About the Blarrrg

They were here in Saint Louis for three months.
They stayed at the Chase while in town.

Aaron had a massive weight gain for the film. He’s glad to be back in town to promote Meet Bill & very excited for The Dark Knight in July. He used my head phones! (I’ll be putting those up on e-bay later today.)

The ground falling away in a rain storm/flash flood is a pretty television shot. Just like the people sliding into each other during ice storms. Is it the duty of television news to report tragedy or try to prevent it?

At 7:38 a.m. May 9, 1980, during a blinding spring squall, the freighter Summit Venture rammed into the Sunshine Skyway Bridge & knocked out a 1,200-foot length of the bridge across the mouth of Tampa Bay. Thirty five people, most of them in a Greyhound Bus, plunged 150 feet to their deaths. The accident was one of the worst bridge disasters in U.S. history. To see photos, clicky.

JC is now a fan of the Red Sox’s “stat man” Bill James.

“You fix in sports what you can’t fix in life.” The same goes with art (as Woody Allen said).

Dave’s silver lining is that all this rain will make for a “better summer.”

Armor-All isn’t the same as Under Armor: the former coats, the latter breathes – unlike micro-fiber blankets which trap the heat (& could suffocate yas).

Buddy Ebsen was cast in the role of The Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz, but later swapped roles with Ray Bolger, who was to play the Tin Man. Ebsen recorded all his songs, went through all the rehearsals, and started filming with the rest of the cast, however, the powdered aluminum makeup used badly irritated Ebsen's skin. A common rumor is that the powder had been inhaled and coated Ebsen's lungs, leaving him near death, however, this apparently was not the case.

“Mythbusters” busted the Goldfinger body paint killing method.

John respects the umpires and says “they’re doing the best they can.”

Umpires are required by rule to wait at least 30 minutes to see if conditions improve during a rainout; this is referred to as a rain delay and is not counted as part of the length of the game listed in the box score. For more boring baseball rules & incorrect English, clicky or clicky.

JC doesn’t like basketball because the officials can manipulate the game’s outcome.

JC fears he is shrinking. Here’s what we learned today from AOL Body/KidsHealth.org:
1.)  Coffee doesn’t stunt your growth.
2.)  You’re ½ your adult height by age two. 
3.)  Hands & feet grow 1st. 
4.)  People get shorter by the ages of 40 & 50. 
5.)  Girls start growing before boys. (Duh)
The average height difference between adult men & women is about five inches; although with me it’s negative five.

JC would like for people to follow the law & turn on their lights when the wipers are in motion. But Laurie believes people don't have their lights off on purpose, but that they're just more forgetful/ignorant than they are defiant in their refusal to turn on their lights.

We spoke to a funeral director about shrinking bodies, driving with headlights & flashers on, traffic patterns, cremation, funeral expenses and embalmers not eating ribs.

Restaurants we talked about this morning: Mike Shannon’s Steaks & Seafood, Spiro’s & Truffles.

Ah, country music sucks. John wants to know why people can like country ballads & not be considered wimps.

The JoY was tossed out for our interview with Aaron Eckhart. The F4 featured tickets to the Funny Bone. The Vault was Bonnie Raitt’s version of Del Shannon’s “Runaway.” Finally, it was Dustin “Screech” Diamond vs. Ron “Horshack” Palillo.

Don't Do Anything Stupid,
Carl The Intern