Greetings and Salutations, people. This is Vertically Striped Radio brought to you by VerticallyStripedSocks.com. I am your host, Craig Dodge, or if you are slightly more daring, you may refer to me as “O Captain, my Captain.” I’m so glad you’ve decided to join us on this crazy audio shindig we like to call Vertically Striped Radio.
And now for the weekly game that I like to call, “Did our co-host Bruce call in this week? A quick look at the switchboard reveals that…”
Today on Vertically Striped Radio: Who creates the crop circles? We’ll present an alternative possibility to aliens; Assault with a deadly Cheeto; Philadelphia basketball goes Back to the Future; We’ll briefly (and I do mean briefly) recap the NBA draft, We’ll wish a Melancholy farewell to the king of pop, the world’s greatest second banana, and the poster model for one of the best selling and longest lived posters of all time; we’ll have this week’s music recommendation, and a great sound bite from the craziest college football coach I’ve ever heard. All of that, plus your calls…
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Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
But before we get to all that goodness, let’s get to the news…
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1. SYDNEY (Reuters) – The mystery of crop circles in poppy fields in Australia's southern island state of Tasmania has been solved -- stoned wallabies are eating the poppy heads and hopping around in circles.
"We have a problem with wallabies entering poppy fields, getting as high as a kite and going around in circles," the state's top lawmaker Lara Giddings told local media on Thursday.
"Then they crash. We see crop circles in the poppy industry from wallabies that are high," she said.
Many people believe crop circles that mysteriously appear in fields around the world are created by aliens.
Poppy producer Tasmanian Alkaloids said livestock which ate the poppies were known to "act weird" -- including deer and sheep in the state's highlands.
"There have been many stories about sheep that have eaten some of the poppies after harvesting and they all walk around in circles," said field operations manager Rick Rockliff.
Australia produces about 50 percent of the world's raw material for morphine and related opiates.
All this time everyone has thought that crop-circles were the work of aliens, when really, it’s a much more sensible explanation like stoned wallabies.
2. BERLIN (Reuters) – A thief in Germany was arrested after he tried to sell a garden mower online to the man he had stolen it from, police said Wednesday.
"The owner went to inspect the goods and recognized the mower as his own," said a spokesman for police in the southern town of Tuebingen. "Then he left and told police."
Officers confronted the 46-year-old suspect, who confessed to stealing the mower from a shed in February. He later put it for sale on internet auction site eBay, the spokesman said.
3. SHELBYVILLE, TENNESSEE (Shelbyville Times-Gazette) – A local couple arrested on domestic assault charges Sunday had an unusual choice of alleged weaponry -- Cheetos.
Warrants filed by Cpl. Kevin Roddy, of the Bedford County Sheriff's Department, stated he responded to a call at a home on Pass Road, where 40-year-old James Earl Taylor and Mary S. Childers, 44, were allegedly involved in an argument.
According to Roddy's report, the pair became "involved in a verbal altercation" with each other "at which time Cheetos potato chips were used in the assault."
"There was evidence of the assault," the report read, "however no physical marks on either party and the primary aggressor was unable to be determined."
Both Taylor and Childers were charged by Roddy with domestic assault. Both posted a bond of $2,500 and will appear in Bedford County General Sessions Court on July 15.
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I’m Craig, and that’s the news…
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Our big discussion this week involves sports uniforms. This week on VerticallyStripedSocks.com I did a breakdown of the Uniform changes I’d like to see. This post came about because the Philadelphia 76ers went back to their old logo, and there are several teams I would like to see move in this direction. Discuss the Sixers move and the suggestions that I made. I wasn’t the only one intrigued by this story (Play the Clip 07 - PTI clip 1:26) I swear I posted by blog story before I ever heard Wilbon and Kornheiser discuss this topic, and I have to disagree with Wilbon, the Broncos should NOT go back to their prior uniforms. (Check the message board for comments) I posted this topic on Dameshek.com and got a few suggestions…
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Talk a bit about the Deaths of Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, and Michael Jackson. The old axiom is that great people die in groups of 3. My friend Doug and I got into a discussion on whether or not David Carradine is in this group or not. What would be the biggest group of three people that could pass away today? (Check out the message board)
(Check the phone lines to see if you have any calls)
It is now time for a brief review of the NBA Draft (and trades):
- What is Minnesota doing?
- Shaq in Cleveland
- Vince Carter in Orlando
- Spurs get Richard Jefferson and then get DuJuan Blair. Good week for San Antonio
- Is Hasheem Thabeet going to be a bust?
- Is Blake Griffin doomed? (Simmons article)
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A link to this next sound clip was posted on dameshek.com this week, but in case you missed it, I really felt you needed to hear this goodness. The clip mostly sets itself up, but basically this is a collection of sound clips from a season with the head coach of the Montana Tech football team, Bob Green. The team plays in the Frontier Conference of the NAIA, and the name of their mascot is the Orediggers, so you can tell he’s pretty much big time. The greatest thing about this coach is that there is every chance this guy is nuts. Let’s listen. (Play Clip 06 – The Bob Green Clip 2:42)
www.centsports.com – Best bets of the week – I won 1.25 this week off of a ten cent bet on the American soccer team to beat Spain.
(Check the phone lines to see if you have any calls)
It’s time once again for the Twitter update:
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Twitter update: Apparently Twitter is now saving lives in Iran, so that’s a plus
Update my twitter stats:
Following people - 31
Followers people - 38
The followers number continues to grow (Even if a large bit of the growth comes from XXX trolls, but if you’re not already following me, you really should start. Come on, I’d like to get up to 50, that’s my meager goal.
www.twitter.com/socnorb777
You are on twitter as well, now, right Bruce? Follow Bruce at www.twitter.com/bdodge60
The Vertically Striped Radio Music recommendation of the week…
Gary Jules – Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets (2002) – Rootsy urban folk rock. It is both beautiful and haunting, depressing and inspiring, lonely and welcoming – delicately crafted folk music of the highest order.” –Benjamin Friedland, Rolling Stone The Album features the remake of the Tears for Fears song “Mad World” featured in the movie Donnie Darko but that song while very good, is not even close to the strongest part of the album.
Sounds a bit like: Cat Stevens, Paul Simon, Simon and Garfunkle, Nick Drake.
It’s some mellow but beautiful music, and I highly recommend giving it a listen. “Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets” is my recommendation of the week.
Thank you for listening to Vertically Striped Radio. Vertically Striped Radio has been brought to you today by VerticallyStripedSocks.com, it has also been brought to you by the letter C and by the number 8. (Both C and 8 have been advertising for years on Sesame Street, but they are looking for a slightly more mature demographic, and Vertically Striped Radio was happy to oblige.)
I’d also like to thank our guests… (Rundown who we had call, if anyone) Until next week…
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Shalom and Good evening to you all!
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Backup Material: If needed
Revisit best superhero power to have: I have done more soul-searching and determined that mind control would probably lead to me being an evil criminal, I am now throwing my support behind the power of teleportation.
Dad’s blood pressure story. Hasn’t been to doctor since 1992. His blood pressure was at 258/149. I looked up a blood pressure stages chart, and his was 20 points higher than the highest level on the chart. Thankfully he is now doing a bit better, and he is taking his health more seriously.
Text messaging – The whole country is turning into morons. How hard is it to spell a whole word? We may be saving time by not typing out the Y and the O when we spell you, but the end result is that our methods of communication are devolving into a retarded stew of stupid.
Sames and Opposites – Demitri Martin (Clip 08) (6:24) – From the Album “These are Jokes.”
D.A.M.N. Network – Dameshek Amalgamated Message-board Network.
D.A.M.N. Network – Name everybody
1. Dave Dameshek – Message Board at www.Dameshek.com and www.710espn.com
2. The Ed – www.theedssuperdeluxewebsite.com and www.blogtalkradio.com/lcs
3. LCS Boys - Mike Dell and Jerry Fairish – www.lcshockey.com and www.blogtalkradio.com/lcs
4. Barnstable Broadcast – www.blogtalkradio.com/umassjsp
5. Elevation Radio with John Klein – www.blogtalkradio.com/lordelevation
6. Microserf – www.wrecklessconjecture.blogspot.com
7. The No Name Show - www.blogtalkradio.com/No-Name-Show
Supplemental News Items:
1. BERLIN (Reuters) – A Polish couple living in Germany fell out after tying the knot and decided to end their marriage on the same day.
"He said he never wanted to see her again and wanted an immediate annulment, and she said the same thing," a spokesman for police in the northern city of Hanover said Thursday.
Right after the civil ceremony Wednesday, the 50-year-old man began arguing with his bride and tried to cut her hair with a kitchen knife, police said.
The 34-year-old woman called police, who issued the man with a restraining order, which he readily accepted, police said.
Two attempts at a rapprochement later that evening by telephone ended in more shouted exchanges before the man went to spend his wedding night in a local shelter for homeless people.
2. NEW YORK (Reuters) – Operators of an unauthorized New York airport van service that took five French tourists on a high speed chase in an attempt to evade police were charged Wednesday with unlawful imprisonment.
Tuesday, the operators of the van service -- Khaalif Preacher, 27, and Ian L. McFarlane, 57 -- were approached by police for "hustling" travelers outside the Air France terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport, prosecutors said.
Preacher, the van's driver, and McFarlane drove off, ignoring pleas by the tourists to be let out, prosecutors said. Police followed the van "in a marked vehicle with their lights flashing and sirens blaring," prosecutors said.
The van swerved through traffic, sped though stop signs and red lights, and traveled at speeds of 60 miles per hour on crowded residential streets, prosecutors said.
The men were also charged with assault, reckless endangerment, and resisting arrest. If convicted, they face up to seven years in prison.
Lawyers for the men could not immediately be reached for comment.
"As tourism, one of New York's most revenue-producing industries, continues to grow, the need to provide a safe and welcoming environment requires stronger penalties for those who engage in unlawful solicitation of ground transportation," Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said in a statement.
3. BUDAPEST (Reuters) – An overeager crowd in the Hungarian capital thwarted low-cost airline Wizz Air's attempt to release 1,000 balloons for its fifth anniversary celebrations when they caught wind of the freebies attached.
Onlookers spied coupons worth 10,000 forints ($49.45) attached to each balloon and a free-for-all of popping and grabbing commenced before the balloons could be officially released from a giant net in the center of Budapest.
