A Team You Can Still Believe In (300 Points)
Lemon Party (282)
Now She's F'ing Matt Damon (277)
Going For Last Place (275)
The Sparkling Rainbow Sparkling Unicorn Stickers (253)
Gutterball
Speed Nutz
Liberty International
Don't Kick My Balls
Points! We Don't Need No Stinking Points
Jesse Jackson's Nuts / Clone Wars: Brangelina Spawns Twins (Tie)
Drink The Beer
The Pre-existing Dooties
Neil and Emily Are Engaged... Still
Bad Pig
Powder Worthy
Jesse Helms is Stuck at O'hare on the Way to Hell
Face Up Ass Down
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Question of the Week
(Current Events) Senator John McCain's birthplace raised some questions about his constitutional eligibility to run for president. Where was he born in 1936?
Diana and Time Magazine
Diana, the late Princess of Wales has been featured on the cover of People more often than any other person.
She has also been featured on Time an awful lot. (All images from the Time archive.):
She has also been featured on Time an awful lot. (All images from the Time archive.):
Friday, July 11, 2008
1, 2, 3 - Cover Songs
1. S.O.S. (Rhianna) -– The Last Shadow Puppets
2. Violet Hill (Coldplay) – The Kooks
3. Take On Me (A-Ha) – RAC featuring Karl King
4. Every Breath You Take (Police) – Frankmusik
5. I Kissed a Girl (Katy Perry) – Max Vernon
6. Our Lips are Sealed (The Go-gos) – We Are Soldiers, We Have Guns
7. Enter the Sandman (Metallica) – Richard Cheese
8. Little Boxes (Malvina Reynolds) – Jenny Lewis
2. Violet Hill (Coldplay) – The Kooks
3. Take On Me (A-Ha) – RAC featuring Karl King
4. Every Breath You Take (Police) – Frankmusik
5. I Kissed a Girl (Katy Perry) – Max Vernon
6. Our Lips are Sealed (The Go-gos) – We Are Soldiers, We Have Guns
7. Enter the Sandman (Metallica) – Richard Cheese
8. Little Boxes (Malvina Reynolds) – Jenny Lewis
Thursday, July 10, 2008
JR's Best
Long Horns and Thundercats (329 points)
Joeys Boyz (289)
Buff and Blueballs (269)
The Ones Mom Warned You About (254)
Turbottoms (243)
JL Spears Afterbirth Has a Recording Contract
It's What We Do
Cloris Leachman
Team Chomp / Bobby's 36 Inch Waist (Tie)
Team Ramrod
Jason's Pool Boyz Need Players
Joeys Boyz (289)
Buff and Blueballs (269)
The Ones Mom Warned You About (254)
Turbottoms (243)
JL Spears Afterbirth Has a Recording Contract
It's What We Do
Cloris Leachman
Team Chomp / Bobby's 36 Inch Waist (Tie)
Team Ramrod
Jason's Pool Boyz Need Players
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Random Trivia Wednesday: The Golden Girls
1. The idea came from a visit to an elderly aunt. The aunt’s neighbor was also her best friend, and he was amused at how they constantly bickered with one another, but yet they always remained pals.
2. When casting the show, Lee Grant was first offered the role of Dorothy, but she refused to play a woman old enough to have grandchildren. Even though the original production notes describing Dorothy listed her as “a Bea Arthur type,” it took some time before the producers got the bright idea of actually offering the part to actress Beatrice Arthur.
3. Bea Arthur (Dorothy) was actually a year older than the actress who portrayed her mother on the show.
4. When Rue McClanahan and Betty White were first hired for the series, it was with the intent of Betty playing man-hungry Blanche, and Rue the naïve Rose. However, both actresses felt that those roles were too similar to characters they’d recently played: Rue’s Vivian on Maude and Betty’s Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. They asked the producers if they could switch roles, and after the first table reading it was agreed that the change was a brilliant idea.
5. The pilot episode featured a flamboyantly gay cook named Coco (played by Charles Levin) who worked for the Girls. By the time the series was picked up, though, his part had been eliminated for two reasons: the writers noted that in many of the proposed future scripts the main interaction between the women occurred in the kitchen while preparing and eating food, and a separate cook would distract from that camaraderie and the character of Sophia had originally been planned as an occasional guest star, but Estelle Getty had tested so strongly with preview audiences that the producers quickly made Sophia a regular character and chief chef which made Coco superfluous.
