Party Planners Gone Wild: Anthony Shorter

In the season two opener of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Sheree Whitfield gets into a fight with her party planner, Anthony “Tony” Shorter (who sometimes uses the alias “Tyson”, according to a few sites).
When I say “fight”, I mean fight. The guy actually threatens Sheree with physical violence, cusses her out – even [...]

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American Idol’s “Glitter Girl”, Alexis Cohen, killed by hit-and-run driver; driver arrested

Alexis Cohen, also known as “Glitter Girl”, repeatedly auditioned for American Idol, and her original audition was previously covered on this blog. I got a huge kick out of Alexis, I have to admit, to the point that I gave her a dedicated entry though most weird American Idol auditions were listed as a [...]

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Cops Gone Wild: Harvard scholar arrested for “disorderly conduct” after calling cop a racist

A big news story today is President Obama backtracking on his statement that a Cambridge MA police Sergeant James Crowley “acted stupidly” in arresting Dr. Henry Louis Gates, an African-American professor at Harvard University. I’m hardly an Obama apologist, so the question is, did Obama speak out of line or did the police act [...]

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Canine senility undiagnosed in many pets

I have written before here about my elderly beagle, Li’l Bit, and her health problems when I finally found a vet to remove a large tumor which other vets had refused to remove due to her age.  Readers of this blog know that I treat my pets as family members because to me, that’s exactly [...]

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Sleep softly, Teacher Man

Frank McCourt, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the brilliant Angela’s Ashes, has died at the age of 78. McCourt is also the author of ‘Tis and Teacher Man, both of which are also autobiographical in nature.
I have considered Frank McCourt to be the greatest living American author, since the deaths of writing icons Kurt Vonnegut [...]

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Constitutional issues in Casey Anthony fraud trial

Marinade Dave: Team Casey requests fraud trial delay
The prosecution has requested a speedy trial date on the fraud charges against Casey Anthony, under a 2005 Florida law which grants victims the right to a speedy trial.
The accused’s right to a speedy trial is guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the US Constitution, but nowhere does [...]

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David Spates on Perez Hilton getting punched

I have covered comedian David Spates‘ “Talking With Dave” YouTube series on this blog previously.  This time, he takes on celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton, who recently got punched in the face after having confrontations with both Fergie and Will.I.Am of the band Black Eyed Peas.  They were (understandably, in my opinion) upset about all [...]

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One More Minute

This is one of my all-time favorite Weird Al songs.
Yeah, I’m actually a big fan of both Alice In Chains and Weird Al. LOL I’m even one of the “Close Personal Friends Of Al” (not really, that’s just the super cool name of his fan club).
I saw Weird Al in concert years ago. [...]

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The real story behind arrest of “Real Housewives” star Slade Smiley

I previously wrote a post about the arrest of Real Housewives of Orange County and Date My Ex: Jo and Slade star Slade Smiley for nonpayment of child support.
Bear in mind, when I wrote that, I didn’t have anything personal against Slade Smiley. I even watched those two reality shows, though I found them [...]

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What was Casey Anthony thinking?

Marinade Dave wrote an excellent post a while back explaining the reasons why mothers kill their children, written in the general context of the Casey Anthony case. Here is an excerpt:
In order to make sense of this crime, large scale population studies of filicidal offenders have been performed and remarkably, rates of infanticide (child [...]

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Interesting Casey Anthony theory

Marinade Dave posted a little research he did on the Casey Anthony case, in which he found that the two houses closest to the area where Caylee was found have the names “Zenaida” and “Gonzalez”.
Interesting, and very strange.  Yes, it’s even a little creepy.
Of course, that still doesn’t explain how Casey knew that someone named [...]

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Ed and Elaine Brown trial verdict

Brown Trial July 9, 2009: The Verdict | Bombs, Taxes, and Red Crayons.
Ed and Elaine Brown, who engaged in a nine-month heavily armed standoff against federal Marshals, were found guilty on all counts.  They are now facing a minimum of 30 years in prison before they are even eligible for parole, because one of those [...]

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Project Runway returns August 20th

Meet Project Runway’s Newest Designers! – – Project Runway : People.com.
Project Runway returns on August 20th on Lifetime.
Project Runway left Bravo after last season, and was quickly replaced by low-rent copycat The Fashion Show, which featured designers who … well, some of them couldn’t even sew, if you can believe that, LOL
The weirdest designer by [...]

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Did God take Michael Jackson?

I was one of the billion people worldwide who watched the Michael Jackson memorial today.  It was actually very touching, and I have to admit that I teared up more than once, especially when they showed the very young Michael I remember, and especially when his young daughter spoke at the end.  The latter broke [...]

