Pinoy MYX Countdown (July 30, 2011)
1. Christian Bautista – I’m Already King
2. BBS feat. Kean Cipriano & Jay Durias – Pawiin
3. Yeng Constantino – Siguro
4. Sponge Cola – Regal
5. Itchyworms – Gaano Ko Ikaw Kamahal
6. Pupil – 20/20
7. Parokya ni Edgar feat. Happee Sy – Pangarap Lang Kita
8. Sarah Geronimo – Kung Siya ang Mahal
9. Mobbstarr – Heartbreaker
10. Tanya Markova – PA Roadie Fernandez
11. Hijo – Tamalee
12. The Chongkeys – Gabi ng Lagim
13. Sheng Belmonte – Gigil
14. Aero – In My City
15. Opera Belles – Sundo
16. David DiMuzio – Naiisip Mo Ba
17. Richard Poon – Beautiful as You
18. Sitti – Wag Mo na Munang Sabihin
19. Christian Bautista – Love Moves in Mysterious Ways
20. Stephanie Dan – Price Tag
MYX Hit Chart (July 31-August 6, 2011)
1. Christian Bautista – I’m Already King (1st week at #1)
2. BBS feat. Kean Cipriano & Jay Durias – Pawiin
3. Britney Spears – I Wanna Go
4. Yeng Constantino – Siguro
5. Sponge Cola – Regal
6. Chris Brown feat. Justin Bieber – Next 2 You
7. Itchyworms – Gaano Ko Ikaw Kamahal
8. 2NE1 – I Am the Best
9. Super Junior M – Perfection
10. Pupil – 20/20 (new entry)
11. Taylor Swift – Mean
12. Lady Gaga – The Edge of Glory
13. Katy Perry – Last Friday Night (TGIF)
14. Parokya ni Edgar feat. Happee Sy – Pangarap Lang Kita
15. Sarah Geronimo – Kung Siya ang Mahal
16. Mobbstarr – Heartbreaker
17. Joe Jonas – See No More
18. Selena Gomez and the Scene – Love You Like a Love Song
19. Kim Hyun Joong – Please
20. Tanya Markova – PA Roadie Fernandez
Debt Ceiling Deal Reached To Avert Default-Tea Party can declare victory!
Even though Tea Party members may not like the final deal, they can surely declare victory for getting congress to deal with fixing the country’s outrageous debt situation. They set the terms of the debate where neither establishment GOPers nor Democrats wanted to go.It’s not a perfect fix, far from it. But, it’s a small step in the right direction.
The big loser is President Obama who stayed on the sidelines and showed just how incompetent he is as president. Next on the agenda is voting him out of office.
The Huffington Post
President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders reached historic agreement Sunday night on a compromise to permit vital U.S. borrowing by the Treasury in exchange for more than $2 trillion in long-term spending cuts.
Officials said Republican Speaker John Boehner telephoned Obama at mid-evening to say the agreement had been struck.
Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid said that both his party and opposition Republicans gave more ground than they wanted to. He said it'll take members of both political parties to pass the measure.
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said that the pact "will ensure significant cuts in Washington spending" and he assured the markets that a first-ever default on U.S. obligations won't occur.
Both the leaders said they will brief their colleagues tomorrow on the details of the agreement.
More here
Memeorandum
TPM
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has signed off on a deal to raise the debt limit pending the approval of his caucus -- and of course if can win the backing of Senate GOP leaders and then a majority of the House.
His spokesman confirms that Reid will present the deal to his caucus shortly, with the hope of holding a vote on it Sunday night, giving House leaders some running room to pass the plan before the nation's borrowing authority expires late Tuesday.
The deal works like this:
It guarantees the debt limit will be hiked by $2.4 trillion. Immediately upon enactment of the plan, the Treasury will be granted $400 billion of new borrowing authority, after which President Obama will be allowed to extend the debt limit by $500 billion, subject to a vote of disapproval by Congress.
That initial $900 billion will be paired with $900 billion of discretionary spending cuts, first identified in a weeks-old bipartisan working group led by Vice President Joe Biden, which will be spread out over 10 years.
Obama will later be able to raise the debt limit by $1.5 trillion, again subject to a vote of disapproval by Congress.
That will be paired with the formation of a Congressional committee tasked with reducing deficits by a minimum of $1.2 trillion. That reduction can come from spending cuts, tax increases or a mixture thereof
More here
Memeorandum
Philip Blake's Gang Banger Wake.... Wake him standing up... so his gang underlings can salute him as they pay respects....
The wake was at Gatlings for a 4 Corner Hustler from Maywood, IL, a high ranking guy out there. Mama wanted him buried and waked standing straight up so his soldiers can salute him....
His former prison cell mates wanted him bent over the coffin like they knew him...
Miley Cyrus's New Tattoo: Equality
Simple but very meaningful..... Miley Cyrus added another body art that symbolizes her all out support for gay rights and equality.