6. A 2005 study by Simmons Market Research determined that more gays and lesbians watched The Golden Girls than the general population in any given week. The show did touch on homosexuality a few times: Blanche’s brother came out as gay in one episode and Dorothy’s college friend was a lesbian.
7. Estelle Getty was 47 years old before she first appeared on stage, so it was no wonder that she felt intimidated by her veteran co-workers. Since Sophia was a last-minute addition as a regular character, who would’ve thought that she would ultimately become the most popular Golden Girl? Part of her charm was the stroke that had damaged the part of her brain that censored her speech, which allowed the writers to give her some classic cutting lines.
8. As time went on, Estelle had some odd medical problems that ultimately led to a misdiagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease. Unfortunately, the medications she was given in error further exacerbated the problem. It wasn’t until the mid-2000s that she was finally diagnosed as suffering from Lewy Body Dementia.
9. A large part of the Golden Girls’ appeal was that they were all women over age 50 who were still actively working, volunteering in the community, and even dating and having sex. They showed the world that menopause didn’t automatically equal resigning oneself to knitting afghans and baking cookies.
Enjoy some class quotes at IMDB
2. When casting the show, Lee Grant was first offered the role of Dorothy, but she refused to play a woman old enough to have grandchildren. Even though the original production notes describing Dorothy listed her as “a Bea Arthur type,” it took some time before the producers got the bright idea of actually offering the part to actress Beatrice Arthur.
3. Bea Arthur (Dorothy) was actually a year older than the actress who portrayed her mother on the show.
4. When Rue McClanahan and Betty White were first hired for the series, it was with the intent of Betty playing man-hungry Blanche, and Rue the naïve Rose. However, both actresses felt that those roles were too similar to characters they’d recently played: Rue’s Vivian on Maude and Betty’s Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. They asked the producers if they could switch roles, and after the first table reading it was agreed that the change was a brilliant idea.
5. The pilot episode featured a flamboyantly gay cook named Coco (played by Charles Levin) who worked for the Girls. By the time the series was picked up, though, his part had been eliminated for two reasons: the writers noted that in many of the proposed future scripts the main interaction between the women occurred in the kitchen while preparing and eating food, and a separate cook would distract from that camaraderie and the character of Sophia had originally been planned as an occasional guest star, but Estelle Getty had tested so strongly with preview audiences that the producers quickly made Sophia a regular character and chief chef which made Coco superfluous.
6. A 2005 study by Simmons Market Research determined that more gays and lesbians watched The Golden Girls than the general population in any given week. The show did touch on homosexuality a few times: Blanche’s brother came out as gay in one episode and Dorothy’s college friend was a lesbian.
7. Estelle Getty was 47 years old before she first appeared on stage, so it was no wonder that she felt intimidated by her veteran co-workers. Since Sophia was a last-minute addition as a regular character, who would’ve thought that she would ultimately become the most popular Golden Girl? Part of her charm was the stroke that had damaged the part of her brain that censored her speech, which allowed the writers to give her some classic cutting lines.
8. As time went on, Estelle had some odd medical problems that ultimately led to a misdiagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease. Unfortunately, the medications she was given in error further exacerbated the problem. It wasn’t until the mid-2000s that she was finally diagnosed as suffering from Lewy Body Dementia.
9. A large part of the Golden Girls’ appeal was that they were all women over age 50 who were still actively working, volunteering in the community, and even dating and having sex. They showed the world that menopause didn’t automatically equal resigning oneself to knitting afghans and baking cookies.
Enjoy some class quotes at IMDB
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Rock Bottom Winners
Tina Turner Overdrive and the Consumption of the Super Burger Dog (314 points)
Kit Kitteredge! Jason Looks Foxy Tonight (311)
Drink the Beer (308)
A-Rod's F'ing Madonna but I'm F'ing Matt Damon (300)
Jesse Helms Flies Coach to Hell (235)
The Racing Presidents
Emily and Neil Got Engaged
Screw You Guys I'm Going Homo
FARC New Hostage Strategy: Kidnap David Copperfield
Here for the Beer
Dutch Helms Disease
Outnumbered but Sporton' Blackberries
Charm City Stompers
The Basement Crew
Team Turtle
Kit Kitteredge! Jason Looks Foxy Tonight (311)
Drink the Beer (308)
A-Rod's F'ing Madonna but I'm F'ing Matt Damon (300)
Jesse Helms Flies Coach to Hell (235)
The Racing Presidents
Emily and Neil Got Engaged
Screw You Guys I'm Going Homo
FARC New Hostage Strategy: Kidnap David Copperfield
Here for the Beer
Dutch Helms Disease
Outnumbered but Sporton' Blackberries
Charm City Stompers
The Basement Crew
Team Turtle
Question of the Week
(TV) What are the first two words of every Friends episode title but the first and last one?