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Slade Smiley failed to financially support son with inoperable brain cancer

Slade Smiley, reality television star of both The Real Housewives of Orange County and Date My Ex: Jo and Slade was arrested for nonpayment of child support.
That wouldn’t really be a huge deal, except that the child for whom he failed to pay support is his nine-year-old son Grayson Arroyo-Smiley, who has inoperable brain cancer [...]

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“Cop Without a Badge” Re-issued, Still Sucks

“Cop Without a Badge” Re-issued, More Excerpts | ABSURD TO SUBLIME.
There are excerpts at the above link from the book Cop Without A Badge by Charles Kipps.
Reports note that the book has been reissued, due to Danielle Staub of The Real Housewives of New Jersey being a person profiled in that book (which is actually [...]

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“The Real Housewives of Atlanta” returns July 30th

The Real Housewives of Atlanta will return for its second season on July 30 (10 p.m., ET).
Returning this year are aspiring country singer Kim Zolciak, entrepreneur Lisa Wu Hartwell, the outspoken NeNe Leakes and budding fashion designer Sheree Whitfield. Meanwhile, Kandi Burruss, a Grammy-winning singer/songwriter and former member of Xscape, will join the mix, becoming [...]

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Should Zoe be prosecuted? Evidence says yes!

Bombs, Taxes, and Red Crayons.
Zoe the Dog was on the porch as well and the witness was feeding her pizza. Once he felt that they were positioned appropriately (he sat between Ed and Elaine close to Ed’s gun arm), he used the code word “party” in conversation and both of the Browns were grabbed, tasered, and [...]

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Michael Jackson’s final rehearsal video

This is the video of Michael Jackson’s final rehearsal for his upcoming “This Is It” tour.  The song he is performing is “They Don’t Really Care About Us”, and the footage was filmed on June 23rd.

After watching that video, I find it very hard to believe that he was in anywhere [...]

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Anesthesia sedative found in Michael Jackson’s home

Powerful sedative found in Michael Jackson’s home – Yahoo! News.
I have no idea why Michael Jackson, or anyone else, would have a drug of that nature in their home.
Diprivan (also known as Propofol) is an intravenous drug used in operating rooms to induce unconsciousness.  In Michael Jackson’s case, if a Registered Nurse treating him is [...]

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“MySpace mom” Lori Drew’s conviction thrown out by judge

“MySpace mom” Lori Drew’s conviction thrown out – Ars Technica.
Lori Drew’s conviction was thrown out today on the basis of legal interpretation.  The judge ruled that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act did not apply to the facts of the case.
Lori Drew had made a false MySpace profile, pretending to be a cute boy named [...]

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Gay “exorcism” video stirs controversy

Church Creates Stir With Gay Exorcism Video – KTLA.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — The video shows the 16-year-old boy lying on the floor, his body convulsing, as elders of a small Connecticut church cast a “homosexual demon” from his body.
“Rip it from his throat!” a woman yells. “Come on, you homosexual demon! You homosexual spirit, we call [...]

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DEA joins Michael Jackson death investigation – KTLA

DEA joins Michael Jackson Death Investigation – KTLA.
It’s reported that Jackson’s body had multiple injection marks when he died. He also allegedly used a slew of aliases, including Omar Arnold and Jack London, along with the name of a bodyguard and the office manager of one of his doctors, to obtain prescription medications.
My concern is [...]

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Two anti-smoking drugs to carry mental-health warnings

Two anti-smoking drugs to carry mental-health warnings – CNN.com.
The FDA said Chantix and Zyban will carry the warnings to alert consumers to the risks of depression and suicidal thoughts when using the drugs.
The drugs also have been reported to cause changes in behavior, hostility and agitation in users, whether users had a history of psychiatric [...]

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Ed and Elaine Brown on Trial | Bombs, Taxes, and Red Crayons

Ed and Elaine Brown on Trial | Bombs, Taxes, and Red Crayons.
My friend JJ MacNab has a great blog she calls Bombs, Taxes, and Red Crayons, in which she covers various tax protester trials.
If you want to know more about tax protesters, what they believe, and why they believe it, and especially if you like [...]

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Michael Jackson’s will revealed

The Smoking Gun has posted the Last Will and Testament of Michael Joseph Jackson, for anyone interested.
Last Will of Michael Joseph Jackson
JULY 1–A will signed in 2002 by Michael Jackson stipulates that his assets be placed in a family trust and that his mother be appointed the guardian of his three offspring. The will, a [...]

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Great New WordPress Blog

Unable to sleep tonight, I started searching random keywords on WordPress just for something to do, and ran across a blog which blew me away so much that I had to do a “Press This” about it.
The Opiate Fields is written by a mother who is much like me.  Her son is the same age [...]

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