"Someone popped one of the balloons, hoping to get the gift coupon that was attached to it," Wizz Air communications director Natasa Kazmer said. "As if on cue, the entire crowd attacked the net."
Members of the crowd scrambled about chasing balloons and collecting as many coupons as they could. One young woman kneeled over a grill in the gutter, furiously trying to pick as many coupons as she could out of the rainwater underneath.
"The idea was that the balloons would spread far and wide, so we did not place a limit on how many vouchers they could use for a single purchase," Kazmer said.
Wizz Air had planned to release the vouchers after a press conference in a nearby hotel, where Eastern Europe's largest airline had planned to outline its long-term vision.
The crowd and the vouchers were mostly gone before most of the press sent to cover the event had arrived or CEO Jozsef Varadi could finish his speech.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Show Prep #5
Greetings and Salutations, people. This is Vertically Striped Radio brought to you by VerticallyStripedSocks.com. My name is, Craig Dodge and I’ll be your guide for this tour through the audio wonderland that is Vertically Striped Radio.
Our co-pilot on this voyage of discovery is my brother and the co-host of Vertically Striped Radio, Bruce Dodge are here with us today, how are you doing, sir?
Wonderful and Weird Stories from Downtown Denver…A deranged looking homeless man was leaning against the wall and repeatedly picking up and throwing down five rocks as if they were dice. It was 1:45 in the afternoon on a busy street in Denver and I was instantly very nervous. What was up with this crazy dude? Do these people do this on purpose to freak out normal people, or are they legitimately nuts? Anyway, that brings me to the question of the day for Vertically Striped Radio…Which inspires the question of the day…What makes you just a little too nervous?
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 –
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Today on Vertically Striped Radio, Disecting NBA draft, Asking the question, “What is it that makes you nervous?”; News that will make it appropriate to say Pardon me ma’am, but your dress is ringing, Strange but true: The hottest baseball team going plays in Colorado??, The Nuggets road tripping to Asia, The crime fighting power of Google Maps, The Fall of the House of Bronco, Give me a beer, stupid, and of course…your calls about all this nonsense.
(Cue news music) But without any further ado, let’s get to the news…
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News Story 1
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch twin brothers who mugged a teenager in the northern town of Groningen were arrested after being caught on camera by a car gathering images for Google's online photo map service, police said.
The pair stole the 14-year-old boy's mobile phone and 165 euros ($230) in cash last September.
"The picture was taken just a moment before the crime," a police spokesman said.
In March, the victim recognized himself and the two robbers while surfing Google Maps, which has a "Street View" feature allowing users to see images of buildings. The images are usually taken by a camera mounted on a car.
After an investigation by the police, one of the 24-year-old twins confessed to robbing the boy.
News Story 2
MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish bar is encouraging clients to insult its staff and offering free drinks for original or hilarious abuse.
"When you come in after work, you can say swear at them and call them a jerk or imbecile," said client Antonio Ossa, who told state news agency EFE the promotion by the "Casa Pocho" bar in the southern town of Cullera near Valencia seemed like a good idea to him.
Polish-born bar owner Bernard Mariusz said he thought people needed somewhere to release their frustrations at a time of economic crisis, employing the Spanish language's rich store of earthy obscenities.
"That way they won't let it out on their family," he said.
News Story 3
LONDON (Reuters) – Former Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova presented a prototype dress to reporters that is designed to light up when the wearer's mobile telephone rings.
British fashion student Georgie Davis dreamed up the knee-length sleeveless white dress as part of a school project with mobile phone-maker Sony Ericsson to figure out ways of incorporating new technology into fashion.
Davis said the dress is designed to eventually be connected to the wearer's phone by Bluetooth wireless technology, so she can be alerted to a call even in noisiest of places.
"When you're in a pub or a bar, you can never, ever hear your phone," 20-year-old Davis told Reuters on Wednesday.
The right shoulder of the dress is embellished with translucent white scales that move and light up.
Sharapova showed off the dress to a gaggle of photographers and a crowd of passers-by from the window a luxury department store in central London.
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I’m Craig, and that’s the news…
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Let’s talk a bit about what’s going down in the world of sports…
Denver Broncos drama: Losing Shanny, Losing Jay Cutler, and now Brandon Marshall is saying he wants out. What is wrong in Dove Valley?? Has a coach ever been fired before ever coaching a single game?
The big thing this week of course is the NBA Draft.
(Look to see if Joe has called in)
NBA Draft preview –
Things I like about the watching draft:
-Young soon to be very rich guys with no taste in wild suits putting on hats
-NBA Draft caps: For a hat guy like me, some of the best hats of the year for the NBA fan. This year’s are gorgeous, they’re black Adidas numbers, and they are some of the more beautiful ones we’ve ever had.
-Sports talk People talking about young basketball players and using words like Motor, Long, Sexy, Upside, Explosive, Potential and Length. What will be the breakout word this year?
Let’s preview the first several picks…
1. The amount of players who probably cost themselves a lot of money by going back to school Ed Davis (PF – Age 20 Freshman North Carolina 6’10), Greg Monroe (Age 19 - 6’11 Georgetown), Al-Farouq Aminu (18 years old, projected as high as 8 overall 6’8 from Wake Forrest), Willie Warren (6’4 SG from Oklahoma) , Cole Aldrich, and John Wall).2. As much as people say how bad this draft is, there is an abundance of point guard depth (draftexpress.com has 11 point guards predicted to go in the first round).3. How is Ty Lawson projected to go late teens /early twenties? I must be missing something here, but I thought he was the second best player in college basketball last season. He won't play any defense in the pros, but he's a decent shoooter, can get to the hoop against anyone, and he has a fantastic handle. I think the Suns would be crazy to not draft him as Steve Nash replacement. If you want to call me before the show to talk my number is 301-367-9364. If you're full today and prefer that I not call in just let me know. Joe
Clippers – Blake Griffin or trade (Rumors that OKC would like Blake Griffin – instate hero couldn’t hurt marketing)
Grizzlies – Hasheem Thabeet or Ricky Rubio – I was reading True Hoop this week, and they were talking about how Memphis likes Thabeet so much, they are already considering having a local band reproduce the Go-Go’s song “We’ve got the beat” and changing it to “We’ve got Thabeet”
Oklahoma City Hijackers – Thabeet or Rubio seems like they are in the same position as the Nuggets were in back in 2003 when they were going to take whoever Detroit didn’t take between Carmelo Anthony or Darko Milicic (and a big thank you to Joe Dumars for making the wrong choice), OKC will probably take whichever one the Grizzlies don’t take between the Thabeet/Rubio duo, but there are also rumors that are being spread by James Harden that the Hijackers have promised Harden they are going to take the 6’5 Shooting Guard from Arizona State. Harden is rumored to be rising and has good decision making skills and is an efficient player, but needs work on his perimeter shot.
Kings – If the Hijackers do take Harden, I think that the Kings will happily take Ricky Rubio, who may or may not agree to play with them.
Wizards – Jordan Hill 6-10 Junior from Arizona or James Harden
Timberwolves – DeMar DeRozen SG/SF 6-7 Freshman from USC or Tyreke Evans PG/SG 6-5 from Memphis
Warriors – DeRozen or Evans
Knicks – Stephen Curry – PG/SG Davidson 6-3
Raptors – Jrue Holiday – PG UCLA 19 years old 6-3
Bucks – Brandon Jennings – 19 year old who skipped college to play a season in Rome.
Nets
Bobcats
Pacers
Suns
Pistons
Bulls
76ers
Timberwolves
Hawks
Jazz
Hornets
Mavericks
Kings
Trailblazers
Thunder
Bulls
Grizzlies
Timberwolves
Lakers
Cavaliers
Other Players I’m interested to see where they go: DuJuan Blair, Jonny Flynn, Tyler Hansbrough (Please God, let it be Utah), Brandon Jennings (Playing in Rome for Lottomatica Roma)
It is now time for a Twitter update…(Play Ed’s Twitter song)
Twitter update:
Update my twitter stats:
Following 31 people
Followers 35 people
Bruce, you are now on the twitter, right? Have you been using it at all? Do you tweet?
I still have more followers than people I’m following, but you really should start following me. Come on, I’d like to get up to 50, that’s my meager goal.
www.twitter.com/socnorb777
(Check the phone lines to see if you have any calls)
Wonderful and Weird Stories from Downtown Denver…A deranged looking homeless man was leaning against the wall and repeatedly picking up and throwing down five rocks as if they were dice. It was 1:45 in the afternoon on a busy street in Denver and I was instantly very nervous. What was up with this crazy dude? Do these people do this on purpose to freak out normal people, or are they legitimately nuts? Anyway, that brings me to the question of the day for Vertically Striped Radio…Which inspires the question of the day…What makes you just a little too nervous?
While we are still talking basketball, the NBA announced this week that the Nuggets will be playing an exhibition game in Taiwan.
Nuggets to Play Pacers in Taiwan exhibition October 8th –
The NBA will play its first game in Taiwan this fall.
The league said Friday the Denver Nuggets will face the Indiana Pacers on Oct. 8 in an exhibition game at Taipei Arena.
Taipei will be the seventh Asian city to host an NBA game. The others are Beijing, Guangzhou, Macao, Shanghai, Tokyo and Yokohama.
(If you need filler) Sames and Opposites - Demitri Martin (These are jokes) (6:25)
(Check the phone lines to see if you have any calls)
Switching gears to sports betting, I have a website that I’d like to recommend – www.centsports.com –It’s awesome…
Magnificent 7: Seven things I could do without.
1. Being told that your email was sent from your iPhone
2. Mosquitoes
3. Reply emails that just say thank you.
4. Outsourcing to India
5. Security checks at football games
6. 99% of requests on Facebook
7. Algebra – Not get rid of it entirely, but did I really need it in high school?
Discuss the Rockies for a bit. 14 of 15 (Not too shabby) – I have been keeping tabs from afar, I don’t want to jinx them.
New segment: Music recommendation of the week…
TV on the Radio – Dear Science
Bruce, do you have a recommendation?
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Shalom and Good evening to you all!
