Saturday, February 19, 2011

Show Prep 97

Greetings and Salutations, people!

Tweet of the Week:

drewmagary Drew Magary – “Muh Gary”

Kid to me: "Dad, your butt smells like burgers." I'll take it.

Today on VSR – The sky is the limit for the career aims of television clowns…we’ll discuss, I have some more wankers to card this week in “A very special” Week in Wankery, we have a Great Moment in BlogTalk history on tap, and of course, another meeting of the He-Man movie watchers club.

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


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

RIO DE JANERIO, Brazil (Reuters) - A former clown who won a seat in Brazil's Congress by a landslide has stayed true to his former profession by accidentally messing up his first vote.

Francisco Everardo Oliveira Silva, better known by his clown name Tiririca, had pledged to back the government's austerity proposal for a new national minimum wage in a crucial vote on Wednesday night.

When the time came, however, Tiririca pressed the wrong button on the computerized system and accidentally voted for against the proposal.

The leader of the opposition PSDB party in Congress' lower house, Duarte Nogueira, said he was grateful for the unexpected support against the bill although the bill still passed despite Tiririca’s accidental vote against it.

We’ll be hearing a bit more about Tiririca a bit later in the show…


Uganda - (Reuters) – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni says he might release an album after a rap he performed became a smash hit on Uganda's radio stations and in its nightclubs.

"I was very happy with the reaction of the youth because that means they are very thirsty for the music of their ancestors," the 67-year-old told a news conference before elections on Friday.

"So after the election you may get quite a big album of the classics."

The leader performed two children's folk chants from his birthplace in Western Uganda at several election rallies over the last few months -- "Naatema akati" (I cut a stick) and "Mp'enkoni" (Give me the stick).

Record producers then mixed the performances with hip-hop beats and audio of Museveni talking to the crowd about a genre of music that he said was new to him.

"Today these young people taught me about this 'rap'. I was not following what they were saying. Well, I can even give you some rap myself," he says, before launching into a rhythmic rendition of the chants in his distinctive gravelly voice.

The song was titled, "You want another rap?" after a question Museveni shouted to crowds of young people and the song quickly appeared for sale in Kampala.

"Those poems which I gave to the youth are classical poems that were being recited before colonialism," Museveni told reporters. "There are quite a number of other songs and recitals which I will make available to them."

Ruling party officials were pleased with the popularity of the song before the poll but issued warnings to some newspapers after they published doctored photographs of a topless Museveni with a muscled and heavily tattooed torso.


ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- The good news about a giant fiberglass cactus reported stolen in New Mexico is that it wasn't the target of thieves.

The bad news is that the $50,000 cactus is in a landfill and won't be returning to the park where it once stood.

Albuquerque city officials reported the statue stolen this week after it was vandalized. Two city employees quickly came forward, saying they removed the bright-green cactus from the park and mistakenly had it sent to the dump.

City spokesman Chris Ramirez said Wednesday that the employees didn't realize the cactus was part of a public art project.

High school students spent a summer building the art piece shaped like a prickly pear cactus. They were part of a nonprofit group that provides art education for at-risk kids.


DETROIT, Michigan (Reuters Life!) - From sci-fi cult film, to Twitter phenomenon to Detroit landmark-in-the-making.

Plans for a statue honoring RoboCop, the half-man, half-machine crime fighter of the 1987 movie, are moving ahead after a group of artists and entrepreneurs in Detroit, Michigan raised more than $50,000 via Facebook and an online fund-raising site.

"It hit a sweet spot. It's a fun and funny idea to build a statue of RoboCop," said Jeff Paffendorf, who helped lead the project inspired by a whimsical suggestion sent to Detroit Mayor Dave Bing via Twitter last week.

Bing tweeted back at the time that there were no plans for a RoboCop statue, an off-hand remark that bounced around the Internet and generated calls for him to reconsider.

"There's violence in 'RoboCop,' but through the film RoboCop tries to do the right thing," Paffendorf said.