The 18-year-old singer/actress tweeted a photo of her new tattoo --- an equal sign on the side of her ring finger and she wrote, "All LOVE is equal."
In another tweet, Cyrus answers back a follower who disagreed with her: 'where does it say in the bible to judge others? Oh right. It doesn't. GOD is the only judge honey. "GOD is love"'
Understand the word 'Equality' and definitely, we will be achieving 'Peace' in all aspect.
[Photo courtesy by Miley Cyrus/twitter]
Only Way Is Essex star Lydia Bright bikini shot with fatso boyfriend
Fat or not the guy has enough game to hook up with Lydia.The Sun
THE Only Way Is Essex star Lydia Bright is clearly delighted that her romance is back on with James 'Arg' Argent - even if he's a little l-Arg-er these days.
Lydia, 20 - who split with him in the second series - kissed the 17st11lbs singer by a pool on hols in Marbella then posted a photo on Twitter, saying: "Look at the stud on me arm."
Arg, 23, is aiming to lose 1½st with The Sun's Fabulous magazine team. A pal said: "He was eating to fill the gap Lydia left in his life. Now he'll soon be back to his best."
Al Pacino's daughter Julie Arrested for Drunk Driving
Al Pacino‘s daughter, Julie Pacino, was arrested for drunk driving last Saturday (July 30) in New York City.
At a checkpoint in Manhattan's West Houston Street, the 21-year-old was stopped by the police and they performed a sobriety test in which Julie's blood-alcohol level was found over the legal limit.
Reportedly, Pacino's blood alcohol level registered at .12 (legal limit is .08).
She was booked at the Manhattan Detention Complex. Later on, she was released on her own recognizance.
[Photo courtesy by Steve Granitz/WireImage]
Big fish tale: Angler enters record books after catching EIGHT FOOT albino catfish
Now that’s one big fish!
Daily Mail
This monster from the deep has netted a British angler a place in the record books. The whopper, caught by plucky Chris Grimmer, is the biggest albino catfish ever caught by an angler.
The 8ft beast tipped the scales at 194lbs - 2lbs heavier than the previous best by blind woman angler Shelia Penfold last year.
More here
Daily Mail
This monster from the deep has netted a British angler a place in the record books. The whopper, caught by plucky Chris Grimmer, is the biggest albino catfish ever caught by an angler.
The 8ft beast tipped the scales at 194lbs - 2lbs heavier than the previous best by blind woman angler Shelia Penfold last year.
More here
Hoey, look what you have to clean!
Myx Daily top 10 August 1, 2011, Monday
- I'm Already King - Christian Bautista (4@1)
- Pawiin - BBS ft. Kean and Jay Durias
- Siguro - Yeng Constantino
- 20/20 - Pupil
- Gaano ko Ikaw ka Mahal - Itchyworms
- Regal - Sponge Cola
- Next 2 You - Chris Brown ft. Justin Bieber
- I Wanna Go - Britney Spears
- Mean - Taylor Swift
- Ugly - 2NE1
KATY PERRY - Peacock (AUDIO and LYRICS)
Peacock
I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock, cock
Your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock
I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock, cock
Your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock
Verse 1
Word on the street, you got somethin' to show me, me
Magical, colorful, Mr. Mystery, ee
I'm intrigued, for a peek, Heard it's fascinating
Come on baby let me see
what you're hiding underneath
Words up your sleeve
Such a tease
Wanna see the show
In 3D, a movie
Heard it's beautiful
Be the judge
And my girls gonna take a vote
Come on baby let me see
what you're hiding underneath
Pre-Chorus
I want the jaw droppin, eye popin, head turnin, body shockin
(Uh, uh, oh, Uh, uh, uh, oh)
I want my heart throbbin, ground shakin, show stoppin, amazin
(Uh, uh, oh, Uh, uh, uh, oh)
Chorus
Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock?
Don't be a chicken boy, stop acting like a beeotch
I'ma peace out if you don't give me the pay off
Come on baby let me see
what you're hiding underneath
Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock?
what you're waiting for, it's time for you to show it off
Don't be a shy kinda guy I'll bet it's beautiful
Come on baby let me see
Whatchu hidin' underneath
I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock, cock
Your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock
I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock, cock
Your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock
I wanna see ya
Verse 2
Skip the talk, heard it all, time to walk the walk
brake me off, if you bad, show me who's the boss
need some goose, to get loose, come on take a shot
Come on baby let me see
what you're hiding underneath
Pre-Chorus
I want the jaw droppin, eye popin, head turnin, body shockin
(Uh, uh, oh, Uh, uh, uh, oh)
I want my heart throbbin, ground shakin, show stoppin, amazin
(Uh, uh, oh, Uh, uh, uh, oh)
Chorus
Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock?
