Sinful treat descending upon the world. Get ready...

In North Carolina, two of the state's favorite treats have joined forces. Krispy Kreme and Cheerwine. Oh yes. Evil never tasted so good.

Krispy Kreme makes doughnuts so good that office workers know not to ask "Is this low fat?" Cheerwine is the best cherry soda you'll ever have. I heard stories of people coming to NC just to load up on it and take it back up north. Put the two together and the world is in danger. *cue apocalypse style clips of people running for their lives and a woman screaming.* But only for one month.

Imagine a glazed doughnut with chocolate icing on top, red and white and black sprinkles on top of that and in the center, you have Cheerwine flavored icing packed in there. This is evil, people!

*Cue the '50s bad guy music.* Feeding more than one to your child could be considered bad parenting. Even after one, you may find your child to be uncontrollable. You may hear this doughnut call to you in the night. Do Not Answer! Never mind that Krispy Kreme doughnuts can be bought at your local Harris Teeter. Some Krispy Kreme stores are open 24 hours. Those who are not in perfect health should consult a doctor before consumption and a priest afterward. Or vice versa.

I dare ya to eat one. No.. two! I dare ya to eat two! Do you have what it takes to handle the Krispy Kreme Cheerwine doughnut!? It's coming... And it'll be waiting at a grocery store near you. *Evil bad guy laugh and fade to black.*

Please eat responsibly.

*image from news-record.com

Krispy Kreme and Cheerwine doughnut

Be nice to your waiter... and the cook.

On MSN.com there is an interesting piece on 10 things your waiter won't tell you. My first thought was everything that came up in a movie called "Waiting..."(highly recommend renting it before dinner at a restaurant)

To my surpise, they took understanding approach. One thing missing from these are the cook's point of view. So since I used to be one a long time ago, I figure that some of my confessions are still valid.

1. By law, we can't give it to you raw. That means give up on trying to get the steak unrealistically rare.

2. If you want to complain, ask to speak to a manager. Remember that we have knives. We're probably chopping something and we are used to each other's voices and if you start yelling, it could be dangerous if we look up and continue chopping.

3. We appreciate tips too. Making a couple dollars an hour over minimum wage doesn't exactly make us high rollers. Tips aren't required, but greatly appreciated.

4. I'm not going to tell you what is in the sauce. Not because it's a company secret or we put something illegal in there. If I do, you'll realize you can make the exact same recipe at home for cheap and you'd never come back.

5. If it's 10 minutes before closing, we're closed. Clean up has already started and things are being moved back to the walk-in fridge. We would love to feed you... tomorrow. Waiters are probably happy to get that last tip and the manager is happy to get the last sale.

6. It's ok to mix and match some things on the menu. We've probably thought of it, also. Unfortunately, our jobs are a little less creative than you see on TV. On a medium or slow night, please switch it up. Most crazy requests need to be cleared through a manager first. If you are a party of 18 or more... just stick to the menu.

7. If you ask for something and your waiter or waitress comes back with it and in a foul mood, we probably did something. In the middle of a lunch or dinner rush, servers may ask for an extra cup of something. Most likely salad dressing or what not. I'm in the middle of preparing dishes and sometimes their request gets moved to the side. This requires them to wait and during a rush, a manager doesn't like to see servers standing around doing nothing. So they probably got yelled at. And it was our fault. And we laughed at their misfortune.

8. Don't ask the chef "What would you consider healthy on the menu and how many calories are in that?" In the words of Paula Dean, I'm not your doctor. I'm your cook.

9. Never ask to be surprised. I left before the guys tested the deep fried garden salad theory. I heard that the Buffalo Wing-Style Salmon was OK, though.

10. We probably didn't make the deserts, but we'll happily take credit for them if you are giving out compliments. Cakes, brownies and pastries are usually prepackaged. If it comes to you hot, it probably just left a wrapper and microwave.

10 Things Your Server Won't Tell You

Cruise's 'Knight and Day' comes in 3rd. Is it the couch's fault?

Tom Cruise's newest action film, Knight and Day, took 3rd place in the box office figures this week. Toy Story 3 and Grown Ups held the top 2 spots. How can Cruise lose? Easy. Let's blame the Oprah couch jumping incident or calling Matt Lauer "Glib."

