Grinch Intro (Clip 18) – Arsenic sauce…
Greetings and Salutations, people. This is the big Vertically Striped Radio program, and my name is Craig Dodge. Let me be the first to wish you and yours a very merry Boxing day. Yup, it’s the day after Christmas, and Vertically Striped Radio is here to help you with your Boxing Day celebration. If I had any clue how to celebrate Boxing Day, I’d probably be more helpful in your celebrations. I mean, if it’s Festivus, you put up your aluminum Festivus Pole and have an airing of grievances, if it’s Christmas Eve, you search the skies for Santa and fall asleep with visions of Sugar Plums dancing in your head, if it’s Christmas day, you open presents, but the only thing I know about Boxing Day is that they Celebrate it in Canada. So I guess put on your Maple Leaf adorned clothing, and let’s get this Boxing Day party started!
Of course, Vertically Striped Radio is brought to you by VerticallyStripedSocks.com, your headquarters for Christmas this year. No seriously! On the website this week I’ve had the Grinch song, I’ve had some Emmet Otter Christmas stuff, I’ve posted Linus telling you the real meaning of Christmas, and the coup de gras, of course…I posted the entire 1978 Star Wars holiday special from 1978. Yes, that's right. Star Wars Holiday Special. Apparently in 1978 Star Wars was so popular that they thought it would be a good idea to make a holiday special staring the Star Wars characters.
Don’t get me wrong, the Star Wars Holiday special is so bad that it's terrible. It includes Carrie Fisher (a.k.a. Princess Leia) singing to Wookies as Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, and assorted droids look on. It is centered around Chewbacca’s family it has his wife named Mala, His uncle Itchy and his son Lumpy. There is a scene where Bea Arthur plays a bartender who gets hit on by a weird old guy that drinks out of the top of his head and then she sings everyone out of the bar because the Empire shut it down. There is a random Star Wars cartoon that is some of the worst animation ever. There are several bizarre songs, and Uncle Itchy is given a present by a friend which can best be described as Wookie porn. Seriously, it’s a black chick dressed up in a fuzzy outfit talking about how she was created to please him. It’s more than a little creepy.
Oh, and there is a Jefferson Starship music video. I don't even know how to describe how horrible this is. There is a very real possibility that this is the dumbest and worst thing ever broadcast on television. And yet, you need to watch it just so you can partake of it's crappiness. It's broken up by the occasional 1978 commercial, and these commercials are possibly more entertaining than the show.
This is maybe the goofiest moment in the history of television, and I mean, what better way to celebrate Christmas and Star Wars than to put them together and mix in a little Jefferson Starship and Bea Arthur. Someone was clearly on some copious amounts of drugs here. This is just as goofy and corny as it sounds, actually it's probably even worse...Yet, you really need to see it for yourself. It’s insane.
Today on Vertically Striped Radio: I’ll try to pick up the pieces of the broken Denver Broncos season after they did just what Ed predicted that they would do, that is…lose to the Raiders. Sigh. Although if there is a bright side to last weekend’s football action, it’s that I defeated Jerry Fairish in fantasy football and not only got to keep my avatar on Dameshek.com, but I got to change his to one featuring “Larry the LCS Guy.” Part of me feels bad for Jerry, but the other part of me laughs hysterically when I see Larry the Cable Guy. Hang in there, LCS Guy…it’s only a few weeks until January 9th! Also on the show today… In honor of Christmas, I’ve got a Magnificent Seven list of the 7 best Christmas songs and I will also explain why I am pro Christmas, but Anti-Santa. Plus, I have a story about a man who has married a game, no really. I’ve also got a ton more stuff which we may or may not get to, but rest assured, I’m ready to roll on the big show today! If you want to join in the program, you can do so by dialing…
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Let’s get to the news…
(Play News Music – Clip 03)
St. Charles Parish, La. – A 44-year-old woman was booked with second-degree battery after allegedly pouring a pot of boiling grits onto her sleeping boyfriend. St. Charles Parish sheriff's deputies said Carolyn Brown caused second-degree burns on the man's face and arms. The man told deputies that he came home from work on Nov. 7, got into an argument with Brown, told her that he was breaking up with her, then went to bed.
The Times-Picayune reported Brown was arrested Wednesday and booked into the Nelson Coleman Correctional Facility.
BEIJING (Reuters) – A man who killed and ate what may have been the last wild Indochinese tiger in China was sentenced to 12 years in jail, local media reported on Tuesday.
Kang Wannian, a villager from Mengla, Yunnan Province, met the tiger in February while gathering freshwater clams in a nature reserve near China's border with Laos. He claimed to have killed it in self-defense.
The only known wild Indochinese tiger in China, photographed in 2007 at the same reserve, has not been seen since Kang's meal, the Yunnan-based newspaper Life News reported earlier this month.
The paper quoted the provincial Forestry Bureau as saying there was no evidence the tiger was the last one in China.
A local court sentenced Kang to 10 years for killing a rare animal plus two years for illegal possession of firearms. Prosecutors said Kang did not need a gun to gather clams.
Four villagers who helped Kang dismember the tiger and ate its meat were also sentenced from three to four years for "covering up and concealing criminal gains," the report said.
Kang was also fined 480,000 yuan ($70,000).
The Indochinese tiger is on the brink of extinction, with fewer than 1,000 left in the forests of Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar.
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese man has married a character in a popular video game, taking her -- and his handheld game console -- on an overseas honeymoon.
The man, who prefers to use his online moniker SAL9000, met character Nene Anegasaki while playing dating simulation game "Love Plus."
They got married a few weeks ago, broadcasting their ceremony live on Japan's version of video-sharing website Youtube.
SAL9000, who did not want to reveal his real name for fear of being misunderstood, admits to be an "otaku," a breed of Japanese youth obsessed with video games, computers and fantasy worlds.
"In the Japanese otaku or nerd culture, there's a tradition of calling characters my wife, and I sort of thought of Nene as my wife. Since I was calling her that, I thought we'd just have to get married then," he told Reuters Television.
"If more people were to find ways of expressing themselves like this, I think it would make society a bit more interesting."
The newlyweds, who went on a honeymoon to Guam, now go on dates around Tokyo, with SAL9000 taking pictures of Nene, installed in his Nintendo DS, in front of famous landmarks and then posting them on social networking sites.
As the game "Love Plus" has voice recognition software, SAL9000 says it's possible to have a sort of conversation with Nene or even play simple games such as rock, paper, scissors.
He also has vowed to have and to hold, for better and for worse, even if another, updated version of the game is released.
"I think I'll probably continue playing Love Plus. I won't cheat," SAL9000 said.
I’m Craig, and that’s the news…(Play News Music – Clip 03)
MAIN TOPIC:
Broncos v Raiders – Good Lord, that was a weird game. The Broncos lost despite giving up only 102 passing yards. The Broncos had a 7 yard punt (Thanks Mitch). The Broncos ran an illegal screen pass to their ineligible left tackle Ryan Clady, on 2nd and 4 the Broncos ran to the line of scrimmage and ran a hurry up quarterback sneak that gained a yard, The Raiders played Charlie Frye, JaMarcus Russell, and even JP Losman in the game, and weirdest of all…JaMarcus Russell had a clutch 4th quarter drive (albeit one that was aided by a BS pass interference call) and freaking JaMarcus Russell had a game winning 4th quarter drive. JAMARCUS RUSSELL!
(Check the phone lines to see if you have any calls)
Magnificent Seven: 7 Best Christmas Songs
All I want for Christmas is You – Mariah Carey
Christmas at Ground Zero – Weird Al
7. Christmas is a-coming – Bing Crosby (Clip 23)
6. The Night Santa Went Crazy – Weird Al – We’ll close with this one. (Clip 22)
5. Feliz Navidad – Jose Feliciano (Clip 19)
4. White Christmas – Bing Crosby (Clip 24)
3. You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch – Boris Karloff (Played as the intro, of course)
2. Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Frank Sinatra (Clip 25)
1. O Holy Night – Cartman (Clip 26)
The case against Santa Claus – Yes, he’s universally loved, but here is why I’m giving Santa a lump of coal.
