Greetings and
Salutations, People: I have fallen in love with coffee – taken it up for Lent
Tweet of the Week:
Whenever I
see two people in love it gives me hope that maybe one day I'll go blind.
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Things I
liked this week:
Waiter at
Pisco Sour
I’m going to
be running the Bolder Boulder. It’s a 10K.
February
ended – It is now spring –
Thought
process of an adult vs. thought process of a child.
It’s my 4th
Twitter birthday. I’ve been on Twitter since March 2, 2009.
Today on VSR –
It’s a special day on the show, as we’ll enshrine a new member to the
Vertically Striped Radio Hall of Fame and immediately we’ll center a
Magnificent Seven list around that person.
If you’d like
to join in the fun - (646) 716-7522 OR OHMS-1-MRLAB
Joe Flacco is
now the highest paid player in NFL history. This bolsters my plan to be a
mediocre podcaster for years and then put together one really strong month and
suddenly become the highest paid person in fake radio history. Things are
working out to my ultimate design! (Evil laugh)
(Bring on
Face) –
Let’s get to
the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Let’s get to
the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Sebring, FLORIDA - A Florida man has been shot in the leg
by his own dog, police said.
Gregory Lanier, 35, told officers he was driving down the
motorway when his dog kicked what he thought was an unloaded handgun sitting on
the raised floor section between the passenger and driver's seat of his pickup
truck.
But Mr Lanier soon discovered the 9mm Beretta had at
least one bullet inside as it discharged and struck him in the left calf.
Mr Lanier told police he "heard a boom, saw smoke
and felt a burning in his leg" as the bullet entered and then exited his
leg and struck the door panel.
The wounded man pulled his Ford F250 into a nearby petrol
station, where the store clerk - a friend of Mr Lanier's - called for emergency
personnel.
According to the police report, Mr Lanier told his friend
the dog was jumping around in the truck and kicked the unholstered weapon. He
also had a rifle in the truck, which he said was unloaded.
Mr Lanier was taken to hospital for treatment.
His dog, which Sebring Police spokesman Steve Carr tells
Sky News was a tan and white bulldog, was taken to a friend's home.
No charges have been filed. (Which is good since the dog
is on probation.)
Houston, TEXAS - A speeding car launched into the air and
landed upside down on the roof of a house.
Police say the early morning crash in Houston, Texas,
happened when the driver was speeding and failed to take a bend in the road.
The crash triggered Susan Mistini's house alarm system
and she thought someone was breaking into her home until a neighbor told her
what happened.
Ms Mistini said: "He said, 'hurry up there's a car
on your roof'. A car on my roof? And he said, 'yes a car on your roof'."
Harris County Sheriff's Assistant Chief John Laine said:
"(The car) inverted and somersaulted and landed on the roof upside
down."
The driver was taken to hospital and is in stable
condition. Investigators have not determined whether or not alcohol was a
factor in the accident.
Brockton, MASSACHUSETTS - Authorities are investigating
whether a nine-year-old boy who raps under the name of Lil Poopy and appears in
sexually suggestive videos is the victim of possible child abuse.
The boy, whose real name is Luie Rivera Jr, is seen
slapping a woman's backside and riding in a Ferrari in some videos.
In another instance posted on YouTube, he sings:
"Coke ain't a bad word" – and then appears with a Coca-Cola in his
hands.
Lil Poopy music that was posted to an online mixtape site
last October has lyrics that include him singing about being a "bad
boy" and a "cocaine cowboy”.
Police from the boy's hometown of Brockton,
Massachusetts, have filed a complaint against his father, Luie Rivera, asking
state child welfare officials to look into possible abuse and neglect in
relation to the videos.
The Department of Children and Families said officials
are looking into the case, adding that the investigation will include
interviews with family members and school officials.
A lawyer representing the young rapper's family has
criticized the investigation as "racially-tinged". Lawyer Joseph
Krowski Jr said Lil Poopy, who is of Puerto Rican descent, is a well-adjusted
fourth-grader with a good family life and musical talent.
"This is just what I would call a racially-tinged
investigation because whoever watched it probably doesn't understand rap,"
Mr Krowski said.
"This isn't some child left alone that's not going
to school."
Mr Krowski argues that content in the videos is protected
by the First Amendment of the US constitution.
I’m Craig,
and that is the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Something to Think About: (Clip 05)
1. It’s not
that long ago that we had to send film away to get processed.
2. I
shouldn’t have to answer six questions just to fill up my gas tank.
-Do
you want to use rewards?
-What
kind of rewards?
-Is
this a debit?
-What
grade gas?
-What
is your zip code?
-Do
you want a receipt?
3. Why do the
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles wear masks?
4. How is
landing on the moon still our pinnacle of human achievement? It happened 43 and
a half years ago!
5. “That guy
has more money than God.” How much does God keep in his wallet?
6. Is pot a
performance enhancing drug for competitive eating?
7. I adore
maps on ESPN.com polls.
Squishy Baff
– Clip 80
The Magnificent Seven: Top 7 Dr. Suess
Quotes:
-If I ran the
Zoo, written in 1950, is the first recorded use of the word “Nerd”
-Bennett Cerf,
Dr. Seuss' editor, bet him that he couldn't write a book with a coherent story
line using 50 words or less. "The Cat in the Hat" was pretty simple,
after all, and it used 225 words. Not one to back down from a challenge, Mr.
Geisel started writing and came up with "Green Eggs and Ham" -- which
uses exactly 50 words.
The 50 words,
by the way, are: a, am, and, anywhere, are, be, boat, box, car, could, dark,
do, eat, eggs, fox, goat, good, green, ham, here, house, I, if, in, let, like,
may, me, mouse, not, on, or, rain, Sam, say, see, so, thank, that, the, them,
there, they, train, tree, try, will, with, would, you.
7. “Adults
are just obsolete children and the hell with them.”
On writing
for adults, as quoted in Of Sneetches and Whos and the Good Dr. Seuss: Essays
on the Writings and Life of Theodor Geisel (1997) by Thomas Fensch
6. “You have
brains in your head.
You have feet
in your shoes.
You can steer
yourself
any direction
you choose.
With your
head full of brains,
And your
shoes full of feet,
You're too
smart to go down a not-so-good-street.
Out there
things can happen, and frequently do,
To people as
brainy and footsy as you.
And when
things start to happen, don't worry, don't stew.
Just go right
along, you'll start happening too! “
-Oh, the
Places You'll Go! (1990)
5. “I have
heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some
come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my
troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
― I Had
Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew
4. “Nonsense
wakes up the brain cells. And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is
awfully important in this day and age. Humor has a tremendous place in this
sordid world. It's more than just a matter of laughing. If you can see things
out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack.”
As quoted in
"Author Isn't Just a Cat in the Hat" by Miles Corwin in The Los
Angeles Times (27 November 1983)
3. “It's not
about what it is, it's about what it can become.”
-Dr. Seuss,
The Lorax
2. “Why fit
in when you were born to stand out?”
1. “Unless
someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is
going to get better. It's not.”
-The Lorax
(1971)
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