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By: Kit

Kit — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:28:07 +0000

Incredibly funny, Trace!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:19:36 +0000

Gene Simmons is an interesting guy. A few years back an Israeli soldier wounded during the last Palestinian spazz out got a phone call from old Chaim and Gene (Aka Chaim) spoke to him in Hebrew.
Ted Nugent is a great Dad and Alice Cooper..he is hilarious with his kids. And I’d have to say any boy wanting to date a Nugent daughter ought to be prepared for a showing of Ted’s vast gun collection..subtext if you mess with my girl I will kill you.

By: Tracy, txmom2many

Tracy, txmom2many — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:25:36 +0000

http://sendables.jibjab.com/originals/hes_barack_obama

Have any of you seen this? A Berkley friend of mine (yeah, I know, we met in the bereavement world though) sent it. I thought at first it would be one of those “the only thing we find funny is how awesome he is” things, but they actually made a couple of really good jabs at his spending and I thought the pink bunny and rainbows in Iraq was pretty good.

By: David Marcoe

David Marcoe — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:25:40 +0000

Gene Simmons is an interesting case study. Liberal and libertine as they come, but in certain areas–such as with his kids–he has a real conservative streak. Or at least a common sense streak. In fact, for those aging rockers that did kill themselves while they were young, you see a pretty consistent pattern of them going toward the right. Doesn’t mean they’re conservative in any sense, but they hold opinions surprisingly at odds with their image.

By: Wankette

Wankette — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:40:27 +0000

Intriguing clip from a Gene Simmons interview that people are already misinterpreting:

Interviewer: Adam Lambert’s performance with Kiss on ‘American Idol’ was amazing. But I’m a little bummed you’ve been talking smack about him …

Simmons: “I don’t think I’ve been talking smack at all. In fact, if anything, I’ve been soft-peddling. He’s enormously talented, best talent ‘American Idol’ has had, but I think he killed his career because now the conversation is not about his talent but about his sexual preference. He’s done. You’re forcing people to deal with issues they may not be interested in. Life is unfair, and the masses don’t all live in L.A. They live in Wisconsin and Nebraska, and you’re on crack if you think the same rules apply there. My advice is still the same, shut the f*** up, just sing and let people say whatever they want. But I do wish him the best because he’s got all the talent in the world. If only the world was not homophobic, but it is. I would be the first one to vote for equal rights for gay women and men, and get the church and the state to stop telling everybody how to lead their lives, but do I think he’s killed his career? Oh, in an instant. I hope I’m completely wrong. I hope he becomes the next Beatles and proves me wrong.”

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:06:21 +0000

Billy was a good man. RIP Mr. Mays.

By: Kit

Kit — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:06:37 +0000

He will be missed.

By: Tracy, txmom2many

Tracy, txmom2many — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:01:01 +0000

BILLY MAYS DIED.

You have to say it like that. But the dr and I are actually kinda sad about it. He caught a show with him on it and he was talking about how he was kinda trying to turn his life around, he has a 4 yo kid. I think I’m gonna go use some oxy clean and super putty in his honor.

By: Kit

Kit — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:06:17 +0000

Furious D has a piece on the Fall of Perez Hilton and the “5 Stages of a Gossip Columnist”
http://dknowsall.blogspot.com/2009/06/hollywood-babble-on-on-313-5-stages-of.html

Here is a highlight on Perez Hilton’s style of gossip:
“Hilton’s specialty was going lower than any other before him. His trademark was scribbling penises, or white-dots (for cocaine) all over poached paparazzi pics of celebrities, outing closeted (or just suspected of being closeted) celebrities, and putting general acceptance of the gay community back about two decades by embodying every negative stereotype you know, and making up a few new ones.”

By: Matt Helm

Matt Helm — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:59:30 +0000

I got a set of expensive Crate and Barrel wine glasses last year from an ex-girlfriend (from 20 years ago … that shows you something) and I know that fear of breaking them, because from the middle to the rims seem very thin and fragile. I still prefer the jelly jars or juice glasses.