The Gitmo detainees swapped for Bergdahl: Who are they?

The Gitmo detainees swapped for Bergdahl: Who are they?

The cast of the WONDER YEARS together again—20 years since the show.

Finally.. proof that Paul Pfieffer is NOT Marilyn Manson..

The MPAA squashed this SIN CITY poster because of the semi-visible breast.

Thanks to the Internet we can still see it.

It's a dog eat dog afterlife

I read a somewhat moving article on HUFF PARANORMAL about a man who lost his pet dog.. In death, he sought to find the animal’s spirit.. His method was to use a smoke bomb and camera.. The author of the article is sure that he saw the face of his beloved deceased pet on the foggy image..

Before you laugh and mock, there’s two things to note.. First off, science can explain so much. But there’s a cutoff when science stops.. At least at this point. Logic may say that this image is just smoke within smoke.. For for the believer when faith, it’s something more. And science by no means can explain even a morsel of faith.,

And secondly– perhaps this would be more for pet owners– who didn’t lose an animal and feel the presence of that same beloved pet after death? And even more, I have known a handful of people that claimed per visitation from an afterlife..

In my own circumstance, I fondly remember seeing my dog Newt walk by my door. It was after he died. I had a witness– he saw it but years later now claims he didn’t. And my dog Bailey loudly walked down the stairs in my house. After death. My wife heard that one and I think would still testify that it happened..

Death of a mystery. One that I have made myself willing and ready to investigate .. I crave answers on what happens to our soul when we perish..

In the case of Steve on Huff Paranormal, he thinks his dog is still with him. Or at least visited.

And that’s a nice thing to think…comforting in a sense , even when coupled with the dark mystery that death is..

Directive outlines Obama’s plan to use the military against citizens

Sayyy….whaaa??

Bill Gertz reports…

Directive outlines Obama’s plan to use the military against citizens

Vince McMahon's losses: $750 million in two months

And the Billionaire falls…

Vince McMahon's losses: $750 million in two months

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This pitch and a 50 Cent can buy me a cup of coffee..

My God that was a bad pitch.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Expect to see this cover of TIME magazine everywhere.. it may sell as good as their mother breastfeeding from a bit ago.

I credit TIME with one thing: They are able to still give us some provocative covers to keep themselves relevant. It’s journalism, sure, but it’s also about the bottom line. They are trying to make a profit in print during the age of Internet.

This is the type of cover that may help them..

The actual text and subject aside, this magazine will sell. Maybe not like hot cakes, but lukewarm pouches.. Or something.

And the real question: How many tough men will take a second or even third glance before they realize what they’re seeing?

All in all we're just another crack in the floor

I am already scared of heights.. but the thought of the floor cracking under me–while I’m on the 103rd floor!? No way..

That is exactly what happened to a family in Chicago.. They were on the tourist attraction, the Ledge, on the 103rd floor of Chicago’s Willis Tower. 

Even worse.. apparently after the family joked about how the stability is safe and glass floor is unbreakable, they began to hear cracking.. and saw it happening.

Never again.

I don’t think I’d be a person yearning to stand on a glass floor that high up to begin with, but hearing this I never will..

Study claims: Possible cynicism link to dementia

I better get positive quick..

Though I think this study is a little quackery.. 

Study claims: Possible cynicism link to dementia

OOOH SNAP

Snapchat founder is ‘mortified’ over leaked emails that he wrote..  Even Spiegel wrote emails referencing cocaine, binge drinking, and urinating on women. Snap.  They were the frat days..

Just for fun, I logged into AOL IM tonight..

It was like an immediate blast from the past! The noises.. the messages.. the away messages. Just brought my back to a simpler time.

Remember those days? You’d post the away messages featuring some song lyric that symbolized your mood.. others would ponder its meaning.. you’d slam that ‘door shut’ noise when you offline.. how many fights between couples ended with that AOL noise? And the AOL chatrooms? My God.. those bizarre and weird chat rooms, making friends with people who you’d never see..

