Stupid News Story of The Day

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Mom Crashes Car Into Son Leaving Hospital

MANCHESTER, N.H. - A man on his way out of the hospital ended up back inside after his mother hit him with her car when she came to pick him up.


The accident happened as Lillian Carter, 84, was heading to the entrance of Elliot Hospital Thursday afternoon to get her son, police said. Ron Carter, 49, was walking to meet her when the car sped up, struck him and then crashed into a concrete pillar.

Both were admitted to the hospital, with Ron Carter suffering from serious injuries.

English saddle and bridle that I made many years ago - this kind of thing used to be my hobby. I would spend hours making this stuff and take pictures and enter into photo contests and stuff. I still have tons of these Breyer horses (they are in boxes at my parents' house - hehe)
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an Arabian costume I made back in the day
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I found my old Girl Scout badge sash in the closet - lol
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Quiz Stuff

You Are a Boston Terrier Puppy

Aggressive, wild, and rambunctious. Deep down, you're just a cuddle monster.

What Breed of Puppy Are You?

Your Icecream Flavour is...Neopolitan!

You aren't satisfied with just one flavor. They say variety is the spice of life and this shines through in your Ice cream of choice! Just don't eat all the chocolate and leave the strawberry and vanilla behind!

What is your Icecream Flavour?

Find out at Go Quiz

Stupid News Story of The Day

(Yes, this really did happen.)

Carjack Suspect Reports 'His' Car Stolen

BALTIMORE - A suspect takes a car at gunpoint and drives it around for two weeks before the owner spots the car and has it towed. The thief then calls police to report "his" car stolen.

Those events seemed so improbable that Baltimore police detective Gregory Jenkins felt compelled to end his report of the incident with the admonition, "Again, this really happened."

"Another detective told me, 'Greg, you had to make this up,'" the detective told The (Baltimore) Sun.

Police charged Gregory Alston, 20, Tuesday with armed robbery, possession of a stolen car and a handgun violation.

Police say the carjacking occurred about 10:30 p.m. on April 20 when two women reported that a man armed with a silver handgun and wearing a black bandanna approached them while they were parked on a street in northeast Baltimore. The women said the gunman ordered them out of their car and sped off.

Tuesday, one of the women spotted the stolen car in front of an apartment building about a half-mile from where it had been taken.

She called police who towed it to the department's Northeast District station.

Two hours later, a man called police and reported the car stolen.

Officers brought the man back to the station for questioning. At first, police said, he insisted he had bought the car for $1,700 on March 11. Eventually, he confessed to the robbery.

Why did he report it stolen?

The suspect told police he had left his wallet in the car.

Rain, migraines and earthquakes

I had such a headache today. A migraine to be specific. After 2 Tylenol Arthritis and 2 migraine pills that I got from Lydia, my old supervisor, my head was still pounding. So Lydia told me to go home and rest. I got home about 3 pm, and went straight to bed and woke up around 7 pm. My head feels so much better now. I think I needed that nap!

It was pouring down rain today. I heard some thunder but didn't see any lightning. I love to watch the lightning, but only if I am indoors or in my car - lol. We don't get much lightning in Bakersfield though. It is supposed to rain tomorrow and on Monday, too. It is not feeling much like May yet.

Around 7:30 tonight, I was lying in bed, talking on the phone when I felt the bed start shaking. Yep...another earthquake. This one about 25 miles from here and a 4.1 on the Richter Scale. It was just a little tremor, and didn't knock anything off the shelves or anything.

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

Magnitude 4.1

Date-Time Friday, May 06, 2005 at 02:29:09 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Thursday, May 05, 2005 at 07:29:09 PM local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 35.03N 119.18W
Depth 6.8 kilometers
Region CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
Reference 40 km (25 miles) SSW of Bakersfield, California
70 km (40 miles) W of Tehachapi, California
80 km (50 miles) S of Delano, California
445 km (275 miles) SSE of SACRAMENTO, California

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

It was quite the interesting day today, to say the least.

Seperated at Birth?

Here are some people that look a lot alike...

