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Greetings and Salutations, People:

Tweet of the Week:  

Alec Sulkin ‏ @thesulk

Life is so much shorter and better when you eat burgers.

Today on VSR –

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DEER PARK, Texas (AP) -- A sting operation by a suburban Houston police department netted one of their own when surveillance cameras caught an officer repeatedly stealing colleagues' food and drinks from the refrigerator in the station's break room.

Deer Park police Officer Kevin Yang was charged with misdemeanor theft and suspended for 30 days without pay. Deer Park Police Chief Greg Griggs said that a class C misdemeanor conviction would not keep Yang from returning to duty.

Griggs says he authorized the video sting because the thefts have been going on for too long. Even though the items being stolen may be of trivial value, Griggs says theft is theft.

Yang tells KTRK that he was merely taking it upon himself to keep the shared refrigerator clean.

OAK PARK, Illinois – A family living in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park was shocked to discover their monthly electric bill was more expensive than most families make in an entire year: $107,625.16.

Kathy and David Rater had used 2,236 kilowatt hours the previous month and received a bill for for $276. But the following month, their bill said the couple had used closer to 1,647,499 kilowatts. There's no way the Rater's could use that much energy in one month even if they tried "The taxes (and fees alone) on the bill were $16,000,"

And to add to the anxiety, the Rater's home is signed up for automatic bill payments.  "I have automatic withdrawal, and I have overdraft protection," Rajter tells the Sun-Times. "Imagine if I'd just set the bill aside — it would have wiped out my entire checking and savings."

While neither company is exactly sure how the strange meter error took place, ComEd assured the Rater's that the six-figure total would not be deducted from their account. In fact, ComEd has reset their bill to zero while they investigate the issue.

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

Bring in the Whale:

Band name of the week: Lanky Grapple

Magnificent Seven – Movie Villains

Dr. Elsa Schneider – Blonde girl in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Edward Rooney – Principal in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

Buffalo Bill – Silence of the Lambs

General Zod – Superman II

Hans Gruber – Die Hard

Ivan Drago – Rocky IV

The Joker – The Dark Knight

Maleficent – Sleeping Beauty

Darth Vader – Star Wars

7. Biff Tannen – (Thomas F. Wilson) Back to the Future (Bumbling Villain)

6. Keyser Soze – (Kevin Spacey) - The Usual Suspects (Mythical Villain)

5. Jesus Quintana – (John Turturro) - The Big Lebowski (Silly Villain)

4. Charlie Meadows a.k.a. Madman Mundt – (John Goodman) Barton Fink

(Duel Personality Villain)

3. Warden Samuel Norton – (Bob Gunton) The Shawshank Redemption

(Villain of the Corrupt System)

2. John Doe – (Kevin Spacey) Se7en (Brilliant, Calculating and Crazy Villain)

1. Anton Chigurh – (Javier Bardem) No Country for Old Men (Relentless Villain)

Best Picture Nominees:

1. The Help

2. The Descendants

3. Hugo

4. The Artist

5. Midnight in Paris

6. War Horse

7. Moneyball

8. (Blank - Haven’t seen Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)

9. Tree of Life

Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:

Maybe You’re Right – Barenaked Ladies – Barenaked Ladies are Me

Shalom and Good Evening to you all!

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Greetings and Salutations, People: You are listening to the most popular podcast created in my house. From Denver, Colorado with Love, THIS is Vertically Striped Radio.

Valentines Day gifts. 3 boxes of cookies and a lightsabre.

Tweet of the Week:  

Ahm @Ahm76 

Some toddlers probably watch the Cookie Monster and think, "that's just like mommy and her wine." :(

Today on VSR – The same stuff we usually do, only less of it! Only an hour show today, as I’m taking the kiddos to a birthday party in just a little bit.

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Great Moments in the History of Blogtalk Radio – (Intro – Clip 11)

Larry sings Vanessa Williams (Clip 52)

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

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

LAS VEGAS, Nevada - Laughing tourists were either cynical or confused about whether a man was really suffering a medical episode amid the "doctor," "nurses" and health warnings at the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas, a restaurant owner said Wednesday.

