Big Leather Couch

Welcome to the newest of the "FRIDAY THEMES" These themes will rotate as I see necessary. Sports, Wayback Machine and now Freakout. Others may also be thrown in...ya never know around here.

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Music Codes: Best Audio Codes

LE FREAK: Chic; Composers: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rogers

"BUCKEYE BATTLE CRY" / "THE VICTORS"

"NASCAR SONG"

"STEPFORD WIFE"

"WHAT A GIRL WANTS"

"MONEY"

"TWO FOOLS"

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

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

“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."

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

“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.

“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 Italy…running 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….

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

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

Good Tuesday...

So, David Blaine...was the stunt a success or a failure? He spent 177 hours underwater in a sphere outside Lincoln Center. Then he was to be wrapped in chains and try and escape as he attempted to break the world record for holding his breath under water. He managed to hold it for 7 minutes and 8 seconds before being hauled out of the water. He spent the night in the hospital but was released this morning...It was reported by his medical team that he was suffering from liver failure but still refused to come out... So, success or failure...you be the judge.

Tom Cruise's new movie Mission: Impossible III was not the box office sensation studio honchos hoped for, only bringing in $48 million last weekend. Now, I know kiddies, $48 million is a ton of change for a weekend, but when the movie costs $150 million, you expect more. Is this a backlash at Tom for all his weirdness the last year? The couch jumping on Oprah...His backlash at South Park for their satire of Scientology (and Cruise's sexuality), his blasting of Brooke Shields regarding her taking anti-depressants, acting as OB for Katie Holmes during her pregnancy (buying a sonogram etc.) and his argument with Matt Lauer...all in all a year most would cringe at, yet he seems to be in a perpetual "happy" state...This was a guy who had the world by the throat and seems to be slipping into weird-world.

So, George W. is being interviewed by the German newspaper Bild. Reporter says "Mr. President, name the most wonderful moment of your presidency." Even if you do not agree with it, gee...let's see...toppling Hussein could be one..OK, help me here folks.. wonderful memories of the W White House... see , now you know why THIS was his answer...
"I don't know, it's hard to characterize the great moments. They've all been busy moments, by the way. I would say the best moment was when I caught a 71/2-pound largemouth bass on my lake." It is reported he seemed to be joking -- you need to catch at least a 15 pounder to brag in Texas--but after the stumble, why would a sitting President say that to a reporter from another country!
I guess if they asked what was the worst moment he could have reeled off...the war, CIA leak, attempted sale of the ports to Dubai, Hurricane Katrina...ah so many missteps, so little time...

Did you hear that Lillian Asplund, 99, passed away at her home on Saturday? She passed in her sleep peacefully it was reported. Who is Lillian Asplund? She is the last American survivor of the Titanic! She is the very last survivor with memories of the sinking, but has always shunned publicity and rarely spoke of it. There are two remaining survivors living in England, but they were infants at the time of the sinking and have no memories of the event. (At right, Asplund at 5 after Titanic tragedy... At Left, Asplund in the 1940's)


Tonight ...American Idol...the four finalists do ELVIS! Song spoilers have Taylor Hicks doing Jailhouse Rock and In the Ghetto...we could have a true Idol moment tonight if he does to Ghetto what he did to Something last week. My full review tomorrow kiddies...

Has Barry Bonds retired yet? No? Too bad. AVG. .262 HR 5 RBI 12 SB 0
Babe...even when he passes you, you are more about baseball then he ever will be. Hank, he will never catch you...never.

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

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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

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

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