Lookalikes
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A blonde Julia looks a lot like Monica Potter.
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Seperated at birth?
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Twins?
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Stupid News Story of The Day

(Honey, I'm home!)

Absent husband returns home ... as a eunuch

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian man who left his wife and two young children two years ago shocked his family when he returned home as an eunuch, wearing garish red lipstick, the Asian Age newspaper said Thursday.

After a fight with his wife, the jobless Nabiullah left his family in Hathipur town in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh in the summer of 2003 to look for work, the paper reported.

During his absence, he got himself castrated and became a eunuch, earning money by singing and dancing, a common form of employment among India's ostracized community of eunuchs.

"I was always fond of singing and dancing, but felt suffocated in my body as a man," Nabiullah was quoted as saying.

His wife, Shama Parveen, fainted when he returned home late last month and now wants a divorce.

"I cannot live with this eunuch and subject myself and my children to social ridicule," she was quoted as saying.

Fun with Randy, Paula and Simon

Here is a site where you can decide what words come out of the American Idol judges...

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/commentary/0,6115,1054417_32665751_,00.html

it is pretty funny, and fun to do if you have nothing else to do at the moment ;)

Chinese Zodiac

Scott Savol - a star in his own mind

Finally, American Idol voters got it right. They finally got rid of that egomaniac, Scott. Even though he got kicked off, he probably is sitting somewhere thinking that he should have won it all. Face it. People finally got tired of listening to his shameless self-promotions and got tired of seeing his smug, self-assured facial expressions. Maybe if he had paid as much attention to his vocals as he did to his ego, he would have made it farther. Then again, maybe not.

Fun Time Waster

make your own doll at:

http://elouai.com/doll-makers/candybar-doll-maker.php

Where do I belong?

American Cities That Best Fit You:

65% Honolulu

60% Atlanta

60% Chicago

60% Philadelphia

55% Austin

Which American Cities Best Fit You?

hmmm.....and Bakersfield is nowhere on this list - hehe

Gripes

I am sleepy.

This morning, I slept thru my alarm. That was the first time I have ever done that. Luckily, I woke up in time to get dressed and get to work. I slept pretty well last night for the first time in quite a while, even though I didn't go to bed til after midnight. These 5-6 hours-of-sleep-nights are catching up to me. Despite my sleepiness, I have been pretty busy all morning with stuff. My old boss has me reading cases to help her out, and I have the trainees coming to me with their questions. Luckily today the technology is working and there are no computer malfunctions to speak of at the moment (I probably just jinxed myself by saying that).

I am pissed.

There were maybe 3 good rock radio stations in Bakersfield ... just 3. One of those 3 is a classic rock radio station. But 3 is enough to satisfy my need for rock music when I am driving to and from work. So you can imagine how pissed I was when I went to change the radio station to 93.1 and found out that it had been changed to some crappy station called Pirate Radio. Now, I don't know who exactly came up with this name, because back in the day, something called "Pirate Radio" meant "good music not found on mainstream rock stations." This so-called "Pirate Radio" station plays music not found on mainstream rock stations for a good reason ... because it sucks! As I was driving home yesterday, I heard this ecclectic mix of songs coming from my car stereo... Maroon 5's "She Will Be Loved," Janet Jackson's "Nasty Boys," and Bon Jovi's "Living On A Prayer." Is it just me, or are these 3 songs that just don't go together? I guess this station is for people who can't make up their mind what kind of music they like.

I am hungry.

It is time to go get me some lunch. I wonder what overpriced gourmet meals they have up in the cafeteria today?

Funny Stuff From George Carlin

"When you think about it, attention defecit disorder makes a lot of sense.

There isn't a whole lot worth paying attention to in this country."

Stupid News Story of The Day

(...but in this case it was)

Woman Arrested at Job Interview

AMHERST, Ohio - It wasn't Laurie Ralston's resume that got the attention of police. It was her record.

Ralston applied Thursday for a job as a dispatcher with the Amherst police department. When they did a background check, police quickly found out she has 17 traffic convictions, including seven speeding tickets and two citations for driving without a license.