Mayor Bing's office is still not convinced, but a spokeswoman said the city is studying how it could accept and display a gift RoboCop statue.

"We know there are a lot of people that care deeply about the issue, and we respect that," said a representative from Mayor Bing's office. "But I'm still not sure that RoboCop is the best message for the city of Detroit."

Paffendorf said the RoboCop statue could go somewhere downtown if the city approves, perhaps near the landmark fist statue honoring legendary boxer Joe Louis.

But if Detroit will not allow RoboCop on city-owned land, a nonprofit arts group has already made plans to display the statue. So one way or another, coming soon to Detroit: The RoboCop statue.

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


Bring on Face and The Whale:

Would you rather have a cactus statue that city workers mistake for garbage that needs to be hauled away to a landfill or a RoboCop statue in your city?

Would you rather have a statesman for your country be a clown or a rapper?

Tiririca

In 2010, Tiririca hit the headlines in Brazil when he announced he would run for congress after being invited by the Partido da República. He appeared on TV ads in his "Tiririca" persona and used slogans like "What does a federal congressman do? I really don't know - but if you vote for me, I'll tell ya" and "It can't get any worse - vote Tiririca" and even "If elected I promise I will help all Brazilian families... especially mine"

Such slogans moved a group of state congressional candidates to complain with the electoral attorney's office that Tiririca was insulting the National Congress and all public offices because of his lack of political projects and also his satirical approach to the traditionally corrupt Brazilian political system. The complaint, however, was filed away and basically ignored.

Tiririca was denounced as illiterate by Época magazine in its September 24, 2010 edition. This statement, if true, would invalidate his candidacy. Soon after the magazine article that claimed Tiririca was illiterate was released, prosecutor Maurício Lopes sued Tiririca for forging his signature in his candidacy forms.

Despite the trial having not yet taken place and all the negative propaganda about his alleged illiteracy, on October 3, 2010, Tiririca became the most voted-for Congressman in the 2010 Brazilian general elections (and the second most voted-for in Brazilian history), winning his seat for São Paulo state 1,348,295 votes.

On October 30, 2010, Tiririca's defense team alleged that he suffered from dysgraphia, which prevented him from holding a pen firmly. They further alleged that Tiririca's wife helped him write the literacy statement in his own hand, as demanded by Brazilian electoral law. She is said to have placed her hand over his to help him hold the pen firmly as he was writing. Also because of this condition, the defense said, Silva could not take any writing tests.

The explanation, however, runs counter to a video that was unearthed in September that gave rise to the suspicions of illiteracy. The video shows Tiririca giving his autograph to a fan. On foot, suddenly, Tiririca secures a notebook with his left hand and scribbles a circular signature with his right hand. He further writes the letters for his name. He shows no trouble whatsoever holding the pen.

After many discussions and judicial tribulations, Tiririca underwent a simple reading and writing test and on November 11, 2010 he finally proved that he was indeed literate. Although the prosecutor appealed against this decision, claiming that his 30% score in the test was too low to prove anything, a federal judge rejected the appeal.

Thus, Tiririca received his federal congressman certificate to the sound heavy applause by the people present in the ceremony on December 17, 2010. That same day Tiririca revealed his political project, focused primarily in helping circus artists, financing cultural projects, helping fight the prejudice against Northeastern people that is present in the southern regions of Brazil and increasing funds to primary education.

A curious fact is that two days before he received his certificate (December 15, 2010), during his first visit to the Brazilian Congress building, the Brazilian congressmen had approved a salary raise of 60% for themselves. When asked about the fact by a news reporter, Tiririca said "I guess I'm lucky... on my first day I got a raise!!"

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

2nd hand Liver disease – (Clip 27)


Week in Wankery:

A hair transplant patient in the UK had a swear word branded on his scalp for 19 YEARS without knowing.

Darren Hope, age 40, finally found the word "Wanker" which had been engraved into his scalp when he recently shaved his head.