I actually made a few real friends on AOL believe it or not.. some are actually now “Facebook” friends.. So that’s the real internet now, right?

One shocking thing I noticed tonight: People are still on AOL, including MDrudge, who I think is the actual Matt Drudge. He messaged me once on there years ago a night before he was going to appear on CSPAN. He confirmed the air date .. I think I may have framed the conversation screen shot.

I also thought back to my original internet exploration.. besides that ridiculous ICQ program, I frequented the world of CHAT1.COM .. check that website, it still exists.. but the chat portion has some error that forever will stricken it from the net..

The good old days. Dial up—you could unplug yourself for a while when you were done online.. 

Now we are always connected everywhere. Then we chose when to be, and decided what others would hear. 

Which time was easier? Which would you prefer?

The world of the net has changed.

I just wish those old AOL sound files would still be used somewhere ..

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This is music from the TRUMAN SHOW by Phillip Glass.. It’s the sort of mood I’m tonight. Slightly Beethoven-ish but with more of a modern edge. It gives me the feeling of peace and security.. it’s as though you’re sleeping in safe quarters while fires of hell and scourge of war rages outside your window. And when you wake up, in the pile of your nightly drool, trying to remember what your last few seconds of your dream excursion was, you’ll have to face the day again. And you won’t like it at all..

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Pay-to-potty: Teacher's bathroom policy causes accidents, outrages parents

A “pay to potty” policy at a Vancouver elementary school is being called “inhumane” by outraged parents.

How disgusting and humiliating for a child.. 
How horrid of a teacher.

I am not in favor of torture, but I would be fine with forcing this woman to stand in a classroom and not use the bathroom unless she pays for every child’s lunch for the next year.. 

Sick..

Pay-to-potty: Teacher's bathroom policy causes accidents, outrages parents

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You heard this right.. a CNN anchorwoman thinks that Michelle Obama can sign bills into law. Her the script writer does.. 

CNN needs to go back and try to find that airplane.. it obviously cannot grasp the basic concepts of  the three branches of government.. 

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

DAILY BEAST gets an exclusive: Texas VA Run Like a 'Crime Syndicate,' Whistleblower Says

It would seem that state by state this scandal is only intensifying.

But we knew this—people have known this for years.. And people inside have known even longer.

Promises broken..

And the bottom is falling out..

What else will we learn?

DAILY BEAST gets an exclusive: Texas VA Run Like a 'Crime Syndicate,' Whistleblower Says

For those in the service industry (as I once was) .. here is a handy list if you’re a bar going drunkard: These are the things NOT to do or say at a bar .. and certainly a list of comments NOT to say to your bartender.. My personal favorite: Don’t hold your dollar up ..others have it too.

I never liked the bartender gig as much as I enjoyed serving tables in restaurants..

Male bartenders are treated differently than female.. I frankly think that bartenders are expected to be women, and when men see other males serving their drinks to them, the tips are much worse and the patrons leave much sooner. But on the flipside..

Grief: Maybe you should just avoid your pastor

I am not certain if I published this before, but I have become addicted over the past few months to a website written by Caleb Wilde, a Philadelphia-based mortician who mocks death and ads humor to the dying process..

He has written a new blog post about dealing with death and grief.. He argues that if you are going through rough straits, seeing your pastor should be secondary to seeing a therapist.  

A good read.  And something sadly that every human on this planet will face or has faced already: Grief about death and losing someone close..

A true icon is gone.. Maya Angelou has met her final fate in his lifetime on earth.. Thanks to her, we will always know why the caged bird sings.. 

The poet was 86.. 

She posted one final tweet (amazing, think her life.. from the old days of racism to being able to freely speak to millions of people on Twitter) said this:

Listen to yourself and in that quietude you might hear the voice of God.

Regardless of our religious beliefs, it should be our collective hope that Ms. Angelou has met God.. and that he welcomed her gracefully into Maya