John Edwards Feeling Pretty

Grand Theft Parsons

There are times when it’s right and proper to simply bury the dead. This is not one of those times… Gram Parsons was one of the most influential musicians of his time; a bitter, brilliant, genius who knew Elvis, tripped with the Stones and fatally overdosed on morphine and tequila in 1973. And from his dying came a story. A story from deep within folklore; a story of friendship, honour and adventure; a story so extraordinary that if it didn’t really happen, no one would believe it. Two men, a hearse, a dead rock star, five gallons of petrol, and a promise. And the most extraordinary chase of modern times.

Woof…..

Hercules was recently awarded the honorable distinction of Worlds Biggest Dog by Guinness World Records. Hercules is an English Mastiff

And has a 38 inch neck and weighs 282 pounds.

With “paws the size of softballs” (reports the Boston Herald), the Three-year-old monster is far larger and heavier than his breed’s Standard 200lb. limit. Hercules owner Mr. Flynn says that Hercules Weight is natural and not induced by a bizarre diet:

“I fed him normal food and he just grew”…. And grew. And grew. And
grew.

Trailer Cash

Y’know how when people talk about Matthew McConaughey everyone can’t believe that he lives in a trailer (like God forbid someone who can afford a Wal-Mart of a master bedroom doesn’t capitalize on that)? Well, here’s his “humble” trailer park. It’s literally overlooking the ocean in Malibu, California. That means that the rent for that dusty plot of space is probably equivalent to some men’s mortgage payments.

See, Matt’s less modest trailer park denizen and more a bro that likes California; and that’s alright, but those two are different.

Best-Informed Also View Fake News, Study Says

Americans may have more news outlets today than two decades ago, but they still don’t know much more about current events than they did then, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.

But here’s one big difference: the survey respondents who seemed to know the most about what’s going on — who were able to identify major public figures, for example — were likely to be viewers of fake news programs like Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report”; those who knew the least watched network morning news programs, Fox News or local television news.

Only 69 percent of people in the latest survey could come up with Dick Cheney when asked to name the vice president; in 1989, 74 percent could name Dan Quayle. Fewer could name the governor of their state (66 percent now compared with 74 percent in 1989) and fewer could name the president of Russia (36 percent now compared with 47 percent before).

In 1989, fully 81 percent of people knew that the United States had a trade deficit; today, only 68 percent knew.

The survey found that education was the best predictor of who would do well on the questions. “However,” it said, “despite the fact that education levels have risen dramatically over the past 20 years, public knowledge has not increased accordingly.” About 27 percent of Americans are college graduates.

The survey of 1,502 adults, conducted in February by the Pew Center (www.people-press.org), was based on answers to 23 questions and had a margin of error of 3 percentage points. Only eight people answered all 23 questions correctly, and five answered none correctly. The average number of right answers was 12.

Half of the people who did the best said they got their news from at least seven outlets a day.

The six news sources cited most often by people who knew the most about current events were: “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report” (counted as one), tied with Web sites of major newspapers; next came “News Hour With Jim Lehrer”; then “The O’Reilly Factor,” which was tied with National Public Radio; and Rush Limbaugh’s radio program.

Top 10 Most Powerful People in TV News 2007

Drum roll, please. It’s time for TelevisionWeek’s 2007 list of the 10 Most Powerful People in TV News. As always, our completely unscientific (but earnest) selection process starts with extensive research. It includes gossip and backstage drama, with additional points for the sort of muscle and moxie that make things happen, plus extra consideration for profile, ratings, revenue and projections.

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1. Roger Ailes, Chairman and CEO of Fox News

2. Steve Capus, President of NBC News

3. Charles Gibson, Anchor, ABC’s ‘World News’

4. David Westin, President of ABC News

5. Tim Russert, Managing editor and moderator of ‘Meet the Press’

6. Keith Olbermann, Host of MSNBC’s ‘Countdown With Keith Olbermann’

7. Sean McManus, President of CBS News

8. Jon Klein, President of CNN

9. N.S. Bienstock, Talent agency

10. Jon Stewart, Anchor of Comedy Central’s ‘The Daily Show’

Hello There…

Bring out your inner prankster

Job search engine Simply Hired has an alter ego with a humorous bent called Simply Fired. As a publicity gimmick, Simply Fired is holding a monthlong contest — “The Prankies” — to honor office pranks. You know, like when Jim sends Dwight faxes from his future self or encases his office supplies in Jell-O on “The Office.”

People can submit their pranks via video, photograph or text. The entries will be judged by a number of characters including 1980s comedian Andrew Dice Clay. The grand prize “involves Las Vegas.” Winners in other categories such as “best way to get fired” and “fired fan favorite” will receive “Prankies” T-shirts.

Among the entries:

Operation Duck Duck: The prankster whose chief financial officer thought he was intimidated by him covered the honcho’s office in 1,500 rubber ducks, put a recording of live ducks on an endless loop and hung a sign on the door that said: “Always behave like a duck. Keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath.” He waited outside the office in a duck bill mask. “I did not get fired and he has not challenged me again,” the prankster wrote.

Worldwide porn call: This prankster dialed into a conference call but no one could hear the company president as they followed a PowerPoint presentation using meeting software. Employees in satellite offices around the globe kept typing messages in the chat section: “We can’t hear you” and “Can you adjust the speakerphone?”

Ten minutes later, the prankster decides to throw out another toll-free number for everyone to dial “for better clarity:” a porn line. “I found out later that many people who were sitting in conference rooms while their managers squirmed while falling for my prank could hardly hold in their laughter. One manager had some new hires in his meeting and literally jumped over the conference room table to hang up the phone.”

Company car goof: The prankster was a new customer service engineer at Hewlett-Packard in the late 1980s. He discovered that one set of keys unlocked several company cars. So while a co-worker was eating lunch, he and his cohorts moved all of his personal gear and equipment from one car to another identical one, then switched parking spaces. The car screeched to a halt at the end of the driveway as the victim realized he was in the wrong car. “He then began shouting some rather unpleasant expletives at the rest of us watching from the windows,” the prankster said. “Extremely unprofessional, but very funny.”

None of the entries are quite up to “The Office” standards….

See them all HERE…

Another Funtwo Moment

Britney Cops a Squat

Britney Spears continued to polish up her wigged-out image … by making a trip to Target?

Britney donned another one of her too short baby-doll-goes-cowgirl-outfits and tumbled on into Tarzhey. Is there a convenience store or dry goods shop that this woman doesn’t love?

The wiggy pop shopper popped up in the lotions aisle and got low in her platform wedgies, sampling one of the products.