19 years previously, a surgeon left the two-inch capital letters across the back of his head by removing tiny hair roots. But the word had been hidden for nearly two decades by the new locks he implanted.

Darren was a balding 21-year-old when he had the £7,000 hair plug surgery at a London clinic. He recently changed to a short hairstyle – and his pals discovered the word when he took his cap off while playing cricket.

After finding out about the alteration, Darren said: "It is about five inches long - I can't believe I never knew.

"I'd love to sue the surgeon but the clinic has closed down."

The electrician, who has been told that the word “Wanker” cannot be removed from his head has said, "I'll have to keep my hair long."

Week in Wankery:

-Westboro Baptist Terror Cell

-Radio DJ’s who “talk up” songs.

-Photo Radar/Photo Stoplights

-People without diabetes discussing diabetes.

- Man of the Match -

Uncertainty

Toilet Paper: Crumple or Fold?

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

Questions to ponder:

1. Why don't they show total number of tickets sold rather than how much money the movie made when doing box-office records?

2. Does anyone go to the Wikipedia Home page first? I always end up on it when I google search for something.

3. What would be the scariest animal if it turned into a vampire?

Vampire Walrus

Band Name of the Week: Vampire Walrus

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

My new idea for a calendar – Every day a new picture of a dead cat.

My donkey basketball experience.

Mr. Potato-Head used to just be eyes/nose/mouth, etc. You’d use a real potato.

Annually the United States spends:

7 Billion on Potato Chips

2 Billion on Energy research and development



Googling myself:

1. Dodge Dealership:

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

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

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

4. Craig Dodge on Linked In:

1. Portland, Oregon – Architecture and Planning

2. Boston, Mass - Medical Devices

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

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

5. Me

5. Me on Facebook

6. Me on Twitter

7. Police Officer shot

8. Dude teaching English in Taiwan

9. Craig “Dodge” Lile – Indie Music promoter

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


He-Man Movie Watchers Club:

The Warriors -1979

Gangs –

Black dudes in Pink vests and hats with feathers.

Mimes in red shirts

Asian Gang with hats like Attila the Hun

Dudes in Grey shirts and jeans that pay for the subway

Electric Eliminators – Yellow satin jackets with Skulls that have Lightning Bolts shooting out of them.

Dudes with Black tank tops lined in red and grey sweatpants.

Dudes with Silver windbreakers, red shirts, and jeans

Dudes in Black with red headbands – Karate Kids?

Dudes with grey slacks, black tank tops outlined in white, and medallions

Purple tank tops and purple hair nets

Facts:

Loosely based on Xenophon's "Anabasis", the account of an army of Greek mercenaries who, after aligning themselves with Cyrus the Younger in the battle of Cunaxa (401 BC) in his attempt to seize the Persian throne, found themselves isolated behind Persian enemy lines.

The only scene shot on a set was the battle with the punks in the mens room.

The Warriors vests were made of fake leather.

The Warriors sign painted on the bath house for one of the photos was painted over a real gang's tag. The gang didn't take to lightly to this, so the producers paid them to be in the film.

Walter Hill wanted the Warriors to be an all-black gang. Producers disagreed. He also wanted an initial subtitle which read "Sometime in the future" but Paramount thought it sounded too much like Star Wars.

After several violent incidents that occurred at various showings of the film, the producers decided to change the poster as a way of cutting down on the violence. The original poster featured the logo as well as a picture of several tough looking gang members. The second poster just featured the logo against a white background.

The script, as written, was a realistic take on street gangs but the director was a huge fan of comic books and wanted to divide the film into chapters and then have each chapter "come to life starting with a splash panel". However, Hill was working on a low budget and a tight post-production schedule because of a fixed release date as the studio wanted to release The Warriors before a rival gang picture called The Wanderers. As a result, Hill was unable to realize this comic book look.