"It was no joke," said Jon Basso, who promotes himself "Doctor Jon," his scantily-clad waitresses as nurses and customers as patients.

Basso said he could tell right away the man in his 40s eating a Triple Bypass burger was having trouble. He was sweating, shaking and could barely talk.

Paramedics were called Saturday night, fire spokesman Tim Szymanski said, and the man was hospitalized. His name and information about his condition weren't made public.

Giggles can be heard on the soundtrack of amateur video showing the man on a stretcher being wheeled out of the restaurant where patrons pass an antique ambulance at the door and a sign: "Caution! This establishment is bad for your health."

Eaters are given surgical gowns as they choose from a calorically extravagant menu offering "Bypass" burgers, "Flatliner" fries, buttermilk shakes and free meals to folks over 350 pounds.

Basso said he hopes the man is OK, and added that he felt bad for him because tourists treated his misfortune like a joke.

"We would never pull a stunt like that," he said.

LEECHBURG, Pa. — Police say a western Pennsylvania man who claims to have split personalities confessed to robbing a Chinese restaurant after reading about it in the newspaper and realizing he was the person who did it.

Online court records don't list an attorney for 23-year-old Timothy Beer, of Leechburg, who's been jailed since surrendering in Sunday's robbery of the China King Restaurant about 35 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.

Timothy Beer came to the police station Tuesday, saying he wasn't feeling well and "did something stupid."

Beer told police he ordered food and became angry when he perceived the person waiting on him was continuing to speak Chinese. The next thing Beer remembers, he was playing video games at his cousin's home — but says he later realized he committed the robbery when he read about it in Tuesday's Valley News Dispatch.

EXTON, Pennsylvania - A southeastern Pennsylvania man is behind bars after police say he walked naked into a Philadelphia-area Walmart and stole a pair of socks.

Verdon Lamont Taylor, 32, was arrested Wednesday night after police say he stripped off his clothes in the parking lot of the Exton store and went inside.

Police told local media outlets that surveillance footage shows the 6-foot-4, 300-pound Downingtown man walking around the store wearing nothing but a pair of socks he had stolen there. The video also shows shoppers avoiding Taylor.

 Authorities say they used a stun gun to subdue Taylor after he refused to comply with officers' orders and spat in an officer’s face.

Taylor was arraigned on charges including aggravated assault and indecent exposure. He's being held on $50,000 bail at Chester County Prison.

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

Jeremy Lin – FSU Co-Ed who is either hopelessly dumb or is a viral marketing genius.

Angie Maxx @xoxoAngieAngel

listening to the sing from that titanic movie all day in memory of britney she wuz my fav so sad :(

6h Angie Maxx @xoxoAngieAngel

omg britney huston died??? RIP ur a legend

17 Feb Angie Maxx @xoxoAngieAngel

to all you assholes leaving comments on my yutube page, i am NOT a slut! ive only had sex with like 3 guys inthe last 10 days!!!

16 Feb Angie Maxx @xoxoAngieAngel

OMG my video si getting so much attention form evrybody!!! can someone get it to jerry or jereemy or whatever his name is lol

Would you rather?

Giant zit on your head that never went away or a hump?

Have your wallet stolen or your cell phone stolen?

Be bedridden for a month or have to sleep on a linoleum floor for a year?

Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:

Middle of the Night – Eastern Conference Champions

Shalom and Good Evening to you all!

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Greetings and Salutations, People: The Heather Marie Combs of podcasting, This is Vertically Striped Radio.

My new nemesis: The janitor lady

Tweet of the Week:  

Robin Pecknold @rpecknold

The other night a cop car turned its lights on, ran a red light, and turned them off. Takeaway: nothing's illegal if you're dazzling enough.

Today on VSR – A new Magnificent list of my Top 7 most annoying mispronunciations, we’ll look at a few Super Bowl commercials that you probably DIDN’T see, and we’ll give you a few things to think about.

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NEW YORK – It may not smell like a rose but a New York City sewage plant is offering tours for lovers on Valentine's Day.

The tour host and superintendent of the Newtown Creek Wastewater treatment plant in Brooklyn tells the Daily News it'll be a unique date, and one that special someone will never forget.

