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Monday, November 20, 2006

Sparks Of Insanity By Vinny "Bond" Marini Sunday, November 19, 2006 17 Of Your Sparks

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY"
"BUCKEYE BATTLE CRY" / "THE VICTORS"
"NASCAR SONG"
"STEPFORD WIFE"
"WHAT A GIRL WANTS"
"MONEY"
"TWO FOOLS"



"HAPPY BIRTHDAY"


Happy Birthday
By Stevie Wonder


This should have been part of my Friday posting and for that I truly apologize...
Was a horrible son this past week, allowing my Dad's Birthday to pass on Friday without a call. Sometimes THE COUCH can be so much a numbskull. SO SO Sorry dad.


"BUCKEYE BATTLE CRY" / "THE VICTORS"

Big football game this past Saturday. Excellent game with Ohio State edging out Michigan.

Condolences to Bo Schembechler's family on his passing. Anyone who knows anything about college football knows the name Bo. If you don't you can read up HERE.

Though he did do something dumb when he was running the Detroit Tigers and he fired Ernie Harwell, the great broadcaster.

"NASCAR SONG"

OK... I am sorry but this Nascar thing...left hand turns, yellow flags - go fast - yellow flag - go fast - yellow flag and cars crashing... ummmm THE COUCH can watch it for a few minutes at a time, but that is about all...

"STEPFORD WIFE"

Yes, they got married in Italy this past weekend... Tom and his stepford wife...

Now move on please...
"WHAT A GIRL WANTS"

THE COUCH is impressed with Christina Aguilera. This young woman was pure fluff when she began, tried to get "respectability" by becoming drrrty and making scenes and shocking people and then had a revelation.

Sing and sing some more and then you will become a star. Her new album is very good, we liked her duet with Tony Bennett on SNL last week.

Hellllllllllllllllllllllllllo Britney...you listening?


"MONEY"

So Peruvian officials decided to spread the wealth by instituting revenue-sharing from rising prices of gold, zinc and other minerals. They did not expect the results shown in the jungle and mountain municipalities who have seen their income on mining taxes increase by 1,000% in the last year.

Instead of paving streets and constructing sewer systems as the govenment had hoped, grandiose town halls and heated swimming pools for the mayors of these towns have appeared instead.

But nothing as weird as what happened in the municipality of Huayre, where Mayor Wenceslao Alderete constructed what he hopes will become a tourist attraction.

Gracing the village's central plaza are outsized images of genitalia and of macca root, a tuber consumed as an aphrodisiac!

As you can guess Alderete says the $158,000.00 was well spent and it is not his job to build sewer systems, that is the job of the regional govenment.

Guess it helps that he is not running for reelection!

The rumors that Disney is looking at this for Epcot are being denied.

"TWO FOOLS"

If only they had something to do with their spare time...

Two students in Winfield, Kansas are accussed of putting staples in ketchup in the local high school and middle school. The two could be suspended or expelled.

Kiddies..how could suspension ever be a consideration. Throw them out and let mommy and daddy have to foot the bill for private school.


St. J - P.B.U.A.Q.B.


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SONG TITLE INDEX:Sources- bmi.com; ascap.com, allmusic.com
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Composer: Stevie Wonder
BUCKEYE BATTLE CRY: Composer: Frank Crumit
THE VICTORS: Composer: Louis Elbell
NASCAR SONG: Composer: Doug Moreland
STEPFORD WIFE: Composers: Carolyn Hume & Paul May
WHAT A GIRL WANTS: COmposers: Shelly Peiken & Guy Tevatova Roche
MONEY: Composer: Roger Waters
TWO FOOLS: Composer: Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Sparks Of Insanity By Vinny "Bond" Marini Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10 Of Your Sparks

“AND WHEN I DIE”
“SHUT YOUR MOUTH”
“AIRHEAD”

“CHAPEL OF LOVE”

“BE MY BABY”

"WILL IT GO ROUND IN CIRCLES?"

“AND WHEN I DIE”

The Forbes.com website ranks 13 celebrities pushing up daisies on their income and proves that death need not be an obstacle to making money, with the group collectively earning 247 million dollars in the last year.