Here are the gangs that were listed in the script (some made it into the movie; others didn't): - The Alleycats, - The Amsterdam All-Stars, - The Baseball Furies, - The Black Hands, - The Blackjacks, - The Big Trains, - The Boppers, - The Boyle Avenue Runners, - The Charlemagnes, - The Colt 45's, - The Dealers, - The Delaney Rovers, - The Dingos, - The E Street Shufflers, - The Easy Aces, - The Electric Eliminators, - The Eighth Avenue Apaches, - The Fastballs, - The Fifth Street Bombers, - The Filmores, - The Firetasters, - The Five Points, - The Gerrards, - The Gladiators, - The Go Hards, - The Gun Hill Dancers, - The Gramercy Riffs, - The High Hats, - The High Rollers, - The Homeboys, - The Hoplites, - The Howitzers, - The Huks, - The Hurricanes, - The Imps, - The Jesters, - The Jones Street Boys, - The Judas Bunch, - The Jupiters, - The Knockdowns, - The Knuckles, - The Lizzies, - The Locos, - The Magicians, - The Meatpackers, - The Mongols, - The Moonrunners, - The Napoleons, - The Nickel Steaks, - The Nightriders, - The Ninth Avenue Razors, - The Orphans, - The Panzers, - The Phillies, - The Plainsmen, - The Punks, - The Queen's Bridge Mutilators, - The Real Boys, - The Red Hook Shooters, - The Roadmasters, - The Rogues, - The Romans, - The Runaways, - The Saracens, - The Saratogas, - The Savage Huns, - The Shanghai Sultans, - The Southern Cross, - The Speedwagons, - The Sports, - The Stevedores, - The Stilletos, - The Stonebreakers, - The Terriers, - The Turks, - The Turnbull AC's, - The Van Cortlandt Rangers, - The Warriors, - The Whispers, - The Xenophones, - The Xylophones, - The Yo-Yo's, - The Youngbloods, - The Zodiacs, - The Zulus.

Characters:

Cyrus – Leader of the Gramercy Riffs

Luther – Leader of the Rogues – Crazy eyed killer – Whiny – Weird – Probably the best character in the film

Fox – Warrior who sees Luther get shot – Big Deer eyes – Has Puffy 70’s Hair - Gets run over by a subway train. He was originally going to be the love interest of Mercy, but the two actors had no chemistry, so they changed the love interest to Swan, and The actor Thomas Waites had a lot of clashes with Walter Hill the director/producer, so they wrote him out of the movie early by having him get killed by a cop in the subway.

Cleon – Leader of the Warriors, probably beaten to death by the Riffs. Wears a head covering that looks like he cut it out of his grandmothers curtains.

Radio DJ (Played by Lynne Thigpen) – Calls out other gangs to take down the Warriors

Swan – Emotionless blonde leader of the return and flatter than a wall performance

Ajax – Likes calling others gay slurs, Kind of rapey. Gets arrested in the park by a weird cop woman who sounds like Princess Leia.

Mercy – The girl who randomly joins the Warriors after starting out as apparently part of the Orphans. Seriously, get a bra. Attempts to make out with Swan in the weirdest theoretically romantic scene in movie history.

Policewoman in Central Park (Mercedes Ruehl – Won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for “The Fisher King” she also plays Vincent and Drama’s mother on Entourage, apparently) – Sounded like Princess Leia in the movie. Seemed very out of place in the film.

Vermin – The white kid who makes out with the frizzy headed Lizzy. Somewhat comic relief, goofball character. He played his role comically so that he would get more screen time, and his tactic worked so well that although he was originally scheduled to be killed by one of the Lizzies, they rewrote the scene so that he could make it to the end. Originally the producers wanted to have Tony Danza play this role, but he was filming “Taxi” and passed.

Gangs:

The Turnbull AC's: Chase the Warriors onto a train from a van that looks like it was taken directly from the Playstation game Twisted Metal. A gang with shaved heads, they travel in large numbers in a spray-painted bus and wear denim jackets with matching jeans and patches. Their turf is around Gun Hill Road in The Bronx. According to Rembrandt, even the Gramercy Riffs are afraid to go toe-to-toe with the Bulls.

