Archive for January, 2006

“Pity the Fool” debuts this spring

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

TV Land, which airs the A-Team at 2AM and 3AM a few times during the week, is now ready to resurrect the career of Mr. T.

The 53-year-old mohawked star of “The A-Team,” whose real name is Laurence Tureaud, has a deal with TV Land to host his own advice and help show, which insiders say will be similar to Dr. Phil McGraw’s show as he dishes out advice in classic “T” style to fans in need. The show, which will be called “Pity the Fool” will begin airing this spring.

“I Pity The Fool blends the conventions of a makeover show with fish-out-of-water conflict, resulting in a humorous twist on the format. Starring Mr. T in the role of motivational guru, the program focuses on specific concepts associated with personal or professional success, such as teamwork or determination. Those themes will be illustrated by hilarious anecdotes from Mr. T’s own life, followed by real world situations in which he becomes the catalyst for change. “

Mr. T has beat down many bad guys including cancer. He revealed that he had a rare form of lymphoma in 1998.

Man’s racist slurs prompt time in black churches

Monday, January 16th, 2006

A judge gave Brett Haines a choice Friday: Go to jail or go to church.

The Anderson Township man, convicted of disorderly conduct, immediately chose six weeks of Sunday worship over 30 days in the Hamilton County Justice Center. Haines, 36, was arrested Nov. 26 in Newtown after threatening cab driver David Wilson and Wilson’s wife.

But there’s a catch.

Haines, who was accused of using racial slurs and threatening a black cab driver, must attend services at any one of Cincinnati’s predominantly African-American churches.

“It seems readily apparent to me that you don’t like black people,” Judge William Mallory Jr. told Haines. “That’s OK with me. But you have to understand that you are at the whim and authority of a black judge.”

Haines said he was not a church-going man but would like to give it a try.

Wilson said he hoped the sentence would work, but he would have preferred Haines serve his 30 days.

“Church don’t change everybody,” he said.

Cincinnati.com story

Not sure if the cab driver attends church.

Dolphins TE says no to T.O.

Friday, January 13th, 2006

A day after the Eagles gave agent Drew Rosenhaus permission to seek a trade for expelled receiver Terrell Owens, one of his Dolphins’ clients said N-O to T.O.

Wife beater and Miami Dolphins Tight End, Randy McMichael, went on record Wednesday with his opposition to having Terrell Owens as a teammate.

“I don’t need a guy like T.O. in the locker room,” McMichael said. “Because I don’t need that virus like that. The guy destroyed two locker rooms already and it’s only a matter of time before it happens again.

“I just don’t want him to mess up everything we built down here.”

What exactly have the Dolphins built Randy? You haven’t built a playoff team. Randy was arrested twice in 2005 for spousal abuse. One arrest included throwing his wife out of his car. I love the fact that his mug shot has Randy sporting a wife beater t-shirt.

Man sues Alabamian for AOL chat room beatdown

Friday, January 13th, 2006

Mike Marlowe fully admits that he sometimes gave George Gillespie a hard time in that AOL chatroom.

“We gave him crap,” said Marlowe, a 33-year-old welder in Fayette, Ala. “I’m not going to deny it. I teased him and he teased me back. He gave it back better than he ever got it.”

Ohio resident George Gillespie instead filed a $25,000 lawsuit against two erstwhile cyber chums.

Gillespie, 53, claims that Marlowe and Bob Charpentier, a 52-year-old Oregon resident, insulted him and harassed him in the AOL chatroom called “Romance — Older Men” to the point where it inflicted “severe emotional distress and physical injury that is of a nature no reasonable man could be expected to endure it.”

he complaint states that Marlowe actually drove from Alabama to Ohio to photograph the plaintiff’s home, which he then posted on the Web. He also allegedly went to the courthouse in Medina to dig up personal dirt on Gillespie, which he then also disseminated over the Internet.

But Marlowe said he works 60 hours a week at an autobody shop and laughed at the notion that he would drive from Alabama to Ohio to take pictures of Gillespie’s house.

“I have never been to Ohio and I have absolutely no desire to go to Ohio,” Marlowe said. “There is nothing there — the Cincinnati Bengals are there, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame maybe, and that’s about it.”

Full story on CourtTV.com

Mike Royer’s Blog

Thursday, January 12th, 2006

Mike Royer is the lead anchor for the Birmingham NBC affiliate. Not only is the hair out of control, but the his writing is out of control.