Jim Pynn says the highlight of the tour will be the plant's giant egg-shaped digesters, which break down the noxious waste into harmless sludge and gas.

Pynn says each Valentine's Day visitor will get a Hershey kiss — and at least something to talk about.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A spat over forgetting to wish his wife a happy birthday landed a South Florida man in jail on domestic violence charges. Joseph Bray pushed his wife (but never hit her) during an argument that began because he had forgotten to wish her a Happy Birthday.

When Judge "Jay" Hurley heard the circumstances that brought 47-year-old Joseph Bray to bond court Tuesday, he issued a unique ruling.

Hurley ordered Bray to buy a birthday card and flowers for his wife before taking her to dinner at Red Lobster and bowling afterward. Hurley ruled the couple should begin seeing a marriage counselor immediately.

Judge Hurley felt this was a "better resolution" since the incident was minor and Bray had no prior arrests. Bray's wife told the judge she's not afraid of her husband.

TOKYO, Japan – If you work at a zoo, it’s important to be prepared in the unlikely instance that a wild animal escapes it’s enclosure. However, the preparations undertaken at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens may be slightly less than fully effective.

Two zoo workers donned a lifesize paper mache rhino costume and lumbered through the park last week while over a hundred zoo staff, police and paramedics took part in practicing what to do if an actual rhino would ever start ambling slowly through the park.

Although visitors were rushed away from the rhino's path, many stuck around to watch the spectacle - designed to prepare workers for a real-life rampage.

One worker at was even “attacked’ by the life-sized creature, prompting other keepers to rescue their colleague while pushing the animal away with sticks.

After keepers surrounded the rhino with a net, they pretended to tranquilize and capture it, at which point the two staff members inside the rhino were allowed to shed the costume and return to their normal duties.

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

Bring in the Whale:

Best Super Bowl Commercials not seen at the Super Bowl:

1-Will Ferrell – Old Milwaukee commercial seen only in North Platt, Nebraska.

2-Volkswagon Imperial March barked by dogs.

3-Hockey Commercial seen only in Canada – Rec league hockey game has fans crash the building.

We told 2 Port Credit, Ontario teams that we were shooting a documentary about rec league hockey.

We lied

Generals vs. Amigos

The Week in Wankery:

Tonsil Stones

Thinking Tuesday is Wednesday

Doug – Avalanche Game

The Heather Marie Combs Army

Tree of Life

Magnificent Seven –

Top 7 Most Annoying Mis-Pronunciations:

Anton Chigurh  

Orient – “Orientate”

Regardless – “Irregardless”

Specifically – “Pacifically”

Athlete – “Athalete”

Espresso – “Expresso”

Et Cetera – “Excetera”

7. February – “Febuary”

6. Nuclear – “Nucular”

5. Library – “Libary”

4. Height – “Heighth”

3. Rural – “Rual”

2. Supposedly - “Supposably”

1. Ask – “Aks”

Euphemisms for Death:

Go to Facebook Page-

MM Voice Mail – (Clip 53)

TEXT TRANSCRIPTION - "Hi hey Julie I'm sorry ... now in the morning calling and I hello this is Keith I think that you guys need hey I have a meeting you ... she's just wanted to ... so anyway I have what I have to go back on her and ... I don't know what's on man in no Rush call dan can retire I'll Try."

Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:

Did You Ever Look So Nice? – The Samples

Shalom and Good Evening to you all!

Show Prep 148

Greetings and Salutations, People: 100% less sedated than the Ed Show. THIS is Vertically Striped Radio.

Tweet of the Week:  

matt @biorhythmist

Asked a lady when she was due but it turns out she wasn't even a library book.

Today on VSR – Super Bowl mania! I haven’t decided who I’m rooting for tomorrow for Super Bowl 46, so we’re going to break it down VSR style and try to help me come to a decision. Although, sadly for this year’s competition, we have no parrots.

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

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BUTTE, Mont. – A 55-year-old Montana man who says he "always wanted" to be part of a police chase can check that off his bucket list.

John C. Hughes followed a patrol car for seven blocks early Thursday before pulling his SUV around and taking off at speeds of up to 70 mph. Officers say the Butte man was driving faster than 100 mph on an interstate toward Rocker, Mont.