The Orphans: Lame low level gang led by a guy who looks like Ross from Friends after a stroke. Their outfits are perhaps the worst of any gang in the city too. They are chasing after the Warriors after at first saying that the Warriors would be allowed to pass through because Mercy makes chicken noises. They stop chasing the Warriors because the Warriors throw a Molotov cocktail at a car blowing it up. (Where did the Warriors get a Molotov Cocktail?)A poor, cowardly, and little-known gang from the Bronx. They are not part of the "network" of the Gramercy Riffs so therefore they are not invited to the meeting with Cyrus.

The Baseball Furies: This gang was apparently created because Producer/Director Walter Hill loved baseball and the band Kiss. A gang whose members always wears baseball uniforms with uniquely painted faces and carry baseball bats. Their main building resembles a dugout with bats lining the exit. Though a respected and formidable gang, they lose a fight against the Warriors despite outnumbering them 2 to 1.

The Lizzies: An all-female gang whose name may double as a reference to Lizzie Borden. It may also suggest lesbianism ("lezzies" being derogatory slang for lesbians), implied by a suggestive dance scene between two of the gang members. They also represent the mythical Sirens.[citation needed]

The Punks: Wear denim overalls with oversized shirts with stripes. A gang whose leader strolls around on rollerskates. The members are all tall, broad, resembling hockey players. They are only referred to by name in the credits. They share the Bowery neighborhood with the Lizzies.

The Rogues: A gang led by Luther and the Warriors' primary enemies as they framed the Warriors for Cyrus' murder, starting the events of the film.

The Gramercy Riffs: The largest and most respected gang in New York. Each member wears orange karate Gi with the exception of their leader who wears black. It is assumed that they are skilled in martial arts due to their attire and the martial arts style kicks they employ in a fight with Warriors leader Cleon.

The Police: Technically not a gang, but they seem to be pretty inept. The Warriors have no trouble escaping from large groups of them. Except for Fox who ends up getting thrown onto the Subway tracks and being run over by the train. We assume he’s dead. We never hear from or about him again.

Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Home

Shalom and Good Evening to you all!

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Show Prep 96

Greetings and Salutations, people! - ONE TAKE!

Tweet of the Week:

SklarBrothers-

Mubarek resigns. We're nervous though. He could pull a Favre and end up the president of the Minnesota Vikings.

Today on VSR –

Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1

To contact VSR via email:
Email address:
radio@verticallystripedsocks.com

Twitter: @socnorb777

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


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

CARCASSONNE, France - French police say they have arrested a 63-year-old woman who was leading her 40-year-old companion along a busy shopping street by a leash attached to his exposed penis.

The couple were detained on Wednesday afternoon in the southwestern city of Carcassonne and were due to appear in court in April on charges of public indecency.

The couple admitted to being sex addicts and said they were in the middle of a game when arrested, police said on Thursday.

Yes, this story is weird enough, but what really astounded me…They make PENIS leashes?? What?!?

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) – As if having an NBA D-League team named the Mad Ants doesn’t already make the town of Fort Wayne, Indiana cool enough already, now they are paving the way in awesome building naming innovations.

They are building a new government center in Fort Wayne, and there is an online poll that has been started to try and decide what they are going to name the new building. The runaway winner in online voting is a former Indiana mayor who won four terms in the 1930s and 1950s however, the honorable former mayor is proving less popular with modern-day city leaders, Deputy Mayor Beth Malloy said that even though the former mayor is destroying all comers in the popular vote, the city still probably won't be putting the name of the city's longest-tenured mayor on the center.

The issue is the dude’s name. His last name is spelled Baals, and his first name is Harold however, of course he went by the more familiar name of Harry. And yes the mayor pronounced B-a-a-l-s as "balls." His descendants have since changed it to "bales" for obvious reasons, but the fact remains that a groundswell of support has sprung up to name the new building the Harry Baals Government Center

Supporters said it's unfair that the former mayor can't be recognized simply because his name makes some people snicker. But opponents fear that naming the center after Baals would make Fort Wayne the target of late-night television jokes.