1. Kurt Cobain 50 million

2. Elvis 42 million - First time he is out of first place in years.

3. Charles Schulz, 35 million

4. John Lennon 24 million

5. Albert Einstein, 20 million.

6. Andy Warhol, 19 million

7. Theodor Geisel, Dr Seuss 10 million

8. Ray Charles, 10 million

9. Marilyn Monroe, 8 million

10. Johnny Cash 8 million

11. J.R.R. Tolkein, 7 million

12. George Harrison, 7 million dollars

13. Bob Marley, 7 million dollars

“SHUT YOUR MOUTH”

"Michael J. Fox is allowing his illness to be exploited and in the process is shilling for a Democrat politician," Rush Limbaugh said of the ad for Senate candidate Claire McCaskill of Missouri.

The Big Fat Pumpkin Head, Limbaugh later seemed to back off the idea that Fox was acting out symptoms, saying he didn't mean to imply "that one could easily act it out for the purposes of a commercial."

But he also said, "I have gotten a plethora of e-mails from people saying Michael J. Fox has admitted in interviews that he goes off his medication for Parkinson's disease when he appears before Congress or other groups as a means of illustrating the ravages of the disease."

YO PUMPKIN HEAD –Doesn’t make sense, when you are trying to convince people to support research, to show them what can happen to those with the disease? Not everyone can afford the medication needed and ….now listen closely you pill-popping ignoramus…if we can find a cure then those afflicted don’t need to take the medication at all! - OH sorry, you like to take pills…THE COUCH forgot!

Fox has filmed commercials for Democratic candidates who support stem cell research.

John Rogers, Fox’s spokesman retorted “It’s an appalling, sad statement. Anybody who understands Parkinson’s knows it’s because of the medicine that one experiences” body movements like those seen in the ad.

“AIRHEAD”

KIDDIES - YA JUST GOTTA LOVE THIS ONE - thanks to Pia for the heads-up!

Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Loretta Nall, the Libertarian Party's write-in candidate for governor of Alabama, is campaigning on her cleavage and hoping that voters' eyes will eventually refocus on her platform.

"It started out as a joke, but it blew up into something huge," Nall said.

Her campaign includes:
Campaign gear showing her smiling in a low-cut dress

Her campaign platform, includes:

  • tax credits for sending children to private school and home schooling,
  • opting out of the No Child Left Behind Act,
  • Legalizing marijuana - Early in her campaign, she talked about how her misdemeanor arrest for marijuana possession in 2002 caused her to start the U.S. Marijuana Party and become an advocate for decriminalizing marijuana.
  • Not complying with the Patriot Act and the Real ID Act.
  • Trying to withdraw the Alabama National Guard from Iraq.
    "When people in Alabama get tired of kicking the ass of brown people, it's time to pull out," she said in her characteristically over-the-top style.
Then she entertained readers of her campaign Web site with lots of information about her personal life, including a discussion of why she doesn't wear panties.

Now her campaign is offering everything from T-shirts to marijuana stash boxes adorned with a photo of her in a dress
with a plunging neckline and the words: "More of these boobs."

Below that are pictures of other candidates for governor - including Re
publican incumbent Bob Riley and Democratic Lt. Gov. Lucy Baxley - along with the words: "And less of these boobs."

No matter how far back Nall finishes on Nov. 7, that won't be the last that voters will see of her. She's already making plans to run against Republican Rep. Mike Rogers in Alabama's 3rd Congressional District in 2008.


"I enjoy this," she said.

WELL THE COUCH has always wondered why so much money is wasted on trying to stop marijuana and thinks it should be government regulated, like cigarettes and alcohol. This would also give a new crop to the many tobacco farmers who are losing their livelihood with the reduction of smoking… BUT…this is one Looney Hootchie…

For more on this incredible story, check out here website HERE

“CHAPEL OF LOVE”

THE COUCH is waiting anxiously for its invitation to the Cruise/Holmes wedding. After all we have done to solidify their relationship; we think it is only correct and proper an invitation be forthcoming.

November 18 in Italyrunning off to make sure passport is still current…

“BE MY BABY”

So, Madonna is on Oprah today to tell the world what a big misconception we all have of her attempt to adopt this young boy.

Of course it is all the media’s fault for this whole controversy. She met with the dad and he totally understood (of course he does not speak English) and now the press “have gotten to him.”

Seems she is “startled” that the father didn’t realize he was giving up his son “for good.”

On the TIME website yesterday, it appears dad has changed his mind again and will not contest the adoptions “I don’t want my child, who is already gone, to come back. I will be killing his future if I accept that.”