How many years ago was that whole thing? And how many people knew what the word "glib" meant until he said it? Let's move on, shall we?

I know why it didn't do too well at the box office... Because it's a spy comedy. He has one and Ashton Kutcher has one out at the same time. I can't tell the two apart. The tall(relative as the case may be) dark and handsome spy paired up with the attractive blonde. Hmm, nope. Never heard that story before.

Hey, let's put a twist on the story so it's like the wife doesn't know what the husband does? Nope. True Lies with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis. That also seems to be the plot of the Kutcher film too.

Well how about if they both know whats going on? Nada. Mr. and Mrs. Smith with Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. Also, dare I say, Austin Powers? (raises pinky finger up to lips and does an evil laugh)

We've spied ourselves out and it may take a new twist on an old tale to make it interesting. I'm not sure which actor could've put it in first place.

We haven't seen the last of the Tom Cruise hits. But that doesn't mean I want a Top Gun remake either.

Conquer the Vote: Shiragirl's "Stomp It Out!"

Conquer Entertainment has stepped up to help the fight against breast cancer by holding the Babes Burnin' Rubber Concert at The New Jersey Motorsports park. Far be it from the Conquer Artist to offer support by just donating a portion of their songs, they've also written music about the fight against breast cancer.




Conquer the vote! Pick the song you feel is the best.

Shiragirl (Listen to "Stomp It Out!" here.)


At first listen, Shiragirl comes off as in-your-face, fearless, true to her art. Shira is all those things…what do you expect from a protégé of Tim Armstrong, Joan Jett and other punk rock legends? Yet Shira is smart…and her honest, hard-hitting brand of music is only one of the many layers to Shira. Shiragirl has shared a stage with Rancid, Joan Jett, Paramore and Taylor Dayne…among many others. Shira sees something she wants and doesn’t hesitate to go after it!

“I'm so grateful to be a part of this event and have this opportunity help raise awareness for breast cancer. I have seen too many women affected by this devastating disease. We were thrilled to record our song 'Stomp It Out' and bring a positive, uplifting vibe to the campaign. It's such an important cause and its great that Conquer Entertainment is getting involved.” Shiragirl

A recent press release in LA announced: All-female rockers and Warped Tour darlings Shiragirl have pushed back their debut album Scream! Spit! Sing! (Conquer Entertainment) to August 6, 2010. According to Shira, “We are so excited for this record to finally see the light of day! The last few songs we recorded for the album are really reflective of Shiragirl's past, present and future. Shiragirl is evolving musically and Scream! Spit! Sing! is paving the way. We are pioneering the genre of ‘punk-hop.’ We come from a punk rock background but we've always had other influences such as hip-hop, pop, and even folk and metal. It's one big musical collage, like a rock and roll mix tape.”

“Stomp It Out!” is evidence of Shira’s burning commitment to the cause and testimony to her courageous, passionate style!!

Conquer the vote! Pick the song you feel is the best.

See www.conquerentertainment.com for music, bios and more from each artist and others.

Conquer the Vote: King Charlton's "My Story"

Conquer Entertainment has stepped up to help the fight against breast cancer by holding the Babes Burnin' Rubber Concert at The New Jersey Motorsports park. Far be it from the Conquer Artist to offer support by just donating a portion of their songs, they've also written music about the fight against breast cancer.




Conquer the vote! Pick the song you feel is the best.

King Charlton (Listen to "My Story" here.)

Meet King Charlton, artist and producer, born and raised in Queens N.Y. with a strong back ground stemming from Flankers Jamaica. Growing up half Jamaican and American, musically he absorbed the best of both worlds. With deep roots in the Hip-Hop and Reggae culture, King Charlton instinctually fused the two passions to create his own sound and following, which is far from a carbon copy!

Alongside influencial hip-hop producer, Develop, and King Charlton's mentor, Tony"CD" Kelly (who has worked with artists such as Sean Paul and Beenie Man), King Charlton is a double edged sword bringing a young, fierce, and melodic vibe to the world. Telling stories of real life situations and lessons learned of a troubled up-bringing, King Charlton is the voice.

