Wednesday, May 28, 2008

THE LARRY CRAIG BOBBLEFOOT!


Capitalizing on Senator Larry Craig's restroom bust, a Minnesota minor league baseball team this Sunday is giving away a promotional item celebrating the Republican politician's arrest last year at the Minneapolis-St.Paul airport. Dubbed a "bobblefoot" (as opposed to a bobblehead doll), the polyresin giveaway depicts an occupied bathroom stall (the inhabitant's pants and shoes can be seen below the stall's panels). When the St. Paul Saints's "bobblefoot" is shaken, one of the spring-loaded feet taps. The keepsake, which will be handed out to the first 2500 fans attending the Saints's May 25 game against the Fort Worth Cats, can be seen below and on the following pages. According to an undercover cop's account, while in the airport bathroom, Craig "tapped his toes several times and moved his foot closer to my foot." The officer, Sgt. Dave Karsnia, was seated in an adjoining stall and believed Craig's footsie was a signal that the politician was seeking sex. Craig has denied this, blaming his wide stance for Karsnia's unfortunate misinterpretation.

BUY AEROSMITH'S BRAD WHITFORD'S JUNK?!?


While Joe Perry recuperates from knee surgery and Steven Tyler reportedly gets cleaned up in rehab, guitarist Brad Whitford is cleaning out his closet. He's selling some of the equipment he used on the band's Get a Grip Tour, at Woodstock '94, on Saturday Night Live and elsewhere on E-Bay. You can check out pictures of the equipment at the band's website. http://aeroforceone.com/


Bid on the auction items HERE!

Friday, May 23, 2008

DRIVERS TEST!

33 MILLION DRIVERS WOULD FAIL THE WRITTEN DRIVERS TEST IF THEY TOOK IT TODAY:

A new survey (--by the GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test) found that 16.4% of American drivers wouldn't pass the written portion of the DMV test if they took it today. That's 33 MILLION Americans who don't know the rules of the road.

But let's see if you do. Here are the two questions that tripped people up the most:


What should you do when you approach a steady yellow traffic light?


A.) Run it before it turns red.


B.) Stop if it is safe to do so.


C.) Slow down and proceed with caution.


If you said A or C, you're wrong . . . but so were most people. 84% of drivers didn't know that when you approach a steady yellow . . . you should stop if it's safe to do so.


Here's the other question that stumped drivers: What is a safe following distance?


A.) Ride the bumper of the person in front of you to make them go faster.

B.) Leave a 3-second cushion.

C.) Leave a 10-second cushion and hold up traffic.


73% of drivers got this wrong. The correct answer is B. You're supposed to leave a 3-second cushion between you and the car in front of you. That means that when the car in front of you passes a sign . . . it should take 3 seconds before you pass the same sign.


--So which places scored lowest on the test? Here are the five worst:


#47.) Georgia

#48.) Massachusetts

#49.) New York

#50.) Washington, D.C.

#51.) New Jersey. (--Jersey drivers only got 69.9% of the questions right.)


The top five states where drivers actually know the rules of the road are:


#5.) Minnesota

#4.) Idaho

#3.) Nebraska

#2.) Wyoming

#1.) Kansas. Drivers in Kansas got 84% of the questions right . . . making them the most knowledgeable drivers in the nation.

SEE HOW YOU DO ON THE TEST HERE!

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

GREAT NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT OMAHA!


Everything's up to date in ... Omaha

By Kevin Collison/The Kansas City Star

Anyone who thinks Kansas City has gone about as far as it can go when it comes to revitalizing downtown should take a little trip upriver to Omaha.

This is a city that doesn't rest on its laurels. Just last week it was announced that a 24,000-seat ballpark would be built downtown as part of a 25-year deal to keep the College World Series.

The $127 million ballpark, likely to be designed by HOK Sport of Kansas City, will be next to the 4 1/2 -year-old Qwest Center, one of the country's more successful arenas. The Qwest Center was a major element in the ongoing revitalization of the Omaha downtown riverfront.

Later this year, a $17 million pedestrian bridge spanning the Missouri River between Nebraska and Iowa is scheduled to open linking the downtown riverfront with 150 miles of trails. The graceful bridge is next to a new 12-story condominium building, and a twin tower is about to start construction.

Those condo towers are part of a huge investment in downtown housing that has not only renovated many older buildings, but also generated plenty of new construction. The biggest project on tap is a 32-story condo and hotel tower planned by Jason Townsend, a Kansas City developer, on the site of the old Union Pacific building.

Union Pacific built a new 19-story headquarters across the street in 2004. It's not far from the $102 million Holland Performing Arts Center that was completed in 2005. The performing arts center is across from the urban park Omaha began building in the 1970s with the ultimate goal of reconnecting the downtown core with the river.

This brings us back to the ballpark, arena, pedestrian bridge, riverfront condos, etc.

Whew. Now that I've caught my breath, there's more.

