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Despite a wash out on getting together with my extended family, had a good weekend. Good Saturday night get together with Russell Landreth, the wifeage, and lots of prom people. Too many things in downtown GreenVegas this weekend. Armed Forces parade was Saturday- amazing turn out. The Greenville Drive home stand this weekend. The very delicious and great smelling Greek Festival. Greer has an awesome BBQ festival this weekend with WHOLE animals BBQ-ed and grilled. Apologies to my vegan friends, The BMW Charity Pro-Am with the awesome looking and newly engaged Holly Sonders. I miss Catherine Bell this year...

Other things this week....

Please keep Lana Kuykendall in your thoughts, prayers, and well wishes as she continues her fight for good health.

The SpaceX launch/ not a launch was freaking awesome despite not actually lifting off. The rockets fired and the clouds of exhaust enveloped the launchpad as the NASA guy counted down ending with the word "liftoff!" Yet the rocket carrying the Dragon space capsule remained on the launchpad. The computers cancelled the launch A HALF OF A SECOND before liftoff due to some issue with the #5 rocket. Mission specialists say they'll try again next week. I'm a fan of this and despite the setbacks hope this will prove a good thing.

The guy who was convicted in the Lockerbie plane bombing has FINALLY died. Are things better in that case now? Does everyone feel vindicated or justified? Sigh..

The Avengers movie continues it's havoc on the box office and box office records. At least until Spider Man and the nex Batman movie. The movie crossed $1.07 billion worldwide on Thursday to become the sixth biggest film ever and the largest Disney release in history. Freaking AWESOME action movie done right without a female thug singer on a boat. THIS WEEK

The reaper has been busy this week -
RIP Donna Summer, who blames 9/11 for her cancer.
RIP to 31 dates or the rest of the Van Halen 2012 tour.
RIP to Donald "Duck" Dunn and GoGo music creator Chuck Brown.

Saturday Night Live was actually pretty good this week. 69 year old Mick Jagger hosted this season's finale and was in nearly every skit. He performed a few Stones songs with Arcade Fire and The Foo Fighters backing him. The show ended with he and the rest of the cast singing a cool version of "Ruby Tuesday" as a goodbye to Kristen Wiig. Each cast member including producer Lorne Michaels, danced a few seconds with her during the song.

A Tennessee man needs help paying his 30 babies and 11 baby mamas.

Here's a story about how more is owed to student loans than credit card or auto loan debt.

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg made the news this week. HE GOT MARRIED SATURDAY!

The NAACP passed a resolution Saturday endorsing same-sex marriage as a civil right and opposing any efforts "to codify discrimination or hatred into the law. Amazing.

And finally, ALMOST finally. At least until the predictable rioting after a Zimmerman acquittal, facts and findings from the official police report! Pictures and xrays confirming the PRO Zimmerman side of George's injuries to the back of his face and head. Traces of THC was found to be in Martin's bloodstream and that he was shot less than 18 inches which would indicate a struggle. The official police report's findings side with the  Pro TRAYVON side stating Zimmerman should have just left Martin alone as he wasn't doing anything illegal and posed no threat to George Zimmerman. More to come!!

What Had Happened....

I'm not a huge fan, however, I am kinda geeked after reading that Stephen King has finished writing the sequel to "The Shining". The Synopsis to "Doctor Sleep" looks VERY intriguing.  To read about what and who the little boy from the story/movie became- click HERE
Here's an R2D2 rain barrel. HERE
So JP Morgan lost $2 billion dollars? Too big to fail? Bah! The soundbites from the CFO and CEO, though sincere, are laughable.

Lot's of famous people died this week. Hmmmmm. 

It looks like the "updated" Mayan calendar delays the end of all that we know.. Here it is
The US Navy sez they're hurting sea life and wonders what anybody's gonna do about it. Click THIS for the story.
Here's an R2D2 coffee maker. YUM
Some Democrats are wanting their National convention this year to find somewhere else other than Charlotte to be held after the marriage definition vote last week. HA!

Here's some Star Wars pancakes (featuring R2D2). DELICIOUS!
Have you seen "The Avengers" movie yet? Here's an article regarding The Hulk and how Lou Ferrigno help voice the character. Click HERE.  I had NO idea that the late Ted Cassidy - Lurch on the old "Addams Family" TV show voiced the intro on Lou Ferrigno's TV show and iconic growl.

Check out one minute of Rhianna's performance of her little diddy entitled "Birthday Cake". And you thought Michael Jackson grabbing his crotch was insane?

Could the infamous 'Jack The Ripper" have been a woman? Hmmmmm,



Have you seen the controversial Time Magazine Cover? The bottom line is that Time, like any other magazine, is in the business of selling magazines and bringing attention to itself be it in the print version or online. Of COURSE breastfeeding is a natural, bilogical act. Of COURSE it shuldn't be a big deal to show it on a cover of an internationally distributed printed periodical. As a matter of fact, breastfeeding kids as old as 5 or 7 years old is perfectly acceptable in other parts of the world. 26 year old Jamie Lynn Grumet and her nearly 4 year old son has captured the nation. She is a model and an author of several online blogs about being a mom. She recently adopted a little girl from some third world country like Indoneshia or something. Good for her!Gumet evidently is happy enough to get naked in front of other people (which there may be nothing wrong with—for her). She instructed her son to suck his mother’s nipple in front of a photographer and makeup artist and art director in a studio of bright lights and the clicking and whirring of digital cameras. I mean, to me, it's like having a photographer and makeup artist and art director in a studio of bright lights and the clicking and whirring of digital cameras while someone uses the bathroom. How weird is this for "the kid"? To me, if you're on the side of "it's no big deal breastfeeding out in public or in front of cameras", how does this NOT take the "no big deal, it's natural" aspect away from the issue? What say you?

and finally, so MY President has evolved and "come out" for same sex marriage. A liberal Democrat supports same sex marriage and it's major news? I just wonder if he was pushed into flip flopping publicly on the issue or are my conspiracy pals right and this whole thing is an orchestrated ploy? It just shows MY president is a typical politician. One one hand you have this week's revelation on ABC with Robin Roberts, on the other hand, you have multiple appearances like Obama sitting with Rick Warren and stating "God's involved and marriage should be defined only as a union between a man and woman". Meanwhile, after a HUGE fundraiser at Clooney's place over the weekend, MY President is standing tall. Some say Obama's divisive by his personal evolutionary statement. Some say this is one of many subjects that will be pushed towards the forefront of the problems with the economy. Personally, I don't think this will sway too many voters who blindly vote for one party or another or one candidate or another simply because of the political jersey they wear. What do YOU think?