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Miss "Plastic" America
Posted by Mergedigital.com - at 08:31:02 AM on January 31, 2006
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 I realize that plastic surgery is becoming more common and more socially acceptable but I think if the Miss America pageant is going to be that kind of contest, then the prize should go to the surgeons not the contestants. This year's was like "The Swan" without the before photos.
There is NO way that this woman (Miss Oklahoma) won't totally melt if you put her in front of an open flame.
- Judianne
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Hostage Situation Ending?
Posted by Mergedigital.com - at 11:37:30 AM on January 20, 2006
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 I have to say that it's easy to wash over the daily news from Iraq since bombings and kidnappings are regular events and hardly news to my headline hungry ears. However, I was set back in my place this morning. On my way to work, listening to NPR, the voice on the radio reminded me that today was the deadline to save the life of American journalists Jill Carroll was today. The kidnappers said they would kill her after 72 hours if the U.S. didn't comply with their demands. As we all know, the U.S. never does what terrorists want (on purpose, anyway) so a shiver went down my spine at the thought of her losing her life today. It's a pretty terrible state that our world is in right now that innocent people can so easily be snatched up and out like that. The tally for this kind of thing is outrageous. I don't have any wise words of how to solve this problem, but I wanted to take a sec to recognize this brave woman and hopefully get other people thinking too.
- Judianne
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Is He Coming? Is He? No.
Posted by Tucker Hottes at 11:20:36 AM on January 20, 2006
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Allen Iverson is coming to Allentown! Yeah, that's what all the ads said. In fact, we were going to write an event preview for last night's event. I was starting to make the phone calls Friday, when I hit Crocodile Rock's Web site to get a little more info. That's right, I said Croc Rock - because that's where the "Power 99/Allen Iverson/Iverson's group LNS" event was originally supposed to happen. Friday, though, there was a big announcement on Croc's site saying the event had been canceled. Ok, no big deal, we just wouldn't run a preview.
Cut to Tuesday, when I happen to notice the exact same event listed at the Sterling Hotel. Odd. I called the Sterling and they were completely gung-ho about the event (evidenced further by lots of Iverson in the Valley flyers I caught closer to Thursday). "Allen Iverson is absolutely going to be here," said the rep who called me back Wednesday. "He'll be hanging out, drinking at the bar like everyone else and announcing LNS." The rep said he had no idea if Iverson would be singing, dancing, rapping, etc. - but he was definitely going to show. Still, the whole thing seemed a bit off.
So I went to the Sterling at 10 p.m. - a full two hours after the doors opened - and a few local hip-hop groups were just getting on stage. The crowd began picking up around 11 p.m., and definitely hit its peak just before midnight. By that time, though, the local artists had just about finished up and the music switched back over to DJ Cap Cee. It was a shame, because I was pretty impressed with the local talent. All the groups I saw were tight, and though the background music was all pre-recorded, they each added a good bit of improvisation (The Marxmen, Big E and Willy James were particularly good).
The crowd had been patient up until this point (though the most common question, to bartenders' dismay, was "when/is he coming"), but the dissent increased after midnight. As Friday morning grew older the crowd started dropping off sharply - and by the time I left (around 1:20 a.m.) it was down to a few die-hard Iverson fans and people standing in disbelief that they’d spent $15-$20 to watch a mostly empty stage all night. If anything went down after I left, I can’t say - but if the drunk, angry, overly-made-up girl shouting at the bouncers for her money back on my way out was any indication, nobody was going to show up.
Now, I'm sure the Sterling booked Iverson. I'm sure he was scheduled to show. But let's be serious for a minute... It's Allen Iverson! I have to wonder how many people truly and honestly believed it would all work out. Still, who knows what went on behind the scenes. That’s for the promoters and the Sterling to work out.
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A crowd gathers at the bar, asking "Where's Iverson?"
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Local hip-hop artists drew more to the dance floor than the DJs.
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The crowds began to dwindle as the night drew on with no sign of Allen Iverson.
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Maybe that bouncer was looking for Iverson. Everyone else was.
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-Tucker
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The Silent Sitter
Posted by Mergedigital.com - at 02:01:00 PM on January 17, 2006
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When I enter a public bathroom and it's dead quiet, I get really creeped out. Mostly because of that movie "Copycat" in which the empty ladies' room is the scene of not one but two crimes. Often I find something even more troubling than the silence even. The silent sitter.
I always look in the other stalls if things are quiet just to make sure there isn't a psycho laying in wait. When I find one locked I have to peek down to see if the feet seem threatening in any way. I have to assume that if they are quiet than they are either waiting to strangle me or they are waiting for me to leave.
I suppose there are some times when you just have to go and you can't wait until you get home - and I'm not talking a tinkle here. Knowing that this would be an extremely troubling and embarrassing situation, when I encounter a silent sitter, I do my best to go quick and wash my hands as fast as possible. I know they are just sitting silently until I leave so that they are not exposed.
It's gross to think about - so why am I brining it up? I happens at work all the time, and it just happened again right now. It's usually in the late afternoon or early evening when said sitters think their chances of running into someone else are lower, but sometimes I catch an early nooner sitting away in the bathroom.
I just had to say something because it's been bothering me for some time. Do they think that by hiding behind the door and staying quiet that it makes them invisible or that I can't guess what they're up to? Guess again, sitters.
- Judianne
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Too Much Information Means Stop Talking
Posted by Mergedigital.com - at 03:17:27 PM on January 16, 2006
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I had the most unpleasant experience of getting the inside scoop on a few things this weekend that I really could have done without. I know you've all experienced it once or twice (maybe more if you are "lucky" like me)... people offering a little more detail to a story or statement than was needed. At the most basic level, it just boring to have to listen to that kind of jabber. But on a very profoundly disturbing level, sometimes the information was enough to make a stomach turn.
I experienced both levels in one unfortunate conversation this weekend. I shouldn't really say conversation since I was being talked AT for the most part. The talker was a older man - probably in his 50s - with a little talking-with-his-mouth-full problem that was grossing me out for starters. I was trying to follow him and pretend to be interested as he rambled on and on... and on. I could only catch a few words here and there because the place I was in was loud. Then, he dropped the bomb - incidentally that only full sentence that came through loud and clear. He told me about the great sex he had been having with the woman next to him at the bar. No biggie, at face value, although certainly none of my business. But, this woman was easily 90 years old. I immediately had regrets about even getting caught in this talking session. My mind flickered with disgusting images and my face wrinkled up the way it does when I've eaten something rotten. He didn't notice. Figures.
Long story short, nobody wants to hear that stuff. Keep the intimate details to yourself or among close friends. It's just not cool.
- Judianne
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Creepiest Craigslist Post Ever
Posted by Tucker Hottes at 02:49:44 PM on January 11, 2006
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Wow... Anyone else glad they have Service Electric? Never thought I'd say that, but this is just a little bit too much.
http://allentown.craigslist.org/mis/121366362.html
Maybe they need a "creepy utilities installer" subsection under "missed connections."
-Tucker
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