Emergency Topics:
D.A.M.N. Network –
D.A.M.N. Network – Name everybody
1. Dave Dameshek – Message Board at www.Dameshek.com and www.710espn.com
2. The Ed – www.theedssuperdeluxewebsite.com and www.blogtalkradio.com/lcs
3. LCS Boys - Mike Dell and Jerry Fairish – www.lcshockey.com and www.blogtalkradio.com/lcs
4. Barnstable Broadcast – www.blogtalkradio.com/umassjsp
5. Elevation Radio with John Klein – www.blogtalkradio.com/lordelevation
6. Microserf – www.wrecklessconjecture.blogspot.com
7. The No Name Show - www.blogtalkradio.com/No-Name-Show
Text messaging – This whole country is turning into morons. How hard is it to spell a whole word? We may be saving time by not typing out the Y and the O when we spell you, but the end result is that our methods of communication are devolving into a retarded stew of stupid.
Our co-pilot on this voyage of discovery is my brother and the co-host of Vertically Striped Radio, Bruce Dodge are here with us today, how are you doing, sir?
Wonderful and Weird Stories from Downtown Denver…A deranged looking homeless man was leaning against the wall and repeatedly picking up and throwing down five rocks as if they were dice. It was 1:45 in the afternoon on a busy street in Denver and I was instantly very nervous. What was up with this crazy dude? Do these people do this on purpose to freak out normal people, or are they legitimately nuts? Anyway, that brings me to the question of the day for Vertically Striped Radio…Which inspires the question of the day…What makes you just a little too nervous?
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 –
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Today on Vertically Striped Radio, Disecting NBA draft, Asking the question, “What is it that makes you nervous?”; News that will make it appropriate to say Pardon me ma’am, but your dress is ringing, Strange but true: The hottest baseball team going plays in Colorado??, The Nuggets road tripping to Asia, The crime fighting power of Google Maps, The Fall of the House of Bronco, Give me a beer, stupid, and of course…your calls about all this nonsense.
(Cue news music) But without any further ado, let’s get to the news…
(Play News Music)
News Story 1
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch twin brothers who mugged a teenager in the northern town of Groningen were arrested after being caught on camera by a car gathering images for Google's online photo map service, police said.
The pair stole the 14-year-old boy's mobile phone and 165 euros ($230) in cash last September.
"The picture was taken just a moment before the crime," a police spokesman said.
In March, the victim recognized himself and the two robbers while surfing Google Maps, which has a "Street View" feature allowing users to see images of buildings. The images are usually taken by a camera mounted on a car.
After an investigation by the police, one of the 24-year-old twins confessed to robbing the boy.
News Story 2
MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish bar is encouraging clients to insult its staff and offering free drinks for original or hilarious abuse.
"When you come in after work, you can say swear at them and call them a jerk or imbecile," said client Antonio Ossa, who told state news agency EFE the promotion by the "Casa Pocho" bar in the southern town of Cullera near Valencia seemed like a good idea to him.
Polish-born bar owner Bernard Mariusz said he thought people needed somewhere to release their frustrations at a time of economic crisis, employing the Spanish language's rich store of earthy obscenities.
"That way they won't let it out on their family," he said.
News Story 3
LONDON (Reuters) – Former Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova presented a prototype dress to reporters that is designed to light up when the wearer's mobile telephone rings.
British fashion student Georgie Davis dreamed up the knee-length sleeveless white dress as part of a school project with mobile phone-maker Sony Ericsson to figure out ways of incorporating new technology into fashion.
Davis said the dress is designed to eventually be connected to the wearer's phone by Bluetooth wireless technology, so she can be alerted to a call even in noisiest of places.
"When you're in a pub or a bar, you can never, ever hear your phone," 20-year-old Davis told Reuters on Wednesday.
The right shoulder of the dress is embellished with translucent white scales that move and light up.
Sharapova showed off the dress to a gaggle of photographers and a crowd of passers-by from the window a luxury department store in central London.
(Cue News Music)
I’m Craig, and that’s the news…
(Play News Music)
Let’s talk a bit about what’s going down in the world of sports…
Denver Broncos drama: Losing Shanny, Losing Jay Cutler, and now Brandon Marshall is saying he wants out. What is wrong in Dove Valley?? Has a coach ever been fired before ever coaching a single game?
The big thing this week of course is the NBA Draft.
(Look to see if Joe has called in)
NBA Draft preview –
Things I like about the watching draft:
-Young soon to be very rich guys with no taste in wild suits putting on hats
-NBA Draft caps: For a hat guy like me, some of the best hats of the year for the NBA fan. This year’s are gorgeous, they’re black Adidas numbers, and they are some of the more beautiful ones we’ve ever had.
-Sports talk People talking about young basketball players and using words like Motor, Long, Sexy, Upside, Explosive, Potential and Length. What will be the breakout word this year?
Let’s preview the first several picks…
1. The amount of players who probably cost themselves a lot of money by going back to school Ed Davis (PF – Age 20 Freshman North Carolina 6’10), Greg Monroe (Age 19 - 6’11 Georgetown), Al-Farouq Aminu (18 years old, projected as high as 8 overall 6’8 from Wake Forrest), Willie Warren (6’4 SG from Oklahoma) , Cole Aldrich, and John Wall).2. As much as people say how bad this draft is, there is an abundance of point guard depth (draftexpress.com has 11 point guards predicted to go in the first round).3. How is Ty Lawson projected to go late teens /early twenties? I must be missing something here, but I thought he was the second best player in college basketball last season. He won't play any defense in the pros, but he's a decent shoooter, can get to the hoop against anyone, and he has a fantastic handle. I think the Suns would be crazy to not draft him as Steve Nash replacement. If you want to call me before the show to talk my number is 301-367-9364. If you're full today and prefer that I not call in just let me know. Joe
Clippers – Blake Griffin or trade (Rumors that OKC would like Blake Griffin – instate hero couldn’t hurt marketing)
Grizzlies – Hasheem Thabeet or Ricky Rubio – I was reading True Hoop this week, and they were talking about how Memphis likes Thabeet so much, they are already considering having a local band reproduce the Go-Go’s song “We’ve got the beat” and changing it to “We’ve got Thabeet”
Oklahoma City Hijackers – Thabeet or Rubio seems like they are in the same position as the Nuggets were in back in 2003 when they were going to take whoever Detroit didn’t take between Carmelo Anthony or Darko Milicic (and a big thank you to Joe Dumars for making the wrong choice), OKC will probably take whichever one the Grizzlies don’t take between the Thabeet/Rubio duo, but there are also rumors that are being spread by James Harden that the Hijackers have promised Harden they are going to take the 6’5 Shooting Guard from Arizona State. Harden is rumored to be rising and has good decision making skills and is an efficient player, but needs work on his perimeter shot.
Kings – If the Hijackers do take Harden, I think that the Kings will happily take Ricky Rubio, who may or may not agree to play with them.
Wizards – Jordan Hill 6-10 Junior from Arizona or James Harden
Timberwolves – DeMar DeRozen SG/SF 6-7 Freshman from USC or Tyreke Evans PG/SG 6-5 from Memphis
Warriors – DeRozen or Evans
Knicks – Stephen Curry – PG/SG Davidson 6-3
Raptors – Jrue Holiday – PG UCLA 19 years old 6-3
Bucks – Brandon Jennings – 19 year old who skipped college to play a season in Rome.
Nets
Bobcats
Pacers
Suns
Pistons
Bulls
76ers
Timberwolves
Hawks
Jazz
Hornets
Mavericks
Kings
Trailblazers
Thunder
Bulls
Grizzlies
Timberwolves
Lakers
Cavaliers
Other Players I’m interested to see where they go: DuJuan Blair, Jonny Flynn, Tyler Hansbrough (Please God, let it be Utah), Brandon Jennings (Playing in Rome for Lottomatica Roma)
It is now time for a Twitter update…(Play Ed’s Twitter song)
Twitter update:
Update my twitter stats:
Following 31 people
Followers 35 people
Bruce, you are now on the twitter, right? Have you been using it at all? Do you tweet?
I still have more followers than people I’m following, but you really should start following me. Come on, I’d like to get up to 50, that’s my meager goal.
www.twitter.com/socnorb777
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Wonderful and Weird Stories from Downtown Denver…A deranged looking homeless man was leaning against the wall and repeatedly picking up and throwing down five rocks as if they were dice. It was 1:45 in the afternoon on a busy street in Denver and I was instantly very nervous. What was up with this crazy dude? Do these people do this on purpose to freak out normal people, or are they legitimately nuts? Anyway, that brings me to the question of the day for Vertically Striped Radio…Which inspires the question of the day…What makes you just a little too nervous?
While we are still talking basketball, the NBA announced this week that the Nuggets will be playing an exhibition game in Taiwan.
Nuggets to Play Pacers in Taiwan exhibition October 8th –
The NBA will play its first game in Taiwan this fall.
The league said Friday the Denver Nuggets will face the Indiana Pacers on Oct. 8 in an exhibition game at Taipei Arena.
Taipei will be the seventh Asian city to host an NBA game. The others are Beijing, Guangzhou, Macao, Shanghai, Tokyo and Yokohama.
(If you need filler) Sames and Opposites - Demitri Martin (These are jokes) (6:25)
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Switching gears to sports betting, I have a website that I’d like to recommend – www.centsports.com –It’s awesome…
Magnificent 7: Seven things I could do without.
1. Being told that your email was sent from your iPhone
2. Mosquitoes
3. Reply emails that just say thank you.
4. Outsourcing to India
5. Security checks at football games
6. 99% of requests on Facebook
7. Algebra – Not get rid of it entirely, but did I really need it in high school?
Discuss the Rockies for a bit. 14 of 15 (Not too shabby) – I have been keeping tabs from afar, I don’t want to jinx them.
New segment: Music recommendation of the week…
TV on the Radio – Dear Science
Bruce, do you have a recommendation?
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Shalom and Good evening to you all!
Emergency Topics:
D.A.M.N. Network –
D.A.M.N. Network – Name everybody
1. Dave Dameshek – Message Board at www.Dameshek.com and www.710espn.com
2. The Ed – www.theedssuperdeluxewebsite.com and www.blogtalkradio.com/lcs
3. LCS Boys - Mike Dell and Jerry Fairish – www.lcshockey.com and www.blogtalkradio.com/lcs
4. Barnstable Broadcast – www.blogtalkradio.com/umassjsp
5. Elevation Radio with John Klein – www.blogtalkradio.com/lordelevation
6. Microserf – www.wrecklessconjecture.blogspot.com
7. The No Name Show - www.blogtalkradio.com/No-Name-Show
Text messaging – This whole country is turning into morons. How hard is it to spell a whole word? We may be saving time by not typing out the Y and the O when we spell you, but the end result is that our methods of communication are devolving into a retarded stew of stupid.
