American Idol Shocker? Really? Get Serious.

Pia Toscano -- Booted from 'Idol', booted into fame

Who takes American Idol seriously? Or any so-called TV reality show seriously. It is all show. The net mags and wags are wagging about contestant Pia Toscano being voted off the show. Her fans, according to the buzz, and the judges got emotional, like they are in shock by a popular contestant getting the boot. It is show business, baby, and good for the ratings. The angst is. People are buzzing about it.

From TMZ -- "Pia Toscano and the rest of the "American idol" finalists were a crying mess after the 22-year-old's shocking elimination last night ..."

Boo! Hoo!

From ? ABC News -- "Was Pia Toscano's exit the most shocking in 'American Idol' history?"

Yo! Yo!

From ?MTV.com --"Are the judges to blame for Pia's shocking ..."

Yeah! Yawn!

? Entertainment Weekly, People Magazine, New York Daily News, all made similar comments.

And so why did the girl get booted?

What's the buzz? The buzz is that teen and tween girls control the vote and vote for cool looking young dudes, and against gals who in their imagination looks like a rival?

Well, the young lady Pia Toscano is getting the buzz too, and if she is as good as everybody says, she is she will get a booking or two, or three, she has become a foot note in American Idol's history, and her career should be okay.

People who take American Idol seriously, unless they are being paid, can't be serious people.

Horror At A School In Brazil

Yesterday, Thursday, a crazy man entered a school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and opened fire on children. He killed ten girls and two boys, injured eighteen other children, then he killed himself.

The killer was twenty three years old and a former pupil. He walked into the school. He was wearing a suit. He said had come to give a lecture, then went into a classroom and started shooting. Some of the wounded children escaped. To get a sense of this horror, see the CCTV video of terrified children escaping. According to press reports, the children contacted the police. The man shot himself in the head when confronted by police officers.

From the BBC -- "The shooting was still going on when I arrived at the school," military police Sgt Marcio Alves told O Globo. "I found him on the second floor coming out of a classroom. He pointed his gun in my direction, he got shot and fell, and immediately committed suicide."

The man left a note saying that he wanted to kill himself. So he was on a suicide mission?

What can I say about this? These things happen? We have nuts among us? This could happen anywhere? Anytime? May Heaven forgive us all?

What I have to say about this is blunt. The killer wanted to commit suicide? In cases like this, and there have been many, why can't the shooter just shoot himself first?

Innocent kids lost their lives. Among the survivors, according to press reports, some kids were covered in blood. Those kids who weren't bloodied will have nightmares.

The murderer? Damn him.

Item from One TV1 Channel-- "School massacre in Brazil shooting caught on tape 2011, This is the security camera from the hall, moment of the school shooting footage." See the video.

Bacon Cologne? Something Only A Swine Would Wear?

A Subtle Gift for The Boss?

Bacon Cologne? A company has introduced a bacon cologne and it is selling. And it is not being used by farmers to improve the scent of their hog pens, with a little floral a-do-o for their pigs. It is for human use, to be sprayed on men.

Bacon Cologne? I don't believe it? What's going to come of us? Cologne from bacon scent? Heaven help us. When is the world suppose to end? What's that date again? Sometime next year?

Well, maybe I am too much in the 20th century? Bacon is pork and pork makes me sick. My objection to bacon is not based on religion, but on health issues. Bacon is fatty. Bacon is full of the stuff that is not good for the body. Bacon increases high blood pressure. Bacon is not a good food But as a cologne scent? It stinks

Bacon Cologne? From the Fargginay company website --The Revolution has begun... The year was 1920 and quite by accident John Fargginay, a Parisian butcher, discovered the ability to dramatically elevate his customer's mood with a secret recipe blending 11 popular pure essential oils with the essence of...bacon.

1920? Huh?

I guess I happily missed that revolution and was unaware of it.

I can see dudes spraying themselves with the scent of plant, like flowers or even a herb, but the scent of meat? And how many hogs have to die to fill a bottle of spray? Why would someone want to smell like a pig? Or like breakfast?

Item from The Young Turks --"Farginnay has released a new bacon scented cologne. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss the ad and product." See the video.

Chicago Loves Charlie?

Charlie Sheen got booed Saturday night in Detroit and on Sunday night, got cheered in Chicago, the second stop of his month-long, twenty city variety show tour, "My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is not an Option" In Chicago, Charlie put more emphasize on the last part of his show's title "Defeat is not an Option." Charlie Sheen changed the show, dropped some of the violent torpedos, in the dressing room, left them off the stage. The reviews are all saying the same thing, that the show wasn't super but it satisfied the Charlie Sheen fans, who hadn't come to see a work of entertainment art but to be amused by a BS artists at work.