Ah….don’t you just love these heartwarming family sagas?

"WILL IT GO ROUND IN CIRCLES?"

So, THE COUCH had some time to kill last evening and began to push the NEXT BLOG button you see at the top of the page…The Blogosphere is a strange and mysterious place…Remember, all of these sites are in the blogger.com world, we are not even touching on the thousands…tens of thousands of blogs that have their own domains…

We came across many many foreign blogs that we could not understand at all…but some had pictures and those pictures made us real curious. Check out HERE and HERE for examples.

Many had Halloween as a theme this week, which makes perfect sense.

There are people out there who are lonely….they write sad, desperate posts and never get comments.

I found sites selling “How to sell” ideas, and sites selling custom cards and sites selling things I was even sure about!

Many had advertising on them…HELLO PEPSI!!!! HELLO McDONALDS!!!!!! HERE I AM

In my short journey, I came across 6 blogs which had just been started yesterday! So, there are new blogs every day.

I found if I am on a site and I hit the back button and go to the previous blog, and then hit the NEXT BLOG button again, I go to a completely different blog then I started on!

I even bookmarked three blogs to go back and read, as they seemed interesting…and left comments on a couple too!

Then I came across THE-BESTEST-BLOG-OF-ALL-TIME, which you can find HERE. This site works like the NEXT BLOG button, only it gets over 6,000 hits a day and you can be named the Best Blog of the Day, and other such stuff…

Pretty cool, so I linked them here and now I should be in the rotation over there to get seen by a whole new crop of blog-searchers!

This world just keeps going round and round….

St. J - P.B.U.A.Q.B.


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.

SONG TITLE INDEX
AND WHEN I DIE words & music: Laura Nyro
SHUT YOUR MOUTH words & music: Garbage
AIRHEAD words & music: Thomas Dolby
CHAPEL OF LOVE words & music: Jeff Barry, Ellie Greewich & Phil Spector
BE MY BABY words & music: Jeff Barry, Ellie Greewich & Phil Spector
WILL IT GO ROUND IN CIRCLES words & music: Billy Preston & Bruce Fisher

Tuesday Tid-bits

Sparks Of Insanity By Vinny "Bond" Marini Tuesday, April 25, 2006 0 Of Your Sparks

Feeling better today, but still have this weird inkling in the back of my brain from that unremembered dream…very strange…

So, now comes a cab driver that is ready to testify that he picked up one of the two indicted Duke Lacrosse players a half hour or so before the attack is to of occurred. At the same time, the other dancer is not changing her story. It appears that maybe many jumped to judgment too fast on this one. If they find the attack never happened, the young woman needs to be jailed for false police report. If the attack did happen, those responsible must be jailed for their actions. I just want the truth to come out is all…


Ah, Florida…sunshine, Disney, oceans, sand, oranges and free breast exams???
It seems that a Coconut Grove senior was going door-to-door carrying a black bag, claiming to be a doctor and offering free breast exams. Police arrested Philip Winikoff and booked him with sexually assaulting two =women who accepted his offer and let him into their homes. One of the women became suspicious after she was asked to remove all her clothes and Winikoff began the exam without donning rubber gloves. Well...can you blame this guy... his real job is driving a shuttle bus for an auto dealer. I guess after being the driver he wanted to drive her…


So, Tom and Katie have their new addition home and now Tom can begin his promotional tour for his new movie MI:III. Beautiful baby girl named Suri, which means princess in Hebrew and rose in Persian or Farsi according to Cruise’s publicist…ummmmmmmmmmmmm…OOPS! Professor Hooshang Amirahmadi, director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University begs to differ with the Cruise/Holmes and their publicist. “In Farsi, it means red, like a fiery color but there is no such thing as ‘Suri’ that means ‘red rose’." He added the word could also mean “a party or celebration.”
Avshalom Kor, an expert on the intricacies of the Hebrew language, told Israel’s Army Radio there is a tenuous connection. Kor said ‘Suri’ is a nickname for Sarah as pronounced by Jews from Central Europe. In ancient Hebrew, Sarah is the feminine form of the word for lord.
In India, ‘Suri’ is more likely to be a boy’s name then a girl’s name. It comes from the Sanskrit word for “sun” and is an epithet for the Hindu god Krishna.
But Tom said it means rose or princess… and man, you can’t argue with him…I mean, look, he almost shut down “South Park” and chef left the show and the Scientologists know more than anyone and …what? What? … oh sorry…tell Mr. Cruise I will stop now…


Well, we all know that our relationship with China has been rocky at best and there are many things we need to work on before we can truly begin a relationship with this country. Leave it to the Bush White House to make things more difficult…When Chinese President Hu Jintao visited the White House last week; the announcer said, “ Ladies and gentlemen, the national anthem of the Republic of China, followed by the national anthem of the United States of America.” OK, well that is great except, Hu is from “the People’s Republic of China.” The Republic of China??? Oh, that is the formal name of that tiny little country called Taiwan. Only in Bush’s America kiddies….