Show Prep #4
Greetings and Salutations, people. This is Vertically Striped Radio brought to you by VerticallyStripedSocks.com. Can you feel it in the air today? The world seems a little bit brighter, the air a bit fresher, life is just a little bit better. There is a jump in my step and a smile on my face, for the Red Wings are no longer the champions of the NHL. (Cue Ding Dong the Witch is Dead) From this very happy Avalanche fan to the Pittsburgh Penguins, this was the song that was in my heart, and the message that I’d like to share with Pens nation today…(Play Ding Dong the Witch is Dead) Many thanks to you all, for the Detroit Red Wings are no more, their names will not once again be engraved upon the Cup, and Marion Hossa is officially a jinx. It’s a glorious new day, and life is better when the winged wheel is not reigning as Stanley Cup Champs!
My co-host and brother are here with us today, how are you doing, sir?
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 – We’d love your calls today, especially if you need a place to share your joy about the Penguins victory, call in. I’d love to celebrate with people who are actual Pens fans today!
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Today on Vertically Striped Radio, we will break down what little drama remains in the NBA Finals, we will discuss the merits of “National Man Day”, we will continue to revel in the glory that is the Red Wings loss in the Stanley Cup Finals, we will do an extensive breakdown on the likability of the Magic vs. the likability of the Lakers, we will discuss whether or not your dog might have a marijuana problem, and of course we will welcome your calls. (Cue news music) But before we go any further, let’s get to the news…
(Play News Music)
1. BERLIN (Reuters) – A fox has been unmasked as the mystery thief of more than 100 shoes in the small western German town of Foehren, authorities said Friday.
A forest worker stumbled upon shoes strewn near the fox's den and found a trove of footwear down the hole which had recently been stolen overnight from outside locals' front doors.
"There was everything from ladies' shoes to trainers," said a local police spokesman. "We've found between 110 and 120 so far. It seems a vixen stole them for her cubs to play with."
Although many were missing laces, the shoes were in good condition and their owners were delighted to reclaim them, he said, adding that no reprisals were planned against the culprit.
I find it interesting that we have found the Imelda Marcos of the animal world, interesting that it’s a fox, when Imelda was Faaaaaaaaar from a fox. I am also sad to hear that the fox will not be punished, we need to break the cycle of fox theft, if she doesn’t learn from her mistake she will surely repeat it. She’s stolen over 100 pairs of shoes, she clearly has a pattern of wrong doing.
Our next story is one of the weirdest I have ever heard…
2. ZEPHYR COVE, Nev. – A 53-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of being naked near a high school on Lake Tahoe's east shore. The naked man was arrested Monday after three Whittell High School students reported spotting him tied to a rock and lying face down behind the school. When the students asked if he needed to be untied, the man answered no.
Douglas County sheriff's deputies said the man told them he was watching some buzzards flying overhead at the time.
The man, who said he was a freelance writer, was arrested on a charge of loitering on school grounds. He's scheduled to appear Monday in Tahoe Township Justice Court.
What is “suspicion of being naked?” Can’t you confirm that, do you have to be suspicious about it? Also, what is this guy doing tied to a rock watching buzzards, and why didn’t he say he needed help or to be untied. Plus, this guy is naked, tied to a rock, and perhaps almost buzzard food, and he’s getting arrested for Loitering? There is so much weirdness in this one story I can barely take it.
3. CELESTINE, Ind. – Two Indiana men have declared Monday "National Man Day" only to find there's already a romantic holiday that falls on that date.
Ninteen-year-old Joel Longanecker of Celestine and his 26-year-old brother Aaron, of Indianapolis, have for months been rallying thousands to their masculine cause on Facebook. More than 260,000 people have pledged to "stand up and do manly things" on Man Day.
But it turns out June 15 is also "Sneak a Kiss Day," a day for sweethearts to steal smooches from their sweeties.
The Man Day organizers urge participants to take part in "manly" activities such as football, hunting or watching Rocky movies. They claim real men don't "sneak" kisses.
I like the concept of national man day, but I’m also a fan of Sneaking kisses, can’t we just compromise and have both?
How would be the best way to celebrate National Man Day?
4. ST. LOUIS – It's an international mystery: How did a Missouri family's Christmas card photo end up in the Czech Republic, splashed across a huge storefront advertisement? Danielle Smith said Wednesday that the photo taken of her family last year got sent to family and friends, and was posted on her blog and a few social networking sites. The photo showed her and her husband Jeff holding their two young children.
About 10 days ago, one of Smith's college friends was driving through Prague when he spotted their huge smiling faces in the window of a store specializing in Europeann food. He snapped a few pictures and sent them to a flabbergasted Smith.
"It's a life-size picture in a grocery store window in Prague — my Christmas card photo!" said Smith, 36, who lives in the St. Louis suburb of O'Fallon.
Mario Bertuccio, who owns the Grazie store in Prague, said the photo was from the Internet. Details were sparse, but he said he thought it was computer-generated. When told it was a real photo — of a real family — he said he started taking steps to remove it.
"We'll be happy to write an e-mail with our apology," said Bertuccio, who said he would send the Smiths a bottle of good wine if they lived in his eastern European country.
The Smiths and photographer Gina Kelly hadn't authorized anyone to use the pictures. Kelly said she has asked a professional photographers' organization to help figure out how her image wound up in Prague.
Smith has gotten 180,000 hits to her Web site since she recently posted the story about the well-traveled snapshot. She said the photo wasn't used in an unseemly manner, it was just used to tell potential shoppers about the store's delivery service.
Smith said next time she posts a photo on the Internet, she's going to lower the resolution or add an electronic watermark to make it hard to reproduce.
"This story doesn't frighten me, but the potential frightens me," Smith said.
Are you really questioning how someone found you picture?? Your website had 180,000 hits, I’m guessing that had something to do with it.
Also, the potential frightens you? What potential? The potential that people in Prague might see a photo of your family? That is terrifying news for certain, the ramifications are intense!!!
5. SEATTLE – A dog that ran off from its owner in Seattle's Seward Park found and ate some marijuana and got high. Owner Jen Nestor Waddell told KING-TV the 11-year-old black Lab mix named Jack was "just stoned" May 12 after they returned home from the park. The dog's eyes glossed over and he had trouble walking.
The vet said Jack had swallowed a large amount of dried, harvested marijuana. After some medication to induce vomiting and a night of rest Jack was back to normal.
Waddell told police about the drugs and joked they could borrow Jack to find them if they paid the $1,500 vet bill.
Wasn’t the concept of a dog getting high pretty much perfected by “Killer” in the movie “Half Baked?” It’s good to know that this dog was looking for a dime bag. It’s not like someone force fed it to him, he ran off from his owner and found and ingested the drugs on his own. Do you think perhaps this is a pattern and he’s been doing this for awhile and finally got caught? Considering how aggressive and fast dogs usually are when eating, How scary would a dog with the munchies be? (Cue News Music)
I’m Craig, and that’s the news…
(Play News Music)
(Check the phone lines to see if you have any calls)
Seeing as how we’re a sports show, let’s actually discuss a sports topic…
Likability of the two NBA Finals teams:
On the Dameshek message boards it was suggested that should the Lakers go on to win the championship that this may be one of the least likable teams in a decade. I generally dislike the Kobes, but I thought we’d break it down player by player to see how we felt about each team, and see which team is truly the most unlikable.
Orlando Magic:
1
Rafer Alston
PG
32
6-2
175
Fresno State
$4,900,000
4
Tony Battie
C
33
6-11
240
Texas Tech
$5,746,000
31
Adonal Foyle
C
34
6-10
270
Colgate
$797,581
13
Marcin Gortat
C
25
6-11
240
$711,517
12
Dwight Howard
C
23
6-11
265
$13,758,000
8
Anthony Johnson
PG
34
6-3
195
$1,910,000
11
Courtney Lee
SG
23
6-5
200
Western Kentucky
$1,176,240
9
Rashard Lewis
PF
29
6-10
230
$16,447,871
10
Tyronn Lue
PG
32
6-0
175
Nebraska
$2,250,000
14
Jameer Nelson
PG
27
6-0
190
Saint Joseph's
$7,700,000
20
Mickael Pietrus
SG
27
6-6
215
$5,300,000
7
J.J. Redick
SG
24
6-4
190
Duke
$2,139,720
32
Jeremy Richardson
SG
25
6-7
195
Delta State
$591,148
15
Hedo Turkoglu
SF
30
6-10
220
$6,864,200
Non-Factors removed from the discussion: Anthony Johnson and Jeremy Richardson
Rafer Alston – Cool nickname, “Skip to my Lou.” Has a reputation as a fragile head case. I’d say he’s a push overall, neither likable or dislikable
Tony Battie – As a Nuggets fan, I have to go with Unlikable, El Busto (1997 Draft Pick of the Nuggets, played with us one season), as Dan Issel called him. I didn’t even realize he was still in the league until the Conference Finals started.
Adonal Foyle – Cool name, played with the Warriors, which I always like as I have a soft spot in my heart for the Warriors. A bit over the hill, and not a huge factor is the series, but he is likable.
Marcin Gortat – I like this cat, Feuding with Reebok, has the Jumpman tattoo on his leg. Bald, which is always a plus, playing like a stud. Definitely likable to me. Only drawback is weird name.
Dwight Howard – He’s an enigma. Has a good personality, disappears for stretches despite being a physical freak. Pretty much choked away the series by being unable to make either of his free throws in the final seconds of Game 4. I think his superman gimmick puts him over the top as likable, but just barely.
Courtney Lee – Should have won game 2 for the Magic, but he’s still pretty likable. You have to dig a rookie who is contributing at such a high level in his first year.
Rashard Lewis – Possibly the best player on the Magic right now. He’s been otherworldly in the playoffs. Definitely likable.
Tyronne Lue – Went to school at Nebraska, I have to put him in the dislikable group out of principle.
Jameer Nelson – Likable, drafted by the Nuggets, seems like a cool kid. Coming back off injury, solid player.
Mickael Pietrus – Weird spelling of his name, but he seems like a decent guy. I think I’d go more neutral than either positive or negative.
J.J. Reddick – Dukies pretty much get a negative, especially ones as annoying as this guy.
