Archive for September, 2011
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Tuesday, September 13th, 2011Speaking of fighters . . . Actor Andy Whitfield, the former star of TV show “Spartacus: Blood and Sand,” died on Sunday of lymphoma in Sydney, Australia, at age 39, his representatives said. Whitfield played the indomitable hero Spartacus in the Starz network show when it launched last year. The actor, whose other credits included [...]
Hell Comes To Necktown
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011When I was growing up – a process that’s still not completed – I was a huge wrestling fan. Most guys my age were at the time. And with wrestling – as in Star Wars – it was always cooler to cheer for the bad guys. For me, they didn’t get any badder than Rowdy [...]
It Has Begun
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011Today is my youngest son’s first day of preschool. It is a chaperoned day, so a parent can be there with him. The first full day sans parents will come on Thursday. There will be tears. Oh, not from him, as he was the only kid in his entire class not screaming like a banshee [...]
Caption Contest Winners
Monday, September 12th, 2011The Cee Lo Green Caption Contest has concluded. As usual, there were a ton of terrific entries, and they were less disgusting than I expected. A lot of people also went with the Obama route, which I honestly didn’t expect. Not complaining; I just didn’t think Obama when I chose the pic. I figured the [...]
The City Of Brotherly Homicides
Monday, September 12th, 2011Five homicides in twenty hours. God, I love this town! Five Philadelphia men were fatally shot in separate cases in the city on Sunday, according to police. The violence began shortly after midnight, when four men were struck by gunfire at 12:28 a.m., on the 1800 block of North Newkirk Street in the city’s Brewerytown [...]
Thuggery Is Alive And Well In Women’s Tennis
Monday, September 12th, 2011Of course, the problem with that headline is that you have to believe Serena Williams is a woman. Personally, I’ll wait until we see the DNA tests. Williams, possibly the most overrated tennis player ever, unleashed another one of her trademark rants during her U.S. Open match yesterday. The umpire penalized Williams after a blatant [...]
Miss Universe Contestant Is A Panty Waste
Monday, September 12th, 2011And by that, I mean she thinks wearing them is a waste of time. Miss Universe officials have a message for Catalina Robayo, Colombia’s entry into Monday’s contest: Don’t forget to wear underwear. Robayo, one of 89 beauties from around the world competing to win the Donald Trump-owned contest, has been reprimanded for making appearance [...]
What I Remember From 9-11
Sunday, September 11th, 2011I first heard about the attacks at the doctor’s office. The missus and I were taking Kyle in for his 8-month checkup, and when we were leaving, one of the nurses said a plane hit the World Trade Center. Like most people, I figured she meant something small, like a Piper. It wasn’t until I [...]
The 9/11 Revolver
Sunday, September 11th, 2011September 11, 2001 was a terrible day. It was terrible for the country, but especially terrible for the victims of the attack and the first responders who rushed to the scene. Officer Walter Weaver was one of those responders. He lost his life inside the World Trade Center, but a part of him lives on. [...]
Ten Years Later: Never Forget
Sunday, September 11th, 2011Ten years ago today, radical Islam declared war on America. They did so by flying airliners into both World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon. United Flight 93 targeted the U.S. Capitol, but crashed instead in Shanksville, PA after passengers tried to retake the plane. In total, the 19 hijackers murdered 2,977 people. Ten years [...]
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