On this date in 1949, George Orwell’s novel 1984 was published. Here is an interesting analysis of how much of it has come true. Oh, and here’s an interesting piece of irony (and don’t send me some b.s. about the definition of irony. I’ve had so many people tell me so many different things about it, I’m losing my mind.)

This is a pretty funny blog that follows Craig Biggio’s quest to be hit by more pitches than anyone else in Major League history.

The question on everybody’s mind is: was nerve gas used during the filming of Top Gun? How else to explain his insanitology? Here he is on Access Hollywood. This was the interview in which he blasted Brooke Shields. She responded with one of the best verbal b****-slaps ever. “Tom should stick to saving the world from aliens…” Here’s Roeper’s take on Cruise’s relationship with Holmes. The only reason I’m passing on this information is that I care about you. Every single one of you. And I mean it.

Footnote-This is really creepy. I was gonna do some photoshopping to the pic at the top of this story, but every time I tried to open it, it shut down photoshop. I’ve never had that happen before.

Got some great action shots at the Phils game yesterday. Please send thank you letters to johnny@johnnygoodtimes.com. I should be ashamed of myself.

Live 8 is a pretty kool idea, and I think it’s pretty neat that Philly’s gonna be involved. Unfortunately, we’ve got a line up that includes Maroon 5, the Dave Matthews Band (brutal!), and the least talented man in show business, P. Diddy. I guess Celine Dion was already booked that weekend. Actually, it would be kind of neat if she performed, because I think we could really send a message to our leaders if one million people fell asleep at the same time. Also, I’m glad they added 50 Cent to the lineup. For a second there, I thought this was going to be one of those humdrum concerts where no-one gets shot.

Thought it was kind of interesting seeing this article in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday. I used to work with the guy in charge, Billy Hurley, when I was in Hawaii. Thought his idea about putting “an educator in the hot tub with guests so they can look at research documentaries on a wall screen and drink margaritas together” is a little bit crazy. As a friend of mine said, “If I’m in a hot tub, I wanna be getting a b*** ***, not watching a movie about dolphins.”

The first ever drive in movie theatre opened on June 6th, 1933. In what city did it open?

In what some might see as the first sign of the apocalypse, Johnny came away from his quizzo event for a group of lawyers on Thursday night proclaiming that some lawyers are actually nice, friendly people. The Push-Its pulled off a narrow victory over the Sopranos at Rembrandt’s on Thursday in a battle for intellectual bragging rights at the law firm of Montgomery, McCracken, Walker, and Rhoads. When pressed for comment after being so warmly received by the lawyers, Johnny appeared shaken. “This whole ‘lawyers being kool’ thing has really just turned my world upside down. One of my most cherished stereotypes has been dashed.” Goodtimes then added, “At least I’ve still got Jersey drivers.”

Just wanted to relive some past fun we’ve had with the Nixon administration, like last year when he got wasted and played with Team Hater and a link I had last year to some great new stuff Kissinger had just released.

I’ll get to work on this week’s stories in a few minutes. I’m still trying to get the sleepers out of my eyes. I tell you what, rainy days like this are the best ones to sleep ’till noon, aren’t they? Oh, sorry, that’s right. Friday is still part of the work week for you guys. My bad.

This isn’t really that great of a story, but for some reason I just love the following sentence: Gallagher, 58, is best known for smashing watermelons with a sledgehammer. I mean, I always knew it was true, but I had just never seen it put so bluntly. Also, I derived way too much pleasure from correctly spelling some word that a 13 year old from Houston got wrong during the Scripps Spelling Bee a few minutes ago.