Smash Tour

Smashing Pumpkins announced their tour dates and there are 2 dates close to NEPA! Presale dates + venue info posted as well.

10/18 New York, NY
10/22 Philadelphia, PA

Check out the complete tour schedule HERE

Only you can prevent... dognappings.

According to the American Kennel Club, for whatever reason, dog thefts are way up this year. In the first seven months of 2011, they say there were 224 dogs stolen. That's up 32% from the same period in 2010 . . . and for all of 2010, there were 255 total thefts. The American Kennel Club says that the motivation for stealing a dog is always money . . . which is why thefts go up when the economy is bad. Usually, a dog thief plans either to resell the dog or hold it for a ransom. In the horror story version, someone might try to sell your dog for dogfighting or medical testing. The AKC has a list of tips for preventing dognappings . . . the big ones are not leaving your dog alone in the front yard, tied up outside of a store, or unattended in a car . . . even if it's locked. (--Which you probably shouldn't be doing anyway.)

Pay with the FORCE

There's a decent chance you've never heard of the tiny island country called Niue. (--nee you ee.) It's a country with 2,000 residents that's not even half the size of Rhode Island, located about 1,500 miles from New Zealand in the Pacific Ocean. But the Force is strong with them. Niue has announced that they're unveiling a brand new line of coins that feature "Star Wars" characters. Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Darth Vader, Yoda, C-3PO, and others will be on their official currency. They have full permission from GEORGE LUCAS to make the coins. It's the first time that "Star Wars" characters have appeared on any country's real currency. Niue is producing the coins with help from the New Zealand mint. The characters will be on coins that are worth $2 in New Zealand money, which converts to about $1.66 in U.S. dollars. But no one's going to spend them like that . . . they're clearly collectors' items. They're going to be sold in sets of 18 . . . eight one-ounce silver coins and 10 silver-plated metal coins. Overall, you're getting at least $42 worth of silver there, and the sets will sell for about $460. So no one's going to spend them on $2 items. Niue is only making 50,000 of each coin, so collectors are going to end up paying big money if they want these. They go on sale November 1st. Read more HERE

Happy Birthday 8/15

Today is National Relaxation Day!
There are 77 days to Halloween.
There are 132 shopping days left until Xmas.

Natasha Henstridge ("The Whole Nine Yards" and "The Whole Ten Yards")- 37
Ben Affleck - 39
Debra Messing - 43 ("Will & Grace")
Pat Priest (Marilyn Munster on "The Munsters".)- 75
Julia Child Would have been 99 - (1912 - 2004)
Napoleon Bonaparte - (1769 - 1821

1877 - THOMAS EDISON wrote a letter to the president of the Telegraph Company telling him that when answering the telephone, the word "HELLO" would be more appropriate than Alexander Graham Bell's suggestion of . . . "AHOY".

1939 - "The Wizard of Oz" premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

1969 - The WOODSTOCK MUSIC AND ART FAIR opened for three groovy days at Max Yasgur's farm in Bethel, New York. Over 400,000 people peacefully attended.

Ouch!

In a new poll asking people for their earliest childhood memory, the most common theme is . . . PAIN AND TORTURE. 35% of people said a trip to the DENTIST is the first thing they remember. The rest of the top five are birthday party, vacation, first day of school, and a trip to the doctor. The average age of people's first memories was 4.3 years old.

#1.) Trip to the dentist
#2.) Birthday party
#3.) Vacation
#4.) First day of school
#5.) Trip to the doctor
#6.) Being outside
#7.) An accident or injury
#8.) A tooth falling out
#9.) Receiving a present
#10.) Playing with friends

Read more HERE

All Grown Up

Frances Bean Cobain turns 19 next week... and she's all grown up. Check out her latest photo shoot HERE.