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By Evan ~ January 26th, 2008. Filed under: concerts, daily life, world news.
• Someone who is as obsessed, if not more obsessed with soda pop than I am compiled a list of the top ten discontinued sodas. He or she must be older than I am, since I don’t recall products like Coke II, Hubba Bubba, or well…just about anything on that list other than Crystal Pepsi, Slice and the Orbitz drink. If I had a chance to make a list, it would have to include things like the original Jolt Cola (before they got all gay and changed into an energy drink company), Pepsi Kona (only tested in the Lehigh Valley during ‘94-’96, it was given to me by a camp counselor — it was awfulsome — so bad it was good), and Crystal Pepsi. That stuff actually wasn’t bad. It was like clear ginger ale or something. I don’t see what the big deal was. [story]
• CNN, late to get in on this whole “Top Ten” craze I started, has come up with a list of “Five things not to do in the ER.” Suprisingly, their list includes, “Don’t forget to call your doctor on the way to the ER,” “Don’t use an ambulance unless you really need it,” and “Don’t forget the phone.” If I had to come up with a list of five things not to do in an emergency room, it would include things like, “Don’t steal any of the high-powered drugs,” (because Fentynal can kill you if you’re not prepared for how fucking good it is) “Don’t hit on fellow patients,” and “Resist the urge to grab the triage nurse and hold her at scalpel-point if you’re frustrated by the wait time.” Those seem way more poignant than shit like, “Don’t lie about your symptoms.” [story]
• A website I’ve never heard of before came up with a list of what they believe are the ten weirdest things that most people don’t know are available for purchase through Amazon.com (in the interest of full disclosure, I should inform you that I have an account with Amazon that pays me something like $0.20 if you buy an album by clicking through the “buy this album” links I sometimes post). These include items like a book of 55,000 accurate celebrity addresses, a hands-on guide to penis pleasing, gay attraction body mist, stink bombs, uranium ore, and something called “liquid ass fart.” [story]
• As if you haven’t seen enough top ten lists today, here are (apparently) a top ten list of craziest science stuff you didn’t know, which unfortunately includes plenty of things I already know. Who on earth doesn’t know about post-death erections, alien hand syndrome, fatal hilarity and male breast-feeding. I thought that was pretty common knowledge that’s available to us in the forms of books and science-related television programs. Clearly whoever wrote this list is both a hermit and moron. [story]
• Someone has decided that January 30th is International Delete Your MySpace Account day. Are you in? [story]
Earlier this week, my manager informed me that David “Honeyboy” Edwards was going to be performing at a bar called Cozy’s this weekend, so last night Nicci and I drove to Sherman Oaks to witness what was truly an awe-inspiring spectacle. While it certainly wasn’t the best technical performance I’ve ever witness (Honeyboy is about 93-years old, so his guitar-playing skills have diminished considerably, as has his ability to keep his instrument in tune), the combination of his immense stage presence and the historical importance of being able to say I’ve watched one of the original Delta Blues guitarists made it an experience I’ll always remember.
