On this day in 1988….. Panama leader General Manuel Antonio Noriega was indicted by a U.S. grand jury along with 16 of his associates on charges of drug smuggling and money laundering. General Noriega was also charged with smuggling marijuana into the U.S. and assisting a cocaine drug cartel. Before Manuel Noriega became a drug lord he actually had a pretty bright military future, even securing a position with the CIA. [Source] Manuel Antonio Noriega was...  Read More »

Rumor has it that Paul Walker of 2 Fast 2 Furious fame got engaged to his girlfriend of three years, Jasmine Pilchard-Gosnell over the holidays. Seems normal enough, right? Yeah well Jasmine Pilchard-Gosnell is 19-years-old, meaning she was just 16 when she and Paul Walker, 35, started dating. When the couple first met Paul Walker was 32 years old – that’s twice the age Jasmine Pilchard-Gosnell was at the time. It sounds a little icky to me, but to...  Read More »

On this day in 1988….. “Don’t Worry Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin hit the #1 spot on the charts and won both Song of the Year and Record of the Year. Bobby McFerrin was born Robert “Bobby” McFerrin Jr. on March 11, 1950 to operatic baritone Robert McFerrin and opera singer/professor Sara Copper; Bobby’s father was the first African American to be a regular at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. In 1975 Bobby McFerrin married Debbie Green with whom...  Read More »

Give me a baa-rake South Carolina! Investigating the picture of Michel Phelps smoking pot? Really? How many robbers and rapists are going free while you waste man hours on a silly picture? Sheriff Leon Lott said in a statement today (Tuesday), “The Richland County Sheriff’s Department is making an effort to determine if Mr. Phelps broke the law.” “If he [broke the law] … he will be charged in the same manner as anyone else. The sheriff has a responsibility...  Read More »

Check out what I got in my Inbox this morning: **Denny’s will give away a free Grand Slam breakfast Tuesday, Feb. 3 from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. at all its locations. The dine-in only breakfast includes two pancakes, two eggs, two links of sausage and two strips of bacon. Denny’s sells more than 12.5 million Grand Slams a year. Customers on Tuesday also get a coupon booklet that includes offers for additional free menu items with purchases. Also, Denny’s...  Read More »

It started with Bruce Springsteen telling us to step away from the guacamole and chips and to put down the chicken wings. Something I thought was quite fitting given the fact that Americans like to eat – a lot. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band kicked off the Super Bowl Halftime Show with “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out,” during which The Boss slid across the stage on his knees, and from what I could tell, hurt himself a little bit. And perhaps knocked...  Read More »

I’ve known for awhile that my taste in humor is a little off the norm. But it wasn’t until today that I started thinking my humor is a little too off. Not that I care, of course; I crack myself up and that’s all that really matters. Anyway…..my main point is that the SuperBowl commercials I enjoyed the most weren’t necessarily the favorite Super Bowl commercials of others. According to the USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter (which is a fancy name for poll)...  Read More »