Don't be a chicken boy, stop acting like a beeotch
I'ma peace out if you don't give me the pay off
Come on baby let me see
what you're hiding underneath
Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock?
what you're waiting for, it's time for you to show it off
Don't be a shy kinda guy I'll bet it's beautiful
Come on baby let me see
Whatchu hidin' underneath
I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock, cock
Your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock, cock
oh my god no exaggeration
boy all this time was worth the waiting
i just shed a tear
i am so unprepared
you got the finest architecture
end of the rainbow looking treasure
such a sight to see
and its all for me
Chorus
Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock?
Don't be a chicken boy, stop acting like a beeotch
I'ma peace out if you don't give me the pay off
Come on baby let me see
what you're hiding underneath
Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock?
what you're waiting for, it's time for you to show it off
Don't be a shy kinda guy I'll bet it's beautiful
Come on baby let me see
I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock, cock
I wanna see ya
Your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock
I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock, cock
I wanna see ya
Come on baby let me see
Whatchu hidin' underneath
CNN Anchor Clashes With Sen. Rand Paul Over Debt Ceiling
Mediate:After proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Reid bill and having it struck down, Sen. Rand Paul sat down with Don Lemon to explain what was happening on the floor and what compromises he was up for making.
Lemon was in a curt mood, it seems, as weeks have gone by and the debt deadline looms with little to no visible progress occurring. The two had a contentious exchange as Sen. Paul tried to explain he did have the will to compromise when Lemon questioned what it would take.
DSLC BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: Off Duty Chicago Cop shot on South Side in good condition
An off-duty Chicago police officer was in good condition after suffering a graze wound from a shooting on the South Side, officials said.
The 43-year-old male police officer was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital after the shooting which occurred at about 2:30 p.m., according to Chicago Fire Department Chief Joseph Roccasalva. A witness said she heard nearly a half-dozen gun shots.
The shooting occurred near the intersection of LaSalle Street and 43rd Street, officials said.
Police had blocked off LaSalle Street from 43rd to 47th Street including the exit from the Northbound Dan Ryan Expressway at 51st Street. Police vehicles were clustered at two locations on 47th and 43rd Street.
At 47th Street the scene was marked off with red police tape and officers marked where shell casings appeared to have dropped. At 43rd Street, a gray Kia was curbed facing west on 43rd, just west of LaSalle Street.
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Original Posting:
A Chicago police officer was in good condition after suffering a graze wound from a shooting on the South Side, officials said.
The 43-year-old male police officer was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital after the shooting which occurred at about 2:30 p.m., according to Chicago Fire Department Chief Joseph Roccasalva.
The shooting occurred near the intersection of LaSalle Street and 43rd Street, officials said.
No other information was available.
Former NYPD cop fatally shot in the back after illegal street dice game squabble
Photo: Colin Bowlin (center) was shot to death early Saturday morning after fighting over a dice game in Queens. A former NYPD officer was killed - shot in the back - after a dispute over a curbside dice game in Jamaica, Queens.
Colin Bowlin, 28, had been rolling dice on Sutphin Blvd. near 113th Ave. about 4 a.m. yesterday, when an argument broke out over money, said a police source.
Bowlin left the game and was walking away when he was shot once in the lower back, police said.
His cousin, who was with him at the time, loaded him into a car and rushed him to North Shore University Hospital in Rego Park, where he died a short time later, said police.
"The guy fired and hit him in the back," said Bowlin's brother, Mark, 33, calling the shooter a coward.
"If he was such a brave guy, why not fight him? If he was man enough to pull the trigger, he's man enough to take responsibility for it," he said, urging the shooter to surrender.
Bowlin, who lived in Hollis, joined the NYPD in 2005, when he was 22 years old and worked in the 101st Precinct in Far Rockaway, his brother said.
Bowlin resigned from the NYPD in 2008, said police, the reason why he left was not stated.
He had been working as a security guard for an armored courier service, family said.
Police yesterday were still hunting for the shooter.
The Suzukis - Are You Happy With Yourself?
School is Cool - In Want Of Something
Blue October - The Chills
"BASH FOR BUG" 3 Year Old Cancer Patient Elizabeth Wilson
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Ellie is 3 years old and has been diagnosed with medulloblastoma, cancer of the brain. She has been in the hospital for a month and has undergone two brain surgeries and is scheduled for two more. She has another two months at the hospital for her rehab and radiation treatments. Ellie will then have to endure 12-15 months of chemotherapy.
Please join us for this all ages benefit to help raise funds to support Ellie and her family during this difficult time.
The benefit asks for a $25 donation at the door. This will include a silicone braclet honoring Ellie, food from Pops Italian Beef, raffles, and a DJ for your musical entertainment. There is an cash bar, indoor outdoor space, and a large bonfire pit.
