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I'm Back Again

Sorry folks but I had a few projects at hand that I had to take care of, but I'm back, I promise.

Just relax, the song is a joke

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You Can't Beat Old "W"

New Posting Monday

Sorry folks it has been a very hectic week and I'll start posting again tomorrow (Monday)

This Song Is How I Feel This Morning

What a night and now I know why I don't party like that anymore. I am finally dusting off the cobwebs in my head. My friend and I did a pub crawl all over the city of Chicago along with about 60 or more listeners from a local radio station. I knew we were going to travel around the city on a double-decker bus but I didn't realize we were going to be on the top part traveling down the expressway. I admit I am paying for it but had a blast and will have more details as I unfreeze and recoup a little bit more today.

Wish Me Luck

I won a pair of tickets and will be on a double-decker bus that will wheel a friend and myself to several bars in Chicago for a St. Patrick's Day pub crawl. I will fill in the details on how everything goes when I recover and Thank God this is on a Saturday.

New Gacy Audio Tapes To Be Released

Enough already! I knew at least one of the monster's victims and I wish they would just let this prick stay dead and not keep on rehashing his BS every couple of years.

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Because I Need One

Don't Even Ask Me Where And Why I'm Playing This Clip

The Goat Bag Pipes - Watch more Funny Videos

No Reason Other Than It's Friday

As The Weather Warms Up That Reminds Me It Is That Wonderful Time Of The Year Again

If You Want A Butt Like Beyonce Don't Use $5 Dollar Plumbers Caulk

Black-market cosmetic surgeries hospitalize six N.J. women

By Rohan Mascarenhas/The Star-Ledger

March 07, 2010, 9:46PM

NEWARK -- Six women from the Essex County area who wanted fuller bottoms ended up in hospitals after receiving buttocks-enhancement injections containing the same material contractors use to caulk bathtubs, officials said.

The women checked into hospitals in the county after their procedures, apparently administered by unlicensed providers, went horribly wrong, state health officials said. The women underwent surgery and were given antibiotics. No arrests have been made.

Different from medical-grade silicone, the substance used in the botched procedures was believed to be a diluted version of nonmedical-grade silicone.

"The same stuff you use to put caulk around the bathtub," said Steven M. Marcus, executive and medical director of the New Jersey Poison Information and Education System, who learned about the bizarre procedures through a committee he sits on that monitors outbreaks in the metropolitan area.

"What a tragedy," said Gregory Borah, chief of plastic surgery at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.

Using over-the-counter silicone can cause abscesses that he said resemble "a big zit."

Borah, also president of the New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons, said the botched procedures underscore the need for patients who seek augmentation to have it administered by a licensed professional in a sterile setting.

A plastic surgeon doing buttocks augmentation would make an incision to develop a pocket underneath the muscle and shape the buttocks with inert medical-grade silicone, Borah said. He noted it is a relatively uncommon procedure in most practices and that he has done only two in his 24-year career.

By the time he tells patients of the potential risks — from anesthesia, scarring and silicone shifting when patients sit down — they often change their minds.

Breast and cheek augmentations are the most common procedures, he noted. Borah said buttock augmentation is more popular in some cultures than others.

The state Department of Health and Senior Services did not identify the women or release any details about their ethnicity. It also did not say where the "unlicensed medical provider or providers" performed their procedures.

"Fortunately, these women are being treated and are recovering," said Tina Tan, the state epidemiologist. "But there is the potential for more serious complications if these infections are not treated early and properly."

Investigators have not determined if the six cases, which began to be reported in mid-February, are related, but they have stoked concern among officials that such injuries are more common than previously thought.

Health officials issued an alert to state hospitals and doctors about the cases and the potential for more victims.

Marcus said there have been other incidents over the past couple years of providers providing implants of nonmedical-grade silicone, then getting put out of business — only for other shady providers to surface.

"Caveat emptor: Buyer beware," Marcus said. "If it looks too cheap, there’s probably a reason it’s too cheap."

By Rohan Mascarenhas and Mike Frassinelli/The Star-Ledger

Confessions Of The Youngest

When I was young I wanted to fit in. I remember I was the youngest in my family and I had to work harder to be heard. Don't get me wrong, with the kids my age I was cool and funny but in my family I was the dork, the ball and chain that everyone had to drag with them.

I am much older now and still even at this time I can get along with just about anyone as long as it is not my immediate family.I am not going to get into the what, where, when and why.

I now look at things as my childhood again and this time the internet is like my family. The internet whether it be blogs, myspace, facebook, twitter, etc., it doesn't matter.

What I do know is I can't please everyone, but if I can just reach one or two, then I can live with that.

New Blackhawks Commercial

The following commercial will debut later today during the Blackhawks game against the Red Wings. I have to admit they have a great marketing department because the earlier part of the commercial reminds me about myself as a kid.

Thin Lizzy Live Album Tops Poll - Spinner

Thin Lizzy Live Album Tops Poll - Spinner

I was glad to hear Thin Lizzy was named as the best live album by Spinner magazine. They were never really appreciated in the states and were one of my favorite bands growing up. I can't believe it has been 24 years since Phil Lynott has passed away at such a young age, fantastic talent.

Five, Five, Five Dollar Foot Longs, Now Wash You Damn Hands

Lombard Subway shop shut in food poisoning probe



A Subway restaurant in Lombard has been closed by the DuPage County Health Department after several customers contracted gastrointestinal illnesses, officials said Thursday.

Health Department officials said in a statement that eight cases of shigellosis, an infectious disease caused by a bacterium called shigella, have been confirmed. Four people were hospitalized, according to the statement.

The Health Department said the restaurant at 1009 E. Roosevelt Road has been closed pending additional results of an investigation. Owners of the restaurant and representatives of Subway's corporate offices were cooperating with health officials, according to the statement.

Health officials said most people infected with the bacterium develop a gastrointestinal illness, including diarrhea, vomiting, fever and stomach cramps one to two days after being exposed to it.

Illness can pass from one infected person to the next and can also be acquired from eating contaminated food.

Maryann O'Neill, principal of nearby Montini Catholic High School in Lombard, said two students called in sick Wednesday with what she said was diagnosed as food poisoning, and it was her understanding they had eaten at Subway. One of the students was taken to a hospital emergency room.

"It is scary," said O'Neill, noting that the Subway sandwich shop is one of several restaurants in the area that students go to after school and practices.

The infection can be stopped by carefully washing hands with soap and water. Those with shigellosis should not prepare foods and beverages to be consumed by others, officials said.

Freelancer Victoria Pierce contributed.

Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune

Snow White 15 Years Later

I came across this old skit from "The Carol Burnett" show and have to say this is still timeless.

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Boy, I Wish I Was A Lucky Monkey

John Lennon Doing A Car Commercial?

I guess Yoko needs the money or needs to get her name back in the news. I guess I am glad John is dead because I'm pretty sure he wouldn't want to be tied to automobile commercials.

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SNL Reunion

Funny or Die's Presidential Reunion from Will Ferrell

I snagged this clip from the Sun Times..

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Farrakhan slams 'white right' in Saviour's Day speech :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Religion

Farrakhan slams 'white right' in Saviour's Day speech :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Religion

Double Standard? Where are you Jesse? Where are you Al Sharpton?

I am here waiting for the outrage for what Farrakhan says and yet nothing.

This man can come out and say what he wants and nobody is going to come out and publicly criticize him for his comments.

I guess it is a double standard after-all.

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Crazy Canadians

The Olympics are over with and during the closing ceremonies the crazy Canucks brought out these giant inflatable beavers. I think I am probably going to have nightmares for the next week about giant beavers attacking me in my sleep.