Here are the GEARS OF WAR 2: THE SOUNDTRACK Steve Jablonsky-signed CDs contest winners!

A little over two weeks ago we started a contest on this blog. The spoils? Three copies of the Gears of War 2: The Soundtrack CD... personally signed to the winners by composer Steve Jablonsky (the creative force behind the musical scores for Transformers, Desperate Housewives and a wazoo-load of other movies and television shows and other stuff). But in order to be eligible...

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"Deep Throat" Mark Felt has passed away

"The most famous anonymous source in history", W. Mark Felt - the legendary "Deep Throat" who passed along the information about the Watergate scandal to reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein that ultimately brought down President Richard Nixon - has passed away at age 95.Felt's alter-ego was one of the greatest and most celebrated mysteries of American politics during the past fifty years. For more than three decades speculation continued to...

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Majel Barrett-Rodenberry, the First Lady of Star Trek, has passed away

I have a confession to make: one of the biggest reasons why I watched Star Trek: The Next Generation was because from the very beginning, I became a fan of Lwaxana Troi: the outrageous, overbearing mother of Deanna Troi, both hilariously and tragically portrayed by Majel Barrett-Roddenberry.Of course, that wasn't Barrett's only connection to Star Trek. She was also Nurse...

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James Oldfield declares the Salvation Army is a work of evil on broadcast television

Folks, please understand that I am not on a "get the 'Church of Christ In Name Only'" binge tonight. Heck, I've so many projects on my plate right now that I'm pretty much relying on the reports that others have been sending me lately about the cult. Like earlier today when I posted that cult leader Johnny Robertson can't spell worth a hoot even as he condemns preachers of other (and in my opinion, legitimate) churches in the area.And now later...

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Johnny Robertson (still) can't spell

Nobody can take a so-called "preacher" seriously when he chronically mis-spells words like "especially" and "scriptures"...And Johnny Robertson is saying that another preacher is "confused"?Kinda funny, isn't it? That there have been at least two major stories that happened in the area in the past few days, and WGSR general manager Charles Roark didn't see fit to have either...

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No birthday cake for Adolf Hitler

Geez louise, is this a day for weird news or what?A grocery store in Pennsylvania refused to decorate a birthday cake for three-year old Adolf Hitler Campbell. His parents Heath and Deborah eventually got their cake decorated at a Wal-Mart. So now little Adolf will get to enjoy his cake along with siblings JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell.Only in America...

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Things that you do not expect your airline pilot to tell his passengers...

"I am not qualified to land the plane."Okay, I can see how this one should be allowed to let slide. This is a pilot with thirty years of experience and of course he had landed plenty of times. It just happened that on this occasion he had to land in fog, which he didn't have the proper training and clearance for with the type of aircraft that he was operating. The pilot absolutely did the right and professional thing by turning around.But still,...

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Mystery: Swiss watch found in 400-year old Chinese tomb

Shades of Michael Crichton's Timeline, or television's Lost: archaeologists are stumped at the discovery of a Swiss watch within a Chinese tomb that was sealed more than four hundred years ago. While excavating the Ming-era tomb in southern China, researchers heard a metallic object hit the floor. When they picked it up they discovered, encrusted with the detritus of time,...

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Another sneek peek at the LOST Season 5 premiere

Jack and Ben are now apparently roomies at a Motel 6...The greatest primetime drama in television history returns in just five more wee...

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The Smoking Gun's 2008 Mug Shots of the Year

For plenty more of hilarious mug shots like the one of Robert Morin above, mash down he...

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A Star Wars horror novel?

That's certainly a different take on the saga. Yeah I remember the "Galaxy of Fear" books too but those were mostly done to cash in on the success of the Goosebumps series. To date there hasn't been a serious attempt at the horror genre within the Star Wars mythology. Until next November when Deathtroopers comes out. Author Joe Schreiber announced it on his blog and describes it as "in the vein of The Shining and Alien, with a little dose of...

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Former Bush official: 4000 Americans "had to die"

The lesser angels of my nature are wanting to cry out that stuff like this, is enough to make me think - however fleeting and regrettably - that if the "neo-conservatives" of this country were wiped out to a man, that this would have been a much better nation for it.However, as a Christian, I have to fight against saying that I agree with that urge.Frank Gaffney, former Assistant Defense Secretary and now with the "Center for Security Policy" (whatever...

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New York State budget: craziest taxes ever?

Governor David Paterson has revealed his $121 billion budget plan for New York State and it includes proposals that actually trump California's "snack tax" of the early Nineties in terms of utter lunacy. There are 88 suggested new taxes and fees, including for digital downloads of songs for iPod and other music devices, beer, soft drinks, cable and satellite television services, movie tickets, and massages (?!?).This reminds me of 1993, when then-President...

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Popcorn Sutton sentencing delayed, again

Moonshine legend and American original character Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton has had his sentencing delayed for the fourth time. He and his many fans (of whom I am proud to consider myself one) will have to wait until January 26th 2009 to find out what's going to happen to Popcorn stemming from the raid by them "evil revenuers" on his 'shine operation in Tennessee back in March....

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THE BOHEMIAN TRAVESTY: What does Chris Knight singing karaoke sound like?

Last night at Woodmont United Methodist Church in Reidsville, we had the strike party for Theatre Guild of Rockingham County's production of Oliver Twist. Tony Hummel (who played Mr. Brownlow) brought his karaoke machine. And during the festivities I did something that I had been asked to do several times over the past few weeks, mostly from people who heard about what happened at the Children of Eden strike party in June.So here it is: Yours Truly...

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The photograph that will forever define Bush's legacy

And to think that all this time, George W. Bush thought that the Iraqis would throw flowers at his feet... not shoes at his head:An Iraqi reporter threw his shoes at Bush during a press conference yesterday in Baghdad and called him a "dog". In most Mid-East cultures, showing someone the soles of your shoes is considered the ultimate - and often mortal - insult.You know what...

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OLIVER TWIST production ends (almost) solid string of performances

Yesterday afternoon was the final performance of the Theatre Guild of Rockingham County's production of Oliver Twist. Thankfully we had none of the "problems" that kept us from going through the entire show on Saturday night. There was still a whiff of the smoke lingering around the building, but that didn't deter a strong audience from coming to enjoy the story of orphan Oliver Twist and his search for identity in 1840s London.After the show ended...

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