1. I’m opposed to lying to children
2. I want credit for the stuff I give my kids
3. Allowing people to believe that Santa is going to come into your house lets down awareness making a break in to your house more likely on the evening of December 24th.
4. Mall Santas? You really want your kid sitting on a stranger’s lap who is working at the mall making minimum wage in a Santa suit?
4. Seriously, if a dude in a bright red suit with enormous identity masking facial hair breaks into your house with a big bad, you’re OKAY with this? Odds are much greater that he’s going to be filling that bag with your stuff rather than leaving you gifts.
5. Flying Reindeer are a gateway animal. Sure, it starts out innocently enough with flying animals with glowing red noses, but soon you’re licking frogs, riding ponies, and doing God knows what to sheep. Bad times, my friend, and it all starts with a supposedly harmless belief in flying reindeer. Not on my watch, fella.
Dan LeBatard hates ties – (Clip 20) If you spend any time around me at all, you’ll know that I hate tradition for tradition sake. I hate it when people do something just because it’s the way it’s always been done. Also, I hate dressing up…which is why I found so much to enjoy in this rant from Dan LeBatard on his show this week…
Great Moments in the history of Blog Talk Radio: Clip 21 – Mike Dell in the Summer of 2008 discussing why there is no way the Red Wings can possibly get back to the Stanley Cup Finals again…which sadly they did, although thankfully they did not win the Cup.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The "Peanuts" comic strip character Snoopy was named the top dog in pop culture by the American Kennel Club on Tuesday as part of its 125th anniversary celebration, beating out a college sports mascot.
Nearly 76,000 online voters chose their favorites from a list of pop culture dogs drawn from television, film, literature, sports and art, the kennel club said.
Snoopy was the pensive dog whose best friend was a bird and who seemed to be smarter than his human master in the comic strip created by the late Charles Schulz, who died in 2000.
"Peanuts," which for close to five decades served as a mirror for the baby boom generation, appeared in 2,600 newspapers in 21 languages. Its daily readership was believed to be the most of any comic strip in history.
Second place went to Texas A&M University's mascot Reveille, followed by Scooby Doo, the television cartoon character.
The top 10:
1. Snoopy
2. Texas A&M's Reveille
3. Scooby Doo
4. Eddie from the TV show "Frasier"
5. Pound Puppy toys
6. Painting "Dogs Playing Poker"
7. Song "How Much is that Doggie in the Window"
8. Georgetown's Jack the Bulldog
9. The song "Who Let the Dogs Out"
10. Brian Griffin from the animated TV show Family Guy
Ashley Revell - (born 1972) is a London resident who briefly achieved fame for selling all his possessions (including all his clothes) and gambling US$135,300 on a single spin of a roulette wheel in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2004.
Revell won his bet (on Red; the result was 7 Red) and left with $270,600. The event was filmed by Sky One as a reality mini-series. Ashley used his winnings to set up his own online poker company called POKER UTD.
Anti-Math at the Grocery Store – I’ve got a beef with grocery stores. I’m not sure why they need to make everything so annoyingly confusing. Perhaps not all grocers do this, but the store I frequent has taken to pricing everything in a manner that requires me to do complicated mental math if I want to know how much I’m paying per item. 17 yogurts for $6.75? Great, how much for just one yogurt? I’m not buying 17 of them. I don’t care how much it costs to buy 5 rolls of paper towels, I’m only buying 1. When I become King of all the World…I’m pretty sure that’s about to happen, by the way, I will decree that all stores across the land will be forced to list prices per 1 item. I don’t want to do math when I go to the grocery store.
Movie reviews: “The Road” and “The Princess and The Frog”
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The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
On Hiatus this week, as I’m going to play us out with “The Night Santa went Crazy”
I’d like to thank (mention any callers here)
Best Stories of the Year – I’ll do the magnificent seven of the best seven stories of 2009 next week.
Shalom and Good Evening to you all! (Clip 22 – The Night Santa went Crazy)
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Show Prep #30
Greetings and Salutations, people. This is the radio show that moved your cheese…This is Vertically Striped Radio. The show is brought to you today by the good folks over at VerticalyStripedSocks.com, and of course when I say the good folks over there…what I really mean is me. VerticallyStripedSocks.com…of all the websites in the world, this is one of them. So visit it, because the internet isn’t going to surf itself, people.
Today on Vertically Striped Radio, On our thirtieth edition of the show (and by the way, Holy Crap, 30 shows??!!??) One of the strangest collections in history get discovered by the cops. In honor of Chris Henry we’ll remember all the active NFL players to pass away this decade and there may be more than you remember. I’ve got a magnificent seven list of seven signs of the decline of Western Civilization as found at the Pepsi Center during an Avalanche game last week. I’ll discuss the travesty that is the current land of the fox showdown over on Dave Dameshek’s podcast. We’ll discuss a little bit about where Mike Shanahan could land, as well as where I think he SHOULD land. The Broncos are gearing up for a showdown against legendary quarterback Charlie Frye and the dynamo that is the Oakland Raiders.
There are only three weeks left until the playoffs start, so we’ll look at how that appears to be breaking down and I’ll unveil my much too early playoff projections. Plus I’m in the semi-finals of both of my fantasy football leagues, including the ESPN.com league with the guys from the Dameshek.com message board in which I’ll be facing friend of the show Jerry Fairish. We have a bet concerning our avatars which I hope to win, and I’ll be soliciting feedback as to what Jerry’s new avatar should be. Also, with Christmas coming this week, I hope to bring up the case against Jolly Ole’ Saint Nick. Yes, I’m anti-Santa. I hope to cover all of this plus if you’d like to call in and contribute to the show, I welcome your calls…
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
My office just got a new operations manager, and he’s been there for about two weeks, and yesterday in his first major move as manager, he gave everyone a copy of the book, “Who moved my cheese?”
The new guy seems like a decent sort, but this condescending drivel makes me think bad thoughts about him. I am trying my hardest not to be an arrogant jerk, but what kind of an idiot actually thinks this is a good way to motivate people.
Let’s get to the news…
(Play News Music – Clip 03)
St. Charles Parish, La. – A 44-year-old woman was booked with second-degree battery after allegedly pouring a pot of boiling grits onto her sleeping boyfriend. St. Charles Parish sheriff's deputies said Carolyn Brown caused second-degree burns on the man's face and arms. The man told deputies that he came home from work on Nov. 7, got into an argument with Brown, told her that he was breaking up with her, then went to bed.
The Times-Picayune reported Brown was arrested Wednesday and booked into the Nelson Coleman Correctional Facility.
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police arrested a man who claimed to be a "secret agent" after a high speed chase in pursuit of a car with a blue flashing light on its roof.
Police in the southern city of Fuerth caught up with the man after he raced past them, ignored signals to pull over, and ran a red light as they gave chase.
Smelling strongly of alcohol, the 44-year-old whispered only that he was "one of them," on a secret mission and belonged to the Federal Crime Office -- a body similar to the FBI -- local police said. A check revealed he had no such credentials.
"After matters were taken care of, the would-be 'Mr. Bond' was again released," police said in a statement on Thursday.
A local police spokesman said the man in reality had "a normal job" and declined to explain his nighttime sortie. He faces charges for a variety of driving offences.
LOS ANGELES - [Los Angeles Times, 11-11-09] California's Death Row: Bigger cells, better privacy, more stuff, and almost no chance of being executed!
In October in Orange County, Calif., Billy Joe Johnson, who had just been convicted of murder as a hit-man for a white supremacist gang, begged the judge and jury, in all sincerity, to sentence him to death.
Johnson knew that those on California's death row get individual cells and better telephone access, nicer contact-visit arrangements, and more personal-property privileges than ordinary inmates. The Los Angeles Times reported that the state's spending per death-row inmate is almost three times that for other inmates.
The current death-row census totals 685, but because of legal issues, only 13 have been executed since 1977 (compared to 71 death-row fatalities from other causes). In fact, Johnson was so eager to be put on death row that he tried to confess to two murders that no one yet knew about.