From the Associated Press, Charlie "Sheen changed up the format for his 20-city road show after bombing in Detroit, using a master of ceremonies who asked the former 'Two and a Half Men' star questions during Sunday night’s performance in Chicago. Sheen ditched the rapper, the long monologue and the videos that were part of the Detroit show that had people leaving in droves Saturday night."

The result was that the show in Chicago opened and closed with a standing ovation.

The show was more structured, to keep Charlie from meandering. There was the talk show format. He answered questions, as he had for free on TV and the radio. His answers to those questions made him a media sensation and one of the most talked about people in the world.. Last night's format gave him a chance to make smart mouth jokey comments which amused the audience,

Charlie was asked how many times he was married. His answer seven thousand "That's why I'm broke." He was asked why he paid for sex. His answer, "I had millions to blow. I ran out of things to buy" He was asked when did he start winning. His answer, "The winning started in (expletive) Chicago."

Following Charlie Sheen's show bombing in Detroit, there were rumors that his tour would be canceled, and speculation as to why people in the other cities weren't requesting refunds. The answer is that people want to come and see Charlie Sheen for themselves. They expect to see a freak show with some laughs. Charlie Sheen is a trainwreck and he is a phenom. Detroit was too weird He made his audience look like losers who were egging on a sick man. In Chicago, Charlie was still freaking. But what the hell. To his fans that's cool. And what of Charlie Sheen, once a very promising actor? Is this winning?

Pillow Fight Anyone?

The International Pillow Fight Day. Yay!

Yesterday, Saturday April 2nd 2011, was International Pillow Fight Day. Yes, a day after April Fools Day. Was somebody trying to tell somebody something? Calling for a gathering of -- not fools, but a gathering for fun. The were massive pillow fights in cities, in places, around the world! Like there were massive pillow fights in 2008, 2009 and 2010.So this wasn't a sudden breakout of early spring madness, for those in the Northern Hemisphere, and early fall fanaticism for those in the Southern Hemisphere.

International Pillow Fight Day is organized by The Urban Playground Movement which wants to encourage people to make use of public spaces. The Associated Press reports that organizers of the International Pillow Fight Day says there were massive pillow fights in 130 cities.

Public pillow fighting looks like an excellent way to have fun, and to get off a little of out primal aggressive urges. It looks like more fun, and like it is easier to play than football. And as long as people don't start organizing teams and begin year long training regimes, and start giving out prizes, or worst cash awards, and getting sponsors, and selling TV rights, and paying salaries, and turning the best pillow fighters into celebrities, public pillow fighting will probably remain fun.

Video from ITN News: Hundreds of people battled it out with their pillows on the streets of Hong Kong.

Germany

Paris
Amsterdam

Los Angeles,
Budapest

New York City

London

Stockholm

The Internet Shows Charlie Its Love

The Internet Wags via Twitter didn't take long to offer up their opinions on Charlie Sheen and his self torpedoed show in Detroit last night, Saturday, which is being called on the Internet, 'a complete disaster' Charlie was booed, The audience demanded their money back.

The wags can always be counted on to make pertinent, relevant?, applicable comments on a particular matter, or on important and not so important, well, on unimportant events.

I guess Charlie Sheen has a reality check in Detroit.. Should he say loser?

I'm sure Charlie Sheen will be fine. Things go better with Coke. Winning?

I don't get why people thought the Charlie Sheen show would be good. Unscripted rambling is funny for free. Not when you pay for it.

Jokes on the people who paid to see Charlie Sheen. What were they expecting?

Charlie should have called his show "2 and a half jokes"

I'm so effin glad the idiots that paid for the Charlie Sheen crap got burned. Jokes on you, kids.

Charlie Sheen in Detroit, let the blight jokes begin

Mother jokes and jokes about Charlie Sheen are too easy. Like your mom. See?

So Charlie Sheen is apparently "on tour," but what exactly is he touring for? Does he sing? Dance? Tell jokes? Or just act like a dumbass?

Charlie Sheen bombed in Detroit. People were screaming for refunds. Jokes on you people that went. "Duh not winning!"

Charlie Sheen's stage show apparently sucks. Why is everyone so surprised? Easy to be funny when people are writing your jokes for you.

Do people really expect something spectacular from Charlie Sheen's show? If you bought in to it, then the jokes on you!

Charlie Sheen was booed off stage! No really? Duh! What's funnier than a sober crack head cracking crack jokes??

Did you hear that Charlie Sheen bombed tonight in Detroit?! I blame you. You could have helped him. He needed you, man! Jokes!

Anyone heard any good Charlie Sheen jokes lately? From Charlie Sheen?


Item from the Associated Press -- "Charlie Sheen was heckled, booed and abandoned by the crowd on the opening night of his comedy tour in Detroit on Saturday. Many of the audience members chanting "refund" and heading for the exits even before the show abruptly ended." See the video.