“Two of the most important people in my life fought the battle against cancer. My mother , Delcora Tracy died from cancer and my son, Khaalib lost his leg to cancer at the age of six. I witnessed the pain and wiped the tears. This one is for them.” King Charlton “My Story” is another of King Charlton’s “real life situation” songs that was written straight from his heart in honor and loving memory of his Mom and his son. Charlton’s vow to turn his life around and stunning message that ‘it’s never too late’ are expressed in “My Story” and should be an inspiration to others who find themselves struggling as he did.

Conquer the vote! Pick the song you feel is the best.

See www.conquerentertainment.com for music, bios and more from each artist and others.

Conquer the Vote: Justina's "As One"

Conquer Entertainment has stepped up to help the fight against breast cancer by holding the Babes Burnin' Rubber Concert at The New Jersey Motorsports park. Far be it from the Conquer Artist to offer support by just donating a portion of their songs, they've also written music about the fight against breast cancer.




Conquer the vote! Pick the song you feel is the best.

JUSTINA (Listen to "As One" here.)

What do you get when you mix the ingenuity and trendsetting of Madonna, the funk of Missy Elliot, the attitude of Pink, the soul of Lauren Hill, the new new of M.I.A. and the sexy tomboy image of Joan Jett? Well, you get a great start to describing Justina. She is different from anything and everything that is out. She is the modern day solution for the same old, ‘cookie-cutter’, pop artist. When something this unique comes along, one of two things happen. Either people respond right away, or they are scared to embrace something they are not accustomed to until everyone else 'gets it'.

Justina is also a writer. When the principals of Conquer Entertainment and the committee for the Babes Burnin’ Rubber to fight Breast Cancer put out a request for an original song to be used for the event’s campaign song, Justina met the challenge with passion and a true desire to support the cause and sent us “As One”. “Both my grandmother and great grandmother passed from cancer. I lost my great gram to breast cancer so this is a cause that really hits home for me. I want to honor their memory and the memory of all those who have passed on, struggle currently with the ailment, or have a loved one whom they support in the fight against every form of cancer. This is dedicated to all…that we might fight “As One”…Justina

Justina will be appearing in upcoming and newly released movies such as 'The Perfect Age of Rock n Roll', 'Cadillac Records', and 'Step Up 3D'. She also played Dave Navarro's personal assistant, Chloe, on the IFC Network's new series, 'Z Rock'. Currently, Justina is in the lab with super producer, Shy Boogs, working on her upcoming album, 'Route 46'. When asked why 'Route 46', Justina says that it is a major highway that runs through Jersey and a lot of mischief, memories, and mayhem have taken place up, down, and around that highway. Most recently, Justina was chosen as radio personality on the “Jersey Live” Morning Show on 97.5FM New Jersey, from 7am until 10am weekdays! Tune in on your computer and listen for Justina’s promo for the Babes Burnin’ Rubber Event and Concert at www.myeliteradio.com!

Conquer the vote! Pick the song you feel is the best.

See www.conquerentertainment.com for music, bios and more from each artist and others.

Bambi's mom gives'em the ol' one two.

The Cranbrook Deer video has gone viral and, no doubt, people are taking sides.

In the video, it shows a fawn curled up getting a good sniffing by a neighborhood cat. Cue big mama deer. If a deer can give someone the evil eye, I'm pretty sure the cat got it. The dog down the street got the worst of it when the deer laid into it. Later on, curiousity nearly killed the cat too.

From comments I've read, people want something done about the urban deer herd. I haven't seen a comment as to why the dog was allowed to roam the streets or why the cat was out.

I won't sit here and act like I'm holier than thou and say something like "Well I would've ran out there banging a pot and pan to try to save the dog from that whoopin'." The truth is I probably would've done everything these people did, but with one extra classic male phrase "That was cool." I'm siding with Bambi's Mom on this fight.

Cranbrook Deer Video

Court to rule if cheerleading is a sport.

That question has been posed for as long as I can remember. "Is cheerleading a sport?" Add ons to that would be "Well if cheerleading is a sport, then so is chess." Needless to say the insults could go on and on.

But this case has an almost Catch-22 essence around it. Quinnipiac University in Conneticut believes it's still in compliance with Title IX by dropping its women's volleyball team because competitive cheerleading is a sport and thus there is still the required equality between the genders in sports at the school.

Of course members of the volleyball team aren't happy about it and have filed a lawsuit. Now, I'm sure the lawsuit was filed to keep the team going, but in the world that is sensationalistic media, there is very little grey area. If you file a lawsuit against someone, it's generally assumed that you are against whatever the defendant is doing. In this case that would come down to female volleyball players questioning if cheerleaders are worthy of being considered as athletes.

