I’ve got Spanish class today, so I’ll be posting stuff later. But for now, enjoy these cat related websites sent to me by Mike (that’s one of my cats, Malia, above). First off, we have Stuff on my Cat, followed by My Cat Hates You. And do you know what rhymes with cat? Pat! Pat Sajak! Happy 59th birthday to this fellow game show host and conservative commentator!

Stumbled across this website a few minutes ago, and thought I’d share. There was apparently a contest where people were encouraged to join two movie posters together to make one movie. Some of the results were freaking brilliant.

First of all, I am gonna ask that everybody just play once this week. There’s only but so much s*** I can ask about Halloween. Secondly, if you have a spooky or Halloween appropriate tune you want heard this week, click here and let me know what it is. Also, I am starting to get things organized for Quizzo Bowl II. Help me out. I will be doing polls, such as the one at right (scroll down a little), to see what you guys want to see at QB II, and where you want it held. Help a brotha out. Finally, I have come across a couple of funny Halloween things to share. This comes from wikipedia: “Teenagers and adults instead celebrate Halloween with costume parties, staying at home to give out candy, listening to halloween music, scaring people half to death, or other social get togethers.” Not only is the sentence structure extremely awkward, but if you use the phrase “Scare people half to death”, aren’t you required to say that with a southern accent? As in “You skkurred me hayalf to deyeth.” Oh, and the National Retail Federation says that the 19th most popular adult costume this year will be “pimp”. I’m not kidding.

I still remember the game. I had been rooting for Boston, even though I wasn’t a Sox fan, per se. But I was 11 years old, and 11 year olds don’t root for cokehead criminals who beat each other during practice. They root for teams who have players named Spike Owen and Oil Can Boyd. I remember cheering as the Sox inched closer to victory. They had a 5-3 lead with two outs and no-one on base in the bottom of the 10th. The Shea Stadium scoreboard read “Congratulations Boston Red Sox”. Mets first baseman Keith Hernandez had gone to the clubhouse and cracked a beer. And then, suddenly, the Sox lost the ability to get an out. Three straight singles off Calvin Shiraldi. Bob Stanley replaced him, and threw a wild pitch that brought in the tying run. And then, Mookie Wilson hit a routine grounder to first base.

I cried for the next hour. It was that same sick feeling you get when a kicker misses a field goal at the end of a game or you read about the Titanic, and your mind tries to speak to the captain of a boat in 1912, telling him not to go so fast. I remember my dad saying, “They can still win in Game 7”, but we both knew that wasn’t true. They didn’t win, and Bill Buckner, who played in four different decades, who won a batting title, and who finished with more hits than all but about 50 players who ever played the game, will be forever remembered as the guy who let that ball go through his legs.

Here’s an article talking about what Buckner is up to these days. If you’ve got any vivid recollections of that game, feel free to share below.

Who had a hit with the song “Monster Mash”?

Thinking of going on vacation in a couple of weeks and am looking at possibly Puerto Rico, though Costa Rica is also an option. Has anybody been and have any suggestions about where to stay, what to do, etc? I would certainly appreciate it. Just post below or send me an email.

It was on this date in 1987 that Jim Bakker was indicted after laundering millions of dollars. Now, hundreds of you have been mailing me letters, asking, “Johnny, what are Bakker and that little spark plug of a wife up to these days?” Well, I’ve got some good news and some bad news. First of all, Tammy Faye decided that she no longer wanted to be married after he shacked up with Jessica Hahn, and the couple divorced in 1992. However, he has since remarried (as has she) and is currently ruling over the Jim Bakker Ministries Empire, where he sells flashlights for the Lord. The best part of this site is that, if you look at the bottm, you see that you can order a “Bakker’s dozen” of 13 flashlights for just $200.

That’s right, ladies and gentlemen, for the 3rd straight year, Johnny will be hosting the Halloween Spooktacular at all quizzoes this week. Candy, scary music, and horrifying questions about halloween traditions, murders, and mayhem will all be found in abundance. To get you in the mood, here’s some info on the greatest horror writer ever, Edgar Allan Poe, and here are some of his stories.

Why, yesterday was the anniversary! It was the worst accident I ever seen. And when they finally pulled the body from the heaping burning wreck it looked like…this!