Saturday, August 13
7 pm - Midnight
Cd & Me
$25 Donation
23320 S. LaGrange Rd., Frankfort, IL
Cash Bar • All Ages Welcome
Bags Tournament extra
and begins promptly at 7:30 pm
Purchase your tickets for the event with cash at the door.
Can't make the event, but still want to help? Online donations can be made using the Donate button below. Donations can also be mailed to:
Elizabeth Wilson Benefit Fund
P.O. Box 850
Oak Lawn, IL 60454
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THEIR WEBSITE - YOU CAN ALSO MAKE A PAYPAL DONATION THERE TOO
Chicago police commemorative motorcycle ride today
A motorcycle ride commemorating Chicago police officers killed in the line of duty begins at 10 a.m. today on the West Side.
The Area Four Ride to Remember Motorcycle Ride, entering its seventh year, will start in the west parking lot of the Chicago Police Department's Area Four Headquarters at 3151 W. Harrison Street (the corner of Harrison Street and Kedzie Avenue).
The ride, which will last about 45 minutes to an hour, will then proceed southeast to Washington Park before turning north on Lake Shore Drive before ending at the Chicago Police Memorial and Gold Star Park just east of Soldier Field.
You can still register for the event between 8 and 9:30 a.m. today at the event's start; fees are $35 for a rider and $25 for a passenger. Any proceeds will go to the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation.
According to a media advisory from the Chicago police, Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy will participate in the program at Gold Star Park.
Traveling: Chapter 48: Jesus Christ
The thin, pale fellow has emerged seemingly out of nowhere with a guitar.
His song sounds really familiar.
It's all right to lose,
Losing gets the sad out of you.
It's all right to lose,
It might make you feel better.
I lean over to Annie and whisper.
“Has this guy been here the whole time?” I ask.
“I don’t know,” Annie says. She puts her hand on the bucket, like she’s on the verge of needing to use it.
Raindrops from your eyes,
Washing all the mad out of you.
Raindrops from your eyes,
It's gonna make you feel better.
Tooth is swaying with the music, his head metronoming like he’s Stevie Wonder.
“I may need that bucket,” I say.
Annie slides it between us.
It's all right to feel things,
Though the feelings may be strange.
Feelings are such real things,
And they change and change and change.
Sad 'n' grumpy, down in the dumpy
Snuggly, hugly, mean 'n' ugly
Sloppy, slappy, hoppy, happy
Change and change and change
It's all right to know,
Feelings come and feelings go.
It's all right to cry,
It might make you feel better.
The guy finishes off with a spoken bit:
It's all right to lose, little boy
I know some big boys that lose too.
After the last little guitar flourish, Tooth applauds. The rest of us offer polite, uninspired claps.
“Gentlemen and lady,” Tooth says, extending a hand toward the so-called entertainment. “This is Jeb. He’s the pastor at my church.”
Jeb waves. “Hi everyone,” he says with a toothy, Osmond-like smile. “I hope you liked my song.”
“It sounded like It’s all right to cry from the Free to be you and me soundtrack,” I say, “with the word lose in place of cry.”
Patch fires a how-the-hell-did-you-know-that look at me.
“Three kids,” I say.
“That’s exactly what it was,” Jeb says. “I custom wrote it just for you all.”
“Well, you didn’t really write anything,” I say. “You just kinda replaced a few words. You Weird Al Yankovic’d it.”
“Ok, Doug, let’s move on,” Tooth says. “Jeb has something he’d like to talk to us about.”
“If this turns into a Bible study group, I’m outta here,” Bandana says.
“Relax,” Tooth says. He nods at Jeb, who puts his guitar aside, leans forward, and folds his hands together.
“I’ll get right to it,” Jeb says. “Our church has a co-ed slow pitch softball team. In the three years of our existence, we have been defeated every year.”
“You’ve been what?” I say.
“Defeated,” he says.
“What do you mean? Emotionally defeated?” I say.
“No, you know how some teams go undefeated?” he says. “We were defeated.”
“Oh, you mean winless,” I say.
“Yes, winless,” Jeb concedes, looking confused by the semantics. “Anyway, we’re trying to change that. In an effort to become more competitive, we’ve opened the team to non-church members. David and I thought it would be a good idea to see if any of you were interested in joining.”
“Who’s David?” I say.
Wrinkling his brow at the question, Jeb aims a finger at Tooth, who points to himself as if to say how could you not know that?
“The team is going to be great,” Jeb says. “I’m putting together a whole new angle. New name, new T-shirts, everything.”
“What’s the name?” Bandana says.
“We’re calling the team Jesus Christ,” Jeb says. “Think about it. Nobody wants to beat Jesus Christ.”
I deadpan back to Jeb.
“What Bible did you study?” I say.
Annie laughs.
“So wait a minute,” I say. “You’re recruiting for a competitive league from a Competitors Anonymous support group?”
Jeb is stone still, guilt wrapped over his face.
I look at Tooth-slash-David. “Was this the plan all along?” I say. “To search out hyper-competitive people for your softball team?”
