out.  Even Joyce admits that now:  "I just cost that kid a perfect game," Joyce said. "I thought he beat the throw. I was convinced he beat the throw, until I saw the replay."




"stephen hill"- Police are searching this morning for a porn actor who is accused of killing one coworker and injuring two others with a Samurai-style sword.  Stephen Hill attacked his colleagues about 10:30 PM Tuesday, say police, in Van Nuys, CA.  He attacked one near the back of the facility then went after the two others when they tried to intervene.  



"sack tapping"- The latest dangerous game to hit schools:  Sack tapping.  The goal is to punch, flick or tap a boy in the groin to see who can handle the most pain.  One 14-year old had to have his testicle removed in Minnesota recently.  A urologist says "it's just gotten way out of control."  He says he's now operating on three to four boys a year that are victimized by this game.  




PHONEBUZZ

Light 'em up!

Are Silly Bandz getting out of control?
Are you "up" on the latest kid-craze called Silly Bandz?  Just look to any 10-year old's wrist; they're probably wearing 30.  They're called Silly Bandz, Zanybandz, Stretchy Shapes and Goofy Bands.  They're "cute, cheap and out of control."  In fact, if Silly Bandz were a person, "they'd be Justin Bieber."  How did they get so popular?  Nobody knows.  One seller says the "phenomenon" is "100% viral.  There's no marketing."  

Biggest problem:  Some are more valuable than others -- which makes them a problem at some schools.  In fact, a few schools have banned Silly Bandz all together.  


Of course, these character-shaped bracelets are a moms best friend.  They have turned out to be great bribery tools.  

So how do you see the trend in your home -- fun, or a complete obsession you wish would just go away?

Sidenote:  The owner of Silly Bandz, Robert Croak, says he has increased his workforce from 20 employees to 200 in the PAST YEAR!  Just this week he added 22 phone lines to keep up with the inquiries.  "We probably lately have hired two to three people a day, everyday," he told a TV station.



Contest time!  Strangest love-affair combination you've ever been around... one-up each other!
Let me start it off... Here's the letter written to ExperienceProject.com.  It starts out --

 " I lost my job a few months ago and I moved in my eldest daughter and family.  I will admit right here and now that I have always had a crush on her husband and have secretly lusted after him..."  

You know trouble is about to follow, and it did.  She had an affair with her daughter's husband, and now she's pregnant.  Thanks mom!




FACEBUZZ

Post this:  What's the nicest thing your partner can do for you tonight?


CELEBRITY TWEETS


  • TMZ has the 911 call made by Gary Coleman's wife after he fell in his Utah home last week.  In it, you hear her tell the dispatcher that there's blood everywhere, and she's "gagging" and "can't deal" with it.  She says she doesn't know what happened and that Gary is too out of it to follow her instructions.  Listen here

  • "Dancing With the Stars" casting rumors are heating up, and the hottest names being thrown around are Lindsay Lohan, Joan Rivers and Sarah Ferguson.  Sarah and Joan have both hinted that they'd love to give it a shot.  source

  • Speaking of, it looks like those rumors of romance between Erin Andrews and her former dance partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy are true.  The NY Post reports the two were all over each other in NYC the other night. source

  • Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox are reuniting on the big screen.  Aniston will appear in "Scream 4".  She'll play a woman who's killed off in the opening sequence.  Spoiler Alert!  Oh, sorry, too late. source

  • How sad -- the guy that played Hurley on Lost, Jorge Garcia, lost his dog just before moving from Hawaii, his home for the past six years.  He blogged that she died "in my arms" after getting hit by a car. his blog

  • Jessica Biel covers this month's Glamour magazine just ahead of her A-Team movie release.  In the interview she talks about how she went from being "scared of guns" to feeling "empowered" by them.  "I had this really sexy 9-millimeter Beretta, and I trained a lot with an M4 machine gun." the interview

  • It's now SIR Patrick Stewart, thankyouverymuch.  The 69-year old was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace yesterday.  photo

  • More proof that we're getting tired of American Idol?  Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox sold 400-thousand downloads last week, about "half the sales total of Kris Allen and Adam Lambert following the finale last year."  more here



CUTTIN' CAKE TODAY

  • Scott Valentine is 52
  • Deniece Williams turns 59
  • Suzie Quatro is 60
  • Anderson Cooper 43

BIRTHDAY QUIZ

Deniece Williams turns 59 today...of course, you remember her huge hit:


That song came from (what) movie soundtrack?

