Show Prep 99

Greetings and Salutations, people!  

Tweet of the Week:

artichoked Michelle 

I wish the person that came up with "walkie-talkie" named more things.

Today on VSR – We’ve got an new edition of Something to think about, The wonders of Googling yourself, we have a game show from the genius mind of Jerry Fairish, and another meeting of the He-Man Movie Watchers Club.

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Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)

JAPAN – Digital photos got you down because when you take a picture of yourself, you still look like you? Panasonic is releasing a camera in Japan to help you solve your realism problem. The LUMIX FX77, released last Friday, has a "beauty re-touch" function that will whiten your teeth, increase the translucency of your skin, remove dark eye circles, make your face look smaller and even magnify the size of your eyes.

For the final touch, it will apply rouge, lipstick and even eye shadow.

"According to data we've acquired, around 50 percent of our digital camera clients are not satisfied with the way their faces look in a photograph," she said.

"So we came up with the idea so our clients can fix parts they don't like about their faces after they've taken the picture."

The new camera has already been a hit at Bic Camera, a discount electronics retailer, which was allowed to sell the camera a week before the official launch date.

"It's very popular among people who use pictures in their blogs, or those taking just one commemorative photo that they need to be flawless," said Hiromi Honma, a Bic Camera sales representative.

Small problem…your photo may look more glamorous, but you still look like you. Get over yourselves Japanese people.

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – The owner of a suburban Philadelphia pizza shop has been arraigned on charges he schemed to plant live mice in competing pizza parlors in hope of putting them out of business.

Nickolas Galiatsatos, owner of Nina's Bella Pizzeria in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, is accused of putting bags of mice at nearby competitors on Monday afternoon, according to Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood.

The owner of Verona Pizza watched Galiatsatos go into his restroom carrying a bag but emerge empty-handed, and alerted two patrol officers who were in the restaurant, Chitwood said.

The officers found a bag of mice and footprints on a toilet seat, suggesting someone had been trying to reach the ceiling tiles, he said.

The officers then found Galiatsatos near another pizza place, Uncle Nick's, where he was seen putting something in a trash can. There, police found a bag containing five mice, Chitwood said.

"This guy planted them to put these guys out of business," Chitwood said. "I've been at this for 47 years, and I've never seen mice used as a criminal tool."

Galiatsatos claimed his shop had been infested with mice, and he blamed his competitors for the problem, he said.

Chitwood said that Galiatsatos told police he bought the mice at a pet shop for $10.

He faces misdemeanor charges of cruelty to animals, criminal mischief, harassment and disorderly conduct.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Christopher Carroll (Age 36) isn’t going to let his meth addiction or the fact that his wife is on the hood of his car slow him down. Carroll was walking out to his minivan getting ready to drive away while high on meth. His wife climbed onto the hood early on Saturday morning, outside the couple's home in Manteca, California, because she wanted to keep her husband from driving off.  Rather than stopping, however, Christopher Carroll sped away with his wife clinging to the hood and drove for more than 40 miles, hitting speeds of up to 100 mph, according to police. Christopher finally slowed down in Pleasanton and his wife rolled of the hood when he slowed. The message? Don’t do meth, kids. It might make you drive 40 miles with your wife on your hood…or perhaps if she was also on meth…DO do meth, as it’ll help you hold onto a speeding car for an hour. But seriously, don’t do meth. You look better with teeth.

I’m Craig, and that is the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)

Bring on Face and The Whale:

Ed in a Packers shirt? (Clip 30)

Dave’s show is cancelled

Reason I don’t try to get guests very hard: Jonah Keri show has been downloaded 8 fewer times than Aaron’s Scrabble show.

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Career Builder Survey - Top 10 Weird Excuses for being late

1. Employee claimed they weren’t late … the company clock was wrong.

2. Employee claimed is car was inhabited by a hive of bees and he couldn’t use the car for two hours until bees left.

3. Employee claimed their cat attacked them.

4. Employee claimed it was a delay with public transportation and produced a note signed by “The Bus Driver.”

5. Employee claimed his Botox appointment took longer than he expected.

6. Employee claimed his hair was hurting his head.

7. Employee claimed they did not get any sleep because their boyfriend’s wife threw them out of the house.

8. Employee claimed they knew they were already going to be late, so they figured they’d go ahead and stop to get donuts for everyone.

9. Employee claimed their Karma was not in sync that day.

10. Employee claimed they got hurt taking a fork out of the dishwasher.

Storm-Troopers 9-11 (Clip 31)

Something to Think About! (Clip 12)

1. Is there anything better than a computer transcribing voice mails? - "Hey Craig, it's John. I does call me back with your. It's sexy result on the try to catch on your cell phone. Okay. Alright. Thanks. bye bye "

2. Prince Charming needs a first name. Tim?

3. Dead Coyote – Best thing ever for my son

·         What animal made it dead?

·         Maybe another coyote, or maybe it got sick and died, or maybe it froze to death.

·         Or maybe a Lion or a Tiger?