Tooth and Jeb exchange guilty glances. I’m waiting for one of them to bite down on a cyanide capsule or something.
This new information throws me. I feel like Luke Skywalker in Return of the Jedi when the Emperor tells him the Rebellion has walked straight into a trap.
I look around at the group.
“How many of you are in on this?” I say.
Patch looks down at his feet in shame.
“I don’t believe it,” I say. “You?” I’d call him by his name, but I don’t know it.
“I’m playing catcher this year,” Patch says, tapping his eye patch. “With my depth perception what it is, that’s all I can handle.”
“What do you mean this year?” I say. “You were on the team last year?”
Patch nods.
“So you must be a member of the church,” I say.
Patch nods again.
“Who are you?” I say. “I don’t even know you.” Of course, I never knew him, really.
“Don’t be mad, Doug,” Patch says. “We need you. You look like you’re pretty athletic.”
I start hyperventilating. Pieces of information fall together in my mind.
“Is that…why you let me go on and on with my story?” I say.
Tooth shrugs. “You needed to get it off your chest, right?” he says. “We listened. We were there for you. Now we need you to be there for us.” Tooth looks at Jeb. “What do you think? Shortstop?”
“Pitcher, maybe,” Jeb says, looking me up and down, making me feel dirty.
Tooth produces some pieces of paper. “This is our plan of attack,” he says. “Line-ups, recruiting ideas, playing strategies, silent prayers for church, and so on.”
I look through the hand-written material. There’s a softball diamond illustration with various names at each position. My name is written in the corner with a question mark. Then is the list of recruiting ideas. One reads Form competitor support group. Another says Befriend tailgaters at Bears games. Another reads Visit construction sites.
I feel sick.
“What’s the matter with you people?” I say. “This behavior doesn’t seem very…church-like.”
“Really?” Tooth says. “Trying to spread a message and acquire new members to make ourselves more powerful? That doesn’t seem church-like to you?”
“Good point,” I say, returning my attention to the plans. The last page sends me over the edge. It looks like the Death Star.
“What’s this?” I say.
“The design for a bionic intraocular lens implant,” Tooth says.
Patch smiles. “Once I have the surgery, I’ll be able to play any position again,” he says.
I slump into my chair. Trembling and terrified, I whisper to myself…more machine than man, twisted and evil. I study the eye patch; it bears a suspicious resemblance to the convex oval blackness of Darth Vader’s glare.
I’ve got a bad feeling about this.
************
Links:
Travelling: Intro / Book Jacket, Chapter 1: Cribbagegate, Chapter 2: Two e-mails, Chapter 3: Pattern, Chapter 4: Shattered, Chapter 5: Hilarious Pee, Chapter 6: Suicide, Chapter 7/8: Coaching High school, Shark attacks and appetizers, Chapter 9: June, Chapter 10: 18 and oh no, Chapter 11: DNA, Chapter 12: Peanut Butter Sandwiches, Chapter 13: Tom Brady and the McGuffin, Chapter 14: Game 1, Chapter 15: Who the H is John Havlicek?, Chapters 16 - 17, Chapter 18: Game 2: Great White, Chapter 19: Pickle, Chapter 20: Marty McFly, Chapter 21 / 22: standard deviation, all the pretty flowers, Chapter 23: Game 3: Black Hills, Chapter 24: Twister, Chapter 25: Game 4, Chapter 26: Patriotic Agony, Chapter 27: Locusts, Chapter 28: skype, Chapter 29: Click, Chapter 30: Superman, Chapter 30: Ass Brunch Chapter 32: Mammoth, Chapter 33: Pathetic, Chapter 34: Purple and Gold, Chapter 35: Chowdah, Chapter 36: Mastermind, Chapter 37: m&m cookie dough, Chapter 38: taste, Chapter 39: Dance with the Devil, Chapter 40: Game 7, Chapter 41: 17 to 11, Chapter 42: One Mold, Chapter 43: Stink Smell, Chapter 44: Yarthies, Chapter 45: Oops baby, Chapter 46: Winnah, Chapter 47: Green Pool, Chapter 48: Jesus Christ, Chapter 49: Prequels
His song sounds really familiar.
It's all right to lose,
Losing gets the sad out of you.
It's all right to lose,
It might make you feel better.
I lean over to Annie and whisper.
“Has this guy been here the whole time?” I ask.
“I don’t know,” Annie says. She puts her hand on the bucket, like she’s on the verge of needing to use it.
Raindrops from your eyes,
Washing all the mad out of you.
Raindrops from your eyes,
It's gonna make you feel better.
Tooth is swaying with the music, his head metronoming like he’s Stevie Wonder.
“I may need that bucket,” I say.
Annie slides it between us.
It's all right to feel things,
Though the feelings may be strange.
Feelings are such real things,
And they change and change and change.