Sunday, July 6, 2008
JR's Winners (Only a Little Late)
Joey's Boyz (329 points)
Buff and Blue Balls (298)
Longhorns and Thundercats (262)
Must Be This Tall to Ride (216)
Typical Black People (213)
I Still Wish it Was 8 O'clock
Jason's Pool Boys Return
Boned on the Fourth of July
James Woods
Vaginaless Monologues
DNJ2Day
Buff and Blue Balls (298)
Longhorns and Thundercats (262)
Must Be This Tall to Ride (216)
Typical Black People (213)
I Still Wish it Was 8 O'clock
Jason's Pool Boys Return
Boned on the Fourth of July
James Woods
Vaginaless Monologues
DNJ2Day
Friday, July 4, 2008
Written on the 4th of July
In the United States, Independence Day (aka the Fourth of July) is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Congress approved the wording of the Declaration on July 4 and then sent it to the printer.
Observance
- In 1776, John Adams declared, "The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival."
- In 1777, thirteen guns were fired, once at morning and again as evening fell, on July 4 in Bristol, Rhode Island.
-Philadelphia celebrated the first anniversary in a manner a modern American would find quite familiar: an official dinner for the Continental Congress, toasts, 13-gun salutes, speeches, prayers, music, parades, troop reviews, and fireworks. Ships were decked with red, white, and blue bunting.
-In 1778, General George Washington marked July 4 with a double ration of rum for his soldiers and an artillery salute.
-In 1779, July 4 fell on a Sunday. The holiday was celebrated on Monday, July 5.
-In 1781, the Massachusetts General Court became the first state legislature to recognize July 4 as a state celebration.
-In 1783, Moravians in Salem, North Carolina, held the first celebration of July 4 in the country with a challenging music program assembled by Johann Friedrich Peter. This work was titled "The Psalm of Joy".
-In 1791 was the first recorded use of the name "Independence Day".
-In 1870, the U.S. Congress made Independence Day an unpaid holiday for federal employees.
-In 1941, Congress changed Independence Day to a paid federal holiday. The residents of Vicksburg, Mississippi, celebrated Independence Day for the first time since July 4, 1863, when the Siege of Vicksburg ended with a Union victory during the American Civil War.
Customs
-Major displays are held in New York on the East River, in Chicago on Lake Michigan, Boston on the Charles River, in St. Louis on the Mississippi River, and on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. During the annual Windsor-Detroit International Freedom Festival, Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario host one of the world's largest fireworks displays, over the Detroit River, to celebrate both American Independence Day and Canada Day.
Learn all about the Declaration and more at Wiki
Observance
- In 1776, John Adams declared, "The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival."
- In 1777, thirteen guns were fired, once at morning and again as evening fell, on July 4 in Bristol, Rhode Island.
-Philadelphia celebrated the first anniversary in a manner a modern American would find quite familiar: an official dinner for the Continental Congress, toasts, 13-gun salutes, speeches, prayers, music, parades, troop reviews, and fireworks. Ships were decked with red, white, and blue bunting.
-In 1778, General George Washington marked July 4 with a double ration of rum for his soldiers and an artillery salute.
-In 1779, July 4 fell on a Sunday. The holiday was celebrated on Monday, July 5.
-In 1781, the Massachusetts General Court became the first state legislature to recognize July 4 as a state celebration.
-In 1783, Moravians in Salem, North Carolina, held the first celebration of July 4 in the country with a challenging music program assembled by Johann Friedrich Peter. This work was titled "The Psalm of Joy".
-In 1791 was the first recorded use of the name "Independence Day".
-In 1870, the U.S. Congress made Independence Day an unpaid holiday for federal employees.
-In 1941, Congress changed Independence Day to a paid federal holiday. The residents of Vicksburg, Mississippi, celebrated Independence Day for the first time since July 4, 1863, when the Siege of Vicksburg ended with a Union victory during the American Civil War.
Customs
-Major displays are held in New York on the East River, in Chicago on Lake Michigan, Boston on the Charles River, in St. Louis on the Mississippi River, and on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. During the annual Windsor-Detroit International Freedom Festival, Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario host one of the world's largest fireworks displays, over the Detroit River, to celebrate both American Independence Day and Canada Day.
Learn all about the Declaration and more at Wiki
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