Archive for May, 2009

What happened to Lara Flynn Boyle???

Posted: 31st May 2009 by T.F.P. in Entertainment

OMG, I’m watching some stupid-ass movie called Baby on Board, and Lara Flynn Boyle has a small role in it. I used to love her back when she was on The Practice. I mean, we’re talking total girl-crush here! But I kind of lost track of her career after that show ended, and hadn’t seen [...]

Kobayashi wins eating contest

Posted: 31st May 2009 by T.F.P. in Check it out

Takeru Kobayashi is famous for one thing: being able to eat massive quantities of food in a short period of time. He has won the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest (annually held on the 4th of July) six times, and pretty much makes a living on the “competitive eating” circuit. Anyway, Kobayashi has just [...]

Boyle loses BGT final

Posted: 30th May 2009 by T.F.P. in Entertainment

Well, the backlash against Susan Boyle seems to have peaked at the wrong time for the Scottish singer. All week long, there have been negative stories, blog posts, and Twitter updates about her, and this played at least a small part in her loss in tonight’s Britain’s Got Talent final. Don’t get me wrong, dance [...]

Gotta love The Onion

Posted: 29th May 2009 by T.F.P. in Check it out

Being from the Midwest, I have been a fan of The Onion newspaper for quite a long time. I visit their website often, as it’s always good for a laugh or two. For instance, today I came across this “article” that had me chuckling for a while: Obama Revises Campaign Promise Of ‘Change’ To ‘Relatively [...]

Myron Rolle: Rhodes Scholar

Posted: 27th May 2009 by T.F.P. in Check it out

Is there a better college football story right now than Myron Rolle? I doubt it. Rolle is the former FSU safety who graduated in 2.5 years and famously had a game’s start time pushed back a couple hours by school officials so he could interview for a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship and still play. The result? [...]

Record Craps Roll in AC

Posted: 25th May 2009 by T.F.P. in Check it out

I used to play craps at the riverboats quite often, but have stayed away recently because I usually ended up losing more than I’d win. (Hey, have you ever heard a “gambler” admit to being on the losing side of things? Most of the people I talk to say they’re ahead overall.) So anyway, I [...]

Can’t take it…

Posted: 24th May 2009 by T.F.P. in Sports

I can’t watch today’s Blackhawks game anymore. The team just came apart at the seams in the second period, and it’s painful to see these young guys try to keep up with Detroit. Things started off bad, beginning with Cristobal Huet getting the call since Nikolai Khabibulin is injured. Huet gave up a shorthanded goal [...]