Ping-Pong door...

I'm putting this on my Christmas list for next year, the Ping-Pong door!

JIBJAB'S 2008 REVIEW

This video sums of 2008 in just over two minuets!

TOPS AT THE BOX OFFICE

The new Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson movie, "Marley and ME" topped the Christmas weekend box office bringing in $37-million.

"BedTime Stories" A movie about a bedtime story that begins to come true is in the #2 spot.

Brad Pitt's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is #3 followed by "Valkyrie" which is about a blot to over throw Hitler during World War Two. Jim Carrey's "Yes Man" rounds out the top 5.

1-second added to 2008!

Oh great, if there was ever a year that just needs to be over it's 2008. But to match the worlds clock with the earth slowing spin on its axis, the worlds time keepers will be adding 1-second to 2008.

The U.S. Naval Observatory, keeper of the Pentagon's master clock, said it would add the extra second at 6:59:59 EST Wednesday.

FACTIOD FRIDAY!

I'm sure Santa left video games for someone in your life this Christmas. My son got an Nintendo DS plus he and his sister got several games for the wii system.(which I played for about two hours after they went to bed.) So in honor of these games systems I give you "Factoids" on Video games.

• In 1972, the first commercial video game console that could be played in the home, the Odyssey was released by Magnavox and designed by Ralph Baer. The game machine was originally designed while Ralph Baer was still at Sanders Associates in 1966, Baer managed to gain his legal rights to the machine after Sanders Associates rejected it. The Odyssey came programmed with twelve games.

• On June 17, 1980, Atari's "Asteroids" and "Lunar Lander" were the first two video games to ever be registered in the Copyright Office.

• October 27, 1992, Nintendo of America Inc. registered the configuration of its hand-held game machine.

• Contrary to popular belief, Pong was not the world's first video arcade game, Computer Space," by Nutting Associates, was released first in 1971). However, Pong was the first video game to achieve widespread popularity in both the arcade and home console markets, and it is credited with launching the initial boom in the video game industry.

NEW MOVIES!

BEDTIME STORIES:
A family comedy about a hotel handyman whose life changes when the lavish bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to magically come true.

Staring Adam Sandler








THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON


the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.

STARING-Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett







MARLEY AND ME

A family learns important life lessons from their adorable, but naughty and neurotic dog.

Staring- Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson.

THE END OF THE VHS!

According to an article in the LATIMES "Distribution Video Audio", last distributors of VHS tapes is calling an end to their production and says anything left in warehouse, we’ll just give away or throw away.

The last major Hollywood movie to be released on VHS was "A History of Violence" in 2006.

Bush Shoe's

The maker of the shoes thrown at President George W. Bush last weekend has increased production in anticipation of a surge in sales.

According to an article on nytimes.com orders for the shoes, formerly known as Ducati Model 271 and since renamed “The Bush Shoe,” have poured in from around the world.

A new run of 15,000 pairs, destined for Iraq, went into production last Thursday while another 19,000 pair are destined for the United states.

2008 the year of 15-min of fame!

Iheartchaos.com has a list of people who enjoyed their 15-minuets of fame in 2008!

Here are some who may have lived a bit past their 15-min, but not by much:


Joe the plumber; Made famous for asking Obama, who was on the campaign stump a question about raising taxes then he was mentioned over and over again during a debate between Obama and John McCain.




Jeremiah Wright: again from the presidential campaign.




Ashley Dupree: the high priced call girl who brought down then NY Gov. Eliot Spitzer.














check out the whole list by clicking on the link to iheartchaos.com.

Capitol words

Capitol Words.com tracks the frequency words in congressional records and who's speaking them. This is interesting. If you follow this link to capitolwords.com,you will find that Sherrod Brown has more words in congressional records than Dennis Kucinich. Someone said more than Kucinich...shocking! You will also find that Betty Sutton from Ohio's district 13 has been one of the top ten quietest lawmakers over the past 60-days.Even more interesting, the word used least by Ohio congressman in Congressional records is "tax!" Guess their afraid to mention that word!

FACTOID FRIDAY

In honor of the great Christmas tradition of baking cookies, today I give you factoids about well, cookies!