Officers in that city laid out a spiked strip to flatten the tires on the SUV.

A police report says Hughes told officers he "just always wanted" to see what it would be like to be in a police chase. Officers say Hughes had not been drinking.

Hughes faces a charge of reckless driving while eluding police.

WAYNESBURG, Pa. – Police in southwestern Pennsylvania say a woman who appeared to not have any teeth in surveillance photos from a bank robbery last month has confessed, apologized and said she planned the heist because she needed the money for dentures.

Forty-nine-year-old Evelyn Marie Fuller, of Carmichaels, was arrested Tuesday by police in Waynesburg, where she's charged with robbing the First National Bank on Jan. 20.

Fuller told a district judge she has mental health problems and lives on disability.

After her arraignment, Fuller told a reporter, "I'm very sorry for what I did and I know God is going to punish me for it." Fuller says her pastor told her to tell the truth about what she did.

MONTPELIER, Vt. – A Vermont prison inmate who makes stationery and license plates has gotten the best of the state police by covertly adding the image of a pig to the state decal on their police cars.

One of the spots on the cow in the state crest has been changed to the shape of a pig, a derogatory term for police. The 16-inch car door decals are made by prisoners in Windsor.

State police discovered the pig images Wednesday. They say they believe the decals have been added to about 30 cruisers in the past year.

Who made the modification and when is being reviewed by the Department of Corrections. Corrections Commissioner Andy Pallito said Thursday new decals will be made by Monday for about $800.

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

Giorgio sings his Sonic Order – (Clip 50)

Bring in the Whale:

How many Super Bowl rematches have there been?

Dolphins and Redskins – 7, 17

Steelers and Cowboys – 10, 13, 30

49ers and Bengals – 16, 23

Cowboys and Bills – 27, 28

Giants and Patriots – 42, 46

I’m looking for the best euphemism for “He died” –

-We lost him

-passed away

-expired

-went to a better place

-went to his final resting place

-bit the dust

-bought the farm

-Kicked the bucket

-cashed in his chips

-taking a dirt nap

-A grave situation

-assumed room temperature

-bought a Yugo

-checked into the wooden Waldorf

-gone horizontal

-exported to a flat file

-Golf course where everyone gets a hole in one

-promoted to subterranean truffle inspector

-dumped in the people landfill

-Free sex for those who dig.

Europe has "Silent Discos." You listen to music on your headphones 

Due to noise ordinances in Europe, club owners have created “silent discos” where clubbers listen to music through headphones. Rather than use a speaker system, some club owners have resorted to wireless headphones to entertain club goers.

Music is broadcast via FM-transmitter to the clubber’s headphones. It’s called “silent discos.” The style of clubbing is popular for music festivals, when people want to party long after noise ordinances would allow. Two DJ’s often compete for the listeners, too.

Super Bowl 46 Breakdown:

Championship Appearances:

Patriots:         

7^th Trip to the Super Bowl (3-3)

Lost 1963 AFL Championship Game

Giants:

5^th Trip to the Super Bowl (3-1)

4 NFL Championships (Pre-Super Bowl) 1927*, 1934, 1938, 1956 (went 3-11 in NFL Championship Games) *No Championship Game in 1927

Famous Fans:

Patriots: Mark Wahlberg, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Steven King, Conan O’Brien, Denis Leary, Steven Tyler

Giants: Jon Bon Jovi, Tom Cruise, Spike Lee, Lady Gaga, Jerry Seinfeld, Viggo Mortensen

Tragedy:

The Great Boston Molasses Flood (January 15, 1919 - 21 killed, 150 injured)

vs.

9-11

Quarterback first name:

Tom vs. Eli

Accents:

Boston Accent – Clip 56

New York Accent – Clip 57

Serial Killer:

Son of Sam (6 killed, 7 wounded 1976-77)

vs.