Hedo Turkoglu – Love this guy. He’s as ugly as sin, but he’s probably my favorite player in this series. Slow, White, and somehow effective as a major star on a Conference Champ. Defies explaination.
Los Angeles Lakers:
3
Trevor Ariza
SF
23
6-8
210
UCLA
$3,100,000
12
Shannon Brown
SG
23
6-4
211
Michigan State
$797,581
24
Kobe Bryant
SG
30
6-6
205
$21,262,500
17
Andrew Bynum
C
21
7-0
285
$2,769,300
5
Jordan Farmar
PG
22
6-2
180
UCLA
$1,080,000
2
Derek Fisher
PG
34
6-1
210
Arkansas-Little Rock
$4,700,000
16
Pau Gasol
FC
28
7-0
250
$15,106,000
28
D.J. Mbenga
C
28
7-0
255
$880,658
6
Adam Morrison
SF
24
6-8
205
Gonzaga
$4,159,200
7
Lamar Odom
PF
29
6-10
230
Rhode Island
$14,148,596
21
Josh Powell
FC
26
6-9
240
North Carolina State
$854,957
18
Sasha Vujacic
SG
25
6-7
205
$4,524,887
4
Luke Walton
SF
29
6-8
235
Arizona
$4,420,000
9
Sun Yue
SG
23
6-9
205
$442,114
Non-Factors removed from discussion:
Josh Powell and Sun Yue
Pau Gasol - looks like a goat, and he always has that dumb look on his face, plus he did the slanty eye thing before the Olympics last year. - Very Easy to dislike, but I'd take him on my team because he's a stud. (He shouldn't have dunked that ball at the end in Game 4, though, kinda classless.)Sasha Vujacic - Super easy to dislike, he reminds me of a greasier version of that guy on Cheers who was always trying to steal Woody's girlfriend. I hate that guy.Kobe - If you don't find him easy to dislike, you must be a Laker fan.Luke Walton - Seems like a douche to me, plus his Dad is uber annoying. Andrew Bynum - Not highly dislikable, but a bit annoying due to how overhyped he has been.Derek Fisher - He's okay, not a ton to dislike other than his tendency to play for my least favorite teams...Jazz and Lakers.Lamar Odom - Actually, I like Lamar. Easily my favorite LakerTrevor Ariza - I like him too, hopefully he goes to another team besides the Lakers in the offseason.Jordan Farmar - Although I have no logical reason for it, something about him rubs me the wrong way, he just looks funky.Shannon Brown - Good story, nothing to dislike about him.DJ Mbenga - His ears are dislikable, but he has an awesome nameAdam Morrison - He is more pitiable than dislikable.
Switching gears to sports betting, I have a website that I’d like to recommend – www.centsports.com –It’s awesome…
Discuss the Rockies for a bit. Went to the game last night, 9 game winning streak, not quite ready to embrace baseball yet. Bruce is going tonight to the game.
(Play Ed’s Twitter song)
Twitter update:
Update my twitter stats:
Following 30 people
Followers 33 people
I still have more followers than people I’m following, but you really should start following me. Come on, I’d like to get up to 50, that’s my meager goal.
www.twitter.com/socnorb777
New segment: Music recommendation of the week…
TV on the Radio – Dear Science
Special Programming note: Monday evening…Vertically Striped Interview with Dave Terpstra
(Cue Outro Music)
Shalom and Good evening to you all!
Emergency Topics:
D.A.M.N. Network –
D.A.M.N. Network – Name everybody
1. Dave Dameshek – Message Board at www.Dameshek.com and www.710espn.com
2. The Ed – www.theedssuperdeluxewebsite.com and www.blogtalkradio.com/lcs
3. LCS Boys - Mike Dell and Jerry Fairish – www.lcshockey.com and www.blogtalkradio.com/lcs
4. Barnstable Broadcast – www.blogtalkradio.com/umassjsp
5. Elevation Radio with John Klein – www.blogtalkradio.com/lordelevation
6. Microserf – www.wrecklessconjecture.blogspot.com
7. The No Name Show - www.blogtalkradio.com/No-Name-Show
Text messaging – The whole country is turning into morons. How hard is it to spell a whole word? We may be saving time by not typing out the Y and the O when we spell you, but the end result is that our methods of communication are devolving into a retarded stew of stupid.
Girls eyebrows – Normal is good, but penciled in, not so much. Shape is apparently difficult to get with a pencil. Saw a girl that looked like she had filled it in with a Sharpie. See girls that have huge arches like they are advertising for McDonalds on their foreheads.
My co-host and brother are here with us today, how are you doing, sir?
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 – We’d love your calls today, especially if you need a place to share your joy about the Penguins victory, call in. I’d love to celebrate with people who are actual Pens fans today!
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Today on Vertically Striped Radio, we will break down what little drama remains in the NBA Finals, we will discuss the merits of “National Man Day”, we will continue to revel in the glory that is the Red Wings loss in the Stanley Cup Finals, we will do an extensive breakdown on the likability of the Magic vs. the likability of the Lakers, we will discuss whether or not your dog might have a marijuana problem, and of course we will welcome your calls. (Cue news music) But before we go any further, let’s get to the news…
(Play News Music)
1. BERLIN (Reuters) – A fox has been unmasked as the mystery thief of more than 100 shoes in the small western German town of Foehren, authorities said Friday.
A forest worker stumbled upon shoes strewn near the fox's den and found a trove of footwear down the hole which had recently been stolen overnight from outside locals' front doors.
"There was everything from ladies' shoes to trainers," said a local police spokesman. "We've found between 110 and 120 so far. It seems a vixen stole them for her cubs to play with."
Although many were missing laces, the shoes were in good condition and their owners were delighted to reclaim them, he said, adding that no reprisals were planned against the culprit.
I find it interesting that we have found the Imelda Marcos of the animal world, interesting that it’s a fox, when Imelda was Faaaaaaaaar from a fox. I am also sad to hear that the fox will not be punished, we need to break the cycle of fox theft, if she doesn’t learn from her mistake she will surely repeat it. She’s stolen over 100 pairs of shoes, she clearly has a pattern of wrong doing.
Our next story is one of the weirdest I have ever heard…
2. ZEPHYR COVE, Nev. – A 53-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of being naked near a high school on Lake Tahoe's east shore. The naked man was arrested Monday after three Whittell High School students reported spotting him tied to a rock and lying face down behind the school. When the students asked if he needed to be untied, the man answered no.
Douglas County sheriff's deputies said the man told them he was watching some buzzards flying overhead at the time.
The man, who said he was a freelance writer, was arrested on a charge of loitering on school grounds. He's scheduled to appear Monday in Tahoe Township Justice Court.
What is “suspicion of being naked?” Can’t you confirm that, do you have to be suspicious about it? Also, what is this guy doing tied to a rock watching buzzards, and why didn’t he say he needed help or to be untied. Plus, this guy is naked, tied to a rock, and perhaps almost buzzard food, and he’s getting arrested for Loitering? There is so much weirdness in this one story I can barely take it.
3. CELESTINE, Ind. – Two Indiana men have declared Monday "National Man Day" only to find there's already a romantic holiday that falls on that date.
Ninteen-year-old Joel Longanecker of Celestine and his 26-year-old brother Aaron, of Indianapolis, have for months been rallying thousands to their masculine cause on Facebook. More than 260,000 people have pledged to "stand up and do manly things" on Man Day.
But it turns out June 15 is also "Sneak a Kiss Day," a day for sweethearts to steal smooches from their sweeties.
The Man Day organizers urge participants to take part in "manly" activities such as football, hunting or watching Rocky movies. They claim real men don't "sneak" kisses.
I like the concept of national man day, but I’m also a fan of Sneaking kisses, can’t we just compromise and have both?
How would be the best way to celebrate National Man Day?
4. ST. LOUIS – It's an international mystery: How did a Missouri family's Christmas card photo end up in the Czech Republic, splashed across a huge storefront advertisement? Danielle Smith said Wednesday that the photo taken of her family last year got sent to family and friends, and was posted on her blog and a few social networking sites. The photo showed her and her husband Jeff holding their two young children.
About 10 days ago, one of Smith's college friends was driving through Prague when he spotted their huge smiling faces in the window of a store specializing in Europeann food. He snapped a few pictures and sent them to a flabbergasted Smith.
"It's a life-size picture in a grocery store window in Prague — my Christmas card photo!" said Smith, 36, who lives in the St. Louis suburb of O'Fallon.
Mario Bertuccio, who owns the Grazie store in Prague, said the photo was from the Internet. Details were sparse, but he said he thought it was computer-generated. When told it was a real photo — of a real family — he said he started taking steps to remove it.
"We'll be happy to write an e-mail with our apology," said Bertuccio, who said he would send the Smiths a bottle of good wine if they lived in his eastern European country.
The Smiths and photographer Gina Kelly hadn't authorized anyone to use the pictures. Kelly said she has asked a professional photographers' organization to help figure out how her image wound up in Prague.
Smith has gotten 180,000 hits to her Web site since she recently posted the story about the well-traveled snapshot. She said the photo wasn't used in an unseemly manner, it was just used to tell potential shoppers about the store's delivery service.
Smith said next time she posts a photo on the Internet, she's going to lower the resolution or add an electronic watermark to make it hard to reproduce.
"This story doesn't frighten me, but the potential frightens me," Smith said.
Are you really questioning how someone found you picture?? Your website had 180,000 hits, I’m guessing that had something to do with it.
Also, the potential frightens you? What potential? The potential that people in Prague might see a photo of your family? That is terrifying news for certain, the ramifications are intense!!!
5. SEATTLE – A dog that ran off from its owner in Seattle's Seward Park found and ate some marijuana and got high. Owner Jen Nestor Waddell told KING-TV the 11-year-old black Lab mix named Jack was "just stoned" May 12 after they returned home from the park. The dog's eyes glossed over and he had trouble walking.
The vet said Jack had swallowed a large amount of dried, harvested marijuana. After some medication to induce vomiting and a night of rest Jack was back to normal.
Waddell told police about the drugs and joked they could borrow Jack to find them if they paid the $1,500 vet bill.