Mutual of Omaha is building a $300 million mixed-use development on the west edge of downtown that will include 600 apartments and condos, and 220,000 square feet of retail, including a movie complex. The Midtown Crossing at Turner Park is scheduled to be completed late next year.And get this, Kansas City: The next big thing being planned is a streetcar route that will link major downtown attractions including the Qwest Center; the Old Market -- a funky historic district of shops, restaurants and bars -- the central business district, and Creighton University.Plans call for this starter line to be locally funded with an eye toward attracting federal funding for expansions down the track. Sound familiar?

There have been several mayors who've consistently pushed Omaha's downtown revitalization, but the latest is a son of Kansas City. Mayor Mike Fahey is a 1961 graduate of Bishop Lillis High School and his old home was razed to make way for Penn Valley Community College.Fahey, like his predecessors, has benefited mightily from an almost hyperactive corporate community that continues to cooperatively push the Omaha development envelope. Remember, this is a metro area of 815,000 residents versus about 2 million in Greater Kansas City.

Civic leaders have established what's called Heritage Services to channel private donations for projects including the ballpark, performing arts center and the arena.And by the way, Omaha has used what's unfortunately become almost a dirty phrase around here -- tax increment financing -- to assist the redevelopment boom, including the new housing projects. That's made a critical difference.

Kansas City has had success converting old buildings to housing, but constructing new condos has been tough, primarily because developers can't make the numbers work. The TIF assistance in Omaha has allowed developers to build new projects and sell units at competitive prices, and still make a profit.

To Fahey, who said the city's finances are just fine, the idea that a community can ever relax when it comes to keeping its downtown vibrant is foolish."You don't want to lose your momentum," he said. "From my perspective, a city that loses momentum is like having a pacifier put in your mouth."

Sunday, May 18, 2008

G.E.A.R.S. CAR SHOW ON SUNDAY


The G.E.A.R.S. Car Show on Sunday was a blast! Great cars and a great bunch of people!

Thursday, May 15, 2008

THE SCARY MAZE

Scary Maze Game

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This is the game that I was talking about on Thursday. I can't believe it "got me"

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

THE TOP 50 MOST MEMORABLE MOVIE CARS


RottenTomatoes.com has come up with a list of the Top 50 Most Memorable Movie Cars. Here's the Top 10 . . .


#1.) Doc Brown's DeLorean . . . from the "Back to the Future" movies. (--The first one came out in 1985.)

#2.) Herbie . . . the Volkswagen from 1968's "The Love Bug" and several other movies, right up through that 2005 LINDSAY LOHAN flick, "Herbie: Fully Loaded".

#3.) The General Lee . . . from "The Dukes of Hazzard". (2005) (--Technically, this is a CHEAT. The General Lee is a TV CAR. Not only did the movie version come more than 20 years later . . . it was TOTALLY LAME.)

#4.) The Mach 5 . . . from "Speed Racer". Another cheat, since "Speed Racer" was a cartoon long before it was a movie.


#5.) The Aston Martin DB5 . . . from various James Bond flicks, beginning with 1964's "Goldfinger".

#6.) The Ecto-1 . . . from "Ghostbusters" and "Ghostbusters 2". (1984, 1989)

#7.) Bandit's Trans Am . . . from "Smokey and the Bandit" and its two sequels. (--The original came out in 1977.)

#8.) Starsky's Gran Torino . . . from "Starsky & Hutch". (--Another cheat, since "Starsky & Hutch" was a TV show LONG before it became a movie. The series ran from 1974 to 1979. The movie came out in 2004.)

#9.) The Batmobile . . . from Tim Burton's "Batman" and "Batman Returns". (1989, 1992)

#10.) Mr. Frye's Ferrari . . . from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". (1986)


Check out the entire Top 50 . . . and a picture of each car . . . here . . .

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/speed_racer/news/1726473/10.php

Thursday, May 08, 2008

NASA WILL PAY YOU $17,000 TO STAY IN BED FOR 90 DAYS


Everybody, listen up . . . I've got a really great opportunity to tell you about.

NASA is conducting a bed-rest study, and they're willing to pay $17,000 to anyone who's willing to stay in bed . . . for 90 days straight (--that's 2,160 hours).

If you're accepted into the study, you'll spend 24 hours a day on your back with your head just slightly lower than your feet. You'll be awake for 16 hours a day, and get a solid eight hours of sleep every night.

Sounds great, right? Here's the catch. In order to qualify for the study . . .

#1.) You have to pass the Air Force physical for flight duty. (--Fat lazy bastards looking to get paid for 3 months of being a fat lazy bastard need not apply.)

#2.) You have to go to Houston, Texas, for the duration of the test, so NASA's scientists can observe you from their Human Test Subject Facility at Johnson Space Center. (Wired)

So you know, NASA hasn't said WHY they're conducting this bed-rest experiment, other than to say they want to learn the effect of microgravity . . . or weightlessness . . . on the human body.
Apply to be a guinea pig for NASA here . . . http://www.bedreststudy.com/apply.aspx

Thursday, May 01, 2008

JOSH SNEED & LOOK AT ME SHIRTS!





Josh Sneed is at the Funnybone this weekend. Check out http://www.funnyboneomaha.com/ for ticket details.



Also, check out his funny t-shirt company...they make great gifts! Use the promo code CD105 and received free shipping! http://www.lookatmeshirts.com/