Pirate1974

Found this jewel in my inbox tonight. Had not seen this one before. Marriage proposal spam - how romantic. While I'm flattered that this 23-year old Ivory Coast babe considers me a young man capable of fathering her children, but I think I'm going to have to take a pass, even with the $4,000,000 in cocoa funds.

If anybody doubts that the Oriental mind is quite different from the Western, I give you Exhibit A. The Marton Restaurant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan Marton comes from the Chinese word "matong" which means "toilet" giving the good people of Taiwan the world's first (and probably only) commode-themed eatery. The ambience includes white ceramic toilet seats, bathtub tables, urinal lamps and food served in miniature toilets and Asian "squat pots." I have no idea what a squat pot is and I don't think I want to. For some reason, people have been lining up for this experience. The food is the usual Asian fare, with chocolate ice cream being a particular favorite. God only knows why. The owner and creator of this establishment is one Eric Wang, who has this to say: "Diners come and walk away with the special experience. Many try to create more fun, stirring up curry and rice so it looks exactly like when you forget to flush the toilet. Then they gulp it down." Right. Sure sounds like my idea of a good time. I don't think this will ever play in Peoria.

Kiefer Sutherland The Three Musketeers Tim Curry

Why in the world would you trade Sammy Sosa to the White Sox for Harold Baines?

Died today at the age 54. His style was one of a kind.

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He was a real person. He was born in 1876 in Fayetteville, North Carolina into a family of educators. His father would become school superintendent in Charlotte and his brother would become president of the University of North Carolina, but his first love was baseball. He played in the minor leagues for a few years before signing on with the New York Giants, the powerhouse of professional baseball in the early 20th century. One hundred years ago today - June 29, 1905 - he was sent into a game against the Brooklyn Superbas (later called the Dodgers) at Washington Park, a baseball field that has been gone for over 90 years. He played two innings in right field (not one) and the game ended with him on deck. He never got a chance to bat and he never played in another major league game. He played a few more seasons in the minors and then went to medical school at the University of Maryland. In 1909, he set up a practice in Chisholm, Minnesota where he was the town doctor for more than 50 years, He died in 1965 at the age of 88. He was described in the sporting press of the day as being as "quick as a flash of moonlight," and he would be completely forgotten today except for a character in a book and a movie. A character that most people believed was completely fictious. Dr. Archibald "Moonlight" Graham "You know we just don't recognize the most significant moments of our lives while they're happening. Back then I thought, well, there'll be other days. I didn't realize that that was the only day." How true.

Le Ballon Rouge aka The Red Balloon

Decaf coffee is like non-alcohol beer. Why bother?

Obviously, I'm from a different generation. I've never heard of this either.

Liam Neeson Rob Roy Jessica Lange

Peter Boyle Young Frankenstein Madeline Kahn

The absolute hands-down worst sequel (and one of the worst movies ever made) is Grease 2. What an abomination. Following closely on it's heels are Caddyshack II and More American Grafitti, two mega-turkeys. For sequels better than the original, I'd add Spiderman 2 and Shrek 2 and one that's not usually considered a sequel - Goldfinger.

I never remember hearing that first version either, Sudo. Kind of goofy. Check this out. I was looking for a picture of Jeannine Riley on the web to see what she looked like and I came across this. It's supposed to be a CBS publicity shot that was made before the pilot was even filmed. From right to left are Pat Woodell, Bea Benaderet, Linda Kaye Henning and...Sharon Tate. Obviously, Sharon Tate never made it into the actual show for whatever reason. I knew she was in a few "Beverly Hillbillies" episode, but I didn't know this. Weird.

Gunilla Hutton wasn't the original blonde either. Jeannine Riley was. Meredith McRea was third. I remember the first as being the best one, but I couldn't pick her out of a crowd of two now. There were different Bobbie Jo's too. Linda Henning was the only one that stayed the same the whole time. That opening scene did wonders for a young boy's imagination.

Tootsie Bill Murray Caddyshack

Chuck Connors played for the Dodgers and the Cubs. He also played for the Boston Celtics one year. Cubby O'Brien owns a hot dog stand in Jersey? For real? He was the one of the top studio drummers in the recording business for almost 40 years.

The movie is still good, but by the end of it I wanted Travis to let Old Yeller live and shoot Arliss instead.

Not too long ago I watched "Old Yeller" with my kids, a movie I had not seen in years. Kevin Corcoran had to be one of the worst kid actors ever. I guess he was cute but he couldn't act a lick. He makes Jake Lloyd in "The Phantom Menace" look like an Oscar winner.

There was a time when if you did something stupid, you were embarrassed and didn't really want anybody to know about it. Now days people parade their stupidity on the national stage and get paid big money for it. That's entertainment.

My favorite Herman's Hermits song was "I'm Henry the Eighth, I Am." Really stupid, but I thought it was great when I was 13. Next up: I just bought a waterbed it's filled up for me and you

Happy birthday, excathie!! Have a great day!!

...can a woman blow off her fancy wedding, run off across the country, change her appearance to avoid detection, set off a nationwide manhunt, cause her family to offer a $100,000 reward for her safe return, give the police a tale that even Rod Serling wouldn't dream up (including being sexually assaulted by a Hispanic man with rotten teeth), end up being hauled into court for giving a false police report and then "get on with her life" and "stay out of the public eye" by being interviewed on NBC by Katie Couric and selling the rights to her "story" for a reported half a million bucks. Is this a great country or what?

The kids in our scout troop are always complaining about having to use the "buddy system." Nobody goes anywhere without their buddy. Here's a perfect example of why.

"Two Silhouettes on the Shade" Peter Noone and the Hermits Ya gotta be really old (like me) to know that one!!