Ralston was called in Friday for what she was told would be an interview. Instead, she was arrested and charged with failing to appear in court and driving without a license.
Ralston said she had no idea police were after her.

"It was just a little excessive to have that type of background and try to get a shot at this type of job," Lt. Joseph Kucirek said.

American Idol

Well, tonight, I was pleasantly surprised by how good most of the performances were. Even Scott, who I normally hate, was halfway decent. Anthony, on the other had, just sucked. I still hate Scott though. He is so damned arrogant! His voice isn't even all that hot. I don't know why he feels the need to be so smug when his voice is so mediocre in comparison to Bo and Carrie. Anthony is definitely the weakest of all of them. Bo and Carrie were absolutely wonderful tonight. I loved both of the songs Bo picked (Stand By Me and Heaven), and Carrie picked songs that suited her. Her voice is so amazing! I liked Vonzell, too, but she isn't as good as Bo or Carrie. I hope she makes it to the top 3 though, because Scott and Anthony don't belong there.

Tenacious D - "F*ck Her Gently"

Warning - This video/song is a little raunchy -

but so danged funny!

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Green Day - "Holiday"

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Stuff to occupy your time

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You can make your own "doll" at
http://pixelpunk.fateback.com/play.html

There's no business like show business

I feel sorry for celebrities...I really do.

First of all, they get chased around by paparazzi, who follow them to the mall to see what kind of clothes they are buying ... to the grocery store to see what kind of food they buy ... to the bathroom to see whether or not they wear shoes in there ... and on their vacations to see what kind of sunscreen they wear. Exciting stuff, huh ?

And it isn't all fun and games either when it comes to the paparazzi ... or "stalkarazzi" as they have been come to be known. In some cases, they actually run through stop lights to try to catch up to their chosen victim of the day, just so they don't lose their subject among the traffic. Not only is this scary to the celebrity, but also to the innocent bystander who only thinks that some idiot just blew a stop light and almost hit them. What possibly could be so important that they would risk bodily harm to themselves and to others? Money. It is all about money. When it comes to the almighty dollar, nothing has boundaries. These crazy photographers actually think they are above the law when it comes to their "job."

What is it with our obsession with celebrities anyway? They are all people just like us after all, even if they do get a bigger paycheck than most of us average folk. Is it because they are beautiful and rich? Or is it because they are famous? Or is it a combination of all of those things? I don't know. But as long as people are interested in them, there will be money in it...and as long as there is money in it, there will be paparazzi.

I feel sorry for the celebrities because they have no privacy. I am sure if someone were following me around 24/7, then I would be able to go file a police report on them. The gossip magazines are forever speculating about every aspect of a celebrity's life...whether or not they are pregnant...whether they are happily married .... whether they are cheating on their spouse, etc. How is it possible to even have any sort of private life if you are always in the spotlight?

I think it is entirely possible that some celebrity relationships fail because of all the attention they get from the media. The fact that Joe Blow and Jane Doe are dating won't make the daily news, but if you are Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, you better be sure that you are going to be plastered on every gossip magazine and pictured on every tv show from here to Timbuktu. And not only do they get all kinds of attention from the media, but they also become the target of gossip talks, and can be subjected to a lot of hurtful rumors. It is hard enough having a regular relationship without all the media fuss and frenzy and paparazzi following your every move.

I am glad I am not a celebrity. It is nobody's business but my own who I date, what I eat and where I go to pee. I don't read the gossip magazines, because, frankly, I am not that interested. I don't care who is dating who. I don't know them personally. I am not friends with them. Sure, sometimes I listen to gossip, and will even look stuff up online ... if I am bored enough. But it is not an obsession or anything. I don't NEED to know that stuff. It is hard to ignore it though, because celebrity news makes the national news. Sometimes, I think people care more about what Britney Spears is going to name her baby than they care about the homeless or the war in Iraq. And that just goes to show you how celebrity-obsessed people are.

Stupid News Story of The Day

(are we there yet?)