AMSTERDAM – A man who said he spent two decades collecting Ecstasy pills of all colors and shapes as a hobby has turned to police for help after they were stolen — because he said some of them are poisonous.
Police say the 46-year-old man, who was not identified, decided to report the theft despite the illegal nature of the collection because he was worried about the possible consequences if anybody were to swallow one of the poisoned pills.
It was not immediately clear why about 40 red-and-white pills out of the 2,400-pill-strong collection would be poisoned, but the police said they fear the drugs could be lethal if swallowed.
"That's really the main reason he came to the police," said police spokeswoman Esther Naber, adding the man "knows he's not going to get his collection back."
A report in De Volkskrant daily Thursday said the man claimed he was not a drug dealer or user.
"I've tried it before but didn't like it," the report quoted him saying. "My passion for collecting comes from the varied collection of colors, shapes and logos that are printed on the pills."
According to a police statement, the man gathered the pills over a 20 year period and carefully stored them in coin collecting folders.
The folders were allegedly taken during a break-in Wednesday at the man's home in Eerbeek, 56 miles (90 kilometers) east of Amsterdam.
Police spokesman Naber said investigators tended to believe the man's story.
"Why would you make something like this up?" she said.
Prosecutors and drug enforcement officials are still weighing whether to charge him with a crime.
"Given that the pills have disappeared, for the moment there's no evidence to support a possession charge," Naber said.
The pills' street value is estimated at euro11,000 ($16,200).
I’m Craig, and that’s the news…(Play News Music – Clip 03)
MAIN TOPIC: Espn.com Fantasy Football League – Semi-Finals against Jerry Fairish.
QB’s – Ben Roethlisberger vs. Donovan McNabb
RB’s – Ryan Grant and Darren Sproles vs. Fred Jackson and Ray Rice
WR’s – Brandon Marshall and Steve Smith (Giants) vs. Roddy White and Kenny Britt
Flex – Calvin Johnson vs. Laurence Maroney (Gametime decision, as Calvin is questionable)
TE’s – Bo Sciafe vs. Brent Celek (I had Zach Miller, but he’s out with a concussion)
Def/ST – Broncos vs. Packers
K – Jay Feeley vs. David Akers
HC – Texans coach vs. Ravens coach
I’ll know what I need early as all Jerry’s players play in the early games except for his defense.
The stakes are high – I want to win the league, but to do so I have to win the The Dave division conference championship. Not only that, but Jerry and I have placed our avatars on the line, as the winner of the game will get to select an avatar for the loser.
My ideas for Jerry’s avatar – The Red Sox logo, the Red Wings logo, the Michigan logo, the Bronco logo, The album cover for Neutral Milk Hotel’s album “The Aeroplane Over the Sea”, Larry the Cable Guy.
(Check the phone lines to see if you have any calls)
Magnificent Seven: 7 signs of the downfall of society as observed from a single night at a hockey game.
At the Avalanche game:
7. Cotton Eyed Joe
6. Jumbotron flashing, “If you came to scream your head off, you may proceed!”
5. “She thinks my tractor’s sexy” song
4. Man in bathroom using elbow to dispense paper towels, then saying, “I like trees, that’s why I use them!” and getting hailed as a comedic genius.
3. Woman behind me, “Why are they playing the ‘Here we go Rockies, here we go” song? She sounded dumb, and her friend had a Brittish accent.
2. The snuggie toss
1. Smashes and Crashes – but rather than show hockey hits, they showed car crashes
Dan LeBatard hates ties – (Clip 20) If you spend any time around me at all, you’ll know that I hate tradition for tradition sake. I hate it when people do something just because it’s the way it’s always been done. Also, I hate dressing up…which is why I found so much to enjoy in this rant from Dan LeBatard on his show this week…
Chris Henry – Sad story of a guy who screwed up a lot and had his life end as a result of bad decisions.
Name the 10 men who died this decade as active NFL players
Chris Henry (Bengals) – Fell out of a truck – Dec 17, 2009
Marquise Cooper and Corey Smith (Raiders) – Died at sea – March 2009
Sean Taylor (Redskins) – Shot by an intruder into his home – Nov 27, 2007
Marquise Hill (Patriots) – Died in a Jet Ski accident
Damien Nash (Broncos) – Died of heart failure after playing in a charity basketball tournament in Saint Louis
Darrent Williams (Broncos) – Was killed in the early hours of New Years Day when his limo was sprayed with bullets.
Thomas Herrion (49ers) – Died in Denver after a preseason game, he collapsed in the locker room and died of heart failure.
Korey Stringer (Vikings) – Died of Heat stroke in Minnesota’s training camp.
Fred Lane (Panthers) – Shot in the head and chest by his wife.
Great Moments in the history of Blog Talk Radio: Clip 21 – Mike Dell in the Summer of 2008 discussing why there is no way the Red Wings can possibly get back to the Stanley Cup Finals again…which sadly they did, although thankfully they did not win the Cup.
Zooey vs. Scarlett – No one wins if someone loses in this battle.
Mike Shanahan – spent 7 hours with the Bills and is now reportedly being courted by the Redskins. It can’t feel good to be Jim Zorn right now.
The case against Santa Claus – Yes, he’s universally loved, but here is why I’m giving Santa a lump of coal.
Broncos v Raiders – Charlie Frye
Playoff Projections:
AFC:
1. Colts
2. Chargers
3+4.Patriots-Bengals
5. Ravens
6. Broncos
NFC:
1. Saints
2. Vikings
3. Eagles
4. Cardinals
5. Packers
6. Giants
Movie reviews: “The Road” and “The Princess and The Frog”
Best Sports Stories of the Year – I’ll do the magnificent seven of the best seven sports stories of 2009 next week.
Oklahoma City Zombies – Wearing Orange shoes
Jury Duty – My mom has it, I’d rather be dipped in a vat of acid.
IPFW – Mastadons (Indiana-University Purdue-University, Fort Wayne)
(Check the phone lines to see if you have any calls)
The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
Radiohead – “In Rainbows”
Okay, so this album is a little weird at first. It’s pretty different from mainstream music, and if you don’t like it at first, that’s probably not altogether unusual. Stick with it. It probably takes a listen or three before you start to “get it” and it’s just remarkably brilliant music. I like music, but I can’t pretend that I understand it very well, I just know that once you start digging on this album, it really colors how you view other music. It’s good stuff. The song I’m going to play us out with today is called “Jigsaw falling into place.”
I’d like to thank (mention any callers here)
Shalom and Good Evening to you all!
Today on Vertically Striped Radio, On our thirtieth edition of the show (and by the way, Holy Crap, 30 shows??!!??) One of the strangest collections in history get discovered by the cops. In honor of Chris Henry we’ll remember all the active NFL players to pass away this decade and there may be more than you remember. I’ve got a magnificent seven list of seven signs of the decline of Western Civilization as found at the Pepsi Center during an Avalanche game last week. I’ll discuss the travesty that is the current land of the fox showdown over on Dave Dameshek’s podcast. We’ll discuss a little bit about where Mike Shanahan could land, as well as where I think he SHOULD land. The Broncos are gearing up for a showdown against legendary quarterback Charlie Frye and the dynamo that is the Oakland Raiders.
There are only three weeks left until the playoffs start, so we’ll look at how that appears to be breaking down and I’ll unveil my much too early playoff projections. Plus I’m in the semi-finals of both of my fantasy football leagues, including the ESPN.com league with the guys from the Dameshek.com message board in which I’ll be facing friend of the show Jerry Fairish. We have a bet concerning our avatars which I hope to win, and I’ll be soliciting feedback as to what Jerry’s new avatar should be. Also, with Christmas coming this week, I hope to bring up the case against Jolly Ole’ Saint Nick. Yes, I’m anti-Santa. I hope to cover all of this plus if you’d like to call in and contribute to the show, I welcome your calls…
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
My office just got a new operations manager, and he’s been there for about two weeks, and yesterday in his first major move as manager, he gave everyone a copy of the book, “Who moved my cheese?”