On the surface, I think this case can be settled quickly with a couple of things. Let's do it Jeff Foxworthy style. You might be playing a sport if....

You might be playing a sport if...

1. You've worn something twice without washing it because you believe it's good luck.

2. Good Sportmanship is the last thing on your mind after suffering a loss in front of people you don't know.

3. You can no longer associate conditioning with shampoo.

4. You already know what's wrong with you before a trainer can diagnose it.

5. You know the difference between being hurt and injured.

6. You've ever gone to a drive-thru and asked for a water with no ice, but the ice in a plastic bag

7. You get dressed as fast a possible after practice before the coach figures out he forgot to talk about something.

8. Whether you believe in God or not, you know The Lord's Prayer.

9. Something is getting tape. Ankles, knees, fingers, wrists, forearms, elbows... Something is getting taped up.

10. Years later you hear a whistle blow and have a minor flashback of the worst day of practice.

11. You could win a championship tournament and get into a wreck that same night and it still wouldn't wipe the smile off your face.

If any or all of these have happened to you... You played a sport. Court adjourned.

Is Cheerleading A Sport?

*image by myfoxphilly.com

ma My World TV Tidbits

1. Fans of NCIS can rest easy knowing that all of the actors have signed deals to stay on the show. What ever would we do without Gibbs, Director Vance, Abby, Ziva and the rest of the gang?

2. HBO renews True Blood for a 4th season. I wondered when they were going to get into a werewolf plot. Season 3 is doing it quite nicely. Let's see here... Season 1 was vampires vs vampires. Season 2 was vampires vs religious cults and demons. Season 3 is dealing with werewolves. Any preditions for season 4? Zombies? Mummies?

3. International pop star, Charice, is joing the cast of Glee as an exchange student. Since I don't watch the show, I can't provide any attempt at witty commentarya about the subject.

4. American Idol is lowering it's minimum age to 15. With downward spiral in the raitings, the younger they get them, the better. I think. At some point it will be completely open and you'll see a larger flood of stage parents like David Archuletta's dad. Did anyone watch America's Funniest Home Videos? Did anyone else notice that the only ones who ever seemed to win the $100k grand prize were baby or toddler videos? I'm betting American Idol may become something like that.

More stories on Entertainment Weekly

*photo by Eric McCandless/CBS

Spain's goalkeeper becomes example of a workplace no-no

Spain loses 1-0 against Switzerland! Since Spain was favored to win, who is to blame? Let's not blame all the other guys on Spain's team for not scoring a goal. Let's blame Spain's goalie, Iker Casilllas! Yeah, that's it! It's the goalie's fault. And who better to give him a public chastising, on international TV, than his journalist girlfriend, Sara Carbonero!

According to angry fans, she also happened to be reporting from the sidelines close to Casillas when the crucial score happened. Poor guy. No matter which way you look at it, the loss will be blamed on him. "Did your girlfriend distract you or are you a terrible goalie?" In some form, that's is the question he'll have over his head.

Dating in the workplace may be ok for some, but they aren't playing in the World Cup.

Girlfriend berates losing Spanish goalie

Grilling tips for the weekend and add bacon for Father's Day.

Being that it's almost father's day and here in the Triad of North Carolina, it'll be sunshine all weekend... Time to light up the grill!

I think we all know the classic laws: scrub the grill, wait til the charcoal is hot, etc.

One thing I didn't know was soaking rosemary and throwing it in the bottom of the grill. Same thing with mesquite or hickory wood chips except you soak those in beer.

CNN grilling tips

And of course, where would man be without BACON! On MSN.com they have 21 recipes for bacon dishes. Bacon 21 ways.

You can buy dad a drill, a tie or let him watch sports all day. But make sure the man gets something to eat! And I'm sure he won't mind if you start with a Bacon Omelette Roulade with salsa on Saturday morning.

*image from CNN.com

Tiger's stripes may become lucky again

Tiger Woods is not the father of Devon James's child! That brings the score to Alleged Mistresses 13, Tiger 1. Finally some good news for Woods. Before folks start jumping on the "He still cheated so he's guilty of everything we accuse him of" bandwagon... The first DNA test was done back in 2002 according to a TMZ source. Was the first one on Woods or another man? Who knows.