Samaritan tows motorist -- at 100 mph

BERLIN (Reuters) - After accepting what appeared to be a kind offer from a German motorist to tow his broken car, a stranded Polish motorist was taken on a terrifying high-speed joyride at speeds of 160 kph (100 mph), police said on Tuesday.

Police said a 36-year-old German man who offered assistance proceeded to hurl down the motorway at high speeds after tying a cable to the stranded car.

The Polish motorist, who remained inside his vehicle during the tow, flashed his lights and honked his horn at the speeding German driver to stop. Police said the Pole was finally able to bring the German to a halt by swerving his car back and forth.

The German was taken to a psychiatric clinic, police said.

Can you say "yuck?"

(what is it with all of these fingers in food lately??)

N.C. Man Finds Finger in Frozen Custard

WILMINGTON, N.C. - A man who ordered a pint of frozen chocolate custard in a dessert shop got a nasty surprise inside — a piece of severed finger lost by an employee in an accident.

Unlike a recent incident at a Wendy's restaurant in California, no questions of truth have been raised about the finger found in a package from Kohl's Frozen Custard.

State officials went to the shop Monday, and the owner confirmed one of his employees lost part of a finger in an accident with a food-processing machine.

Wilmington television station WWAY reported that Clarence Stowers found the finger in custard he purchased Sunday night.

Stowers, who did not immediately return calls Monday from The Associated Press, told the station: "I thought it was candy because they put candy in your ice cream ... to make it a treat. So I said, 'OK, well, I'll just put it in my mouth and get the ice cream off of it and see what it is.'"
Stowers said he spit the object out, but still couldn't identify it. So he went to his kitchen, rinsed it off with water — and "just started screaming."

Stowers said he planned to contact a lawyer.

Shop owner Craig Thomas said the employee who lost the finger had dropped a bucket while working with a machine that dispenses the custard. He tried to catch the bucket when the accident occurred.

Thomas told WWAY that several employees tried to help the injured worker, and that a drive-thru window attendant apparently scooped custard from the bucket into a pint before being told what had happened.

Joe Reardon of the state Agriculture Department's food and drug division said state officials closed the shop while the food-processing equipment involved was cleaned and sanitized.

In March, a Las Vegas woman claimed she bit down on a 1 1/2 inch-long finger fragment while dining with her family at a Wendy's restaurant in San Jose, Calif.

Investigators have since called her claim a hoax and charged her last month with attempted grand theft related to millions in dollars of financial losses Wendy's has suffered since news of her claim broke.

Silly Quiz Time

Your Birthdate: April 4

Being born on the 4th day of the month should help make you a better manager and organizer. You may be more responsible and self-disciplined than you realize. Sincere and honest, you are a serious and hard working individual. Your feelings are likely to seem somewhat repressed at times. The number 4 has something of an inhibiting effect on your ability to show and express affections, as feeling are very closely regulated and controlled. You are apt to be much more practical, rational, and conscious of details. There is a good deal of rigidity and stubbornness associated with the number 4.

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

some of this stuff is actually true....coincidence? most likely - lol

Mondays suck

It is almost time to go home for the day, and all I can say is, "thank the lord!" It has been a crazy day, but then, it is Monday, so what do your expect? Normal is not a word I would ever use to describe a Monday. It seems like the people are always ruder, traffic is worse, and I am always sleepier on Mondays. This was my supervisor's 1st official day of vacation. So, it seemed like every 10 minutes someone was coming over to my desk with a problem or a question about something. The computer's printing function was down for most of the morning, which made things even more hectic, but we all pulled through that one. Technology is great....when it works! Reports were due this morning, so I had to gather all of that info and email it, and since I haven't had to do the intake report in months, I had forgotten how to do the calculations - lol. But at least Monday is over, and all I have to deal with tomorrow is getting everyone's time studies turned in. Some of the trainees have never done time studies. Thankfully, they are easy!
5 minutes and I am outta here. Time to go home and take some Tylenol! lol

And they all lived happily ever after?

