Show tonight at the Fire

Yo, my homeboy Matt is the guitar player for a band in Brooklyn called Big Bang TV, and they are playing tonight at the Fire (412 West Girard). If you don’t play quizzo tonight, go check ’em out. Show kicks off at 9 p.m. (Word on the street is that this is Mike Huckabee’s favorite band.)

Question of the week

What 1982 movie did Mark Linn-Baker star in with Peter O’Toole?

Happy Birthday Bronson Pinchot!

Pinchot and Mark Linn-Baker: greatest comedy duo ever?

Heading to DC to Help the Phillies

After losing two of three to the Blue Jays, it was obvious that the Phils needed my help (They are 5-0 in games I have attended this year, and 19-21 in games I don’t attend). So I am heading down to DC to cheer them on against the Nationals. First time checking out the new stadium in DC. I’ll let you know how it is. In the meantime, here’s a short writeup I did about the Italian Market Festival on Kerri Lee’s blog.

Headless Fun Facts

The guillotine was invented because it was supposedly the most humane way to kill people. However, there are many people who believe that the mind stays alive for about about 30 seconds after it leaves the body, and that during the French Revolution, people would tell their friends that they would blink after their head came off if they were still conscious, and then did so. They can’t talk, of course, because they have no vocal cords.
A doctor in Cleveland (typical) performed a head transplant on a monkey a few years ago, and wants to do the same to humans. He is going to start by trading my head with George Clooneys. Now I bet you’re sorry you blew me off this weekend, girl!
Speaking of chicks, have you heard the story of Mike the Headless Chicken? If not, it is well worth reading. A guy cut a chicken’s head off but the chicken lived for another year and a half. And the Mike the Headless Chicken Festival was just this past weekend! It was probably fun, but I doubt it was an Intercourse Rhubarb Festival Bake off Extravaganza (photos and story coming manana.)