What is important is it seems that all the "alleged mistresses" who are to be paid off have been paid off and Woods can spend the rest of his money repairing his reputation, giving it to alimony, child support and lawyers.

I would say that not being the father of a porn star's child is the first step on a long climb back to the top. Hopefully Gatorade will hand him a few bottles because this will be an endurance sport.

Tiger Woods... You are NOT the father!

Lil' Wayne uses jail phone priveliges for Drake's rap

Isn't using your jail phone time to do raps illegal? I guess not. Lil' Wayne just threw together a rap for a song on Drake's album called "Light up."

The song follows the classic rap music concept: let's party, let's smoke, let's drink, I'm better than you, I did this before you did, don't trust women and I need to say all of this before I get shot.

It features Jay-Z on the second verse and fades out to Lil' Wayne's rapping over the phone. The sound is flat, a little tinny and filled with pops from speaking so close to the receiver. Is this a gimmick to keep Lil' Wayne in our heads while he's locked up? Maybe. But he seems to be on every other song I hear on the radio. Will they actually use Wayne's jailhouse rock,er, rap on the track? I don't see why not. Everything that Drake, Jay-Z and Lil' Wayne touch seems to make a million or more so why not throw them all on the same track.

The one thing I'm curious about is if prisoners make pennies on the dollar, what is Rikers Island's cut?

"Light Up"

*Image from ew.com. Image Credit: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images; Jonathan Mannion

Prescription for annoying horns at World Cup is more cowbell!

If you have watched any of the World Cup, you've probably heard vuvuzela horns more than times than you can stand. Some believe the horns can hasten hearing loss. It's gotten so bad that the horns may be banned from the stadium.

According to a Fox Sports, The captain for the French team blames vuvuzelas for his team's poor performance.

During the Winter Olympics, the cowbell was used ad nauseam. But there was something about it that was ok. Maybe because it's not as loud as vuvuzelas? Maybe because people seemed to use them during the skiing and bobsledding. Maybe because it actually requires energy to shake it and people do get tired and stop.

Why not try more cowbell at the World Cup? At least you can create a rhythm with it if you wanted to. I haven't heard anything remotely considered to be music come out of those vuvuzelas.

In the Fox Sports story, World Cup organizing committee head, Danny Jordaan would like to hear the crowd sing and chant more like they used to. Sounds good to me. It's not gonna happen any time soon.

Since birth, we have found a way to make noise out of anything. One of our earliest abuses was probably a kazoo. Replace that with what looks to be a 3 foot plastic horn and you are bound to blow it at least once. And if everyone else is doing... Why not join in? Since we can't stop the noise, let's try to steer it in a more sonically pleasing direction. Sing! Chant! More cowbell!

(The Saturday Night Live Skit for More Cowbell)

*picture from MSN.com

BK Ribs better than expected. Get'em while supplies last

Ribs at Burger King? Eh, everyone needs a gimic. Well it looks like this gimmic is working and BK has sold over 10 million of these bad boys. Their supply is set to run out in a month.

Really? Ribs? Hey, whatever happened to the McRib at McDonalds? I don't know. Bring that back, would ya?

Word of mouth has to be the best advertising because now I'm really curious to see how good they are.

Hope they aren't sold out by the time I get there.

Product fetching a nice penny for Burger King

A sad day for benchwarmers

After a NCAA study on the possible violations by USC's football team, they have been banned from bowl games for two years and forfeit the national title. A group is looking into snatching Reggie Bush's Heismann trophy away from him.

If I was on another team, I'd probably high five an old classmate and say something to the effect of "That's what they get!" But I used to play football. I wasn't a starter until my senior year and there is something absolutely demoralizing about busting your butt all week at practice just to sit on the bench come game day. And you don't even get to sit on the bench! It's embarrasing. It's worse if your parents are there.

I can't imagine what this news felt like for the guy or guys on the team who gave it all they had, but still weren't good enough to get more than a few minutes playing time when the coach was bored and TV stations wer on commercial breaks. What about the guy who tore tendons, pulled muscles and practically sacrificed his body for the team; but didn't end up with multi-million dollar contracts while dating A-listers? That poor guy may have gotten laid off during the recession. He may go home look at his wall of championship memories and draw inspiration from it. Do you really want to tell that guy that his years on the team were wasted, stricken from the record and never existed?

