Give me a break!

Oversalted burger leads to charges

UNION CITY, Ga. - A McDonald’s employee spent a night in jail and is facing criminal charges because a police officer’s burger was too salty, so salty that he says it made him sick.

Kendra Bull was arrested Friday, charged with misdemeanor reckless conduct and freed on $1,000 bail.

Bull, 20, said she accidentally spilled salt on hamburger meat and told her supervisor and a co-worker, who “tried to thump the salt off.”

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This isn’t food poisoning, it’s a crappy burger. Just ask for you money back, jerk!

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Over the last month or so, I’ve gotten comments, emails, text messages and phone calls, all pretty much starting out the same way - “Hey, did you know that Apolo’s going to be on Dancing With the Stars?”

This “Apolo” being Apolo Anton Ohno, who I’ve filed under “those years that short track was a hobby”. You all may know that I was (and still am to a point) a huge fan of the sport, going to competitions when I could and making some amazing friends along the way. So in a way, I owe it all to that long-haired soul patched foxtrotter.

It makes me laugh that when friends and family see his name they think of me, even though that’s been a part of my life that I really haven’t had time for lately. My short track life is something that is a distant memory, replaced by dirty diapers, pureed banana on my floor and waking up to a giggling, smiling face (when he isn’t falling off the bed, that is).

But yes, I’m aware that Apolo’s going to be dancing in this season of DWTS, I’ve known for some time yet. I have mixed feelings about it. Part of me is interested to see how he does, to see if his moves on the ballroom floor are as good as his moves on the ice. Part of me is wary of this move - I’ve felt that DWTS is a place where publicity hungry people go to extend their 15 minutes of fame. Nonetheless, I’ll be watching it (like I do every year - Mario was cheated, man!) and I’ll be cheering for A-Lo.

Thanks to all of you who thought of me and let me know, just so I didn’t miss it.

For those of you interested, here’s a link to some video, courtesy of the OZ:

Click image to watch their interview:

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If you’re in New York City today and have got some time tonight, check out my best friend Jaygee’s show! She’s amazingly talented, and everything she touches turns to gold, so I’m sure that this show is going to be a blast.

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Redpac requested a pimping by me:

3rd Annual Mardi Gras Contest

That’s right, I’m starting it a tad early…this benefits you consistant readers. You can win a swanky Mardi Gras prize pack, consisting mainly of stuff I catch at parades and other places in New Orleans along with various other goodies I have from the Tall Steve giveaway archives. Here’s how it works:

There are 5 of us this year, and we all enjoy a cocktail or 4. We should arrive in the quarter around noon on Friday, Feb. 16th and leave at 3:00pm on Monday, the 19th. All you have to do is guess when the first drunken vomit will be. Date and time is needed. Closest guess that has not passed wins. (Ex. a guess at 7pm and a guess at 7:30pm. The vomit attempt happens at 7:05, the 7:30 guess wins.) If you think there will be none, you can say that too, however there will only be one “no puke” entry allowed, first come first served.
As a hint, 2 years ago it was 2:30 on Friday, last year it was 7:19 on Friday, so guess well.

Check out his site here.

Believe me, he always has awesome prize bags!

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As I may have mentioned already, I’m a big fan of the show “Heroes”. I’m also a huge fan of comic books. One aspect that I love about Heroes and comics is how these people use their powers to help people, that no matter how dire the situation is, there’s someone to come in and save the day. These people often put themselves in danger to save lives.

It’s very rare that you see that happen in real life, but it turns out that this week is the week of heroes:

Passerby catches falling child, say NY police

A three-year-old boy fell from the fourth-floor window of an apartment in New York City on Thursday, but was caught by a passerby, police said.

The boy was caught by a 39-year-old man passing under the window, police said in a brief statement. The boy was taken to hospital with just minor cuts and abrasions to his head and face. Police are still investigating and gave no more details.
Story is here

Crazy, isn’t it? I mean, that kid must have been so heavy falling from the fourth floor.

Here’s another one, same city, and it’s pretty incredible…

Rescuer pins fallen teenager as subway passes over them
Wesley Autrey faced a harrowing choice, as he tried to rescue a teenager who had fallen off a platform onto a subway track in front of an approaching train: Struggle to hoist him back up to the platform in time, or take a chance on finding safety under the train.

At first, he tried to pull the young man up, but he was afraid he wouldn’t make it in time and they would both be killed.

“So I just chose to dive on top of him and pin him down,” he said.