Boston Strangler (13 victims 1962-64)

Sitcom:

Cheers vs. Seinfeld

Flula’s Analysis:

Clip 51 – Patriots Advantage

Clip 52 – Giants Advantage

AL Teams:

Yankees

Red Sox

Suffering City Factor:

Boston –

Last Football Championship - Won Super Bowl 39

Last City Championship - Bruins won Stanley Cup in 2011

New York –

Last Football Championship - - Won Super Bowl 42

Last City Championship – Yankees won World Series in 2009

Literal Mascot Battle:

Actual Patriot vs. Actual Giant

City Attitudes:

New York – Smug Superiority

Boston – Provincial A-holeishness

Most Famous Film Comparison:

Big Fan (Patton Oswalt) vs. Spygate Film (Starring St. Louis Rams Super Bowl Prep)

Controversy:

Dumping Bridget Moynahan for Gisele vs. Lawrence Taylor’s underage prostitute scandal.

Cheesy 80’s Rap Music:

Clip 53 – New England, The Patriots, and We

Clip 54 – We are the New York Giants

Dameshek.com Message Boarders:

Giants: Major Minority

Patriots: UMass Dameshek

Retro Logo Factor:

Giants – Just the word “Giants”

Patriots – Pat Patriot logo

Animals making predictions:

Giants:           Princess the Camel (From New Jersey)

                        Arun the One Horned Asian Rhinoceros (Texas)

                        Inji – Orangatan (Oregon)

Patriots:          Kami the Sumatran Tiger (Alabama)

                        Kutai – Orangatan (Oregon)

Luke’s prediction:

Giants (Clip 55)

Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:

Simple Song – The Shins (Port of Morrow releasing 3-20-12)

Shalom and Good Evening to you all!

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Greetings and Salutations, People:

Tweet of the Week:  

Megan Amram @meganamram

Smart children are gifted. Adopted children are regifted.

Today on VSR –  We’ll give you a few things to think with “Something to Think About!” about AND the He-Man Movie Watchers Club will convene to discuss “This is Spinal Tap”

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BORON, Calif., Jan. 26 (UPI) -- A Swiss artist plans to bury an intact Boeing 727 jetliner in California's Mojave Desert and build a tourist tunnel to give visitors a chance to view the underground project.

Christoph Buchel has applied for a Kern County conditional-use permit that will allow him to bury the 153-foot-long decommissioned airliner west of Boron. It's not far from the desert's aircraft boneyard.

The project, dubbed "Terminal," already has planning department staff approval.

The jetliner would be buried 38 feet below the surface.

Visitors will be able to experience the subterranean art project via an underground tunnel connecting the plane to a parking area. They'll be able to use the plane's restrooms, which will be connected to a septic system.

"At this point in time, we've received no letters in opposition to it," said Scott Denney, operations division chief for the county Planning Department. "But we have received a lot of inquiries."

MERIDEN – Connecticut (Reuters) – A pre-kindergarten boy who announced to his teacher at snack time that he wanted to share pulled nine bags of marijuana out of his jacket pocket, police said on Wednesday.

Police in Meriden, Connecticut, some 20 miles south of Hartford, were called to Hanover Elementary School Tuesday afternoon after the 4-year-old special needs student displayed the drugs, authorities said.

Meriden police said the nine individually wrapped bags of marijuana appeared prepared for sale.

Hanover Elementary School principal Miguel Cardona called it an "extremely unfortunate" and "isolated" incident that was not witnessed by any other students.

"What's so disheartening is this is really an adult issue and problem and adult behavior put a student at risk," Meriden schools superintendent Mark Benigni told Reuters.

"This student had no idea what he brought to school or what the substance was," he added.

Authorities are not releasing the names of the student or parents and police said there is a possibility for arrests pending the outcome of the investigation.

The Department of Children and Families is also looking into the incident.

ORANGE PARK, Fla., Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida said a teenager who broke into a home found himself swiftly being detained by the homeowner, a police officer.

The Clay County Sheriff's Office said deputies responded to a report of a home invasion Sunday in Orange Park and found Jacksonville Police Officer Garret Osilka restraining the suspect, Jarvis Guthrie, 18, WJXT-TV, Jacksonville, reported Wednesday.

Osilka, who said he did not know the teenager, told deputies he and his wife awoke around 3 a.m. Sunday to loud noises outside their home, and he soon heard the suspect force his way through the front door.

Osilka said he restrained Guthrie after a physical struggle and called deputies.