4. Who is buying from telephone solicitors? Someone has to be, or they wouldn’t be doing it anymore.

5. Someone walks into a glass door right in front of you. Laugh or no?

6. University of Washington – Teaching a flirting class

7. (Courtesy of Aaron Young) When was the last time a parent had to yell at their kid to "TURN THAT RADIO DOWN!!!!!"? With everyone having I-Pods do kids even have radios in their rooms anymore?

8. Top Bun is thick, bottom bun is thin – It should be reversed.

Message Board kid or NASCAR guy?

Chris Slade, Aug 30 '08, 0
Johnny Markus, Mar 1 '10, 0
Dave Joseph, Aug 6 '09, 0
Douglas Davis, Aug 30 '10, 0
Jimmy James, Aug 27 '08, 1
Chris J. Ferraro, Oct 5 '10, 2
Mike McCalla, Mar 20 '08, 4
Nat Purcell, Feb 18 '09, 7
NotMikeDell, Sept 8 '09, 1  (I don't want to give away the ending, but it's not mikedell)  


NASCAR Kids...(Name, Car Number, Sponsor)

David Ragan, 6, UPS
Paul Menard, 27, MasterCraft
Mike Bliss, 36, Prism Motorsports
Dave Blaney, 66, A&W
AJ Allmendinger, 43, Best Buy
David Gilliand, 38, Taco Bell
Marco Ambrose, 9, Clorox
David Reutiman, 00, Aaron's

Googling myself:

1. Dodge Dealership:

Craig Dodge in Gastonia, North Carolina (704) 864-7786

2. CraigDodge.com (NOT ME) – Post about squirrel eating

3. Deputy Craig Dodge – Nebraska Police officer shot in the line of duty in 1987

4. Craig Dodge on Linked In:

1. Portland, Oregon – Architecture and Planning

2. Boston, Mass - Medical Devices

3. Reading, UK – IT (Account Manager at McAfee)

4. Price Edward Island, Canada – Video Game Composer/Sound Designer

5. Me

5. Me on Facebook

6. Me on Twitter

7. Police Officer shot

8. Dude teaching English in Taiwan

9. Craig “Dodge” Lile – Indie Music promoter

10. Real Estate listing on “Craig Dodge” road in Lincoln, NE. (Probably named after the cop shot in the line of duty)

Past He-Man Movie Watcher’s Movies and their RT ratings:

Episode 82 - Rocky

Episode 83 - Die Hard – 94%

Episode 84 - The Sting – 91%

Episode 86 - D2: The Mighty Ducks – 15%

Episode 91 - Cool Hand Luke – 100%

Episode 94 - The Big Lebowski – 79%

Episode 97 - The Warriors – 94%

Episode 99 – Roxanne – 88%

He-Man Movie Watcher’s Club

Roxanne (88% on Rotten Tomatoes)

Roxanne is a comedy film released in 1987, starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah. It is a modern retelling of the verse play Cyrano de Bergerac, written in 1897 by French author Edmond Rostand. The screenplay was written by Martin.

Released June 1987

In the film, Martin plays C.D. Bales, the fire chief in a small American town in the Pacific Northwest. C.D. is witty, acrobatic and skilled at many things, but he has a very large nose about which he is violently sensitive. He loves Roxanne Kowalski (Hannah), a beautiful astronomer, but she is infatuated with Chris (Rick Rossovich), a handsome but dim fireman. As in the play, Bales is touchy about his perceived ugliness (which he cannot have surgically altered because of a dangerous allergy to anesthetics) and speaks to the object of adoration the only way he can: he writes expressions of love in letter form and allows Chris to present them to Roxanne as if they were his own.

Steve Martin (C.D. Bales) – GREAT

Darryl Hannah (Roxanne) – Looks good, acts terribly

Fred Willard (Mayor of Nelson) – Misused

Damon Wayans (Fireman Jerry) – Almost invisible

Shelley Duval (Dixie) – Weird looking, but okay as the “friend”

Rick Rossovich (Chris) – Not a great actor, but does a good job playing dumb

Kevin Nealon (Coke Fiend) – Film debut

Shandra Beri (Sandy) – Waitress and “Friend” of Roxanne – Runs away with Chris

When C.D. is challenged to think of 20 better jokes than "big nose", one of them, "you must love the little birdies that you give them this to perch on" is taken directly from the original scene in "Cyrano de Bergerac."

While wearing the false nose, Steve Martin was often greeted with the phrase "Nice nose!" One day between scenes he had to use the lavatory in a bar, and on the way across the room he passed a group of bikers. Steeling himself for the usual greeting, he was delighted to hear one of the bikers instead ask "Why the long face?"

Episode 100 – Highlight show from the first 99 episodes

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? – Egregious omission.

Toilet Paper: Crumple or Fold?

Zambia, Armenia, Nicaragua, and Romania – Getting Steelers Championship gear.

My donkey basketball experience.

Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:

The Kinks – Picture Book (Clip 82)

Shalom and Good Evening to you all!

