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Sparks Of Insanity By Vinny "Bond" Marini Wednesday, September 06, 2006 7 Of Your Sparks

Welcome To THE COUCH...Sit on Down and Get Comfy...

This man should spend the next 6 months in jail and have to go through anger management courses and never be allowed to coach youth sports again:






Suri Cruise does exist...now we have evidence
(man she looks Asian....wondering if that is really their daughter!)


THE COUCH will be taking a break
(I guess you could say it needs reupholstering).

Not sure if it will be a couple of days...a week or longer...
but we will be back.

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Thanks for sitting on THE COUCH, hope you enjoyed your stay.

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Keep that spark of insanity kids...It helps keep you an individual.

Rain, Memphis, Croc Hunter...

Sparks Of Insanity By Vinny "Bond" Marini Tuesday, September 05, 2006 2 Of Your Sparks

Welcome To THE COUCH...Sit on Down and Get Comfy...

Hope you all had a fantastic Labor Day weekend.


Saturday and Sunday were total washouts here thanks to Ernesto.

Sunday was a bit better, but Saturday was a constant rain all day long. Yesterday was pleasant.


I spent the weekend packing. I think I am pretty much done other then kitchen pots and pans and glassware and pictures, which will wait until the last moment.


Nothing definite yet, but I know the group at Inner Workings wants me. Last hurdle is to go to Memphis and meet their clients. As I will be on-site at the clients, we need their buy-off before we can finalize the deal.


It is funny. We live in a pretty well-off community, but whenever you put things out for the garbage men (or is it waste-technicians?), it seems that at least 2-3 people stop to rummage.

Last week some woman stopped and dragged a chest we were throwing out into her station wagon. Now, the chest wasn't real heavy, but she did it all alone!

Yesterday some lady stopped and went through the stuff we had dragged out. She even opened some of the big trash bags to look inside.

All this while wearing her little black dress!


Never ceases to amaze me kiddies...


Sorry to hear about Steve Irwin (you may not be able to get onto the site as it is being hit by so many people trying to get there) passing. Never a fan of his show, but I know many who are.

At least he went from his interaction with an animal (mammal?) and not falling down a flight of stairs or an auto accident.


Now it is reported, there is video of the incident...well, I always knew there would be...

He was filming! DOH!


Can't believe it will ever see the light of day though.


HA! Who am I kidding...

Someone will make a dupe and post it on youtube.com or one of the many video sites now out there...Bank on it.


Incredibly funny video linked from OFFICE TIME WASTERS. You must go over and watch what some fans did to Stephen A. Smith, the ESPN talk show host and analyst during the NBA Draft recently.

Ah...New Yorkers...So kind hearted and sensitive!


It is 7 minutes of them video-taping him and only him and the comments being thrown out at him...Really funny stuff...But I expect nothing else from anything linked over there.


As you can see...I added some more Fun Links to the site here. They will not be for everyone, but there is some great stuff being written and sold by my friends out there and I want all to know of it.


Well, we half lost a big old branch in the backyard on Saturday and now I have to climb up and cut the rest of the way through so I can get rid of it.

Now that is ONE thing I will not miss about owning a home...Except I still do!


Anyone know someone looking for a beautiful, clean, well-kept 3 bedroom with incredibly low taxes for this area, in a town with a blue-ribbon school district in central NJ?

Thanks for sitting on THE COUCH, hope you enjoyed your stay.

FIND AN OPPORTUNITY TO PAY IT FORWARD!

Remember .. Nets For Malaria - UNFoundation.org/malaria - find the big SI's Nothing But Net logo ... Or call 202.887.9040. Every cent goes to buying nets to place over the beds of children in Africa to stomp out Malaria. PLEASE HELP.

Keep that spark of insanity kids...It helps keep you an individual.


Ernesto, CD Rentals & Labor Day

Sparks Of Insanity By Vinny "Bond" Marini Friday, September 01, 2006 4 Of Your Sparks

Welcome To THE COUCH...Sit on Down and Get Comfy...

I want to send a prayer of hope to all my friends in the Carolinas, that you get through Ernesto unscathed.


He will be hitting us in the next two days also...nice long weekend spent inside....


HEY! As Joyce suggested in yesterday's comments..perfect time to hit the CD Rental store and grab a few movies...ummm may I suggest ANIMAL HOUSE, CADDY SHACK, THE BLUE BROTHERS (Thanks Dixie)...and then, you can pick one.


When you watch ANIMAL HOUSE, before beginning, go to the "Bonus" area and make sure you play it with ANECDOTES ON....that way you can watch and occasionally read some funny, interesting facts about the movie and the actors in the movie. I will give you one which I found amazing. Donald Sutherland (Professor Jennings) worked for TWO DAYS on set. He selected to be paid and not take a back-end percentage. He earned $50,000 for his two days work. Pretty incredible - right? Well...if he had taken a percentage, he would have earned OVER 17 MILLION DOLLARS!!!!!!!!!!

Goes to show...Sometimes taking a risk is better then playing it safe.


I could sit here and tell you so many more...but I will leave it to you to learn on your own.


I also enjoyed the two other features in the bonus section. One tells of how the movie got made (and almost didn't get made and the other is a Mockumentary on "Where Are They Now." Funny stuff.

Finally on this subject, Turnberry has found a site with ANIMAL HOUSE TRIVIA! You can find it HERE.


Gonna just be a short one today, as I am beginning the daunting task of packing the house. No, nothing has happened yet, but it has to be done eventually with the house for sale and might as well get going, in case I do have to hussle off the the South soon.


Have a very safe Labor Day weekend. I truly hate this holiday...it means the summer is over...My favorite season, gone in a flash...the weather turning colder (already 67 degrees here today - waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa)...


Watch out for the idjits on the roads...and don't you be an idjit...Hand someone else the keys before the first drink.


Will be taking Monday off...THE COUCH is going to visit his cousin
THE BARCALOUNGER... Me I am staying home, but without THE COUCH here, well this can't get done!

Thanks for sitting on THE COUCH, hope you enjoyed your stay.

FIND AN OPPORTUNITY TO PAY IT FORWARD!

Remember .. Nets For Malaria - UNFoundation.org/malaria - find the big SI's Nothing But Net logo ... Or call 202.887.9040. Every cent goes to buying nets to place over the beds of children in Africa to stomp out Malaria. PLEASE HELP.

Keep that spark of insanity kids...It helps keep you an individual.

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