Guthrie was charged with burglary of an occupied dwelling with intent to commit battery.

PARANA, Brazil - The incident was caught on a security camera during the bank job in a small town in the state of Parana.

The thief was guarding the door of the bank while the rest of the gang went inside.

He was seen holding two guns in the bank's entrance while his two partners took a money bag inside.

Everything was going well until he lowered his right arm and shot his own foot.

The thief left the bank limping and was arrested on the same night when he went to hospital for treatment.

Police are still searching for the rest of the gang.

The robbery happened last week but the footage has now been released by police.

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

Bring in the Whale:

Patriots going to beat the Giants

Something to Think About:

1. I am incapable of typing the last name Bronson – It always comes out Broncos.

2. It doesn’t matter how old you get, you’re always a little jealous of the kid who gets a Nerf gun as a gift.

3. Droid – Too powerful to fall into the wrong hand

4. Announcement: There are no announcements

5. I’m always surprised when I see a really ugly pregnant woman

6. Any girl can be the girl next door if you live in the right neighborhood

7. 4^th and inches plays are kind of crap. How are the line judges really able to see where the ball gets to in the midst of that pile?

This is Spinal Tap:

Characters:

Marty Di Bergi – Rob Reiner

Nigel Tuffnel – Christopher Guest  (Also is the guy who invented the pain machine in the Princess Bride)

David St. Hubbins – Michael McKean (All time “That Guy” – His list of credits is ridiculously long) St. Hubbins – The patron saint of quality footwear

Derrick – Harry Shearer -  Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy, Kent Brockman, Dr. Hibbert, Lenny Leonard, Principal Skinner, Otto Mann and Rainier Wolfcastle

Ian Faith – Tony Hendra

Jeannine – June Chadwick - Total witch, Nigel HATES her.

Cameos from: Paul Shaffer, Fred Willard, Fran Drescher (loses points for that one), Bruno Kirby, Ed Begley, Jr., Anjelica Huston, Howard Hesseman (Dr. Johnny Fever), Dana Carvey and Billy Crystal

Scenes:

-Derrick gets stuck inside his clear pod as the other two guys are playing on stage.

-Nigel backstage can’t figure out the small bread.

-Airport security scene – Zucchini wrapped in tin foil in Derrick’s pants

-Stonehenge – 18 inch Stonehenge monument is lowered and nearly trampled by a dwarf.

-Jeannine gives out new costume ideas for the band members based on their zodiological signs.

Notes:

The band goes through several names. First “The Originals, then the New Originals, then the Thamesmen, then Spinal Tap.

Flower power era band – Album “Listen to the Flower People”

There is no actual "Isle of Lucy" in the United Kingdom off England's coast, where Spinal Tap supposedly played a blues/jazz or jazz/blues festival. In one of the most subtle and overlooked gags of the film, they are really just paying homage to the classic television show, I Love Lucy.

Quotes:

Ian Faith: The Boston gig has been cancelled...
David St. Hubbins: What?
Ian Faith: Yeah. I wouldn't worry about it though, it's not a big college town. 

David St. Hubbins: I believe virtually everything I read, and I think that is what makes me more of a selective human than someone who doesn't believe anything. 

Big Bottom:

The bigger the cushion, the sweeter the pushin'

That's what I said

The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand

Or so I have read

My baby fits me like a flesh tuxedo

I'd like to sink her with my pink torpedo

Big bottom, big bottom

Talk about bum cakes, my girl's got 'em

Big bottom drive me out of my mind

How could I leave this behind?

I met her on Monday, 'twas my lucky bun day

You know what I mean

I love her each weekday, each velvety cheek day

You know what I mean

My love gun's loaded and she's in my sights

Big game is waiting there inside her tights, yeah

Big bottom, big bottom

Talk about mud flaps, my girl's got 'em

Big bottom drive me out of my mind

How could I leave this behind?

My baby fits me like a flesh tuxedo

I'd like to sink her with my pink torpedo

Big bottom, big bottom

Talk about bum cakes, my girl's got 'em

Big bottom drive me out of my mind

How could I leave this behind?

Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:

“Thanks for Nothing” –Middle Brother (Self-Titled Album)

Shalom and Good Evening to you all!