The new guy seems like a decent sort, but this condescending drivel makes me think bad thoughts about him. I am trying my hardest not to be an arrogant jerk, but what kind of an idiot actually thinks this is a good way to motivate people.
Let’s get to the news…
(Play News Music – Clip 03)
St. Charles Parish, La. – A 44-year-old woman was booked with second-degree battery after allegedly pouring a pot of boiling grits onto her sleeping boyfriend. St. Charles Parish sheriff's deputies said Carolyn Brown caused second-degree burns on the man's face and arms. The man told deputies that he came home from work on Nov. 7, got into an argument with Brown, told her that he was breaking up with her, then went to bed.
The Times-Picayune reported Brown was arrested Wednesday and booked into the Nelson Coleman Correctional Facility.
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police arrested a man who claimed to be a "secret agent" after a high speed chase in pursuit of a car with a blue flashing light on its roof.
Police in the southern city of Fuerth caught up with the man after he raced past them, ignored signals to pull over, and ran a red light as they gave chase.
Smelling strongly of alcohol, the 44-year-old whispered only that he was "one of them," on a secret mission and belonged to the Federal Crime Office -- a body similar to the FBI -- local police said. A check revealed he had no such credentials.
"After matters were taken care of, the would-be 'Mr. Bond' was again released," police said in a statement on Thursday.
A local police spokesman said the man in reality had "a normal job" and declined to explain his nighttime sortie. He faces charges for a variety of driving offences.
LOS ANGELES - [Los Angeles Times, 11-11-09] California's Death Row: Bigger cells, better privacy, more stuff, and almost no chance of being executed!
In October in Orange County, Calif., Billy Joe Johnson, who had just been convicted of murder as a hit-man for a white supremacist gang, begged the judge and jury, in all sincerity, to sentence him to death.
Johnson knew that those on California's death row get individual cells and better telephone access, nicer contact-visit arrangements, and more personal-property privileges than ordinary inmates. The Los Angeles Times reported that the state's spending per death-row inmate is almost three times that for other inmates.
The current death-row census totals 685, but because of legal issues, only 13 have been executed since 1977 (compared to 71 death-row fatalities from other causes). In fact, Johnson was so eager to be put on death row that he tried to confess to two murders that no one yet knew about.
AMSTERDAM – A man who said he spent two decades collecting Ecstasy pills of all colors and shapes as a hobby has turned to police for help after they were stolen — because he said some of them are poisonous.
Police say the 46-year-old man, who was not identified, decided to report the theft despite the illegal nature of the collection because he was worried about the possible consequences if anybody were to swallow one of the poisoned pills.
It was not immediately clear why about 40 red-and-white pills out of the 2,400-pill-strong collection would be poisoned, but the police said they fear the drugs could be lethal if swallowed.
"That's really the main reason he came to the police," said police spokeswoman Esther Naber, adding the man "knows he's not going to get his collection back."
A report in De Volkskrant daily Thursday said the man claimed he was not a drug dealer or user.
"I've tried it before but didn't like it," the report quoted him saying. "My passion for collecting comes from the varied collection of colors, shapes and logos that are printed on the pills."
According to a police statement, the man gathered the pills over a 20 year period and carefully stored them in coin collecting folders.
The folders were allegedly taken during a break-in Wednesday at the man's home in Eerbeek, 56 miles (90 kilometers) east of Amsterdam.
Police spokesman Naber said investigators tended to believe the man's story.
"Why would you make something like this up?" she said.
Prosecutors and drug enforcement officials are still weighing whether to charge him with a crime.
"Given that the pills have disappeared, for the moment there's no evidence to support a possession charge," Naber said.
The pills' street value is estimated at euro11,000 ($16,200).
I’m Craig, and that’s the news…(Play News Music – Clip 03)
MAIN TOPIC: Espn.com Fantasy Football League – Semi-Finals against Jerry Fairish.
QB’s – Ben Roethlisberger vs. Donovan McNabb
RB’s – Ryan Grant and Darren Sproles vs. Fred Jackson and Ray Rice
WR’s – Brandon Marshall and Steve Smith (Giants) vs. Roddy White and Kenny Britt
Flex – Calvin Johnson vs. Laurence Maroney (Gametime decision, as Calvin is questionable)
TE’s – Bo Sciafe vs. Brent Celek (I had Zach Miller, but he’s out with a concussion)
Def/ST – Broncos vs. Packers
K – Jay Feeley vs. David Akers
HC – Texans coach vs. Ravens coach
I’ll know what I need early as all Jerry’s players play in the early games except for his defense.
The stakes are high – I want to win the league, but to do so I have to win the The Dave division conference championship. Not only that, but Jerry and I have placed our avatars on the line, as the winner of the game will get to select an avatar for the loser.
My ideas for Jerry’s avatar – The Red Sox logo, the Red Wings logo, the Michigan logo, the Bronco logo, The album cover for Neutral Milk Hotel’s album “The Aeroplane Over the Sea”, Larry the Cable Guy.
(Check the phone lines to see if you have any calls)
Magnificent Seven: 7 signs of the downfall of society as observed from a single night at a hockey game.
At the Avalanche game:
7. Cotton Eyed Joe
6. Jumbotron flashing, “If you came to scream your head off, you may proceed!”
5. “She thinks my tractor’s sexy” song
4. Man in bathroom using elbow to dispense paper towels, then saying, “I like trees, that’s why I use them!” and getting hailed as a comedic genius.
3. Woman behind me, “Why are they playing the ‘Here we go Rockies, here we go” song? She sounded dumb, and her friend had a Brittish accent.
2. The snuggie toss
1. Smashes and Crashes – but rather than show hockey hits, they showed car crashes
Dan LeBatard hates ties – (Clip 20) If you spend any time around me at all, you’ll know that I hate tradition for tradition sake. I hate it when people do something just because it’s the way it’s always been done. Also, I hate dressing up…which is why I found so much to enjoy in this rant from Dan LeBatard on his show this week…
Chris Henry – Sad story of a guy who screwed up a lot and had his life end as a result of bad decisions.
Name the 10 men who died this decade as active NFL players
Chris Henry (Bengals) – Fell out of a truck – Dec 17, 2009
Marquise Cooper and Corey Smith (Raiders) – Died at sea – March 2009
Sean Taylor (Redskins) – Shot by an intruder into his home – Nov 27, 2007
Marquise Hill (Patriots) – Died in a Jet Ski accident
Damien Nash (Broncos) – Died of heart failure after playing in a charity basketball tournament in Saint Louis
Darrent Williams (Broncos) – Was killed in the early hours of New Years Day when his limo was sprayed with bullets.
Thomas Herrion (49ers) – Died in Denver after a preseason game, he collapsed in the locker room and died of heart failure.
Korey Stringer (Vikings) – Died of Heat stroke in Minnesota’s training camp.
Fred Lane (Panthers) – Shot in the head and chest by his wife.
Great Moments in the history of Blog Talk Radio: Clip 21 – Mike Dell in the Summer of 2008 discussing why there is no way the Red Wings can possibly get back to the Stanley Cup Finals again…which sadly they did, although thankfully they did not win the Cup.
Zooey vs. Scarlett – No one wins if someone loses in this battle.
Mike Shanahan – spent 7 hours with the Bills and is now reportedly being courted by the Redskins. It can’t feel good to be Jim Zorn right now.
The case against Santa Claus – Yes, he’s universally loved, but here is why I’m giving Santa a lump of coal.
Broncos v Raiders – Charlie Frye
Playoff Projections:
AFC:
1. Colts
2. Chargers
3+4.Patriots-Bengals
5. Ravens
6. Broncos
NFC:
1. Saints
2. Vikings
3. Eagles
4. Cardinals
5. Packers
6. Giants
Movie reviews: “The Road” and “The Princess and The Frog”
Best Sports Stories of the Year – I’ll do the magnificent seven of the best seven sports stories of 2009 next week.
Oklahoma City Zombies – Wearing Orange shoes
Jury Duty – My mom has it, I’d rather be dipped in a vat of acid.
