MAYOR FIRED FOR SEXY PICTURES!

Here's the picture of the Arlington, Oregon Mayor who was fired after the picture showed up online.

Carmen Kontur-Gronquist is 42-years-old and has been the mayor of Arlington, Oregon for the last three years.

Before Carmen became mayor, she took some pictures of herself in some sexy lingerie on an Arlington fire truck. She said she took the pictures for a fitness magazine contest.

Recently, one of Carmen's relatives created a MySpace page for her. Carmen's a single mom and her relative thought the page might help her meet new people. She included the pictures of Carmen in her lingerie.

But some uptight Arlington citizens found out about the pictures and demanded that she be recalled as mayor. They didn't like the fact that their mayor had pictures like that floating around on the Internet. . . AND that they were taken at the Arlington fire station.

On Monday, the city voted 142 to 139 to fire her as mayor.

CHECK OUT "THE CRUSHER"!

After spending four years and $30 million, the Department of Defense has unveiled its latest innovation: an unmanned, remote controlled battle truck called . . . the Crusher.

The Crusher . . . which is a cross between a Hummer and an Abrams tank . . . was designed to show military planners what unmanned machines can handle on the battlefield . . . and the thing is just enormous.

It weighs seven tons, has six wheels and can carry up to 8,000 pounds. And even though it tops out at 26 miles per hour, it has a 30-inch ground clearance . . . which means it can scale a six-foot wall without slowing down.

Programmers input basic GPS coordinates, and the Crusher maps its own route. It has dozens of laser sensors and mapping cameras mounted on its frame which provide technicians with infrared readouts of the terrain.

The cameras can pick up enemies who are three miles away . . . and it comes ready to be fitted with mounted machine guns and speakers for crowd control . . . both of which would be, of course, remote controlled.

See the videos of "The Crusher" in action HERE

THE SONG STUCK IN STEVE'S HEAD!

This is the song that was stuck in my head for the last 4 or 5 days! My Daughter Delaney got this CD from the Lincoln band "The String Beans" and she played the song "Right Here in Nebraska" about 200 times. These guys are really talented and my kids love them....but I HAVE to get it out of my HEAD!!! http://www.thestringbeans.net

BOBCAT GOLDTHWAIT ON THURSDAY MORNING!

You know him and love him doing stand up and appearing in classics like "Police Accademy 2", One Crazy Summer" and doing hundreds of voices for cartoons....Comedian/Actor/Director Bobcat Goldthwait will be on the show in the 8 o'clock hour on Thursday 2-21. He's in town at the Funnybone. For tickets (402) 493-8036 or www.funnyboneomaha.com.

CLASSIC TV SHOWS COMING TO YOUR COMPUTER!

This is a really sweet idea, and we hope it catches on: NBC is going to start streaming full episodes of CLASSIC TV shows online. (--We ASSUME for free . . . although we're not 100% certain.)

The shows include "The A-Team", "Miami Vice", "Simon & Simon", "Kojak", the ORIGINAL "Battlestar Galactica", "Rod Serling's Night Gallery", "Emergency", "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" and . . . "BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY"!!!

The shows will be available on four different websites: http://www.nbc.com/, http://www.scifi.com/, http://www.chillertv.com/ and http://www.sleuthchannel.com/ . . . beginning sometime this month. There's no word on the exact start date.

MYTHBUSTER TORI BELLECI ON WEDNESDAY MORNING!

One of my favorite shows is Mythbusters on the Discovery Channel. I just love when they are blowing stuff up, shooting crap and building some kind of robot with rockets strapped to it! Wednesday in the 7am hour we will be talking to Tori, he's part of the the build team of Tori, Cary and Grant, who assist Jamie and Adam with busting or proving myths.

Wednesday night on Discovery is Mythbuster's 100th episode and they are doing a special MacGyver myths show. More info HERE

QUAKER STEAK AND LUBE 500 NASCAR VIDEO GAME RACE!