Here in the newsroom we’ve all enjoyed watching with great anticipation the pregnancy of my friend and co-anchor Elizabeth Artz. Liz is an obviously beautiful woman, but she’s even more beautiful when you get to know her, her sense of humor and her work ethic. She’s probably going to make a lot of money in a big city on down the road, but for now she is on our team, and that is a good thing.

Mike’s occassionally update blog can be found here where he signs off each post with: “See you tonight”

Foot Flush

Thursday, January 12th, 2006


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Woman Suffocates Under House Clutter

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

SHELTON, Wash. — A Washington state woman who was reported missing was later found dead suffocated under a pile of debris in her home, police said.

Officers found the body of Marie Rose, 62, buried under clothes Thursday, reported KIRO-TV in Seattle.

Her husband reported her missing after he couldn’t find her early Thursday morning.

Officers found clothing, dishes and boxes crammed from floor to ceiling in every room of the couple’s house.

In some areas, clothes and debris were piled 6 feet high,” said Police Chief Terry Davenport of the Shelton Police Department. “Officers were having to climb over the top on their hands and knees. In some areas, their heads were touching the ceiling while they were standing on top of piles of debris.”

After 10 hours of searching, officers discovered the woman’s body. Investigators Friday said she was smothered under the clutter.

The woman’s husband told KIRO-TV that she had health problems and may have been looking for the phone when she died.

Hand grenade oil lamps

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

“a new take on “mood lighting” from designer piet houtenbos. these clever refillable hand grenade oil lamps are made from actual US army surplus grenades and gilded in either gold or silver, or left with their natural finish. filled with oil, the candle burns for about 24 continuous hours.”

dimensions: 2.25″dia x 3.75″h

natural color: $40
silver or gold: add $20

With a 1-2 week delivery time, order today for Valentine’s.

99-year-old prisoner set to leave prison early

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

The Utah State Prison’s oldest inmate will leave prison in February to serve the rest of his sentence on home confinement.

Bert Jackson, 99, has served three years of a possible 15-year sentence for sexually abusing at least two children. “I don’t want you to die in prison,” Board of Pardons and Parole member Keith Hamilton told Jackson during a Jan. 3 parole hearing.

The Board of Pardons decided Thursday that Jackson will be paroled Feb. 7 to live with his son and daughter-in-law. The parole hearing lasted nearly twice as long as it otherwise would have because Hamilton, speaking in a raised voice, had to repeat nearly all of his questions to the hard-of-hearing Jackson.

“You’re in pretty good health for a 99-year-old man,” Hamilton said. “We don’t want you touching anybody anymore, OK?”

Jackson was sent to prison in November 2002 at age 96 after he pleaded guilty to two counts of child sex abuse stemming from incidents in 1995 and 1996 in Lewiston, Cache County.

Jackson may not leave his son’s home except for a doctor’s visit or for a medical emergency. He will wear an ankle monitor so an Adult Probation and Parole agent can check on him.

You’re too old for being interested in little kids,” Hamilton said. “I’m sorry for what I ever done,” Jackson said.

That apology was the first time Jackson acknowledged his crimes and was listed among the board’s rationale for Jackson’s release. The board also took into account that this was Jackson’s first incarceration, that he has been well-behaved (he sleeps a lot) and that he is 99 years old.

End of the Spear

Tuesday, January 10th, 2006

Mincayani is born into the most violent society ever documented by anthropologists, the Waodani in the eastern rainforest of Ecuador. As he grows he learns what every Waodani understands, he must spear and live or be speared and die. Mincayani’s world changes when he and his family kill five missionaries, Nate Saint, Jim Elliot, Ed McCully, Pete Fleming and Roger Youderian. This incident propels Mincayani’s family group down an extraordinary path that culminates in them not only departing from violence, but also caring for the enemy tribe they had once violently raided.

An interesting part of making the movie is about the plane that you’ll see in the movie. Here’s what the movie website says about it:
“Nate Saint’s airplane became a main character in the movie, just as it was a key part of the missionary’s original plan in Ecuador. His son, Steve Saint, found another PA 14 plane just like the original and fixed it up to use in the film. The only thing missing, however, was the registration numbers that gave the plane its name, the “56 Henry.” Since you can’t just paint someone else’s registration number on your plane, Steve had to contact the FAA and find out who owned that number. Steve called the owner and the person on the other end said, “Are you Nate Saint’s son?”

She knew the story from reading the book Through the Gates of Splendor and she gave him the number to use on the plane. It dawned on her, after owning the book for thirty years, that the number on her plane matched the number of the plane from the book. She knew when Steve called that he was calling about the N number and she gladly gave it to him.”

This movie opens Friday, January 20.

Movie website: http://www.endofthespear.com