I opened a parentheses 22 years ago and neglected to close it, therefore everything I’ve said since has merely been implied. My apologies. — Dirk Dachs (@SoapyJohnson) February 15, 2013 More from “THE TWITTER COLLECTION …” >> Follow: @SoapyJohnson on Twitter. >> Comment: Place it on Lucky Dan on Facebook.
It’s parent’s weekend and I hope you’re settling in nicely. I remember the thing that immediately struck me about college was that it smelled different than what I was used to — not like high school, home or anything familiar. When I entered my dorm for the first time, same thing. I didn’t know if it […]
Katy Perry’s playdate with Elmo has been relegated to the internet, after parents complained her outfit was too sexy for pre-schoolers. The video (seen below) will not be broadcast on PBS this fall and has been pulled from the Sesame Street website. She’s worn far more revealing outfits, for certain, but Sesame Street’s an all new […]
Sitting in a reserved coach seat on Amtrak’s Texas Eagle bound for Chicago, Cincinnati Reds third baseman Scott Rolen couldn’t help feeling a bit reflective. It wasn’t that he was consumed by a pennant race entering it’s final weeks, it was the difference upon entering the clubhouse following Sunday’s 4-3 loss to the Astros, he said. Something odd […]
A Northwestern University professor has received $712,883 in stimulus funds to program computers in the art of telling jokes. Listed at #36 in the recent Summertime Blues: Top 100 Stimulus Projects that Give Taxpayers the Blues, the grant will allow researcher Kristian Hammond to fund the grad student program which seeks to mimic human behavior in […]
With a heavy heart, Place it on Lucky Dan mourns the loss of actor Harold Gould. The man who offered the phrase on the masthead was 86 and a favorite. The video below has been blocked by NBC Universal, not content with profits from a 40-year old film that won Best Picture and would have seemingly […]
In what might be classified either as a waste of perfectly good steak or a highly erotic slow-roasting process, Lady Gaga continued her mindf&*k with PETA executives on Sunday — accepting the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year in an outfit that was later a huge hit at the Wolfgang Puck afterparty. In light of […]
How bad is the economy? MC Hammer says he changed his mind. For the right price, you can touch it. — Dirk Dachs (@SoapyJohnson) February 10, 2013 More from “THE TWITTER COLLECTION …” >> Follow: @SoapyJohnson on Twitter. >> Comment: Place it on Lucky Dan on Facebook.
A recent analysis of online dating sites set out to scientifically determine which attributes were the most successful in terms of generating responses from the opposite sex, beyond attractiveness. From the Boston Globe: “Men’s height was the most important feature to women. In fact, the researchers were able to put the value of height into numbers. By […]
BY SAMANTHA BONDS, EMILY PUCKETT, THERESA BUECHELE & MICHELLE McDANIEL, The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A serial killer with a fondness for female college students in their early 20’s has struck again, sending shivers through an already traumatized greater Seattle-Tacoma area. The death of the latest victim, a 33-year old Eastgate resident, has FBI […]
