Man Fights For the Right to Party!

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The guy actually has a pretty good point...if you get drunk at your home and aren't causing a public disturbance, then why would the police have the right to lock you up?

I'll be testing this out myself later tonight with a bottle of Mad Dog 20/20...

Why weren't my parents this cool when I turned 16?
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C'mon...don't we have worse things in the world to worry about than a 16 year old boy getting a stripper for his birthday? Had to be better than whatever I got when I turned 16...clothes, CDs, whatever. Hell, I don't even remember what I got for my 16th birthday...I'm pretty sure this kid will never forget!

At least the IOC made this move after we were treated to the greatness of Jennie Finch
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For the first time in nearly 70 years, sports are being eliminated from the Summer Olympics...as baseball and softball get the axe following the '08 Games in Beijing. I really could care less about this move, but look at the sports that they are looking at as replacements:

GOLF, RUGBY, SQUASH, KARATE AND ROLLER SPORTS

Rugby might actually be cool, but the rest are pretty lame...especially roller sports. Unless it is roller derby, which could also be pretty cool...

Die Hard Fan...

What an awful way to be remembered: a Pittsburgh Steelers fan (story)

It's pretty cool that this guy's family did that for him. I would like to have my loved ones do something similar with me, but using a Star Wars motif. Dress my corpse in a Jedi outfit and pose me in a lightsaber battle with Darth Vader...now that's the way to go!

Terror In Britain

London blasts kill nearly 40, injure 700 (story)

Like many, I was stunned to wake up Thursday morning and see the deadly terror attacks which had taken place in London. Is it a coincidence that it happened just a day after the announcement that London was awarded the 2012 Summer Olympics? Possibly...but it just makes me feel even better that New York City lost the competition. Who knows what we might have woken up to this morning?

Good Luck With All That...

London 2012...be there! (story)

Make your travel plans now...the 2012 Summer Olympics will be in London. New York City was one of the finalists who made a huge push to try to get the Games, but losing the bid might actually be a blessing in disguise. I know that hosting the Olympics can bring billions of dollars into an economy, but it also brings a lot of headaches as well...most notably, terrorism.

We are going on 4 years since the attacks on September 11, and I really don't want to give Al Qaeda or any other group more reason to plot against our country. Security at an Olympics is tremendously tight, but if someone wants to cause trouble, they'll find a way. (remember Atlanta '96?)

It does make me giggle that Paris got snubbed in the voting...I heard that 15 minutes after the announcement, the entire country surrendered.

Too Little, Too Late...

It only took a week, but Kenny Rogers now says he's sorry (story)

Excuse me if I don't immediately change my mind about Kenny Rogers following his 'heartfelt' apology for going postal last week. If he were truly sorry, he would have made a statement a lot sooner than this. I believe this is nothing more than a way for Rogers to try to take some of the heat off of himself. Add the fact that the All Star Game is coming up and this move seems to make even more sense. Rogers has every intention of playing in that game and is hoping that his apology will keep the boos in Detroit to a minimum.