Wasn’t the concept of a dog getting high pretty much perfected by “Killer” in the movie “Half Baked?” It’s good to know that this dog was looking for a dime bag. It’s not like someone force fed it to him, he ran off from his owner and found and ingested the drugs on his own. Do you think perhaps this is a pattern and he’s been doing this for awhile and finally got caught? Considering how aggressive and fast dogs usually are when eating, How scary would a dog with the munchies be? (Cue News Music)
I’m Craig, and that’s the news…
(Play News Music)
(Check the phone lines to see if you have any calls)
Seeing as how we’re a sports show, let’s actually discuss a sports topic…
Likability of the two NBA Finals teams:
On the Dameshek message boards it was suggested that should the Lakers go on to win the championship that this may be one of the least likable teams in a decade. I generally dislike the Kobes, but I thought we’d break it down player by player to see how we felt about each team, and see which team is truly the most unlikable.
Orlando Magic:
1
Rafer Alston
PG
32
6-2
175
Fresno State
$4,900,000
4
Tony Battie
C
33
6-11
240
Texas Tech
$5,746,000
31
Adonal Foyle
C
34
6-10
270
Colgate
$797,581
13
Marcin Gortat
C
25
6-11
240
$711,517
12
Dwight Howard
C
23
6-11
265
$13,758,000
8
Anthony Johnson
PG
34
6-3
195
$1,910,000
11
Courtney Lee
SG
23
6-5
200
Western Kentucky
$1,176,240
9
Rashard Lewis
PF
29
6-10
230
$16,447,871
10
Tyronn Lue
PG
32
6-0
175
Nebraska
$2,250,000
14
Jameer Nelson
PG
27
6-0
190
Saint Joseph's
$7,700,000
20
Mickael Pietrus
SG
27
6-6
215
$5,300,000
7
J.J. Redick
SG
24
6-4
190
Duke
$2,139,720
32
Jeremy Richardson
SG
25
6-7
195
Delta State
$591,148
15
Hedo Turkoglu
SF
30
6-10
220
$6,864,200
Non-Factors removed from the discussion: Anthony Johnson and Jeremy Richardson
Rafer Alston – Cool nickname, “Skip to my Lou.” Has a reputation as a fragile head case. I’d say he’s a push overall, neither likable or dislikable
Tony Battie – As a Nuggets fan, I have to go with Unlikable, El Busto (1997 Draft Pick of the Nuggets, played with us one season), as Dan Issel called him. I didn’t even realize he was still in the league until the Conference Finals started.
Adonal Foyle – Cool name, played with the Warriors, which I always like as I have a soft spot in my heart for the Warriors. A bit over the hill, and not a huge factor is the series, but he is likable.
Marcin Gortat – I like this cat, Feuding with Reebok, has the Jumpman tattoo on his leg. Bald, which is always a plus, playing like a stud. Definitely likable to me. Only drawback is weird name.
Dwight Howard – He’s an enigma. Has a good personality, disappears for stretches despite being a physical freak. Pretty much choked away the series by being unable to make either of his free throws in the final seconds of Game 4. I think his superman gimmick puts him over the top as likable, but just barely.
Courtney Lee – Should have won game 2 for the Magic, but he’s still pretty likable. You have to dig a rookie who is contributing at such a high level in his first year.
Rashard Lewis – Possibly the best player on the Magic right now. He’s been otherworldly in the playoffs. Definitely likable.
Tyronne Lue – Went to school at Nebraska, I have to put him in the dislikable group out of principle.
Jameer Nelson – Likable, drafted by the Nuggets, seems like a cool kid. Coming back off injury, solid player.
Mickael Pietrus – Weird spelling of his name, but he seems like a decent guy. I think I’d go more neutral than either positive or negative.
J.J. Reddick – Dukies pretty much get a negative, especially ones as annoying as this guy.
Hedo Turkoglu – Love this guy. He’s as ugly as sin, but he’s probably my favorite player in this series. Slow, White, and somehow effective as a major star on a Conference Champ. Defies explaination.
Los Angeles Lakers:
3
Trevor Ariza
SF
23
6-8
210
UCLA
$3,100,000
12
Shannon Brown
SG
23
6-4
211
Michigan State
$797,581
24
Kobe Bryant
SG
30
6-6
205
$21,262,500
17
Andrew Bynum
C
21
7-0
285
$2,769,300
5
Jordan Farmar
PG
22
6-2
180
UCLA
$1,080,000
2
Derek Fisher
PG
34
6-1
210
Arkansas-Little Rock
$4,700,000
16
Pau Gasol
FC
28
7-0
250
$15,106,000
28
D.J. Mbenga
C
28
7-0
255
$880,658
6
Adam Morrison
SF
24
6-8
205
Gonzaga
$4,159,200
7
Lamar Odom
PF
29
6-10
230
Rhode Island
$14,148,596
21
Josh Powell
FC
26
6-9
240
North Carolina State
$854,957
18
Sasha Vujacic
SG
25
6-7
205
$4,524,887
4
Luke Walton
SF
29
6-8
235
Arizona
$4,420,000
9
Sun Yue
SG
23
6-9
205
$442,114
Non-Factors removed from discussion:
Josh Powell and Sun Yue
Pau Gasol - looks like a goat, and he always has that dumb look on his face, plus he did the slanty eye thing before the Olympics last year. - Very Easy to dislike, but I'd take him on my team because he's a stud. (He shouldn't have dunked that ball at the end in Game 4, though, kinda classless.)Sasha Vujacic - Super easy to dislike, he reminds me of a greasier version of that guy on Cheers who was always trying to steal Woody's girlfriend. I hate that guy.Kobe - If you don't find him easy to dislike, you must be a Laker fan.Luke Walton - Seems like a douche to me, plus his Dad is uber annoying. Andrew Bynum - Not highly dislikable, but a bit annoying due to how overhyped he has been.Derek Fisher - He's okay, not a ton to dislike other than his tendency to play for my least favorite teams...Jazz and Lakers.Lamar Odom - Actually, I like Lamar. Easily my favorite LakerTrevor Ariza - I like him too, hopefully he goes to another team besides the Lakers in the offseason.Jordan Farmar - Although I have no logical reason for it, something about him rubs me the wrong way, he just looks funky.Shannon Brown - Good story, nothing to dislike about him.DJ Mbenga - His ears are dislikable, but he has an awesome nameAdam Morrison - He is more pitiable than dislikable.
Switching gears to sports betting, I have a website that I’d like to recommend – www.centsports.com –It’s awesome…
Discuss the Rockies for a bit. Went to the game last night, 9 game winning streak, not quite ready to embrace baseball yet. Bruce is going tonight to the game.
(Play Ed’s Twitter song)
Twitter update:
Update my twitter stats:
Following 30 people
Followers 33 people
I still have more followers than people I’m following, but you really should start following me. Come on, I’d like to get up to 50, that’s my meager goal.
www.twitter.com/socnorb777
New segment: Music recommendation of the week…
TV on the Radio – Dear Science
Special Programming note: Monday evening…Vertically Striped Interview with Dave Terpstra
(Cue Outro Music)
Shalom and Good evening to you all!
Emergency Topics:
D.A.M.N. Network –
D.A.M.N. Network – Name everybody
1. Dave Dameshek – Message Board at www.Dameshek.com and www.710espn.com
2. The Ed – www.theedssuperdeluxewebsite.com and www.blogtalkradio.com/lcs
3. LCS Boys - Mike Dell and Jerry Fairish – www.lcshockey.com and www.blogtalkradio.com/lcs
4. Barnstable Broadcast – www.blogtalkradio.com/umassjsp
5. Elevation Radio with John Klein – www.blogtalkradio.com/lordelevation
6. Microserf – www.wrecklessconjecture.blogspot.com
7. The No Name Show - www.blogtalkradio.com/No-Name-Show
Text messaging – The whole country is turning into morons. How hard is it to spell a whole word? We may be saving time by not typing out the Y and the O when we spell you, but the end result is that our methods of communication are devolving into a retarded stew of stupid.
Girls eyebrows – Normal is good, but penciled in, not so much. Shape is apparently difficult to get with a pencil. Saw a girl that looked like she had filled it in with a Sharpie. See girls that have huge arches like they are advertising for McDonalds on their foreheads.
Show Prep #3
Greetings and Salutations, people. Vertically Striped Radio is on the air. This is our salute to Satan episode. (6-6 6:00) As always, Vertically Striped Radio is brought to you by VerticallyStripedSocks.com.
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Welcome to Bruce, give him the Han Solo edition blaster.
Show Rundown – Topics on today’s agenda include: Coors Light, Jack Del Rio calls out one of his stars in a humorous fashion, Girls Eyebrows, a little more Twitter talk, NBA Finals, Bruce and I will discuss the Denver Broncos Fan Fair, We will do a little bit of subjective trivia with a prize giveaway, and an in depth discussion about superhero powers, and of course, your calls!
But first, let’s check in with the news.
(Cue News music bumper)
The News:
1. From the Chicago Tribune:
MillerCoors has recalled a batch of Coors Light in the Southeastern United States after taste tests at the company's Georgia brewery found the beer to be subpar.MillerCoors, which will begin moving into its new Chicago headquarters this month, last week began pulling the beer from its distribution system and from retailers. "We sampled it and realized it wasn't up to standards," said Pete Marino, a spokesman for MillerCoors.
Wait, so they tasted a batch of Coors Light and found it to be subpar? They realize that they were drinking Coors Light, right??
2. New Zealand - A New Zealand man, spurned by the woman of his dreams, has come up with a novel way of disposing of the diamond engagement ring he bought her -- a treasure hunt.
Anyone keen to pick up the ring, valued at NZ$5,000 ($3,268), will need to be in New Zealand's capital city, Wellington, on Saturday to join the hunt, the Dominion Post newspaper reported.
"I met this girl I thought was pretty cool, bought a ring, turns out she wasn't as keen," Anthony Gardiner, a 29-year-old call-center worker, told the Dominion Post.
Clues to the ring's whereabouts will start being posted on social networking site Twitter (http:/twitter.com/donoogle_com) at 8 a.m. local time on Saturday (2000 GMT on Friday).
Gardiner says he will keep posting clues, and if the ring is not found by the end of the day, "my clues will suddenly change into directions."
Having bought the ring in Hong Kong, he couldn't return it, and didn't want to sell it, so he hit upon the treasure hunt.
Hanging on to it in the hopes of finding a willing recipient is also not an option. "Obviously, it's been a pretty unlucky ring for me," Gardiner said, adding he hoped it would be found by somebody who has "found a cool chick and who wants to give them something they normally wouldn't be able to afford."