Back in the day, when I was a kid, my parents read me fairy tales, and we played games like "Ring Around the Rosie" in school. But now that I look back on those things, I realize that we were taught some pretty twisted stuff when we were kids. We played games like, Dodge Ball, where the object of the game was to bean some poor kid with the ball. It didn't matter if you hit the kid in the head or in the chest or in the crotch...just as long as you hit him. Then, there was Red Rover, where the object of the game was to hold each other's hands to make up a sort of "wall" and try to keep the running kid from breaking through - or if you were the runner, your job was to break the arms .... I mean break through the wall of arms. Yeah...and that game is not violent! I am sure plenty of kids were sent to the hospital because of that one. And then there is Ring Around the Rosie, which goes like this....

Ring around the rosie,

Pocket full of posies.

Ashes, ashes,

We all fall down.

Sounds harmless enough, right? Wrong! This little "happy" tune was written about the Black Plague (pocket full of posies was to help to cover up the stench of the dead bodies...and the ashes has to do with the burning of the bodies...cheerful song, huh).

Don't even get me started about the fairy tales we were read as kids! Just look at these cheery examples of children's literature:

Grimm's Fairy Tales:

Hansel and Gretel - brother and sister are cast out into the forest to fend for themselves and come upon a candy house occupied by a children-eating witch.

Rapunzel - a girl is trapped in a high tower with no means of escape. She meets a prince who climbs up to see her via her unusually long (and strong) hair. But once her evil mother finds out, she takes Rapunzel somewhere else and hides here. Meanwhile, the clueless prince climbs up Rapunzel's hair only to find her evil mother there, and then she knocks him down into the thorn patch where his eyes are poked out by the thorns.

Clever Hans - (check out this happy passage) "Hans went into the stable, cut out all the calves, and sheep's eyes, and threw them in Gretel's face. Then Gretel became angry, tore herself loose and ran away, and was no longer the bride of Hans."

Little Red Cap (aka Little Red Riding Hood) - in this happy tale, Little Red Cap goes to visit her gandmother, who, unbeknownst to her, was eaten by a wolf. Then the wolf lures her in and eats her too! Then some hunstmen come and find the wolf asleep and cut his belly open, and Little Red Cap and the grandmother come out. They then fill the wolf's stomach with rocks and sew him back up and the wolf falls in a pond and drowns because he was too heavy from all of the rocks.

oh....and what about other songs and stories like....

Jack and Jill - basically Jack and Jill go fetch some water which is on top of a hill, and then Jack falls down, breaks his head open, and Jill falls down after him.

And they think heavy metal music is bad!

For guitar players...

this is cool - you can tune your guitar by this :)

Stupid News Story of The Day

(all of this for a burrito)

School Mistakes Huge Burrito for a Weapon

CLOVIS, N.M. - A call about a possible weapon at a middle school prompted police to put armed officers on rooftops, close nearby streets and lock down the school. All over a giant burrito.

Someone called authorities Thursday after seeing a boy carrying something long and wrapped into Marshall Junior High.

The drama ended two hours later when the suspicious item was identified as a 30-inch burrito filled with steak, guacamole, lettuce, salsa and jalapenos and wrapped inside tin foil and a white T-shirt.

"I didn't know whether to laugh or cry," school Principal Diana Russell said.

State police, Clovis police and the Curry County Sheriff's Department arrived at the school shortly after 8:30 a.m. They searched the premises and determined there was no immediate danger.

In the meantime, more than 30 parents, alerted by a radio report, descended on the school. Visibly shaken, they gathered around in a semi-circle, straining their necks, awaiting news.

"There needs to be security before the kids walk through the door," said Heather Black, whose son attends the school.

After the lockdown was lifted but before the burrito was identified as the culprit, parents pulled 75 students out of school, Russell said.

Russell said the mystery was solved after she brought everyone in the school together in the auditorium to explain what was going on.

"The kid was sitting there as I'm describing this (report of a student with a suspicious package) and he's thinking, 'Oh, my gosh, they're talking about my burrito.'"

Afterward, eighth-grader Michael Morrissey approached her.

"He said, 'I think I'm the person they saw,'" Russell said.

The burrito was part of Morrissey's extra-credit assignment to create commercial advertising for a product.