"We realize that while Harry Baals was a respected mayor, but not everyone outside of Fort Wayne will know that," Deputy Mayor Malloy said Tuesday in a statement to The AP. "We wanted to pick something that would reflect our pride in our community beyond the boundaries of Fort Wayne."

An online site taking suggestions for names showed more than 1,000 votes Tuesday for the. That's more than three times the votes received by the closest contender.

Jim Baals, 51, who has lived in the city his entire life, said it's unfortunate that his great-uncle's name won't be considered for the building.

"Harry served four terms and was a wonderful mayor. I don't know what the problem is," he said. "I understand people are going to poke fun at it. That's OK. I've lived with that name for 51 years now and I've gotten through it. I think everybody else can, too."

I found this story and loved it, but then I thought about not doing this story after I heard it in several places over the past few days. But come on…Like I’m NOT going to do a story about a guy named Harry Baals? The best take I heard on this was from Craig Fergusson…(Clip 31)


GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota high school wresling team's bid for a fourth consecutive regional championship has been ended…by a raccoon

The Carrington High School team was pulled from Saturday's tournament when officials discovered the athletes had been exposed to a live raccoon.

Grafton Police Sgt. Anthony Dumas says the team picked up what members thought was a dead raccoon on the way to the tournament in Grafton and stowed in the storage area of their bus. Dumas says when the compartment was opened later, the raccoon "just trotted away."

The animal didn't scratch or bite anyone, but it's not known whether it had rabies.

The Grand Forks Herald reports school officials brought the team home as a precaution. Health officials say there's no risk to athletes who competed against Carrington.

…So, they didn’t get scratched or bitten, but because they had been EXPOSED they had to forfeit their chance for a fourth straight wrestling regional championship? Whatever you do, don’t tell these wrestling officials that you went to the zoo! You’ve been exposed to lions, gorillas and rhinos? We may need to euthanize!

Also in regards to this story. You see a dead raccoon on the way to the tournament, and your first inclination in to pick it up and toss it into the bus? What’s going on there? Practical joke? Are you hoping to eat it later? Is the science department woefully underfunded, so they’ll dissect anything? Seriously, who pucks up a dead raccoon?


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


Bring on Face and The Whale:

In reference to the brouhaha made about the Seahawks getting in with a losing record:

1982 – Due to the strike, they had a weird playoff bracket this year. They took the top 8 teams from each conference, disregarding divisions. Then they did a straight tournament style bracket where every team had to win 4 games to win the Super Bowl. 2 teams with losing records made the playoffs (4-5 Detroit Lions and 4-5 Cleveland Browns)

Are you uncomfortable entering Wal-Mart? We have a greeter at my local Wal-Mart who makes me super deluxe uncomfortable when I walk in.

Toilet Paper: Crumple or Fold?

Magnificent 7: Top Seven Secondary Simpsons characters:

7. Comic Book Guy

6. Ned Flanders

5. Barney Gumble

4. Charles Montgomery Burns

3. Ralph Wiggum

2. Troy McClure

1. Abraham “Grampa” Simpson

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

2nd hand Liver disease – (Clip 29)

Week in Wankery:

-People that wear shorts in the winter time.

-Westboro Baptist Terror Cell

-Photo Radar/Stoplights

-Radio DJ’s who “talk up” songs.

-People without diabetes discussing diabetes.

-Beware of Dow – Won the grand prize for the Super Bowl squares and

-Jonah Keri –Allowed himself to be interviewed for VSR

-PayPal hackers – Bad enough you tried to steal 147 dollars from me, but to change my language preference to French?

A HAIR transplant patient had a swear word branded on his scalp for 19 YEARS without knowing.

Darren Hope, 40, finally found "Wanker" on his scalp when he shaved his head.

