Happy Birthday 8/10

Today is Spoil Your Dog Day!
There are 82 days to Halloween.
There are 137 shopping days left until Xmas.

Angie Harmon - 39
Justin Theroux (Jennifer Anniston's man)- 40
ANTONIO BANDERAS - 51
ROSANNA ARQUETTE - 52
Leo Fender would have been 102- (1909 - 1991)(Invented the electric bass, and put out the first mass-produced solid-body electric guitar.

1821 - MISSOURI (The Show Me State) became the 24th state. Missouri is the birthplace of Mark Twain, and the home of both the Pony Express Museum and the world famous St. Louis Gateway Arch. And Nelly.

1846 - Congress chartered the SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE. It was named in honor of the English scientist Joseph Smithson . . . who donated $500,000 to make it possible.

1948 - "Candid Microphone", which you know better by its later title "Candid Camera", debuted on ABC-TV.

1960 - The original "Ocean's Eleven" was released, starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Angie Dickinson.

Go Team BEER!

For the past century, The Man has tried to keep beer and alcohol out of college football stadiums. Something about the sanctity and innocence of the game or whatever. Well, more and more colleges are realizing that integrity is important . . . but big money is more important. College football prints money. And selling beer at the games prints even more money. So, this season, 20 of the 119 Division One-A college football programs will have beer on sale at the regular concession stands at their stadiums. That's DOUBLE the number that sold beer in the 2001 season. West Virginia University is selling beer for the first time this season. They say they expect to bring in a profit of at least $1 MILLION. The NCAA allows schools to set their own policies on alcohol sales. They do have a rule banning alcohol from their bowl and championship games . . . and also ban advertising for alcohol at those venues.

Read more HERE

Naughty!

This survey took place in Australia, but there's no reason to believe we behave any better in the States. A survey by the travel website Zuji found that two out of five people admitted to watching porn during their most recent hotel stay.

Nearly one in four hotel guests tried stealing from the mini bar. 23% of people admitted to taking food or drinks, then lying about it to avoid phttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifaying. But more than half of them got caught and had to pay up.

One in three people said that if they broke something in the room, they would try to hide it instead of telling the hotel what happened.

Two out of three guests steal toiletries, which is probably okay. But one in five have taken bathrobes, pillows or towels from the room.

Despite the bad behavior, people know how to treat the hotel staff. 86% of guests say that they always leave tips for good service.

78% of guests say that they use the hotel gym if they have enough time, which sounds like a lie.

Read more HERE

Happy Birthday 8/9

Today is National Underwear Day!
There are 83 days to Halloween.
There are 138 shopping days left until Xmas.

Anna Kendrick - 26
Audrey Tautou (Sophie Neveu in "The DaVinci Code")- 35
Jessica Capshaw (Dr. Arizona Robbins on "Grey's Anatomy")- 35
Kevin McKidd (Dr. Owen Hunt on "Grey's Anatomy")- 38
Nikki Schieler Ziering (Ian Ziering's Playmate ex-wife)- 40
Thomas Lennon (Lieutenant Jim Dangle on "Reno 911!")- 41
Eric Bana (Bruce Banner in "The Hulk")- 43
Gillian Anderson (Dana Scully on the "X-Files")- 43
Deion Sanders (the only man to have ever played in a World Series AND a Super Bowl)- 44
Whitney Houston - 48
Melanie Griffith - 54

1936 - JESSE OWENS lead the U.S. 400-meter relay team to the Gold at the Berlin Olympics, becoming the first person to win four gold medals.

1989 - "The Abyss" was released. It was written and directed by JAMES CAMERON.

2004 - DONALD DUCK received the 2,257th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Got skillz?

Anyone who pre-orders "Madden NFL 12" from Game Stop stores can sign up for the "Battle of the Gridiron" tournament. Four grand prize winners will receive $5,000 cash and a trip to L.A. to play in the EA Sports "Madden NFL 12" Challenge Series, where the winner could take home up to a million dollars in prizes. Register with Virgin Gaming between August 30th and September 18th to compete in the competition.
Read more HERE

Happy Birthday 8/8

Today is sneak some zucchini onto your neighbors porch night!
There are 84 days to Halloween.
There are 139 shopping days left until Xmas.

Katie Leung (Cho Chang in the "Harry Potter")- 24
Roger Federer (Swiss tennis superstar)- 30
J.C. Chasez - 35
Drew Lachey - 35
Scott Stapp (Creed lead singer)- 38
Rena Mero (Sable off WWF)- 44
Rikki Rockett (Poison's drummer)- 50
The Edge (of U2)- 50
Dustin Hoffman - 74

1974 - PRESIDENT TRICKY DICK NIXON announced he would resign following new damaging revelations in the Watergate scandal.

1986 - STEPHEN KING'S "Stand By Me" was released. It starred RIVER PHOENIX . . . COREY "Recovering Has-Been" FELDMAN . . . "Star Trek: The Next Generation's" WIL WHEATON . . . and JERRY "I Get to Nail Rebecca Romijn" O'CONNELL.

1992 - METALLICA singer JAMES HETFIELD was badly burned by a pyro explosion at a Montreal concert. At the same show, AXL ROSE claimed he "lost his voice" and cut GUNS 'N ROSES' set short. Fans were pissed. They rioted, and caused $300,000 in damage.