"We had to make up a product and it could have been anything. I made up a restaurant that specialized in oddly large burritos," Morrissey said.

After students heard the description of what police were looking for, he and his friends began to make the connection. He then took the burrito to the office.

"The police saw it and everyone just started laughing. It was a laughter of relief," Morrissey said.

"Oh, and I have a new nickname now. It's Burrito Boy."

Tenacious D - "Tribute"

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Funnies

Happy birthday Arlene

Happy birthday Arlene...from your younger ... and dorkier ... friend, Kim.

Hope you have a nice one!

Take it easy...especially at your age - hehe.

It takes team effort to get the job done

yet another reason why I have a shredder .

Stupid News Story of The Day

(I'd pay you, but I spent all my money on this weed.)

Cops: Man Tries to Pay for Pizza With Pot

FARGO, N.D. - Police arrested a 21-year-old man early Saturday after he allegedly assaulted a pizza delivery driver who refused to take marijuana as payment for a pie, police said. The man, charged with robbery, was released from the Cass County Jail after posting $5,000 bond.

Pizza Patrol driver Atif Yasin thought the man was asleep when he arrived to deliver a medium pizza and 20-ounce soda. After knocking a few times and calling the man on his cell phone, Yasin said he answered the door in his boxers.

The man took the pizza, spent a few minutes looking for money and then offered to pay with marijuana, Yasin said.

Yason said when he told the man that he either needed money or the pizza, the man began to yell and pushed him and punched him in the face.

After calling police and waiting for officers to arrive, Yasin delivered two more orders that were waiting in his car.

Officers who arrested the man said he was intoxicated, Sgt. Shannon Ruziska said.

Because the man is accused of assaulting Yasin while committing a theft, he was arrested on suspicion of robbery, Ruziska said.

Yasin did not seek medical attention for his injuries. The right side of his face was still red and swollen Saturday afternoon, he said.

Yasin, a 22-year-old Minnesota State University Moorhead student, said it is the first time he's been assaulted in three years delivering pizza.

He said he was a little nervous to work his next shift, which began at midnight on Sunday. Yasin said he'll handle it differently if he encounters a similar situation again.

"I won't argue to the people who took the pizza," he said. "I'll just leave right away."

Well, let's see...what happened last week? Well, they found that missing Georgia woman. Seems like she had a case of cold feet and took off cross country to do some "thinking." She then made up some kidnapping story before she confessed that it was just a case of "cold feet." One could only imagine what her family must have been thinking. Now, it looks like she may actually face charges for her fake kidnapping story.

My parents and my brother all have pneumonia. Yep...all of them. If I still lived with them, chances are I would have it too. Guess it is a good thing for me that I don't. I just have my allergies to contend with, which were getting better, but just a few minutes ago I sneezed a few times and now my eyes are all itchy again. Looks like it is round 2 time.

Cyndi and Matt welcomed their new son Gabrial Ryan into the world on April 26th. Congratualtions again!

Mary's birthday was yesterday and Arlene's birthday is today. Happy birthday guys!

I went to see The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy yesterday. It was a blast! I loved it. I want to read the book all over again now. I loved Sam Rockwell as Zaphod. He was perfectly smarmy and egotistical, and Martin Freeman was perfect as Arthur, the hapless Briton who wakes up in the morning to a wrecking crew about to destroy his house...and then things get bad. It was a great movie, and I wouldn't mind seeing it again.

(Zaphod, Trillian, Marvin and Ford)

Chris came over and brought me some yummy candies he got from Maui. They were sooooo good...Milk chocolate covered caramel with macadamia nuts. Delicious! Went to eat brunch at Marie Callender's today and got stuffed - lol. Too much food! But it was good!

Loraina is on vacation for 2 weeks, which means I am gonna be swamped with questions from the trainess until she gets back. She did make a delicious strawberry cake for us on Friday. That woman knows how to bake a cake! lol.

No new South Park episdodes this week, but they are having a marathon of the new Season's South Park episodes this weekend.

And finally, Constantine got voted off American Idol last week. I am still in shock.