Thursday Tidbits

It wasn't that long ago that tv stations had local programming that was worth watching. As a kid I had Fritz the Nite Owl in Columbus and Superhost and Big Chuck on Cleveland TV. Fritz the Nite Owl and Superhost left the airwaves a long time ago and now Big Chuck hangs it up too. The Cleveland Plain Dealer has a nice article today: http://www.cleveland.com/tv/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/118241489436950.xml&coll=2

Here's a related article on the folks that helped Big Chuck stay on the air for so long:http://www.cleveland.com/tv/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/118241524836950.xml&coll=2

The Old Man of Metal has made his presence known and tipped me off to a story in todays Columbus Dispatch on the best rock n' roll band in the world, American Dog. Read this article and then make plans to go see them IMMEDIATELY. http://dispatch.com/dispatch/content/life/stories/2007/06/21/1A_AMERICANDOG.ART_ART_06-21-07_D1_3Q72GAA.html

File this under things that make you go puke.....So disturbing it has to be true. TMZ.com is reporting that Liza Loves Chachi...Yep, Scott Baio once got it on with Liza. For putting that disturbing visual in my head both should be blindfolded and put in front of a firing squad.

Bloomberg for President...he actually doesn't sound as bad as most of the other candidates. If he supports American Dog I'm behind him:http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/21/the-headliner-takes-the-stage-but-it-proves-anticlimactic/

With the war in Iraq continuing be a lost cause, Bush turns to his war on science:http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/21/washington/21stem.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1182444598-UjF1MOaJ66TMsa0N2UGIBg

UC Riverside has more geeks in its library than any other university in the country: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-scifi21jun21,0,6121281.story?coll=la-home-center

Law&Order SUV behind a crime? http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-070620vaughn,1,482784.story?coll=chi-news-hed