Sad 'n' grumpy, down in the dumpy
Snuggly, hugly, mean 'n' ugly
Sloppy, slappy, hoppy, happy
Change and change and change
It's all right to know,
Feelings come and feelings go.
It's all right to cry,
It might make you feel better.
The guy finishes off with a spoken bit:
It's all right to lose, little boy
I know some big boys that lose too.
After the last little guitar flourish, Tooth applauds. The rest of us offer polite, uninspired claps.
“Gentlemen and lady,” Tooth says, extending a hand toward the so-called entertainment. “This is Jeb. He’s the pastor at my church.”
Jeb waves. “Hi everyone,” he says with a toothy, Osmond-like smile. “I hope you liked my song.”
“It sounded like It’s all right to cry from the Free to be you and me soundtrack,” I say, “with the word lose in place of cry.”
Patch fires a how-the-hell-did-you-know-that look at me.
“Three kids,” I say.
“That’s exactly what it was,” Jeb says. “I custom wrote it just for you all.”
“Well, you didn’t really write anything,” I say. “You just kinda replaced a few words. You Weird Al Yankovic’d it.”
“Ok, Doug, let’s move on,” Tooth says. “Jeb has something he’d like to talk to us about.”
“If this turns into a Bible study group, I’m outta here,” Bandana says.
“Relax,” Tooth says. He nods at Jeb, who puts his guitar aside, leans forward, and folds his hands together.
“I’ll get right to it,” Jeb says. “Our church has a co-ed slow pitch softball team. In the three years of our existence, we have been defeated every year.”
“You’ve been what?” I say.
“Defeated,” he says.
“What do you mean? Emotionally defeated?” I say.
“No, you know how some teams go undefeated?” he says. “We were defeated.”
“Oh, you mean winless,” I say.
“Yes, winless,” Jeb concedes, looking confused by the semantics. “Anyway, we’re trying to change that. In an effort to become more competitive, we’ve opened the team to non-church members. David and I thought it would be a good idea to see if any of you were interested in joining.”
“Who’s David?” I say.
Wrinkling his brow at the question, Jeb aims a finger at Tooth, who points to himself as if to say how could you not know that?
“The team is going to be great,” Jeb says. “I’m putting together a whole new angle. New name, new T-shirts, everything.”
“What’s the name?” Bandana says.
“We’re calling the team Jesus Christ,” Jeb says. “Think about it. Nobody wants to beat Jesus Christ.”
I deadpan back to Jeb.
“What Bible did you study?” I say.
Annie laughs.
“So wait a minute,” I say. “You’re recruiting for a competitive league from a Competitors Anonymous support group?”
Jeb is stone still, guilt wrapped over his face.
I look at Tooth-slash-David. “Was this the plan all along?” I say. “To search out hyper-competitive people for your softball team?”
Tooth and Jeb exchange guilty glances. I’m waiting for one of them to bite down on a cyanide capsule or something.
This new information throws me. I feel like Luke Skywalker in Return of the Jedi when the Emperor tells him the Rebellion has walked straight into a trap.
I look around at the group.
“How many of you are in on this?” I say.
Patch looks down at his feet in shame.
“I don’t believe it,” I say. “You?” I’d call him by his name, but I don’t know it.
“I’m playing catcher this year,” Patch says, tapping his eye patch. “With my depth perception what it is, that’s all I can handle.”
“What do you mean this year?” I say. “You were on the team last year?”
Patch nods.
“So you must be a member of the church,” I say.
Patch nods again.
“Who are you?” I say. “I don’t even know you.” Of course, I never knew him, really.
“Don’t be mad, Doug,” Patch says. “We need you. You look like you’re pretty athletic.”
I start hyperventilating. Pieces of information fall together in my mind.
“Is that…why you let me go on and on with my story?” I say.
Tooth shrugs. “You needed to get it off your chest, right?” he says. “We listened. We were there for you. Now we need you to be there for us.” Tooth looks at Jeb. “What do you think? Shortstop?”
“Pitcher, maybe,” Jeb says, looking me up and down, making me feel dirty.
Tooth produces some pieces of paper. “This is our plan of attack,” he says. “Line-ups, recruiting ideas, playing strategies, silent prayers for church, and so on.”
I look through the hand-written material. There’s a softball diamond illustration with various names at each position. My name is written in the corner with a question mark. Then is the list of recruiting ideas. One reads Form competitor support group. Another says Befriend tailgaters at Bears games. Another reads Visit construction sites.
I feel sick.
“What’s the matter with you people?” I say. “This behavior doesn’t seem very…church-like.”
“Really?” Tooth says. “Trying to spread a message and acquire new members to make ourselves more powerful? That doesn’t seem church-like to you?”
“Good point,” I say, returning my attention to the plans. The last page sends me over the edge. It looks like the Death Star.
“What’s this?” I say.
“The design for a bionic intraocular lens implant,” Tooth says.