Well tonight the final 6 take on the “Great American Love Songs” on American Idol. The word on song spoilers has been almost non-existent this week. Can’t even begin to imagine what the list of songs, given to the contestants to choose from, looked like. Mini-rumors have Taylor Hicks either going with “You Are So Beautiful”, the Joe Cocker hit, or with the Ray Charles standard “Georgia On My Mind.” Georgia would be a knockout slam-dunk for Taylor who sings this with his group. The only unfortunate part would be that he only gets to sing a shortened version and not his tremendous complete version.

We’ll be back with our entire review tomorrow… stay tuned kiddies…

Has Barry Bonds retired yet? No? Too bad. AVG. .222 HR 1 RBI 2 SB 0

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AI stupid producers, Cruising, Facebook, Anna And the Hoyts

Sparks Of Insanity By Vinny "Bond" Marini Thursday, April 20, 2006 0 Of Your Sparks

Bye Ace…time for those acting lessons dude…

The producers over at American Idol sure are sadists…I hope this is the last year they put a contestant in the horrible position as they did to Taylor Hicks last night. They have done this before, but last year when they asked Bo to select the group of three he belonged in, he had NOT been told he was safe. Taylor knowing he was safe had to select either the group with his roommate (Elliott) or the group with a friend (Chris). He looked so uncomfortable, but tried to be a diplomat, shaking Chris’ hand in a gesture of “You don’t belong here”, before moving across the stage to the other group.
Nice thing is the group of fans for Chris on the AI site knew it was the producers way of trying to start a little war between the Tribe and the Patrol and we are having none of it…

Congrats to Katie Holmes and Mr. Scary on the birth of their daughter. Do you see the cult look Cruise has in his eyes all the time now? Word is, he bought an Ultrasound machine and had been doing ultrasounds on Katie at home. Incredible that all you need to be is a Scientologist and you are qualified to do medical procedures and to spew your views on others without remorse.

Note to all you college and high school students out there…Administrations across the country know about Facebook.com and myspace.com, so STOP POSTING PICTURES OF YOURSELF AND FRIENDS DRINKING AND DOING DRUGS AND OTHER THINGS ILLEGAL.
Students at Princeton University are upset that University Public Safety has gone online and joined facebook.com. These geniuses think it is unfair for them to do it. DOH...being on the Internet puts you in the public domain folks…One student commented “I think it is pretty deceptive of campus police to use Facebook.com and not tell anyone beforehand that they are using it.”

From the “ah…the world can rotate again” files…Anna Benson has withdrawn her petition for divorce after some “soul-searching”. Guess the thought of never “doing it” on a pitchers mound in a baseball stadium again got too much for her…or was it that without being married to a professional athlete her star-quality would suffer?

The feel good story of the day is one that Rick Reilly of Sports Illustrated brought to my attention last year and I was reminded of after seeing an article regarding the Boston Marathon. Dick Hoyt and his son Rick have been racing since 1979. They have participated in over 900 events since then, including Ironman Triathlons. This past Boston Marathon was their 25th together. Dick is 65 and Rick is 44 and they are proud they have never finished last. Nice story as it is…what makes it so special? Rick was born with Cerebral Palsy and is in a wheelchair and cannot talk. He communicates through a special computer. In 1979 a charity race was run to support a lacrosse player who was paralyzed in an accident. Rick told his dad he wanted to go to show support and that life goes on. They finished second to last that day, but that night Rick wrote to his dad “When I am running it feel like my disability disappears. 25-years later they are still running…and everytime I read this story a tear comes to my eye. This is what athletics and love is about...Not self and ego... HEAR THAT BARRY?

Has Barry Bonds retired yet? No? Too bad. - BUT you have to love these stats so far for 2006: AVG. .174. HR. 0. RBI. 1. SB. 0

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