IPFW – Mastadons (Indiana-University Purdue-University, Fort Wayne)
(Check the phone lines to see if you have any calls)
The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
Radiohead – “In Rainbows”
Okay, so this album is a little weird at first. It’s pretty different from mainstream music, and if you don’t like it at first, that’s probably not altogether unusual. Stick with it. It probably takes a listen or three before you start to “get it” and it’s just remarkably brilliant music. I like music, but I can’t pretend that I understand it very well, I just know that once you start digging on this album, it really colors how you view other music. It’s good stuff. The song I’m going to play us out with today is called “Jigsaw falling into place.”
I’d like to thank (mention any callers here)
Shalom and Good Evening to you all!
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Show Prep #29
Greetings and Salutations, people. From the icebox that is Denver, Colorado, This is Vertically Striped Radio. It is a dark day for the Shek Republic, some hooligans have been intruding on the Ed’s territory
Today on Vertically Striped Radio,
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Let’s get to the news…
(Play News Music – Clip 03)
BOUTTE, La. – A 44-year-old woman was booked with second-degree battery after allegedly pouring a pot of boiling grits onto her sleeping boyfriend. St. Charles Parish sheriff's deputies said Carolyn Brown caused second-degree burns on the man's face and arms. The man told deputies that he came home from work on Nov. 7, got into an argument with Brown, told her that he was breaking up with her, then went to bed.
The Times-Picayune reported Brown was arrested Wednesday and booked into the Nelson Coleman Correctional Facility.
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police arrested a man who claimed to be a "secret agent" after a high speed chase in pursuit of a car with a blue flashing light on its roof.
Police in the southern city of Fuerth caught up with the man after he raced past them, ignored signals to pull over, and ran a red light as they gave chase.
Smelling strongly of alcohol, the 44-year-old whispered only that he was "one of them," on a secret mission and belonged to the Federal Crime Office -- a body similar to the FBI -- local police said. A check revealed he had no such credentials.
"After matters were taken care of, the would-be 'Mr. Bond' was again released," police said in a statement on Thursday.
A local police spokesman said the man in reality had "a normal job" and declined to explain his nighttime sortie. He faces charges for a variety of driving offences.
The October "Miss Asia" beauty pageant in Hong Kong mostly followed a traditional script, but special bonus competitions were added, according to a report in The Straits Times. Contestants appeared behind boards with only certain body parts exposed so that judges could comment without knowing which woman they were observing. Breast-judging turned out well for each of the three finalists, as did waist-judging. However, the judges had harsh words for two contestants' hair. Wang Zhi Fei was criticized for "lots of dandruff and oily scalp," and Wang Chen learned the hard way that she had significant "signs of hair loss." [The New Paper-The Straits Times (Singapore), 11-12-09]
AMSTERDAM – A man who said he spent two decades collecting Ecstasy pills of all colors and shapes as a hobby has turned to police for help after they were stolen — because he said some of them are poisonous.
Police say the 46-year-old man, who was not identified, decided to report the theft despite the illegal nature of the collection because he was worried about the possible consequences if anybody were to swallow one of the poisoned pills.
It was not immediately clear why about 40 red-and-white pills out of the 2,400-pill-strong collection would be poisoned, but the police said they fear the drugs could be lethal if swallowed.
"That's really the main reason he came to the police," said police spokeswoman Esther Naber, adding the man "knows he's not going to get his collection back."
A report in De Volkskrant daily Thursday said the man claimed he was not a drug dealer or user.
"I've tried it before but didn't like it," the report quoted him saying. "My passion for collecting comes from the varied collection of colors, shapes and logos that are printed on the pills."
According to a police statement, the man gathered the pills over a 20 year period and carefully stored them in coin collecting folders.
The folders were allegedly taken during a break-in Wednesday at the man's home in Eerbeek, 56 miles (90 kilometers) east of Amsterdam.
Police spokesman Naber said investigators tended to believe the man's story.
"Why would you make something like this up?" she said.
Prosecutors and drug enforcement officials are still weighing whether to charge him with a crime.
"Given that the pills have disappeared, for the moment there's no evidence to support a possession charge," Naber said.
The pills' street value is estimated at euro11,000 ($16,200).
LOS ANGELES - [Los Angeles Times, 11-11-09] California's Death Row: Bigger cells, better privacy, more stuff, and almost no chance of being executed!
LEAD STORY: California's Death Row: Bigger cells, better privacy, more stuff, and almost no chance of being executed!
In October in Orange County, Calif., Billy Joe Johnson, who had just been convicted of murder as a hit man for a white supremacist gang, begged the judge and jury, in all sincerity, to sentence him to death. Johnson knew that those on California's death row get individual cells and better telephone access, nicer contact-visit arrangements, and more personal-property privileges than ordinary inmates. The Los Angeles Times reported that the state's spending per death-row inmate is almost three times that for other inmates. The current death-row census totals 685, but because of legal issues, only 13 have been executed since 1977 (compared to 71 death-row fatalities from other causes). In fact, Johnson was so eager to be put on death row that he tried to confess to two murders that no one yet knew about.
I’m Craig, and that’s the news…(Play News Music – Clip 03)
MAIN TOPIC: Appropriate Workplace behavior training
(Check the phone lines to see if you have any calls)
Press Hop: the press conference rap. This was sent to me by Steve from Alabama, but it was a little cut off, so I found it on the internet, it relates pretty well to what we did two weeks ago with football coach press conference flip outs, so I thought I’d play. (Clip 22)
Magnificent Seven: 7 signs of the downfall of society as observed from a single night at a hockey game.
At the Avalanche game:
-Smashes and Crashes – but rather than show hockey hits, they showed car crashes
-Cotton Eyed Joe
-Woman behind me, “Why are they playing the ‘Here we go Rockies, here we go” song?
-Man in bathroom using elbow to dispense paper towels, then saying, “I like trees, that’s why I use them!” and getting hailed as a comedic genius.
-The snuggie toss
-Jumbotron flashing, “If you came to scream your head off, you may proceed!”
-“She thinks my tractor’s sexy” song
Steelers falling apart:
Topics: Nestle – 1-800-295-0051 – Don’t press any buttons right away, and just listen to the automated menu goodness…or rather let me do it for you. (Clip 20)
Getting a Christmas Tree – (Get the Jim Gaffigan clip)
Jury Duty – My mom has it, I’d rather be dipped in a vat of acid.
Man, it was cold this week! Story of Wednesday.
-Mike Shanahan – To the Bills? Why would he do this?
-Scribblenauts – Interesting video game
-I’m opposed to the hat trick celebration. Under no circumstance am I throwing a 20 to 30 dollar item onto the ice.
(Check the phone lines to see if you have any calls)
The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
“Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix” by Phoenix – Song: “1901” (Clip 19)
This album is fun and upbeat, with a lot of music that is heavy on instrumentals. This is the most popular song and probably the best one, but the album opens with another song that I almost played because I like it almost as much called Listzomania, but I decided we had to play 1901, it’s just so good. If I have any complaints about this album, it’s that a lot of their music sounds pretty much the same, but it’s a very good sound, so I won’t complain about it too much. It’s a good album, but mostly this is just an amazing song, so we’ll go out with the biggest track from Wolfgang Amadeus phoenix, 1901.
Shaloam and Good Evening to you all!
Today on Vertically Striped Radio,
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Let’s get to the news…
(Play News Music – Clip 03)
BOUTTE, La. – A 44-year-old woman was booked with second-degree battery after allegedly pouring a pot of boiling grits onto her sleeping boyfriend. St. Charles Parish sheriff's deputies said Carolyn Brown caused second-degree burns on the man's face and arms. The man told deputies that he came home from work on Nov. 7, got into an argument with Brown, told her that he was breaking up with her, then went to bed.
The Times-Picayune reported Brown was arrested Wednesday and booked into the Nelson Coleman Correctional Facility.
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police arrested a man who claimed to be a "secret agent" after a high speed chase in pursuit of a car with a blue flashing light on its roof.