I kind of like this story, but can you imagine dropping over three grand on a ring, and then deciding to just give it away? That’s nuts, right?
Okay, this news story actually has it’s own theme music, so that’s pretty special. (Cue Ed’s Twitter song)
3. A tiny fraction of those who use the fast-growing social network phenomenon Twitter generate nearly all the content, a Harvard study shows.
That makes it hard for companies to use the micro-blogging site as an accurate gauge of public opinion, the Harvard Business School study showed.
The Harvard study examined public entries of a randomly selected group of 300,000 Twitter users. The researchers studied in May the content created in the lifetime of the users' Twitter accounts.
It found that 10 percent of Twitter users generated more than 90 percent of the content, said Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, who led the research. More than half of all Twitter users post messages on the site less than once every 74 days.
The median number of lifetime "tweets" per user is just one, according the research.
Companies are increasingly turning to Twitter to improve their understanding of how consumers view them, he said.
But some users are far more active and vocal than others, limiting information gleaned from messages on the site, said Piskorski, an assistant professor of strategy at Harvard Business School.
"If you're trying to get what a representative cross-section of the public is thinking, you're probably better off staying away from Twitter," he said in an interview.
Unlike other social networking sites like Facebook.com, men are almost twice as likely to follow other men on Twitter than they were to follow women, according to the study.
Women were also more likely to follow men than they were to follow other female users.
According to recent data compiled by Nielsen Online, which measures Internet traffic, Twitter's website had more than 7 million unique visitors in February, compared to 475,000 in February 2008.
A few things here,
1. It’s good to know that the geniuses at Harvard are spending their time studying Twitter, I feel good about that.
2. Both Men and Women are much more likely to follow men than women, what does that mean?
3. 10% of Twitter users create 90% of the content AND the median number of lifetime tweets is one? What is with all these lazy Twitterers? Get your tweet on?
Update my twitter stats:
Following 28 people
Followers 32 people
I still have more followers than people I’m following, but you really should start following me. Come on, I’d like to get up to 50, that’s my meager goal.
www.twitter.com/socnorb777
(Cue News music bumper)
Jack Del Rio calls out John Henderson. Stud D-Lineman. (Play audio clip)
Denver Broncos Fan Fair – What is your verdict Bruce?
NBA Finals – Game 2 about to start, hopefully it’s better than Game 1 – Stan Van Gundy – transformed from the master of panic to genius, potentially back to the master of Panic. Phil Jackson – If he gets his tenth, what is his place in history. Is he the best ever, or just the best ever at picking his spots?
What is the best superhero power? I say mind control. Flying, how fast can you fly, dealing with weather conditions could be problematic. Super Strength, meh. Invisibility, you may get run over by a car.
Disturbing video was sent to me by a friend, it’s of a kid in India standing on a train, he reaches up and touches a power line, and is zapped to death like a mosquito on a bug light.
Donald Sterling – ESPN the Magazine article. – He is a horrible human being – Owner of Clippers – Loves Koreans, not so much blacks and Hispanics. Slum Lord. Racist, Wants people to think he is a good guy.
9th Wedding Anniversary, I’m getting old. Scheduled the show at first for a week ahead of time, Said a guy played his college ball at Wikipedia, Feeling a step slow, like the athlete who’s brain still knows what his body needs to do, but his body is failing him. My brain still knows what it wants me to say, but my tongue and typing fingers are failing me.
Girls eyebrows – Normal is good, but penciled in, not so much. Shape is apparently difficult to get with a pencil. Saw a girl that looked like she had filled it in with a Sharpie. See girls that have huge arches like they are advertising for McDonalds on their foreheads.
NHL Finals – Tied at 2, have you watched any, how are you feeling about it?
Text messaging – The whole country is turning into morons. How hard is it to spell a whole word? We may be saving time by not typing out the Y and the O when we spell you, but the end result is that our methods of communication are devolving into a retarded stew of stupid.
Subjective Trivia:
What is the best show on television? – Spongebob Squarepants
What is the most delicious animal? Pig (Cow is a close second)
What is the best color of all time? Orange
Would you like to eat indoors or outdoors? Outdoors.
Shalom and Good evening to you all!
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Welcome to Bruce, give him the Han Solo edition blaster.
Show Rundown – Topics on today’s agenda include: Coors Light, Jack Del Rio calls out one of his stars in a humorous fashion, Girls Eyebrows, a little more Twitter talk, NBA Finals, Bruce and I will discuss the Denver Broncos Fan Fair, We will do a little bit of subjective trivia with a prize giveaway, and an in depth discussion about superhero powers, and of course, your calls!
But first, let’s check in with the news.
(Cue News music bumper)
The News:
1. From the Chicago Tribune:
MillerCoors has recalled a batch of Coors Light in the Southeastern United States after taste tests at the company's Georgia brewery found the beer to be subpar.MillerCoors, which will begin moving into its new Chicago headquarters this month, last week began pulling the beer from its distribution system and from retailers. "We sampled it and realized it wasn't up to standards," said Pete Marino, a spokesman for MillerCoors.
Wait, so they tasted a batch of Coors Light and found it to be subpar? They realize that they were drinking Coors Light, right??
2. New Zealand - A New Zealand man, spurned by the woman of his dreams, has come up with a novel way of disposing of the diamond engagement ring he bought her -- a treasure hunt.
Anyone keen to pick up the ring, valued at NZ$5,000 ($3,268), will need to be in New Zealand's capital city, Wellington, on Saturday to join the hunt, the Dominion Post newspaper reported.
"I met this girl I thought was pretty cool, bought a ring, turns out she wasn't as keen," Anthony Gardiner, a 29-year-old call-center worker, told the Dominion Post.
Clues to the ring's whereabouts will start being posted on social networking site Twitter (http:/twitter.com/donoogle_com) at 8 a.m. local time on Saturday (2000 GMT on Friday).
Gardiner says he will keep posting clues, and if the ring is not found by the end of the day, "my clues will suddenly change into directions."
Having bought the ring in Hong Kong, he couldn't return it, and didn't want to sell it, so he hit upon the treasure hunt.
Hanging on to it in the hopes of finding a willing recipient is also not an option. "Obviously, it's been a pretty unlucky ring for me," Gardiner said, adding he hoped it would be found by somebody who has "found a cool chick and who wants to give them something they normally wouldn't be able to afford."
I kind of like this story, but can you imagine dropping over three grand on a ring, and then deciding to just give it away? That’s nuts, right?
Okay, this news story actually has it’s own theme music, so that’s pretty special. (Cue Ed’s Twitter song)
3. A tiny fraction of those who use the fast-growing social network phenomenon Twitter generate nearly all the content, a Harvard study shows.
That makes it hard for companies to use the micro-blogging site as an accurate gauge of public opinion, the Harvard Business School study showed.
The Harvard study examined public entries of a randomly selected group of 300,000 Twitter users. The researchers studied in May the content created in the lifetime of the users' Twitter accounts.
It found that 10 percent of Twitter users generated more than 90 percent of the content, said Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, who led the research. More than half of all Twitter users post messages on the site less than once every 74 days.
The median number of lifetime "tweets" per user is just one, according the research.
Companies are increasingly turning to Twitter to improve their understanding of how consumers view them, he said.
But some users are far more active and vocal than others, limiting information gleaned from messages on the site, said Piskorski, an assistant professor of strategy at Harvard Business School.
"If you're trying to get what a representative cross-section of the public is thinking, you're probably better off staying away from Twitter," he said in an interview.
Unlike other social networking sites like Facebook.com, men are almost twice as likely to follow other men on Twitter than they were to follow women, according to the study.
Women were also more likely to follow men than they were to follow other female users.
According to recent data compiled by Nielsen Online, which measures Internet traffic, Twitter's website had more than 7 million unique visitors in February, compared to 475,000 in February 2008.
A few things here,
1. It’s good to know that the geniuses at Harvard are spending their time studying Twitter, I feel good about that.
2. Both Men and Women are much more likely to follow men than women, what does that mean?
3. 10% of Twitter users create 90% of the content AND the median number of lifetime tweets is one? What is with all these lazy Twitterers? Get your tweet on?
Update my twitter stats:
Following 28 people
Followers 32 people
I still have more followers than people I’m following, but you really should start following me. Come on, I’d like to get up to 50, that’s my meager goal.
www.twitter.com/socnorb777
(Cue News music bumper)
Jack Del Rio calls out John Henderson. Stud D-Lineman. (Play audio clip)
Denver Broncos Fan Fair – What is your verdict Bruce?
NBA Finals – Game 2 about to start, hopefully it’s better than Game 1 – Stan Van Gundy – transformed from the master of panic to genius, potentially back to the master of Panic. Phil Jackson – If he gets his tenth, what is his place in history. Is he the best ever, or just the best ever at picking his spots?
What is the best superhero power? I say mind control. Flying, how fast can you fly, dealing with weather conditions could be problematic. Super Strength, meh. Invisibility, you may get run over by a car.
Disturbing video was sent to me by a friend, it’s of a kid in India standing on a train, he reaches up and touches a power line, and is zapped to death like a mosquito on a bug light.
Donald Sterling – ESPN the Magazine article. – He is a horrible human being – Owner of Clippers – Loves Koreans, not so much blacks and Hispanics. Slum Lord. Racist, Wants people to think he is a good guy.
9th Wedding Anniversary, I’m getting old. Scheduled the show at first for a week ahead of time, Said a guy played his college ball at Wikipedia, Feeling a step slow, like the athlete who’s brain still knows what his body needs to do, but his body is failing him. My brain still knows what it wants me to say, but my tongue and typing fingers are failing me.
Girls eyebrows – Normal is good, but penciled in, not so much. Shape is apparently difficult to get with a pencil. Saw a girl that looked like she had filled it in with a Sharpie. See girls that have huge arches like they are advertising for McDonalds on their foreheads.
NHL Finals – Tied at 2, have you watched any, how are you feeling about it?
Text messaging – The whole country is turning into morons. How hard is it to spell a whole word? We may be saving time by not typing out the Y and the O when we spell you, but the end result is that our methods of communication are devolving into a retarded stew of stupid.
Subjective Trivia:
What is the best show on television? – Spongebob Squarepants
What is the most delicious animal? Pig (Cow is a close second)
What is the best color of all time? Orange
Would you like to eat indoors or outdoors? Outdoors.
Shalom and Good evening to you all!
