Month: June 2016

World Naked Bike Ride: Chicago…

• The event is bare-as-you-dare; anything from body paint to underwear to fanciful costumes are encouraged. Due to legal restrictions in Chicago, full frontal nudity is at your own risk, but large numbers of participants do go all out. Large-scale body painting is typically available pre-ride, and personal expression is encouraged.

Chicago can be such a kill-joy sometimes. No full frontal for you!

Rolling Stone…

• Ali was a poet, a firebrand, a trash-talker, a zen master, the Yogi Berra of the modern era. The imminently quotable heavyweight boxer died in Phoenix, Arizona, on Friday, June 3rd. He was 74.

Rest in peace, Mr. Ali. You’ve earned it.

The Telegraph…

• Men, I explained, sick of slack scrotums and testicles inconveniently separated by boxer seams, were lining up to have their low-hangers permanently lifted.

All this does is remind me of the song lyric “Do your balls hang low?”

• The procedure itself is minimally invasive: excess skin is removed and the joins are positioned where natural grooves form up to the scrotal ‘seam’ so as to minimise any scar visibility. The whole thing takes around an hour (you can easily have it done at lunch) and is performed under local anaesthetic.

So, the next time you are at lunch you can ponder if you, or your loved one, might just need a scrotal lift.

Hollywood Reporter…

• Back in January 2015, Phillips aimed to escape a management agreement by lodging a bold petition with the California Labor Commissioner asserting that 19 “manipulated” him into accepting jobs and being in violation of California’s Talent Agencies Act, which says only licensed talent agents can procure employment for clients.

There always seems to be a story of Idol winners trying anything to get out of their contracts. That golden ticket wasn’t always so shiny.

Salvation Army…

• Started as a fundraiser by The Salvation Army in Chicago during the Great Depression, National Doughnut Day honors our military veterans and commemorates the work of The Salvation Army volunteers who used the tasty confection to comfort American soldiers in France and Germany during World War I.
  These female volunteers, earning the nickname “Doughnut Lassies” and “Doughtnut Girls,” fried the doughnuts in soldiers’ helmets, and served countless treats to grateful troops

I always forget The Salvation Army started National Donut Day. I’m torn in my celebration, though, because for quite a while I’ve been doing this slow-carb diet inspired by Tim Ferriss in “The Four Hour Body,” feeling pretty good, and Saturday is my cheat day, not Friday. Giant, fried pieces of dough are nowhere included on this way of eating, but an exception might have to be made in honor of the troops!

You’ve seen the commercials, now play around with Alexa on your computer without actually buying an Amazon Echo. You need an Amazon account, and it will work with most browsers except Safari I guess. Go ahead, ask “Alexa, what’s the weather today?”, or just look out your window.

• Take all of these warm, happy thoughts from your mind and throw them in the trash, where they belong. Because what I’m about to show you is going to change everything you know about geese.

I’ve been saying it for years that the geese will eventually take over. The photos here are almost as disturbing as their poop.