• Culinary historians claim that the earliest cookies as we know them developed from cake baking. In the 7th century, Persians made small sweet cakes, which became the prototype for modern-day cookies.

• During medieval times, cookie recipes and baking techniques spread from the Middle East to Europe. With the Muslim invasion of Spain and the development of the spice trade, cookies laced with cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and anise began to appear.

• The first genuine Christmas cookie was likely lebkuchen, a German gingerbread cookie

• The tradition of leaving cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve began in the 1930s during the Great Depression. Some say it was an inexpensive yet sweet way for nice children to thank Santa, while others claim it was a way for naughty children to bribe him. Either way, cookies remain a beloved Christmas treat for Santa and are an ideal Christmas gift during tough economic times.

New Movies in theatres

Jim Carey stars as "The Yes Man" a guy who challenges himself to say "yes" to everything for an entire year









The tale of three unlikely heroes - a misfit mouse who prefers reading books to eating them, an unhappy rat who schemes to leave the darkness of the dungeon, and a bumbling servant girl with cauliflower ears - whose fates are intertwined with that of the castle's princess.










Will Smith is an IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers

Track santa's progress

Here's a lick to noradsanta.org so you can track the coutdown to santa's departure.

Also, here's a video from last years journey!

A Christmas Story

My favorite Christmas movie, "A Christmas Story" is celebrating its 25th anniversary and mentalfloss.com has 12-things you might not know about the movie.

• For anyone keeping count, Ralphie says he wants the Red Ryder BB Gun 28 times throughout the course of the movie. That’s approximately once every three minutes and 20 seconds.
• Jack Nicholson was very interested in playing Ralphie’s dad. But casting (and paying) Jack would have meant doubling the budget, so he was removed from consideration.

Click here to see the whole list.

What's up with that?

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- St. Paul police arrested a woman on suspicion of drunk driving Sunday at a McDonald’s drive-thru. What's up with that?

More stuff being thrown at the Pres!

More animated pics of stuff being thrown at the president. I like the "Three Stooges" and the "Dodge Ball" pics.

What's up with that?

This story from the huffington post will make you say, "what's up with that?"

According to a Gallup/Harris poll released Monday, a full 37 percent of American citizens are incapable of identifying their home country on a map of the United States.

Stuart Weiss, senior sociology professor at Boston College, said although these findings may be surprising to some, they're by no means atypical.
"The sentiment of many Americans is that there's little intrinsic value in studying a map of a place you're already at," noted Weiss. "It'd be like driving to Graceland and then asking for directions once you've arrived. Not much point."
Shirley Matheson, a part-time Arby's employee residing in Dayton, Ohio, agreed with Weiss's assessment. "I live in the U.S.A., so why would I need to know where America is? Or the United States for that matter?"

Of the respondents actually capable of pinpointing America on the map of America, their accuracy decreased considerably with each additional query about the country. Asked for the name of the U.S. capital, those polled placed Washington, D.C., fifth behind "Minneapolis-St. Paul," "Mount Rushmore," "America City," and "Whitewater."

Bush's boot camp

As you can imagine there is already a "flash" arcade style game on the internet where the object is to hit President george W. Bush with shoes. Here's the link so you can play. kotaku.com

BAILOUT WINE!!

Custom wine facility :Crushpad" has a unique answer to the financial crisis, Bailout Wine. The wine is a Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon which will sell for $39 per bottle. But what makes this wine with the bear and bull label so unique is that for every 100-point drop in the Dow Jones from the date of purchase to the projected bottling date of August 14 2009, Crushpad will knock another $2 off the bottle. If the Dow rebounds the $39 price stands

Only 500 cases of "Bailout" will be produced but the company could still take a hit if the Dow tumbles. For example if you bought when the Dow was at 8,800 and then on August 14, 2009 it closes at 7,300 (let's hope not) you would pay just $9 a bottle and get your $30 back.

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Yep, got the place decorated for Christmas.




























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Top box office draws this past weekend...

1)The Day the Earth Stood Still, $31 million
2)Four Christmases, $13.3 million
3)Twilight, $8 million
4)Bolt, $7.5 million
5)Australia, $4.3 million





























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Thursday extra!