Patch smiles. “Once I have the surgery, I’ll be able to play any position again,” he says.
I slump into my chair. Trembling and terrified, I whisper to myself…more machine than man, twisted and evil. I study the eye patch; it bears a suspicious resemblance to the convex oval blackness of Darth Vader’s glare.
I’ve got a bad feeling about this.
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Links:
Travelling: Intro / Book Jacket, Chapter 1: Cribbagegate, Chapter 2: Two e-mails, Chapter 3: Pattern, Chapter 4: Shattered, Chapter 5: Hilarious Pee, Chapter 6: Suicide, Chapter 7/8: Coaching High school, Shark attacks and appetizers, Chapter 9: June, Chapter 10: 18 and oh no, Chapter 11: DNA, Chapter 12: Peanut Butter Sandwiches, Chapter 13: Tom Brady and the McGuffin, Chapter 14: Game 1, Chapter 15: Who the H is John Havlicek?, Chapters 16 - 17, Chapter 18: Game 2: Great White, Chapter 19: Pickle, Chapter 20: Marty McFly, Chapter 21 / 22: standard deviation, all the pretty flowers, Chapter 23: Game 3: Black Hills, Chapter 24: Twister, Chapter 25: Game 4, Chapter 26: Patriotic Agony, Chapter 27: Locusts, Chapter 28: skype, Chapter 29: Click, Chapter 30: Superman, Chapter 30: Ass Brunch Chapter 32: Mammoth, Chapter 33: Pathetic, Chapter 34: Purple and Gold, Chapter 35: Chowdah, Chapter 36: Mastermind, Chapter 37: m&m cookie dough, Chapter 38: taste, Chapter 39: Dance with the Devil, Chapter 40: Game 7, Chapter 41: 17 to 11, Chapter 42: One Mold, Chapter 43: Stink Smell, Chapter 44: Yarthies, Chapter 45: Oops baby, Chapter 46: Winnah, Chapter 47: Green Pool, Chapter 48: Jesus Christ, Chapter 49: Prequels
Game addict Chris Staniforth, 20, killed by deep vein thrombosis playing too much Xbox
I stopped playing games (Sega game system) when I was twenty four years old. That was twenty four years ago and I thought I’d stopped at a late age. But, the game systems changed and I thought it was an opportunity for me to put away childish things. I don’t get grown men playing video games.
The Sun
A LAD of 20 has been killed by a blood clot caused by playing his Xbox for up to 12 hours at a time.
A post mortem revealed that Chris Staniforth - addicted to games such as Halo - had suffered a deep vein thrombosis. It can be triggered by sitting in one position for long spells.
Stunned dad David, of Sheffield, said: "He lived for his Xbox. I never dreamed he was in any danger.
"As a parent you think playing computer games can't do them any harm because you know what they are doing
"Kids all over the country are playing these games for long periods - they don't realise it could kill them."
Chris collapsed seconds after telling a friend how he had been experiencing a strange sensation in his chest.
The pair were chatting outside a JobCentre where Chris had an interview.
David said: "He told his friend how he was woken in the night by a strange feeling in his chest.
“Then he dropped a packet of chewing gum and as he picked it up, he jolted back and began to spasm."
Chris's friend called an ambulance - but paramedics could not save him.
A coroner yesterday confirmed DVT had caused Chris's death and it was cited on his death certificate.
More here
Republicans and Democrats reach tentative deal on debt ceiling talks that kicks the can down the road, again!
As I expected this Kabuki dance between the Dems and the GOP was coming down to the last wire. Basically, this deal that both sides are not going to like does nothing to stop the rate of spending.
Instead of going over the cliff at 100 mph, we’re slowing down to 92.
It’s kicking the can down the road, as usual.
ABC News
Democratic and Republican Congressional sources involved in the negotiations tell ABC News that a tentative agreement has been reached on the framework of a deal that would give the President a debt ceiling increase of up to $2.4 trillion and guarantee an equal amount of deficit reduction over the next 10 years.
The details are still being worked out, and a senior White House aide tells ABC News, "talks continue but there is no deal to report."
Congressional leaders plan to brief their members on the framework tomorrow. The reaction from both parties' rank-and-file will determine whether this tentative deal becomes a final deal.
Here, according to Democratic and Republican sources, are the key elements:
*A debt ceiling increase of up to $2.1 to $2.4 trillion (depending on the size of the spending cuts agreed to in the final deal).
*They have now agreed to spending cuts of roughly $1.2 trillion over 10 years.
* The formation of a special Congressional committee to recommend further deficit reduction of up to $1.6 trillion (whatever it takes to add up to the total of the debt ceiling increase). This deficit reduction could take the form of spending cuts, tax increases or both.
*The special committee must make recommendations by late November (before Congress' Thanksgiving recess).