Thanks to everyone that came out to Quaker Steak and Lube on Sunday to watch the Daytona 500 and the "real" race the Quaker Steak and Lube 500 NASCAR Video Game Race! After almost three hours and three rounds of racing Pat Purcell won the NASCAR Richard Petty Driving Experience!

OMAHA FLIM FESTIVAL

Here's the website for the Omaha Film Festival. http://www.omahafilmfestival.org

BURNOUTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Here's a video of how burnouts differ around the world!

WHEN ARE YOU FAVORITE SHOWS RETURNING?

Now that the writers' strike is over, TV shows are going back into production . . . and we can now begin talking about when your favorite shows will return with new episodes.


CBS has announced the return dates for 14 of its shows. Here they are . . . along with the number of new episodes you can expect before the end of this TV season . . .


--"How I Met Your Mother", March 17th . . . (--NINE more episodes.)

--"The Big Bang Theory", March 17th . . . (--NINE more episodes.)

--"Two and a Half Men", March 17th . . . (--NINE more episodes.)

--"CSI: Miami", March 17th . . . (--NINE more episodes.)

--"Cold Case", March 30th . . . (--FIVE more episodes.)

--"Criminal Minds", April 2nd . . . (--SEVEN more episodes.)

--"CSI: New York", April 2nd . . . (--SEVEN more episodes.)

--"CSI", April 3rd . . . (--SIX more episodes.)

--"Without A Trace", April 3rd . . . (--SIX more episodes.)

--"Ghost Whisperer", April 4th . . . (--SIX more episodes.)

--"Numb3rs", April 4th . . . (--SIX more episodes.)

--"NCIS", April 8th . . . (--SEVEN more episodes.)

--"Moonlight", April 11th . . . (--FOUR more episodes.)

--"Rules of Engagement", April 14th . . . (--SIX more episodes.)


There will also be FOUR more episodes of "Shark" sometime this spring . . . but CBS didn't announce a return date for it.


Meanwhile, NBC has also released some updates on their shows: "Saturday Night Live" will return on February 23rd, with former "SNL" minx TINA FEY as the guest host. The following week, the guest host will be "Juno" star ELLEN PAGE.


On April 10th, "The Office", "30 Rock", "Scrubs" and "ER" will all be back with new episodes. Producers are hoping to finish six or seven new episodes of "The Office" this season . . . and five new episodes of "30 Rock" are in the works.

"My Name is Earl" will return with a new, hour-long episode on April 3rd. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" will be back on April 15th . . . and the original "Law & Order" will come back on April 23rd.


NBC also announced that they've picked up three shows . . . "Heroes", "Chuck" and "Life" . . . for the 2008 - 2009 TV season. No new episodes of those shows are expected until the fall.

--"TV Guide" has been keeping a list of all this chaos. They claim it's updated HOURLY . . . which seems unnecessary. Regardless, you can check it out, here . . .
http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Wga-Strike-Favorite/800032698

FULL-SCALE MATCHSTICK RACECAR

And today's Geek of the Day award goes to 36-year-old Michael Arndt of Germany.

Over the course of six years . . . and using 956,000 matchsticks and 1,686 tubes of glue . . . Michael built a FULL-SCALE replica of a racecar . . . a McLaren 4/14 F1, for those of you who know cars.

It cost around $8,700, and takes up his entire kitchen . . . as well as most of his time. And it breaks down into 45 separate pieces so Michael can transport it to . . . get this . . . matchstick-builders conventions.

How much do you want to bet he's single or lives with his parents???

COMEDIAN J. R. BROW ON THURSDAY

Comedian J.R. Brow will be in the studio on Thursday in the 8am hour. You can see him live at The Funnybone all this weekend. Check out his website at www.jrbrow.com.

POLITICAL JOKE

While walking down the street one day a US senator is tragically hit by a truck and dies. His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance.

"Welcome to heaven," says St. Peter. "Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts, you see, so we're not sure what to do with you."

"No problem, just let me in," says the man.

"Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from higher up. What we'll do is have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you can choose where to spend eternity."

"Really, I've made up my mind. I want to be in heaven," says the senator.

"I'm sorry, but we have our rules."