Police in the southern city of Fuerth caught up with the man after he raced past them, ignored signals to pull over, and ran a red light as they gave chase.
Smelling strongly of alcohol, the 44-year-old whispered only that he was "one of them," on a secret mission and belonged to the Federal Crime Office -- a body similar to the FBI -- local police said. A check revealed he had no such credentials.
"After matters were taken care of, the would-be 'Mr. Bond' was again released," police said in a statement on Thursday.
A local police spokesman said the man in reality had "a normal job" and declined to explain his nighttime sortie. He faces charges for a variety of driving offences.
The October "Miss Asia" beauty pageant in Hong Kong mostly followed a traditional script, but special bonus competitions were added, according to a report in The Straits Times. Contestants appeared behind boards with only certain body parts exposed so that judges could comment without knowing which woman they were observing. Breast-judging turned out well for each of the three finalists, as did waist-judging. However, the judges had harsh words for two contestants' hair. Wang Zhi Fei was criticized for "lots of dandruff and oily scalp," and Wang Chen learned the hard way that she had significant "signs of hair loss." [The New Paper-The Straits Times (Singapore), 11-12-09]
AMSTERDAM – A man who said he spent two decades collecting Ecstasy pills of all colors and shapes as a hobby has turned to police for help after they were stolen — because he said some of them are poisonous.
Police say the 46-year-old man, who was not identified, decided to report the theft despite the illegal nature of the collection because he was worried about the possible consequences if anybody were to swallow one of the poisoned pills.
It was not immediately clear why about 40 red-and-white pills out of the 2,400-pill-strong collection would be poisoned, but the police said they fear the drugs could be lethal if swallowed.
"That's really the main reason he came to the police," said police spokeswoman Esther Naber, adding the man "knows he's not going to get his collection back."
A report in De Volkskrant daily Thursday said the man claimed he was not a drug dealer or user.
"I've tried it before but didn't like it," the report quoted him saying. "My passion for collecting comes from the varied collection of colors, shapes and logos that are printed on the pills."
According to a police statement, the man gathered the pills over a 20 year period and carefully stored them in coin collecting folders.
The folders were allegedly taken during a break-in Wednesday at the man's home in Eerbeek, 56 miles (90 kilometers) east of Amsterdam.
Police spokesman Naber said investigators tended to believe the man's story.
"Why would you make something like this up?" she said.
Prosecutors and drug enforcement officials are still weighing whether to charge him with a crime.
"Given that the pills have disappeared, for the moment there's no evidence to support a possession charge," Naber said.
The pills' street value is estimated at euro11,000 ($16,200).
LOS ANGELES - [Los Angeles Times, 11-11-09] California's Death Row: Bigger cells, better privacy, more stuff, and almost no chance of being executed!
LEAD STORY: California's Death Row: Bigger cells, better privacy, more stuff, and almost no chance of being executed!
In October in Orange County, Calif., Billy Joe Johnson, who had just been convicted of murder as a hit man for a white supremacist gang, begged the judge and jury, in all sincerity, to sentence him to death. Johnson knew that those on California's death row get individual cells and better telephone access, nicer contact-visit arrangements, and more personal-property privileges than ordinary inmates. The Los Angeles Times reported that the state's spending per death-row inmate is almost three times that for other inmates. The current death-row census totals 685, but because of legal issues, only 13 have been executed since 1977 (compared to 71 death-row fatalities from other causes). In fact, Johnson was so eager to be put on death row that he tried to confess to two murders that no one yet knew about.
I’m Craig, and that’s the news…(Play News Music – Clip 03)
MAIN TOPIC: Appropriate Workplace behavior training
(Check the phone lines to see if you have any calls)
Press Hop: the press conference rap. This was sent to me by Steve from Alabama, but it was a little cut off, so I found it on the internet, it relates pretty well to what we did two weeks ago with football coach press conference flip outs, so I thought I’d play. (Clip 22)
Magnificent Seven: 7 signs of the downfall of society as observed from a single night at a hockey game.
At the Avalanche game:
-Smashes and Crashes – but rather than show hockey hits, they showed car crashes
-Cotton Eyed Joe
-Woman behind me, “Why are they playing the ‘Here we go Rockies, here we go” song?
-Man in bathroom using elbow to dispense paper towels, then saying, “I like trees, that’s why I use them!” and getting hailed as a comedic genius.
-The snuggie toss
-Jumbotron flashing, “If you came to scream your head off, you may proceed!”
-“She thinks my tractor’s sexy” song
Steelers falling apart:
Topics: Nestle – 1-800-295-0051 – Don’t press any buttons right away, and just listen to the automated menu goodness…or rather let me do it for you. (Clip 20)
Getting a Christmas Tree – (Get the Jim Gaffigan clip)
Jury Duty – My mom has it, I’d rather be dipped in a vat of acid.
Man, it was cold this week! Story of Wednesday.
-Mike Shanahan – To the Bills? Why would he do this?
-Scribblenauts – Interesting video game
-I’m opposed to the hat trick celebration. Under no circumstance am I throwing a 20 to 30 dollar item onto the ice.
(Check the phone lines to see if you have any calls)
The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
“Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix” by Phoenix – Song: “1901” (Clip 19)
This album is fun and upbeat, with a lot of music that is heavy on instrumentals. This is the most popular song and probably the best one, but the album opens with another song that I almost played because I like it almost as much called Listzomania, but I decided we had to play 1901, it’s just so good. If I have any complaints about this album, it’s that a lot of their music sounds pretty much the same, but it’s a very good sound, so I won’t complain about it too much. It’s a good album, but mostly this is just an amazing song, so we’ll go out with the biggest track from Wolfgang Amadeus phoenix, 1901.
Shaloam and Good Evening to you all!
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Show Prep #28
Greetings and Salutations, people. It’s the radio show that tastes more like regular Dr. Pepper, it’s Vertically Striped Radio. From the Vertically Striped Studios in beautiful Centennial, CO. I am your host Craig Dodge and we are ready to roll with yet another sterling episode of VSR. This show is brought to you by verticallystripedsocks.com, your home for NFL predictions, power rankings, and other assorted hooey and applesauce. I even talked a little soccer over there this week with the World Cup draw taking place on Saturday. Also over there this week was a fantastic video from a Chinese news agency which had a computer animated video of what possibly happened over Thanksgiving at the Tiger Woods house and even a video that was made by New England Patriots fans in January 1986 just days before they were slaughtered by the 85 Bears. Good stuff up over there on VSS.com…gotta check it out.
(Mention Bad Phone from last week.)
Also, I may be interrupted this week. My mother took my kiddos to go see Disney on Ice this morning, and she is supposed to be bringing the kids by, but as of yet, no sign of them. So, should she drop in while the show is going on, I may need to default to a clip I have of the French guy who is the Subject of Man on Wire appearing on the podcast “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me.” If it comes to that, don’t worry, it’s funny, but it also will be about ten minutes for me to get things in order before I continue with the show. I WILL come back, so hang in with me, and listen to Philippe Petit if that happens, as he is a pretty funny guy and that show is pretty good.
Today on Vertically Striped Radio, an update on the people in Peru who were allegedly killing people for their fat, It’s time to take a stand…let’s leave Tiger alone, some of the greatest (or at least funniest) hockey goal calls of all time, we’re a month and a half away from the NFL playoffs so we’ll take a look at the teams that are hovering in and around the playoffs and play a little game I like to call contender or pretender? (Get audio clips, I coulda been a contender! And I would walk 500 miles), Do famous people apologize too much? We’ll ask what was going through the mind of Florida Panther Keith Ballard when he violently attacked a teammate (okay, on accident, but still…)
Plus, as always, I’m happy to take your calls on the program. To take part in the vertically striped conversation simply dial…
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Let’s get to the news…
(Play News Music – Clip 03)
SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) – Some Australians are up in arms over a new kangaroo and emu flavored chip, horrified that people are encouraged to eat the nation's coat of arms which depicts the iconic Australian animals.
Complaints to Australia's Advertising Standards Bureau said the "BBQ Coat of Arms" chips were degrading for native wildlife and sent the wrong message to Australian children, reported the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.