Charlie Has No Clothes

Ever hear of the tale, "The Emperor Has No Clothes?" Charlie Sheen has no clothes. E! News reports,"Charlie Sheen opens the circus but his tent collapses amid boos."

Anger /angst can be an act, but it is not mass entertainment. Words from a chaotic mind do not bear the fruit of wisdom but the spores of chaos.

Saturday night and live too, Charlie Sheen went out on the stage at the Fox Theater in Detroit. Had he come to fox folks? This was the opening night of his "My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat Is Not An Option" tour. What was his plan? Why did he open in the old "murder capitol"? Was his aim to murder his critics with his brilliance?

In Detroit's Fox Theatre, last night, Charlie Sheen stood before a sold-out audience, of people whom paid good money in a recession to be entertained. Before the show was over, the crowd demanded refunds, and booed him. How they booed him! They came to see a winner perform, to show them what winning is, and were treated as if they were suckers and losers. He had no show, just stuff thrown together to fill time. He was riding the Charlie Sheen hype to make money for Charlie Sheen, and to show the world that he didn't need anybody, He didn't need 'Two and Half a Men," didn't need Warner Brothers, didn't need CBS. He didn't need good script writers, didn't need a decent director, didn't need direction, didn't need a producer who knows what entertainment is. All he needs is himself, and he bombed.

Before he pulled the curtain, Charlie Sheen said, "OK, so (the show) is a bomb. Whatever! Tonight is an experiment."

He did not leave the stage early, he left before the a lotted time. He left fans, who brought into the hype, feeling as if they had wasted their time and their money, and were feeling as if their evening was a lost. And Charlie Sheen? He was hit by his own "rocket propelled grenade."

A Real Poltergeist Caught On Video?

Family 'film poltergeist in the bedroom'?

Now I remember that line from Shakespeare -- "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy ..."

This may be true if ones philosophy is science. Science exists to explain, and what it can't explain, there are some -- well, many, bad students of science who will swear to High Heaven that what they can't explain can not exist.

In Shakespeare's day, people thought ghosts were real, as real as a favorite uncle, who instead of going off to China somewhere and never returning or writing, passed over on the other side, and was a better relative than one who went off to China, because he returned and kept returning. Well, really he never left. There are a few -- well some, people who think that ghosts are with us, or with them, today.

A family from Coventry, England, have supposedly filmed what they claim is a ghost haunting their home. See the video.

Many -- well, most, people who watch this video will dismiss it as a dumb fake, and say that they have seen better tricks on TV. I don't know if what's happening in this video is legit. I don't know whether the door opened by itself and the chair was moved by an unseen, supernatural force.

I try to keep an open mind about everything, and have had some unexplained personal experiences with cold rooms and have sensed the presences of a person or two who have checked out of life. Yes, I'm being legit.

I haven't had a ghost in my house to my knowledge. I don't think I would complain if one came in now and then, and moved the sofa, so I could sweep and vacuum behind it. I could use some help sliding the heavy appliances. I haven't swept behind the refrigerator in years.

Worst UFO Video

UFO 'flying over Naples' ?

ITN has a video on the net. A video that looks to me to be the worst video of a supposed UFO that I have ever seen, and I've seen many videos of supposed, and what looks like unexplained, UFOs.

ITN is a United Kingdom news channel, and the footage of an erratic, jittery light over Naples, Italy, which it has posted on the net, footage that the ITN news announcer claims is of an orbiting light, that has led to speculation about extraterrestrial activity over Italy, is pathetic. The footage is pathetic. The claim is pathetic.

I wonder who put ITN up to this? It is two days before April Fools day. Maybe somebody forgot today's date and put this blurry thing out on the net early? The thing looks like something a mischievous middle school kid did using photo shop. It looks so fake that funny is falling off of it.

I do think that there is a strong possibility of intelligent alien life, and there is a possibility of the existence of alien travelers whom are capable of flying through space, and buzzing pass us, and for no other reason than because they can.

But please ITN! This is the 21st century and people are watching each other like never before. Camera are everywhere, taking pictures of everything. So why can't we get better pictures of UFOs? This blurry, jittery, jerky camera stuff is ridiculous. A few close ups, please, with steady cams?

Red Stripe Jamaican Lager Ads

This is a company that brews beer without any pretense at all

Because I wrote a nostalgic review about Jamaican Red Stripe lager and Jamaican food, I looked at Red Stripes ads on YouTube. They're cheeky and funny, and absolutely succeed in making Red Stripe's brand known. Whether you're drinking a brew in Jamaica or in Seattle, that characteristic squat brown bottle with the broad red stripe on the label simply means exactly what the Red Stripe catch phrase says, "Hooray, beer!"

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