Scholarship for White Males

Colby Bohannan said that when he first applied to college, his family didn't have a huge stockpile of money set aside to pay for school. He found many scholarships for women and minorities, but none aimed at people like him: white men.

"I felt excluded," said Bohannan, a Texas State University student. "If everyone else can find scholarships, why are we left out?"

So Bohannan, a mass communication major and Iraq war veteran, and others formed the Former Majority Association for Equality — a San Marcos-based nonprofit group that is offering five $500 scholarships exclusively to white male students.

Bohannan, the group's president, said the name comes from the idea that "if you're not a male, and if you're not white, you're called a minority." However, he said, "I'm not sure white males are the majority anymore."

Recent U.S. census data indicate Bohannan is right, at least in Texas, where Hispanics accounted for two-thirds of the population growth over the past decade and where non-Hispanic whites now make up about 45 percent of residents.

The 501(c)3 nonprofit was formally incorporated with the state in March. The group hasn't received any applications, Bohannan said.

A search of public records indicates Bohannan pleaded no contest to charges of theft of property of less than $500 in 2001 and of issuance of a bad check in 2003. William Lake , the group's treasurer, pleaded no contest to issuance of a bad check in 2008.

Bohannan said he was charged with theft after authorities found a county speed limit sign in his Texas State dorm room and with writing a bad check for groceries, also while in college. Lake said he was charged with writing a bad check while managing a now-defunct business he started. Both said the charges have been disposed of.

Bohannan said the group is raising money — as of Monday , the group had raised $485, according to its website — and that he hopes to award scholarships by July 4. The money can be used to go to any college, not just Texas State, Bohannan said.

Applicants need to be at least 25 percent Caucasian, have a GPA exceeding 3.0 and demonstrate financial need.

"There's a scholarship out there for just about any demographic, except this one," Lake said. "We realize it's for good reason — this is a touchy subject."

Bohannan said the nine-member volunteer board includes three women, one Hispanic and one African American.

Bohannan said that in person, he's only been met with support for his group. But online, he said, he's seen some criticism.

One opinion column that ran in the Texas State newspaper, the University Star, offered praise for evening the scholarship playing field, while another argued aid should not be given on the basis of race or ethnicity at all.

Joanne Smith , Texas State's vice president for student affairs, said the scholarship is no different from ones offered to other ethnic groups. "From the university's standpoint, we can't take issue with a scholarship offered to a certain group."

Bohannan's group isn't the first to offer scholarships only for white students. In 2006, Boston University's College Republicans created a program with similar requirements. A Republican group at a university in Rhode Island offered a similar award in 2004.

Those groups claimed the scholarships made a statement against affirmative action. Bohannan said his group is not taking any stance for or against affirmative action.

"It's time in our society to look at the way our culture views race," he said. "It's time to give everyone an equal shot."

Reformatting your brain:

Scientists have been trying to find the elixir of memory that helps to forget everything bad. Perhaps you are looking for ways to resurrect the forgotten events after a severe head injury? Study the effect of false memories, which sometimes show during questioning witnesses to a crime. But the brain staunchly protects its secrets so Scientists have carried out experiments to address the frightening memories to see if memory can be rewritten.

And once again, scientists have attempted to penetrate the secrets of memory. This time they decided to test to see if they can edit the brain?

So during one experiment to cure the girl from the fear of dogs, she was shown pictures of different dogs – from the mind of evil and totally harmless. Thus, researchers removed from the archive of remembrance, encouraging the girl to experience again the emotions that she felt at that moment, when frightened by the animal.

After that it was taught to respond to the memory of another. For example, asked for her that the dog had saved her when she was drowning or chased vandals who climbed into her house. That is instilled her portrayal of another dog, dog-mate. At the final stage of the treatment research specialists the edited memories in the brain were fixed with the help of hypnosis.

The same researchers conducted experiments with members of military action, the victims of car accidents and rapes and as a result the volunteers experienced less fear of shocking memories.

The latest research is based on a radically new concept of storing memories in the brain. Before, scientists believed that memory – just photos: all parts firmly fixed at the time of the event. After these same experiments, the experts found that memories are stored in the brain, like folders on a shelf: when you take a folder to view, it is possible to change something.

- We do not want to erase all the memories – it would be unethical and would cause to reflect on the fate of other memories, associative associated with undesirable – says Roger Pitman, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. – The ideal scenario is to reduce or eliminate the fear that accompanies this recollection. The main focus is to provide treatment at a time when the memory is extracted from the archive, and “save” in memory, like a computer, an amended version.

It is possible that new methods of editing of memories will help in the future to treat a variety of phobias, posttraumatic stress and other syndromes associated with increased anxiety. We are all quiet certain this new found scientific piety would never be mishandled or used in such a way as say, military purposes. Never!

Something to Think About! (Clip 12)

1. Baby naming more likely to be traditional in the East

2. The most valuable Nintendo game ever: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_World_Championships

3. Who is buying from telephone solicitors? Someone has to be, or they wouldn’t be doing it anymore.