* If Congress does not approve those cuts by December 23, automatic across-the-board cuts go into effect, including cuts to Defense and Medicare. This "trigger" is designed to force action on the deficit reduction committee's recommendations by making the alternative painful to both Democrats and Republicans.
* A vote, in both the House and Senate, on a balanced budget amendment.
More here
Memeorandum
Britney Spears "I Wanna Go" is now on the No.1 at Adoniemar
The Big 3
1. I Wanna Go
2. Super Bass
3. Love you like a love song
Myx International top 20 July 30-August 5, 2011
- Britney Spears I Wanna Go
- Chris Brown feat. Justin Bieber Next 2 You
- 2NE1 I Am the Best
- Super Junior M Perfection
- Taylor Swift Mean
- Lady Gaga The Edge of Glory
- Katy Perry Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
- Joe Jonas See No More
- Selena Gomez and the Scene Love You Like a Love Song
- Kim Hyun Joong Please
- Shinee Replay
- Big Time Rush Worldwide
- Greyson Chance Unfriend You
- Beyoncé Best Thing I Never Had
- The Script Science and Faith
- Incubus Promises Promises
- Owl City Deer in the Headlights
- Eminem Space Bound
- Rihanna Man Down
- f(x) Hot Summer
Due to popular demand - This post bumped up - New posts below this posting - This might bring back a few memories... Junk from my desk drawers
UPDATE: More photos from viewers: Remember clicking on any image on this blog will display the image full size.
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CLICKING ON ANY IMAGE WILL DISPLAY THAT IMAGE FULL SIZE / ENLARGE IT.Mayor Vrdolyak Campaign Button
S.M.F. Buttons = Were the pin you wore to get into the "Summer Mobile Fest" at 12th Street Beach which was ran by the Summer Mobile Force each year. For the few years that they had these parties... THEY WERE THE BEST! All you can eat, drink and whatever else you wanted to do!
Baja Beach Club Drink Token which was located at River North
Cracker's Drink Token which was located at 4140 West 63rd Street. It was PePe's Lounge previous to Cracker's.
Two Drink Chips from Guide's Lounge located at 5540 S. Archer Ave.
Poodle Lounge located at 3303 55th Street... and Jim the owner/bartender...
Boy those were the days!
The "Kicks on 66" button. It was located inside the Holiday Inn in Countryside, Il.
"The Night Voyage" button. Southside bars sponsored a northside event, a Cubs game.
Chez Shelly Bar (Was located in the mall at 79th and South Pulaski Rd) and Cadillac Jacks (Was located in a hotel at 5400 South Cicero Ave, formerly Lizzo's)
Some of the other bars that sponsored this event was Cork & Kerry, Coach's Corner, Quiet Man Bar, New Evergreen, Dubliner, Willie's Dine & Dance, J.D. Batt's, Irish Temple, P.J. Flaherty's, Brewbaker's, Gilhooley's, Keegan's, Groucho's, Salooney's, End Zone Bar, Shamrock Express, Connolly's Bar, B.J. McMahon's Bar, Gaslite Club, Locascio's, Nick's Sports Page, Spider's John Bar. - Many of those places are long gone!
And let us not forget some of other Southside hangouts:
Prime & Tender
Saints & Sinners
Poison Apple
123 Dance Club on Diversey
Woodhue's Dance Club Was located at 7700 South Cicero, now an adult book shop
Shipwreck Kelly's inside the old Midway airport. It had a giant fish tank inside a wood barrel and the place was decorated like an old ship.
Ski's Inn on Archer Ave
Pop's on the Corner - later called Friendship Inn at Archer and Lockwood
Rich Kids' Disco in Willow Springs
Suntucci's @ 6300 S. Cicero - Had women mud and jello wrestling.
The owner just passed last year:
Anthony Santucci, 1924-2009: Ran Italian restaurant across from Midway
November 12, 2009By Trevor Jensen, TRIBUNE REPORTER
Anthony Santucci and his family started a restaurant across from Midway Airport after World War II and served up signature rectangular pizzas, homemade soups and other Italian fare for more than 40 years.
Mr. Santucci, 84, died of heart failure Monday, Sept. 21, in St. Catherine's Medical Center in Kenosha, said his daughter Colette, who goes by Cookie. He lived in the northern suburbs.
The son of immigrants from Pizzone, Italy, Mr. Santucci grew up in Chicago's Taylor Street neighborhood. His father ran a tavern at Kedzie Avenue and Arthington Street.
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Detective Shavedlongcock:
Which southside hangouts did I leave out? Let me know in the comment section please!
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Thanks to the viewers who sent these vintage photos in.....
Old Mc Donald's at 48th and South Cicero.
The airplane that was turned into a restaurant at approximately 63rd and Cicero.
Southtown Theatre 
Inside the Southtown Theatre (63rd & Halsted)
Plane Crash at 70th Place and South Lawndale - Chicago
Marshall Field Coffee Shop that was once located in Midway Airport.
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