Sure, Bush can say, "Oh well, I'll accept whatever they throw at us." He's rich! I'm saying don't take it away from the guy that tells the best story about the little time he played and the story gets more elaborate every year. Let that man keep his story and his dignity. Please, NCAA? I think I might be that man one day.

Here is my story and I'm stickin' to it. Next year, it'll sound even better.

Stop me if you've heard this one before... So we were playing our rivals, right? And they almost didn't have the game because of wind and rain.. No wait, it was a hurricane. Yeah, that's it. So we were playing in a hurricane. And it rained for days before the game... The score was tied and we were going for the field goal. All you could hear was rain drops, the wind howling and the sound of a solitary bass drum counting the seconds on the clock. Boom.... Boom.... Boom...

I could smell the stench and hot breath on the guy lined up in front of me. Nose to nose. The QB yells 'Hike!' and the kicker lays into that ball with everything he has, but they broke through our line and blocked the ball. Before it hit the ground, I grabbed it and ran around the pile of bodies grunting and growling. They were clawing at the ground like rabid animals trying to grab ahold of my cleats. One tackle missed. Two tackles missed. The rain was practically blinding me. I could only navigate my way to the inzone by scoreboard lights and the sound of the crowd out of my right ear.

I felt a guy breathing down my neck. Someone had missed their tackle! So I'm telling myself. '4 yards... 3 yards... 2 yards...' and then I lept into the air just as the guy was diving underneath me. I landed on him and hydroplaned into the inzone like a slip n' slide. What can I say? I just had that instinct, you know? Well with no time left on the clock, that was the game. I felt like a champ. And the hottest girl in school came up and laid one on me. I took her to homecoming and the rest is history.

The truth:

It did rain pretty bad. That was a crucial kick. The kicker hit me in the butt with the ball and the QB dove on it to prevent the other team from scoring on us again. We lost that game by 8 or 12 points. I did take the prettiest girl in school to homecoming, but I asked her the third day of classes. She's now married to some guy and works as a used car salesperson in Spain.

*USC sanctioned story

Summer foods and drinks: Pico de Gallo

On Delish.com, I've been reading about summer recipies and they have one for Pico de Gallo. Pico de Gallo is a fresh salsa that may make you think twice about buying the prepackaged salsas. You can find the recipe here.

For those wanting some more "bite" to it, replace red onion with white, yellow onions and chop a little fresh or pickled jalapenos and add them to the mix. (fresh is hotter than the pickled) It can go on or with almost anything. I've personally had this in an omlete in the morning with some cheddar cheese. It goes great with chips during a game and I loved it on salmon steaks with a pat of garlic butter and spicy remoulade which you can find at your local grocer or make yourself.

According to the website, the calorie count is 11 calories per serving. 1 cup is a serving. The food pyriamid says 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day and the world cup is this weekend. Replace your french onion dip with this and eat healthier. I bet there won't be any complaints.

*photo by Ken Burris/delish.com

Thanks to Jersey Shore, no one is safe.

The people behind Jersey Shore on MTV are now going after the south by casting 12, most likely stereotypical, country folks. So I'm assuming we'll see big hair, tattoos, smoking, confederate flags, various cheap beers, bare feet and t'bacca spittin'.

The tagline on the promotional poster is "Holler if you're blue collar."

What I'm more interested in is how many advertisers will pull out this time. Popeye's, Bojangles, any iced tea company commercial...

The best we can hope for is that it does about as well as "That 80's Show" did when it tried to play off the success of its predecessor.

The next 'Jersey Shore' -- Rednecks Wanted

*picture by TMZ

Is there a Ref/Umpire's day? I think they need one.

My first good memory of dealing with a referee was in high school football. I was tackled for no reason at all. The ball wasn't near me. I was too slow to make it to the ball carrier and I was not going to be useful to the play. Out of nowhere I was flattened by a guy as big as I was running at top speed. The play was legal. Needless to say I got revenge on the next play when the roles were reversed and I sent him into the ground hitting him from behind. It was wrong. It was illogical in the grand scheme of the play, but it was legal too... kinda. My intent was nothing short of a criminal act if done off the field. All I heard the ref say was "Watch yourself, 78." I said "Yes, sir" and went on about my business. Thanks for letting me get revenge, ref.