Show Prep #2
Greetings and Salutations, people. Welcome to Episode 2 of Vertically Striped Radio. I am your host Craig Dodge also known as socnorb777 to the few, the proud, the dameshek.com message boarders. Vertically Striped Radio is presented as always by VerticallyStripedSocks.com the website where I explain the universe, because quite frankly the universe isn’t going to explain itself. Glad you’ve decided to join us for today’s proceedings. This is show Number 2, and I feel like I’m starting to get my fake radio sea legs and not only is this thing getting ramped up, but joining me today on Vertically Striped Radio is my brother and the show’s cohost Bruce Dodge making his debut on today’s show, which is good news for all of us. How are you today, sir?
Kibitz with Bruce for a second
We’ve got a packed show today, Items on today’s agenda include: Pythons breeding like mad in the Everglades, the tragic events at Pepsi Center last night, Do we still really need the national anthem before sporting events? We’ll have an epic battle between two tremendous fight songs, We’ll take a page from VerticallyStripedSocks.com and have our first ever radio Magnificent Seven, we’ll discuss why Twitter is the great polarizing topic of our time, and also we shall decide if Stan Van Gundy truly is the Master of Panic. All that and your calls, But first, Let’s kick things off this afternoon with a little bit of news..
Let’s check out what’s happening in the world, shall we?
(Cue News Stringer 1)
1. Moscow, Russia – The Russian navy said on Friday that one of its anti-submarine ships had fired artillery at a village by mistake, a state news agency reported.
The navy said no-one had been injured when a small anti-submarine ship on Thursday opened fire on a village in the Vyborg region of St Petersburg.
"On the 28 May, a small anti-submarine ship from the Baltic fleet was working on a host of exercises in the gulf of Finland including artillery fire at aerial targets," a navy spokesman was quoted as saying. "No-one was injured."
In a seemingly unrelated story, VerticallyStripedSocks.com has learned that Dick Cheney has taken a position in the Russian Navy leading a small fleet of anti-submarine ships in the Vyborg region of St. Petersburg.
2. Washington, D.C. — President Obama says the United States for too long has failed to adequately protect the security of its computer networks, and he will name a new cyber czar to take on the job.
Obama made the announcement at the White House on Friday, surrounded by a host of government officials and White House aides. The president called it "a transformational moment" for America and said he will soon pick the person he wants to head up a new White House office of cyber security.
The leading candidate right now is rumored to be the fat, geeky guy in the White House IT Department who is apparently named Carlton Ogilvie. Obama was quoted as saying, “While Carlton’s physique is a bit grotesque and his demeanor a bit nerdy, he installed Norton Anti-Virus on my laptop in the Oval Office, and my system has been running smoothly ever since. Clearly, he is the change we need in America today. A Change we can believe in.”
3. THE EVERGLADES, Florida – The population of Burmese pythons in Florida's Everglades may have grown to as many as 150,000 as the non-native snakes make a home and breed in the fragile wetlands, officials said on Thursday.
Wildlife biologists say the troublesome invaders – Pythons dumped in the Everglades by pet owners who no longer want them -- have become a pest and pose a significant threat to endangered species like the wood stork and Key Largo woodrat.
"A Python this size could eat a small deer or a bobcat without too much trouble," said Skip Snow, an Everglades National Park Biologist.
Equally as troubling has been the proliferation of strange talking English persons who have also been proliferating in the Everglades. These troublesome invaders are easily recognized by their signature knees-bent, running-about, advancing behavior and their tendency to bang together two empty halves of coconut.
Their troubling behavior has also been known to include saying “Ni” to old women. Biologist Skip Snow commented on this other growing menace in the Everglades by saying, “Oh, what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say Ni at will to old ladies.”
And that’s the way it is…
(Cue News Stringer 1)
Star-Spangled Banner – Do we need it before sporting events?
(Cue) The Ed singing the anthem
Song Battle – Nuggets fight songs. Which do the people like best?
(Go to phone lines if there is anybody there.)
Magnificent 7: Seven of the Worst Things in Sports
1. Flopping – Be it in hockey, soccer, or basketball, it sucks.
2. Preseason Football – We really need 4 or 5 games of this crap?
3. NBA Officiating - Dreadful
4. Ticketmaster (all the extra service charges) Looking for Rockies tickets for example, there is a $5 per ticket fee plus a $3.50 Order fee.
5. The WNBA – The only league in history kept alive strictly due to political correctness. Expect Great? I don’t think so
6. Clay Bennett – Colossal jerk – Moving the Sonics to Oklahoma
7. The BCS – One letter too many. It’s all about money, and it is the main reason that I can’t get overly excited about NCAA Football
Twitter – The great polarizer
Stan Van Gundy – The master of Panic
NBA Finals vs. NHL Finals
D.A.M.N. Network – Name everybody
1. Dave Dameshek – Message Board at www.Dameshek.com and www.710espn.com
2. The Ed – www.theedssuperdeluxewebsite.com and www.blogtalkradio.com/lcs
3. LCS Boys - Mike Dell and Larry Fairish – www.lcshockey.com and www.blogtalkradio.com/lcs
4. Barnstable Broadcast – www.blogtalkradio.com/umassjsp
5. Elevation Radio with John Klein – www.blogtalkradio.com/lordelevation
6. Microserf – www.wrecklessconjecture.blogspot.com
Bill Cowher – Turncoat by sounding the Hurricane warning – What would be the worst example of this you can think of.
That’s all for now, until next time…Shalom and Good Evening to you all.
Kibitz with Bruce for a second
We’ve got a packed show today, Items on today’s agenda include: Pythons breeding like mad in the Everglades, the tragic events at Pepsi Center last night, Do we still really need the national anthem before sporting events? We’ll have an epic battle between two tremendous fight songs, We’ll take a page from VerticallyStripedSocks.com and have our first ever radio Magnificent Seven, we’ll discuss why Twitter is the great polarizing topic of our time, and also we shall decide if Stan Van Gundy truly is the Master of Panic. All that and your calls, But first, Let’s kick things off this afternoon with a little bit of news..
Let’s check out what’s happening in the world, shall we?
(Cue News Stringer 1)
1. Moscow, Russia – The Russian navy said on Friday that one of its anti-submarine ships had fired artillery at a village by mistake, a state news agency reported.
The navy said no-one had been injured when a small anti-submarine ship on Thursday opened fire on a village in the Vyborg region of St Petersburg.
"On the 28 May, a small anti-submarine ship from the Baltic fleet was working on a host of exercises in the gulf of Finland including artillery fire at aerial targets," a navy spokesman was quoted as saying. "No-one was injured."
In a seemingly unrelated story, VerticallyStripedSocks.com has learned that Dick Cheney has taken a position in the Russian Navy leading a small fleet of anti-submarine ships in the Vyborg region of St. Petersburg.
2. Washington, D.C. — President Obama says the United States for too long has failed to adequately protect the security of its computer networks, and he will name a new cyber czar to take on the job.
Obama made the announcement at the White House on Friday, surrounded by a host of government officials and White House aides. The president called it "a transformational moment" for America and said he will soon pick the person he wants to head up a new White House office of cyber security.
The leading candidate right now is rumored to be the fat, geeky guy in the White House IT Department who is apparently named Carlton Ogilvie. Obama was quoted as saying, “While Carlton’s physique is a bit grotesque and his demeanor a bit nerdy, he installed Norton Anti-Virus on my laptop in the Oval Office, and my system has been running smoothly ever since. Clearly, he is the change we need in America today. A Change we can believe in.”
3. THE EVERGLADES, Florida – The population of Burmese pythons in Florida's Everglades may have grown to as many as 150,000 as the non-native snakes make a home and breed in the fragile wetlands, officials said on Thursday.
Wildlife biologists say the troublesome invaders – Pythons dumped in the Everglades by pet owners who no longer want them -- have become a pest and pose a significant threat to endangered species like the wood stork and Key Largo woodrat.
"A Python this size could eat a small deer or a bobcat without too much trouble," said Skip Snow, an Everglades National Park Biologist.
Equally as troubling has been the proliferation of strange talking English persons who have also been proliferating in the Everglades. These troublesome invaders are easily recognized by their signature knees-bent, running-about, advancing behavior and their tendency to bang together two empty halves of coconut.
Their troubling behavior has also been known to include saying “Ni” to old women. Biologist Skip Snow commented on this other growing menace in the Everglades by saying, “Oh, what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say Ni at will to old ladies.”
And that’s the way it is…
(Cue News Stringer 1)
Star-Spangled Banner – Do we need it before sporting events?
(Cue) The Ed singing the anthem
Song Battle – Nuggets fight songs. Which do the people like best?
(Go to phone lines if there is anybody there.)
Magnificent 7: Seven of the Worst Things in Sports
1. Flopping – Be it in hockey, soccer, or basketball, it sucks.
2. Preseason Football – We really need 4 or 5 games of this crap?
3. NBA Officiating - Dreadful
4. Ticketmaster (all the extra service charges) Looking for Rockies tickets for example, there is a $5 per ticket fee plus a $3.50 Order fee.
5. The WNBA – The only league in history kept alive strictly due to political correctness. Expect Great? I don’t think so
6. Clay Bennett – Colossal jerk – Moving the Sonics to Oklahoma
7. The BCS – One letter too many. It’s all about money, and it is the main reason that I can’t get overly excited about NCAA Football
Twitter – The great polarizer
Stan Van Gundy – The master of Panic
NBA Finals vs. NHL Finals
D.A.M.N. Network – Name everybody
1. Dave Dameshek – Message Board at www.Dameshek.com and www.710espn.com
2. The Ed – www.theedssuperdeluxewebsite.com and www.blogtalkradio.com/lcs
3. LCS Boys - Mike Dell and Larry Fairish – www.lcshockey.com and www.blogtalkradio.com/lcs
4. Barnstable Broadcast – www.blogtalkradio.com/umassjsp
5. Elevation Radio with John Klein – www.blogtalkradio.com/lordelevation
6. Microserf – www.wrecklessconjecture.blogspot.com
Bill Cowher – Turncoat by sounding the Hurricane warning – What would be the worst example of this you can think of.
That’s all for now, until next time…Shalom and Good Evening to you all.
Show Prep #1
Yeah, didn't really prep anything for this one, at least not NEARLY enough. Thankfully the Ed called in and bailed me out by, you know, being The Ed.
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