"It implies that it is perfectly OK to kill kangaroos and emus just for fun!" said one complaint.
But the company manufacturing the chips rejected the charge, saying the kangaroo and emu flavored chips celebrated Australia's heritage.
The Advertising Standards Bureau investigated the complaints against the new chips but decided not to take any action.
PERU - A police chief has admitted he made up a story about a gang who killed people for their body fat and sold it to cosmetic companies.
Police unveiled what they said were bottles of body fat
The story sparked headlines around the world when officers in Peru held a press conference to unveil the gory details.
They said victims' bodies were held above candles while the melted fat dripped into tubs positioned below.
Officers claimed three men had been arrested in the remote jungle region of Huanuco, where officials found human remains and two bottles of fat.
The men had told police that just one litre of human fat could fetch $15,000 (more than £9,000).
But now the country's top crime investigator, Eusebio Felix, has been suspended after revealing he made up the whole thing.
General Miguel Hidalgo, the head of Peru's police, said he was deeply embarrassed.
"This affects the image and respectability of the police," he said.
Several men were arrested
And local politicians blamed the made-up investigation for scaring away tourists.
Doubts were raised when medical experts pointed out it would be pointless to kill people for their fat - when it could be collected from plastic surgery clinics that perform tummy tuck operations.
"We wouldn't throw out hundreds of litres of human fat if it were worth $15,000 a litre," Peru's board of medicine pointed out.
Huanuco police, who complained they were excluded from Felix's headline-grabbing inquiry, said there was only one murder victim, and he was linked to the cocaine trade.They believe his three alleged killers, who are still in custody, may have bottled his fat to intimidate rival drug gangs.
In the press conference last month, police claimed there could be up to 60 victims and exhibited evidence they claimed to have found.They showed what they said was human fat stored in a bottle of Inca Kola, and played a video of police pulling body parts from a shallow grave
VIENNA (Reuters Life!) – A 33-year-old furry photographer is winning fans on social networking website Facebook for pictures of her daily life as an orangutan in a Vienna zoo.
Orangutan Nonja's photos, taken with a camera that dispenses raisins as she snaps, have won over 500 fans on Facebook since the zoo launched an online photo album on Tuesday.
Although the slightly blurry images of Nonja's climbing rope, food and companion's shaggy red-brown fur have won lots of admiring comments from fans, the photographer herself is not so interested.
"Of course the apes don't care about the pictures, they are just an accidental side product," zoo spokesman Gerhard Kasbauer told Reuters. "They just know that when they press the button, a raisin pops out."
The Vienna Tiergarten set up the project to help keep Nonja and her three hairy ape friends entertained in their enclosure. The album is online at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nonja/190010092116
I’m Craig, and that’s the news
…(Play News Music – Clip 03)
MAIN TOPIC: Stop Apologizing!
Broncos coach Josh McDaniels apologized on Tuesday for his lewd sideline cursing that was broadcast by the NFL Network on Thursday night.
McDaniels was not aware that his words were being broadcast, but said Tuesday he recognizes that his words left a sour impression on many people.
McDaniels' comments, via the Denver Post:
"I want to make sure I apologize for anybody that was offended with the language that I used the other night on the sideline during the game. I certainly didn't intend for that to come across in that fashion. Hopefully that never happens again and I'll try my best to make sure that it doesn't from my end.
"I know that's not the kind of example that I want to set or we want to set here with the Broncos' organization and would ask people to accept that apology."
Tiger Woods apology – actually somewhat appropriate.
TIGER WOODS
-Tiger Woods – Leave Tiger alone
Chinese News story…go to VSS.com
LEAVE TIGER ALONE – (Leave Virginia Alone)
An Australian pastor and Tiger Woods fanatical fan has disbanded a church he set up in 1996 in praise of sports icon.
Fallen from grace
John Ziegler said the First Church of Tiger Woods is being dissolved because of the golfer’s recent transgressions and “personal sins,” ABC reports.
The church had its own “Prayer for Tiger” and “Ten Tiger Commandments.”
Ziegler announced his decision after “several days of evaluation” on the church’s Web site Tigerwoodsisgod.com and rechristened it “The Damnation of Tiger Woods.”
The pastor said Tiger is clearly no longer a role model and that he is “personally done” with the pro golfer despite the Tiger 10th Commandment:
“Thou shall pay no attention to Tiger’s apparent flaws.”
Guess he’s joining the ranks of the millions of sinners who do.
(Check the phone lines to see if you have any calls)
Topics:
HOCKEY
-Florida Panthers Goal Calls (Clip 21) – From the Dan Lebotard Show in Miami
-Keith Ballard – Almost killed Thomas Vokoun
-Billy Zabka looks like Patrick Roy
-I’m opposed to the hat trick celebration. Under no circumstance am I throwing a 20 to 30 dollar item onto the ice.
FOOTBALL
-Contender or Pretender?
Chrissy Hynde
Saints - Contender
Eagles – Pretender
Broncos - Pretender
Vikings - Contender
Steelers - Pretender
Ravens - Pretender
Chargers - Contender
Patriots - Pretender
Bengals - Contender
Colts - Contender
Cardinals - Pretender
Cowboys - Pretender
- Mike Shanahan – To the Bills? Why would he do this?
-Scribblenauts – Interesting video game
SOCCER
World Cup Draw – United States gets a great draw: Slovenia, Algeria, and England
Group of Death: Group G: Brazil, North Korea, Ivory Coast, and Portugal
-Columbine: Conspiracy? I dunno, but it kept me up til 1:30 on Thursday night. I’m getting worried for Mike Dell’s safety. I’m worried that he’s going to say to much and anger the wrong people…he’s probably okay as I doubt LCS has a wide enough audience for him to become a target of the new world order, but I still worry for him. Even though I appreciate the hours and hours of entertainment he has provided me with the LCS Hockey Show.
Two shows to check out if you’re the podcasting sort: 1. The Dan Lebotard Show, even though this isn’t really a podcast, it’s just them posting their full radio show sans the commercials, it’s good stuff, well worth checking out. 2. NPR’s Wait Wait…don’t tell me. Peter Sagal and Carl Kasell host it. It’s basically a game show, but they don’t take the game TOO seriously. Kind of PTI style games where they take items from current events and ask questions regarding them. The only prize that I’ve heard them mention thus far is getting Car Kasell to call and leave a message on someone’s answering machine. The thing that makes it enjoyable is the comedic takes that they have on everything, glorious to listen to, pretty amusing. I know when many people hear NPR they think stuffy no nonsense stuff and people who take the world way too seriously, but this is NOT the case with Wait Wait Don’t tell me. I’d recommend it.
(Check the phone lines to see if you have any calls)
The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
“Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix” by Phoenix (May 2009)
(Clip 22 – 1901 is the song)
This album is fun and upbeat, with a lot of music that is heavy on instrumentals. This is the most popular song and probably the best one, but the album opens with another song that I almost played because I like it almost as much called Listzomania, but I decided we had to play 1901, it’s just so good. If I have any complaints about this album, it’s that a lot of their music sounds pretty much the same, but it’s a very good sound, so I won’t complain about it too much. It’s a good album, but mostly this is just an amazing song, so we’ll go out with the biggest track from Wolfgang Amadeus phoenix, 1901.
Shaloam and Good Evening to you all!
(Mention Bad Phone from last week.)
Also, I may be interrupted this week. My mother took my kiddos to go see Disney on Ice this morning, and she is supposed to be bringing the kids by, but as of yet, no sign of them. So, should she drop in while the show is going on, I may need to default to a clip I have of the French guy who is the Subject of Man on Wire appearing on the podcast “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me.” If it comes to that, don’t worry, it’s funny, but it also will be about ten minutes for me to get things in order before I continue with the show. I WILL come back, so hang in with me, and listen to Philippe Petit if that happens, as he is a pretty funny guy and that show is pretty good.
