The home gained its notoriety when Ronald DeFeos killed six family members while they were sleeping in 1974 and subsequent owners George and Kathleen Lutz claimed to be haunted for 28 days, which were detailed in the book “The Amityville Horror” (on the cover: “This book will scare the hell out of you”—Kansas City Star). However, James Cromarty, who lived … Read More
Miss USA Wants To Blow Up Times Square
So the newly crowned Miss USA, from Michigan, is an Arab Muslim terrorist, just like our President. Congrats, Rima Fikah. Cue wingnut head explosions in three, two…. wait for it! UPDATE: And now there's controversy about some stripper photos that were taken of Rima Fikah when she won a stripper contest in 2007. However, it won't amount to anything since … Read More
If You Build It, They Will Come. And Then You Can Sell It…
The house, the baseball field, and a couple hundred acres of corn – familiar to us from "Field of Dreams" — is a bit of a tourist destination in Eastern Iowa, which is presumptively without tourist destinations to speak of. And now you can own it, for $5.4 million.
David Ortiz Getting Paid $13 Million, By The Way
From The Onion, who gets it: BOSTON—According to official MLB statistics available as of press time, struggling Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz is hitting only .200 and has tallied a paltry four home runs and 11 RBIs thus far in 2010. Sources close to the team noted that, just FYI, Ortiz is being paid $13 million per year to … Read More
Thoughts On Betty White On SNL
Betty White's "schtick" is that she doesn't talk like an 88 year old woman should. With an apple pie face and sultry voice, you laugh when she says something that would make a sailor blush. And it was put to good effect with the "double entrendre" version of "The Delicious Dish", a spoof NPR cooking show, in which Betty touted … Read More
Women Might Finally Be Able To Wear Pants In Paris
Believe it or not, thanks to a law passed in 1799, women are forbidden to wear pants in Paris. The law was amended in 1892, allowing women to wear pants if they were holding the reins of a horse, and again in 1909, if they were riding a bicycle. Interestingly, female policemen (gendarmes, if my French is correct) wear pants … Read More
In Which I Give Up Early On The Red Sox This Season
So the Red Sox had three games against the last place Baltimore Orioles, who went into the series with a 4-18 record (compared to the Red Sox 11-11). And the Orioles won all three games. So, I'm done. I'll do my "wait'll next year" now.
Some Excitement in Raleigh
This happened Wednesday. Girlfriend freaks as a tornado forms right in front of their car. Boyfriend keeps his cool, gives sound advice about the possibility of getting into a ditch at the side of the road, and rolls down the windows to equalize the air pressure inside and outside the car. But the girlfriend freaks anyway.
Self-Defense
By GF and BFF does Krav Maga training. Krav Maga is a hand-to-hand self-defense system originally developed in Czechoslovakia, and modified in Israel. It involves wrestling, grappling and striking techniques, and is mostly known for its extremely efficient and brutal counter-attacks. It's the kind of the thing that elite special forces use all around the world. As for me, this is what … Read More
Nice Going Dumbass
It goes without saying that you shouldn't cheat on your fiancee. Period. But when your fiancee is a princess? And by that I mean, an actual princess? Well, that takes a special kind of stupidity to cheat on her. Hope this guy likes his life as an associate in a law firm.