A surgeon left the two-inch capital letters across the back of his head by removing tiny hair roots. But the word was hidden by the new locks he implanted.

Single Darren was a balding 21-year-old when he had the £7,000 Gordon Ramsay-style op at a London clinic. He recently changed to a short hairstyle - and pals saw the word when he took his cap off while playing cricket.

After finding out about the alteration, Darren said: "It is about five inches long - I can't believe I never knew.

"I'd love to sue the surgeon but the clinic has closed down."

The electrician, who has been told the word cannot be removed, said: "I'll have to keep my hair long."

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

7 Billion on Potato Chips

2 Billion on Energy research and development

4 out of 5 Wal-mart suppliers are Chinese.

My donkey basketball experience.

The Puppy Bowl - Excellent

Questions to ponder:

Why don't they show total number of tickets sold rather than how much money the movie made when doing box-office records?

Does anyone go to the Wikipedia Home page first? I always end up on it when I google search for something.

What would be the scariest animal if it turned into a vampire?

Vampire Walrus

Band Name of the Week: Vampire Walrus

Wells Fargo has an odd business plan: Just got my free iPod Shuffle, and I’ve on two separate occasions gotten 50 bucks from them just for opening a checking account.

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

Googling myself:

1. Dodge Dealership:

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

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

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

4. Craig Dodge on Linked In:

1. Portland, Oregon – Architecture and Planning

2. Boston, Mass - Medical Devices

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

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

5. Me

5. Me on Facebook

6. Me on Twitter

7. Police Officer shot

8. Dude teaching English in Taiwan

9. Craig “Dodge” Lile – Indie Music promoter

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

FT. LUPTON, Colo. -- She is six weeks pregnant and when she went to the pharmacy to pick up an antibiotic her doctor had prescribed, the pharmacist gave her an abortion drug by mistake.

Mareena Silva might lose her unborn child because of the prescription drug error, which occurred last Thursday.

"I took it because I thought it was mine," Silva said.

Silva said the pharmacist at the Ft. Lupton Safeway gave her the prescription of methotrexate. Methotrexate is used in chemotherapy regimens to treat cancer, but it is also used to terminate early-stage pregnancies.

After she took it, Silva was nauseated.

"I came back and I looked at the bottle and it wasn't my name," she said.

The methotrexate was intended for a 59-year-old woman with the exact same last name as Silva's and a similar first name.

"My doctor immediately told me to try and make myself vomit to see if I could get the medicine to come back up," Silva said.

Silva was then rushed to Platte Valley Medical Center where they gave her charcoal to absorb the drug.

"For all this to happen now is really overwhelming," said Silva. "This is my first child, so it's really difficult to deal with."

When 7NEWS asked, Safeway admitted its pharmacy mixed up prescriptions.

In a statement to 7NEWS, Safeway said, "Safeway's first concern is the health of our patients. When the pharmacist became aware of what happened, he worked with the patient and with her physicians to minimize any possible health consequences to the patient and her unborn child. We have extended our sincere apologies to the customer, and offered to pay any medical expenses incurred as a result of a prescription error. We are also very concerned about how this happened and we are conducting a full and complete investigation. Safeway has pharmacy systems and processes in place to prevent this kind of occurrence. We have a well-earned reputation for reliably and safely filling prescriptions, and we will continue to work diligently to ensure our procedures and policies are being followed at each of our pharmacies."

Silva isn't so convinced.

"Sorry's not going to cut it. I'm going to have to deal with this for a long time," Silva said. "My baby could have deformities. There's a lot that goes with it."

Doctors are checking Silva's bloodwork to make sure her hormone levels are OK. She could miscarry, carry the child to full-term with severe birth defects or she could have a happy, healthy baby.

7NEWS checked and it is common practice at Walgreens and other pharmacies to ask for your address when issuing prescription medication just in case names are similar.

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James Germain and the Grey Grey Days – A Girl and a Graveyard (Clip 80)

Shalom and Good Evening to you all!