ANSWER

Footloose!  It hit #1 in 1984.  

PRIMETIME, BABY!

ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live (NEW), Celtics vs. Lakers
CBS: How I Met Your Mother, Rules of Engagement, CSI, The Mentalist
NBC: Community, 100 Questions (NEW), The Office, 30 Rock, The Office, Parks and Recreation
FOX: So You Think You Can Dance (NEW)
CW: The Vampire Diaries, Moonlight


FUN STUFF


GADGET OF THE DAY

If you have a major problem with someone fooling with your balls - here's your answer.  The Golf Bag Alarm System puts a funny looking golf ball into your bag, and if it detects movement, it sounds off.  There's also a key fob that you keep with you that'll vibrate and beep at the same time.  $50.  Might be worth it if there's a ball thief lurking on the green!  more

GOTTA SEE THIS

Best mugshot ever - 

This is Matthew Martin Pick, a student at East Carolina University who was arrested Saturday night for streaking after getting stinking drunk.  Lookie what his friends did to his face.  Ah friends!
Look



Wait, wait, wait -- Forget that last one -- HERE' the best mugshot...EVER!



This good lookin' man is Timonthy Neal, 44, arrested on Memorial Day for beating up a guy with his twin sons after a conversation about "religion and demons."   He's such a responsible adult -- no, really -- it says it right there!



DID YOU KNOW

New research out of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill:  

"There's good news for men looking for easy ways to keep their wives and girlfriends happy in their relationships. It turns out going the extra mile to be thoughtful may score you some points in the bedroom...planning a celebratory meal when the other partner gets a promotion, taking the children to the zoo so the other partner can have some quiet time, or stopping to pick up the other partner's favorite coffee drink are each examples of gratuitous behavior that could strengthen romantic relationships"  

So let me get this straight -- the key to a solid relationship is to be... (gulp)... NICE?  Get outta here!


WHO SAID IT?

"I just thought that he needed to sleep it off."
-Belinda Caban, the renter of the apartment where Ted Koppel's son, Andrew, died Sunday.  Andrew spent Sunday drinking and ended up passing out and later dying at Caban's apartment.  Might this be a good lesson for all of us?  Maybe they need more than to just "sleep it off."  Read article


JOKE OF THE DAY

An exasperated mother, whose son was always getting into mischief, finally asked him: "How do you expect to get into Heaven?"

The boy thought it over and said: "Well, I'll just run in and out and in and out and keep slamming the door until St. Peter says: 'For Heaven's sake, Jimmy, come in or stay out!'"


SURF THIS

I've noticed that this type of website is becoming more popular -- link blogs.  Howl.com allows you to bookmark and publish links so you can share interesting articles and pictures with others.  Is this something or no?  


GAME BREAK

Yes, you need an eye exam.  This game proves it.  Have fun!


DOGGIE BAG

  • Do you fish?  You're going to HELL!  I can't even LOOK at you! go!

  • Six ways you're ruining your dog.  Only six?  One of them, by the way, is comforting them when they're scared.  What should we do, laugh at 'em? go!

  • Another disgruntled worker goes on a killing spree -- one coworker dead; two injured.  The man is a porn star.  The weapon was a Samurai sword used in one of his movies.  go!

  • You LOOK like you're speeding down the road.  Is that enough for a police officer to slap you with a fine?  According to the Ohio Supreme Court - ABSOLUTELY!   go!

  • Wait...YOUR cleaning lady doesn't mop in the nude?  go!


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