Click on the link then look at the ten day forcast. Today's high 32 and above that it has tips on how to stay warm on the links. Really, anyone golfing when it's 32 degrees.


Andover Weather Forecast and Conditions Ohio (44003)

Jennifer Aniston is on the cover of January's "GQ" magazine wearing nothing but a neck tie!! On the inside of the magazine Aniston puts to rest rumors that she's pregnant and makes fun of her recent comments about Angelina Jolie.

The Aniston in a neck tie issue will be out on news stands Dec. 23. And in my hands soon after!!












There are internet rumors that Michael Jackson is auctioning off his iconic single glittery glove, the front gates to Neverland Ranch and 2,000 other personal items. The auction begins on April 21, 2009 and bids will be accepted in person and online. The sale is to be broadcast live on Auction Network. Jacko says he plans to donate a portion of the proceeds to MusiCares, a charitable organization founded by the Recording Academy to help musicians in need.










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Three employees of a Kentucky Fried Chicken in Anderson have been fired Wednesday for bathing in a deep sink used to clean dishes.
The prank was discovered after one of the young women posted photos on a social networking site of the trio posing and cavorting in the steaming water in their underwear and swim wear.




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From the "Are You Kidding me" department.

Former Indians pitcher, C.C Sabathia signes a 7-year 160-million dollar plus contract with the New York Yankees. That's over 1-million dollars per win if, IF he wins 20-games per year over the next 7-years.

Anyhow, ESPN has a great site up called the "Salary Crunch" type in your income and it will tell you how long in will take C.C to earn your yearly salary.

For example if your lucky enough to pull in a six figure salary, say $100,000 per year. C.C will earn that with 1-strike out or in 1-inning of work!

You can do the same for Indians pitcher, Cliff Lee. It takes him just over 4-strike outs to earn $100,000. Poor guy, he's in need of a bail out!!

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Survey says...

11% of women have gone online and done research on a person they were dating or were about to meet, versus 7% of men.

40% of guys ages 18 to 29 admit to sometimes drinking more than they should.

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More survey says...

According to a new studydone by the dailymail women feel sexiest at age 34 however they enjoyed love making more at a younger age.

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I have to do this story for all the guys that complain about a nagging wife. Your wifes nagging could get you millions of dollars!

A man in Auckland, New Zeland bought a lottery ticket, because his wife was nagging him to, minuets before they stopped selling them. He bought the last and $4.2 million dollar ticket.

It gets better. He didn't know he won till his wife sent him to the store for a barbecued sausage.
The man said he didn't have enough money to buy his wife the sausage so he decided to check his Saturday lottery ticket in case he'd won a small prize. He won $4.2 million!


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Things I found on the world wibe web...
Check out betamaxas.com it takes a bunch of yourtube holiday clips, show and commercials puts them all on one site for you to relive your childhood. Open the TV Guide, grab the remote and enjoy this website, I did!

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Ever been to a fair or festival where they have the wooden cutouts of a bodybuilder or super model or whatever and there is a hole where the head should be, you then pay someone to much money, put you head in the hole and they take your picture?

Well, you can down this from the comfort of your own home with faceinhole.com/us/

You have many diffrent choices of pictures in which you can insert your face the send to your friends email.

I like blondes, but have to admit I'm one ugly blonde chick.

But I have some nice legs!!

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Took my daughter to a father/daughter Ball over the weekend and after an evening of dancing with my 6-yr old little girl, I was sky high. During a slow dance she put her head on my shoulder and told me "I was the best Daddy ever!!" NICE!


Weekend Observation...

Is it possible to do the Hokey Pokey with out at least lip syncing the words to the song! When they played the Hokey-pokey at the father daughter dance I noticed everyone dancing was also singing the song as they did the dance!

Weekend observations...

Jobs I would not want to have... DJ-ing a dance for all girls from pre-K to 5th grade. A lot off running around a lot of screaming and a lot of play this, play that, YUCK!!

I also wouldn't want to be a ref for a 4-5th grade basketball game...what fouls do you and what don't you call, that would be tough!