Now when I heard that the MLB Umpire Jim Joyce screwed up a call that would've given Armando Gallaraga a perfect game, I wanted to be angry. It wasn't 4 seconds after I heard it that the newscaster explained that he apologized. Say What? An umpire admitting he was wrong? No mass amount of death threat mail? No calls from whatever organization calling for him to step down? No mistress scandals? No bribery or extortion attempts? You mean to tell me this was an honest mistake? I was starting to believe it didn't exist anymore. I was actually angry that there wasn't a scandal.

Let's all stop for a second and think when was the last time someone made a mistake and took ownership for it without blaming their childhood, drinking, drug addiction, sex addiction or just plain denying it ever happened. I applaud this Ump. I would be proud to have him official my kid's baseball game... as long as I have multiple cameras for instant replay should this situation arise again.

Cheers, Jim Joyce. I'll raise my koozie to you. An official who had the wherewithal to man up and admit when he was wrong. Thus inspiring armchair umpires with the belief that we can do your job until something like this comes along and then we're happy it's you and not us.

Umpire speaks out

*picture by Today/MSNBC

I love fridays at the movies...

Looking around the different entertainment sites has proved to be a treasure trove today. I don't know where to start. I figure it's best to do a rundown so here we go.

1. Which Shrek movie is this? I've lost count. All I know is that it's in 3D and it has beaten a few of the newer movies out there. I think it may be worth watching. For those of us who do not have kids, school is or is almost out. Fair warning. Go see it now or wait for Redbox.

2. Roger Ebert gives "Get Him to the Greek" 3 stars. I stopped listening to "Renowned movie critics" because either they don't seem to like anything I do or are paid to hate everything they watch it seems. But if Ebert gave it 3 stars, it either must be good or they've started serving rum and cokes with popcorn at the concessions area.

3. Splice... I guess this is where I get to be the grumpy old movie critic. I haven't seen anything on it except for the commercials and haven't paid those much attention either, but I'm assuming this is Aliens and Species 10 years later or something. One interesting bit of controversy is an apparent love scene between the creature and a human. US studios didn't want it. French studios welcomed it.

4. Miley Cyrus mimicks kissing a female dancer on stage. So? Brittany, Christina and Madonna... when she beats that, get back to me.

5. Captain America and Thor costume concept art has been leaked to the web. I'm sure Marvel Studios isn't happy, but comic book enthusiasts needed some bait to keep us talking about it since we won't see either movie for a year or so. And even that was enough. People are bickering about the uniforms and some wonder why Thor doesn't have a helmet. My thought is, if Thor has hair down to his shoulders, why would he want helmet hair?

*All stories can be found at Entertainment Weekly

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Kanye lets it fly and 'SNL' gets hit on new single

After Kanye West hijacked Taylor Swift's acceptance speech with his own declaration of Beyonce's superiority, he became the butt of jokes for anyone with a picture and something funny to say like immaletyoufinish.com.

Taylor Swift even jumped in on it during her hosting of Saturday Night Live. It appears while West did apologize for his actions, he was brooding... about as much as one can brood in Hawaii. And of course, no matter how secluded an artist keeps their music, something is usually leaked to the internet. This song is called "Power."

It has a great beat with all the Kanye West classics including sampling, piano, a little vintage sound from a synthesizer and no auto-tune this time. It also features Dwele. Kanye talks about how "No one man should have all that power." It goes from there to a jab at SNL and then on to letting everything go and jumping out the window. The beat keeps you but around the 3rd or 4th listen, you pay attention to the lyrics more. Destined for radio? I believe so. I'd listen to it again.

Kanye, thanks for doing irrational things that made us laugh. Glad to have you back.

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'The Hobbit' takes on new direction

Guillermo Del Toro has decided to drop out of directing "The Hobbit" due to other long term project commitments. He was only supposed to be in New Zealand for 3 years, but it looks like it'll become 6 years.

The good news is he's spent most of his time setting up the whole essence of Middle Earth so the next director won't have to do too much envisioning.

I would like to make the argument that 6 years in New Zealand doesn't sound like a waste of time. But then again, I'm not a big time movie director either. If you were stuck somewhere for 6 years to direct a couple movies, where would you want to be?

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