And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell.

The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of a green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him.

Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich at the expense of the people.

They play a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar and champagne.

Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly guy, who has a good time dancing and telling jokes. They are having such a good time that before he realizes it, it is time to go.

Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator rises.

The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens on heaven where St. Peter is waiting for him.

"Now it's time to visit heaven."

So, 24 hours pass with the senator joining a group of contented souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have a good time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter returns.

"Well, then, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose your eternity."

The senator reflects for a minute, then he answers: "Well, I would never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I would be better off in hell."

So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell.

Now the doors of the elevator open and he's in the middle of a barren land covered with waste and garbage.

He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as more trash falls from above.

The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulder.

"I don't understand," stammers the senator. "Yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now there's just a wasteland full of garbage and my friends look miserable. What happened?"

The devil looks at him, smiles and says, "Yesterday we were campaigning... Today you voted."

THE JESUS LOG

Almost once a month, I come across a story about the image of Jesus or the Virgin Mary in a food item . . . or in an office window somewhere. For example, everyone remembers that lady who sold a grilled cheese sandwich with the image of the Virgin Mary on it for $28,000 on Ebay.

Well, here's a Jesus image that will amuse you . . . or maybe even inspire you . . .

About a year ago, Craig O'Connor, who is a furniture maker from Bensalem, Pennsylvania was out in the forest chopping wood with a buddy. After taking down a pine tree, Craig noticed an unusual sap stain on the inside of the tree in the shape of Jesus. This isn't your typical silhouette of Jesus' face. This one is of his full body, and it looks like Jesus is walking AND the best part is the rings in the tree form a halo right around Jesus' head.

As a joke, Craig put the log on eBay and got an offer for $500. But instead of selling it, he's going to turn it into a piece of furniture

SIGN THE PETITION TO GET LED ZEPPELIN TO TOUR!

Led Zeppelin fans are taking to the Internet to persuade the band to do a full-scale reunion tour. An online petition pleading for the band to tour has been signed by almost 10-thousand people so far. It reads, "I think Led Zep needs to go on a world tour. There are younger and even older fans that never got to see the great Led Zeppelin in concert. We want to be part of history. We want one of the greatest rock bands to tour."

http://www.youchoose.net/campaign/led_zeppelin_world_tour#campaignnodetab

"THE WINE RACK"

This is the perfect thing for the Omaha Wine and Food Experience on Satuday at the DC Center! It's called the WINE RACK . . . and it's basically a bra that you can fill up with wine . . . for those occasions when it just isn't cool to be getting drunk. cLike at church or your daughter's piano recital.

The bra is made of polyurethane . . . and it has a bladder which is able to hold an entire bottle of wine. It also has a hose and nozzle which ladies can discreetly sip from when no one is looking.

And to make a good thing even better, the wine rack serves the double purpose of increasing the wearer's chest size by up to TWO FULL cup sizes. The only catch is that the more you drink, the smaller your chest gets. The wine rack sells for $40. http://www.thebeerbelly.com/winerack.asp

THE SINGLE DUMBEST WEIGHTLOSS PRODUCT EVER!

This thing is called the Hawaii-chair and it "works out your abs while you sit" YEA RIGHT! These people look like idiots!

SUPERBOWL COMMERCIALS

Did you miss a few of the Super Bowl Commercials that everyone is talking about this morning? We have them all here for you! Just click HERE!

I think this was one of my favorites

You Should Play Football - NFL

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY NEEDS GOLF TOURNAMENT VOLUNTERS

We are having a golf tournament with the American Cancer Society on May 5th...save the date! Tell your boss "You're out curing cancer" It will be at the Players Club at Deer Creek.

The American Cancer Society needs volenteers for the tournament. So if you or your orginization would like to helf out give them a call at 393-5801.

"AS MY GUITAR GENTLY WEAPS" ON UKULELE!

I know what your thinking....the ukuleke is LAME...but trust me this guy is AMAZING. Watch the clip and just try not to be impressed. He rocks George Harrison's "As My Guitar Gently Weaps"