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Holiday cards toned down this year to meet the recessionary mood of our country.

According to an article in the "Wall Street Journal" this years Christmas cards will focus on simple holiday traditions like cookie-baking, walks through the snow, holding hands and tree trimming.

A definite no-no this year is expecting too much from Santa. Christmas cards with a lot of shopping bags or gifts piled high will not be out.







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The "truthful" forwarded message."

If you're like me you hate getting those "forward this message to others" e-mails and text messages. You know, the ones that promise good things if you forward the message to six of your friends. Well, nothing ever happens so quit sending them!




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Entertainment gossipy stuff! I like to do this when there is nothing creative to talk about.


Kate Hudson is still shopping for Christmas presents but, in these tough economic times the actress says she’s feeling the pressure to cut back on spending. Instead of buying expensive gifts, Hudson says her family relies on handmade presents to save money and to keep things more personal.

I'm sure her kids have everything already!





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What's Christmas without a good villain. Here are my favorite Christmas show...evil doers!

HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS!


The Grinch...Hey, his hart was two sizes two small!!
And all the singing would drive anyone to drink.










RUDOLPH







Bumbles Bounce! The Abominable Snow Monster; he's so miss understood, he wouldn't hurt anyone he just has a tooth ache!












FROSTY THE SNOW MAN

Professor Hinkle;

He just wanted the damn "magic hat" and he had a cool little bunny as a side kick!




Add you favorite "Christmas Story Villain" to the list by posting a comment or go to star97.com and leave an email.
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YOU GOTTA SEE THIS!!





Ladies you now have the ability to go to the bathroom as as us men do, standing up! Check out this web site www.femalefreedom.ca/default.htm for all the details...YOU GOTTA SEE THIS!

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From the "Good for you department" Deer gets revenge after hunter shoots him


Man shoots deer. Deer plays dead. When man approaches the 240-pond, 9-point buck rises up and attacks hunter with his antlers then runs away! The entire stor can be read at news.yahoo.com.

After attacking the hunter the deer runs away, the hunter takes himsellf to the hospital where he receives stapels for a facial laceration and is treated for a concussion.

"Good for you" Mr. Deer!

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From the "Are You Kidding Me" Department, do you suffer from TIVO GUILT?

"Tivo guilt" is when you have recorded to many show on your Tivo than you can watch then having to sit down, like its a homeowrk assignment to catch up!

Here's an example from columnist, Elissa Bass of the New London,Connecticut.

She says she has three weeks' worth of 'The Mentalist,' two weeks worth of 'New Adventures of Old Christine' and 'Gary Unmarried,' three weeks worth of 'Ugly Betty,' two weeks worth of 'Fringe,' two 'Inside the Actors Studios,' one 'Shield,' and two 'Without A Traces all save on Tivo and now can't find time to watch them all.

"Tivo Guilt" Are you kidding me??

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Yahoo is out with its TOP 10 searches for 2008 and surprising to me Britney spears is #1 followed by the WWE and then Barack Obama.

Not surprising is the number of females on the list including Miley Cirus, Linday Lohan and Angelina Jolie. Men, we are scum!

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Did you see the smiley face over Australia? If you didn't here's a photo.

Venus, Jupiter and a waxing crescent moon combine to create a celestial smiley face.

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In honor of NY Giants wide Receiver, Plexico Buress having his gun fall down his pants and accidentally fire into his leg I bring you other Celebrities who have been arrested for weapons charges.

Rapper T.I. was charged with possession of unregistered machine guns and silencers, as well as possession of firearms by a convicted felon.

Eminem

In 2000 he was charged with assault and having a concealed weapon. One month later he was charged again for having a concealed weapon.

Christian Slater

arrested in 1994 for criminal possession of a weapon. He was sentenced to three days of community service.

Puff Daddy Arrested on Weapons Charges. Puffy and Jennifer Lopez found with gun in car after shooting at nightclub. December 27, 1999 ...

By the way, P-Diddy walked free and Buress is using his same attorney!

Others include

Comedian/rapper-Katt Williams

Rapper- T.I back in October of 2007

other athletes include former NBA stars Scottie Pippen and charles Barkley.