Today on Vertically Striped Radio, an update on the people in Peru who were allegedly killing people for their fat, It’s time to take a stand…let’s leave Tiger alone, some of the greatest (or at least funniest) hockey goal calls of all time, we’re a month and a half away from the NFL playoffs so we’ll take a look at the teams that are hovering in and around the playoffs and play a little game I like to call contender or pretender? (Get audio clips, I coulda been a contender! And I would walk 500 miles), Do famous people apologize too much? We’ll ask what was going through the mind of Florida Panther Keith Ballard when he violently attacked a teammate (okay, on accident, but still…)
Plus, as always, I’m happy to take your calls on the program. To take part in the vertically striped conversation simply dial…
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Let’s get to the news…
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SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) – Some Australians are up in arms over a new kangaroo and emu flavored chip, horrified that people are encouraged to eat the nation's coat of arms which depicts the iconic Australian animals.
Complaints to Australia's Advertising Standards Bureau said the "BBQ Coat of Arms" chips were degrading for native wildlife and sent the wrong message to Australian children, reported the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.
"It implies that it is perfectly OK to kill kangaroos and emus just for fun!" said one complaint.
But the company manufacturing the chips rejected the charge, saying the kangaroo and emu flavored chips celebrated Australia's heritage.
The Advertising Standards Bureau investigated the complaints against the new chips but decided not to take any action.
PERU - A police chief has admitted he made up a story about a gang who killed people for their body fat and sold it to cosmetic companies.
Police unveiled what they said were bottles of body fat
The story sparked headlines around the world when officers in Peru held a press conference to unveil the gory details.
They said victims' bodies were held above candles while the melted fat dripped into tubs positioned below.
Officers claimed three men had been arrested in the remote jungle region of Huanuco, where officials found human remains and two bottles of fat.
The men had told police that just one litre of human fat could fetch $15,000 (more than £9,000).
But now the country's top crime investigator, Eusebio Felix, has been suspended after revealing he made up the whole thing.
General Miguel Hidalgo, the head of Peru's police, said he was deeply embarrassed.
"This affects the image and respectability of the police," he said.
Several men were arrested
And local politicians blamed the made-up investigation for scaring away tourists.
Doubts were raised when medical experts pointed out it would be pointless to kill people for their fat - when it could be collected from plastic surgery clinics that perform tummy tuck operations.
"We wouldn't throw out hundreds of litres of human fat if it were worth $15,000 a litre," Peru's board of medicine pointed out.
Huanuco police, who complained they were excluded from Felix's headline-grabbing inquiry, said there was only one murder victim, and he was linked to the cocaine trade.They believe his three alleged killers, who are still in custody, may have bottled his fat to intimidate rival drug gangs.
In the press conference last month, police claimed there could be up to 60 victims and exhibited evidence they claimed to have found.They showed what they said was human fat stored in a bottle of Inca Kola, and played a video of police pulling body parts from a shallow grave
VIENNA (Reuters Life!) – A 33-year-old furry photographer is winning fans on social networking website Facebook for pictures of her daily life as an orangutan in a Vienna zoo.
Orangutan Nonja's photos, taken with a camera that dispenses raisins as she snaps, have won over 500 fans on Facebook since the zoo launched an online photo album on Tuesday.
Although the slightly blurry images of Nonja's climbing rope, food and companion's shaggy red-brown fur have won lots of admiring comments from fans, the photographer herself is not so interested.
"Of course the apes don't care about the pictures, they are just an accidental side product," zoo spokesman Gerhard Kasbauer told Reuters. "They just know that when they press the button, a raisin pops out."
The Vienna Tiergarten set up the project to help keep Nonja and her three hairy ape friends entertained in their enclosure. The album is online at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nonja/190010092116
I’m Craig, and that’s the news
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MAIN TOPIC: Stop Apologizing!
Broncos coach Josh McDaniels apologized on Tuesday for his lewd sideline cursing that was broadcast by the NFL Network on Thursday night.
McDaniels was not aware that his words were being broadcast, but said Tuesday he recognizes that his words left a sour impression on many people.
McDaniels' comments, via the Denver Post:
"I want to make sure I apologize for anybody that was offended with the language that I used the other night on the sideline during the game. I certainly didn't intend for that to come across in that fashion. Hopefully that never happens again and I'll try my best to make sure that it doesn't from my end.
"I know that's not the kind of example that I want to set or we want to set here with the Broncos' organization and would ask people to accept that apology."
Tiger Woods apology – actually somewhat appropriate.
TIGER WOODS
-Tiger Woods – Leave Tiger alone
Chinese News story…go to VSS.com
LEAVE TIGER ALONE – (Leave Virginia Alone)
An Australian pastor and Tiger Woods fanatical fan has disbanded a church he set up in 1996 in praise of sports icon.
Fallen from grace
John Ziegler said the First Church of Tiger Woods is being dissolved because of the golfer’s recent transgressions and “personal sins,” ABC reports.
The church had its own “Prayer for Tiger” and “Ten Tiger Commandments.”
Ziegler announced his decision after “several days of evaluation” on the church’s Web site Tigerwoodsisgod.com and rechristened it “The Damnation of Tiger Woods.”
The pastor said Tiger is clearly no longer a role model and that he is “personally done” with the pro golfer despite the Tiger 10th Commandment:
“Thou shall pay no attention to Tiger’s apparent flaws.”
Guess he’s joining the ranks of the millions of sinners who do.
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Topics:
HOCKEY
-Florida Panthers Goal Calls (Clip 21) – From the Dan Lebotard Show in Miami
-Keith Ballard – Almost killed Thomas Vokoun
-Billy Zabka looks like Patrick Roy
-I’m opposed to the hat trick celebration. Under no circumstance am I throwing a 20 to 30 dollar item onto the ice.
FOOTBALL
-Contender or Pretender?
Chrissy Hynde
Saints - Contender
Eagles – Pretender
Broncos - Pretender
Vikings - Contender
Steelers - Pretender
Ravens - Pretender
Chargers - Contender
Patriots - Pretender
Bengals - Contender
Colts - Contender
Cardinals - Pretender
Cowboys - Pretender
- Mike Shanahan – To the Bills? Why would he do this?
-Scribblenauts – Interesting video game
SOCCER
World Cup Draw – United States gets a great draw: Slovenia, Algeria, and England
Group of Death: Group G: Brazil, North Korea, Ivory Coast, and Portugal
-Columbine: Conspiracy? I dunno, but it kept me up til 1:30 on Thursday night. I’m getting worried for Mike Dell’s safety. I’m worried that he’s going to say to much and anger the wrong people…he’s probably okay as I doubt LCS has a wide enough audience for him to become a target of the new world order, but I still worry for him. Even though I appreciate the hours and hours of entertainment he has provided me with the LCS Hockey Show.
Two shows to check out if you’re the podcasting sort: 1. The Dan Lebotard Show, even though this isn’t really a podcast, it’s just them posting their full radio show sans the commercials, it’s good stuff, well worth checking out. 2. NPR’s Wait Wait…don’t tell me. Peter Sagal and Carl Kasell host it. It’s basically a game show, but they don’t take the game TOO seriously. Kind of PTI style games where they take items from current events and ask questions regarding them. The only prize that I’ve heard them mention thus far is getting Car Kasell to call and leave a message on someone’s answering machine. The thing that makes it enjoyable is the comedic takes that they have on everything, glorious to listen to, pretty amusing. I know when many people hear NPR they think stuffy no nonsense stuff and people who take the world way too seriously, but this is NOT the case with Wait Wait Don’t tell me. I’d recommend it.
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The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
“Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix” by Phoenix (May 2009)
(Clip 22 – 1901 is the song)
This album is fun and upbeat, with a lot of music that is heavy on instrumentals. This is the most popular song and probably the best one, but the album opens with another song that I almost played because I like it almost as much called Listzomania, but I decided we had to play 1901, it’s just so good. If I have any complaints about this album, it’s that a lot of their music sounds pretty much the same, but it’s a very good sound, so I won’t complain about it too much. It’s a good album, but mostly this is just an amazing song, so we’ll go out with the biggest track from Wolfgang Amadeus phoenix, 1901.
Shaloam and Good Evening to you all!
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