Autrey had been waiting for a train with his two young daughters. After the train stopped, he heard bystanders scream and yelled out: “We’re OK down here but I’ve got two daughters up there. Let them know their father’s OK,” The New York Times reported.
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Can you believe that? It’s like something out of a movie. He gets extra points for the pimp blue playboy hat!

With all that’s going wrong in the world right now, it’s good to know that there are still heroes there, to be there when we need them…

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LOS ANGELES -
Peter Boyle, the tall, prematurely bald actor who was the tap-dancing monster in “Young Frankenstein” and the curmudgeonly father in the long-running sitcom “Everybody Loves Raymond,” has died. He was 71.
Article: Actor Peter Boyle dead at 71

I’ll miss Peter Boyle…he was one of the best actors of his generation. I also have a soft spot for him in my heart because he was the main character in one of my favorite X-Files episodes (I’m an X-Files freak, ya know) - “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose”, for which he won an Emmy. He played a man who could see how people would die, and did it so effortlessly - making such a sad, tragic character so charming and lovable. He uttered one of the best lines of the whole series - when Scully finally relented to his question, “Don’t you want to know how you’re going to die?” he tells her, “You don’t.”

Of course, most of you may know him from “Everybody Loves Raymond”, where he played Ray’s father in law. Or maybe “Young Frankenstein”, where he danced.

So goodbye, Peter, you’ll forever be Clyde to me…

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Got this cool link via Redpac. You may know that New Orleans is a place close to his heart, and this is a great way to help them out AND get your loved ones some personalized Johnnie Walker labels!

Home For the Holidays Customized Johnnie Walker Labels

Best thing about it - it’s free to you! All you have to do is customize your label on the site (after signing up and a little survey), and they will donate $5 to New Orleans Habitat for Humanity for up to $150,000.

Here’s the one I made:

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Sorry I’ve only been posting news and such - I’ve been busy with all this holiday crap. I’ve got a lot to do before I go out of town next week!

Anyway, as a kid, I always loved gazing at the stars, so I thought this would be something really cool to share with you all:

Stargazers will get a rare triple planetary treat this weekend with Jupiter, Mercury and Mars appearing to nestle together in the predawn skies. About 45 minutes before dawn on Sunday those three planets will be so close that the average person’s thumb can obscure all three from view.

The way to find the planets, which will be low on the east-southeast horizon, is to hold your arm straight out, with your hand in a fist and the pinky at the bottom. Halfway up your fist is how high the planets will appear above the horizon, Nichols said.

Jupiter will be white, Mercury pinkish and Mars butterscotch-colored.

Ahh, Mars, the Butterscotch Planet!

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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - With their number quickly dwindling, survivors of Pearl Harbor will gather Thursday one last time to honor those killed by the Japanese 65 years ago, and to mark a day that lives in infamy.

This will be their last visit to this watery grave to share stories, exchange smiles, find peace and salute their fallen friends. This, they say, will be their final farewell.

The survivors have met here every five years for four decades, but they’re now in their 80s or 90s and are not counting on a 70th reunion. They have made every effort to report for one final roll call.

Memories of a shocking, two-hour aerial raid that destroyed or heavily damaged 21 ships and 320 aircraft, that killed 2,390 people and wounded 1,178 others, that plunged the United States into World War II and set in motion the events that led to atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

“I suspect not many people have thought about this, but we’re witnessing history,” said Daniel Martinez, chief historian at the USS Arizona Memorial. “We are seeing the passing of a generation.”

Pearl Harbor Remembered

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Saw this one on Fark:

Castro Valley hoops coach can’t win
Angry parents get a panel to pick team, cry foul when daughters don’t make cut

The results are in at Castro Valley High School. That’s where a group of parents were in an uproar over girls varsity basketball coach Nancy Nibarger and demanded that her team be picked by a six-person panel. This week the team roster was posted.

None of the disgruntled parents’ daughters made it.

If you think that’s poetic justice and the end of things, you clearly haven’t been following the situation. The parents are not going to let this go.

See the whole story HERE

Fine, I understand being bummed that your kid didn’t make it on the basketball team. I mean, yeah, I’ll be a bit bummed if Benjamin doesn’t make the 2022 Olympics for the pentathalon. But I’m not going to cry and complain about it and say that rather having the coach pick the team, to have a panel of people choose the team instead. The coach SHOULD pick her own team - she’s the one who knows their abilities the best, she’s the one who has to work with them, she’s the one who will be criticized if they don’t win.

But what I find to be the funniest part of this is that the whiny parents’ kids didn’t even make the cut after the panel decided….and STILL the parents cry foul. Get over it! Your kid sucks!

If Benjamin doesn’t make the track and field team, that’s fine! We’ll move on to curling for the Winter Olympics!

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