This is the news story that Scott, Heather and I were talking about today. Ouch. I hate it when I get an eyelash in my eye.

You thought pulling weeds in the garden was a bummer, wait till you hear what happened to a former Wisconsin man, now living in Phoenix.

86 year old Leroy Luetscher was using pruning shears on his backyard plant when he fell face first and the handle of the shears went into his right eye socket, and halfway into his head.

Miraculously, he survived it all and only has a little blurry vision left over. Doctors say he’s lucky that the shear handles missed all the vital structures.

Here’s the rest of the story from NBC.

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If I went into your fridge I doubt I’d find any, but this product lasts longer if refrigerated.

Incorrect Guesses:  antibiotics, peanut butter, baking soda, potpourri, coffee, nail polish, batteries, bananas, glue, flowers, flour, cigarettes

Correct Answer:  rubber bands

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It was like nothing else we had ever heard before on the radio and we’re still singing and dancing along to it today. What makes “Get Down Tonight” so unique is its simplicity – there’s absolutely nothing complicated about it all. The intinerary is easy to follow: 1) Do a little dance; 2) Make a little love: 3) Get Down Tonight! What’s not to like about the first of five K.C. & The Sunshine Band Number One hits that topped the charts during the week of August 30, 1975!

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The majority of Americans still believe this is the rudest, most disrespectful thing you can do. 

Incorrect Guesses:  swearing, spitting, talking with a mouthful, belching, streaking, not saying thank you, burning the flag, interrupting, telling someone to shut up, looking at your watch while some is talking to you, not holding a door for someone.

Correct Answer:  littering.

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I’m sure you’ve got one of these movies too.

It’s a movie that you’ve watched over and over again throughout your life.  You can recall a scene, a quote or something the characters do.  For me, one of those movies is “Ghostbusters.“  It’s the first comedy that had jokes which my father and I both laughed out loud to.

Bill Murray as Dr. Peter Venkman: (when asked where do these stairs go) “They go up.”

Dan Aykroyd as Dr. Ray Stanz: “Listen….do you smell something?”

Harold Ramis as Dr. Egon Spengler: “Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.”

Ernie Hudson as Winston Zedmore: “Ray, if somebody asks you if you’re a god, you say YES!.”

To me, every line is a classic.  That is why I’ pretty excited about some news over the weekend when Dan Aykroyd said that Ghostbusters 3 is a go.  Whether Bill Murray is in on the show is still questionable, but it sounds like production work will start next spring.

Here’s the big problem.  It’s a sequel.

True, but there is a sometimes exception to the sequel rule that if the films have a significant spacing between them, it can work.  It doesn’t always work.  Consider Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull, or any of the Star Wars prequels.

There are occasions where it does work.  Consider Aliens, the sequel that came out seven years after Alien.  Terminator 2 came out seven years after the original.

Maybe it’s actually a seven year rule.  In that case we’re in trouble.  It’ll be 13 years since the flop that was Ghostbusters II.   Maybe it’ll make it two times better.  I don’t care.  I want to see it.

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     Have you heard of the wonderful work Badger Honor Flight does for our veterans?  Badger Honor Flight is a regional affiliate of the national Honor Flight Network.  The purpose of the Honor Flight Network is to ensure that WWII (and terminally ill veterans from any war) have the opportunity to see the memorials that have been erected in their honor.  The Honor Flight Network provides all amenities to the veterans, including all transportation, meals, and lodging.  Everything is free for the veterans.

     This entire Badger football season, you can support Badger Honor Flight by stopping by the WOLX Tailgate, 1124 Regent St. (Budget Bicycles by Mickey D’s).  We’ll play games for prizes, eat good food from My Buddies and have a cold Bud too.  See you this Thursday, starting at 5pm!

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Survey says:  According to women, the ability to cook is the most attractive skill a man can have.  What’s 2nd?

Incorrect Guesses:  cleaning, taking care of children, ironing, doing laundry, being a handyman, listening, gardening, mathematical skills to manage money, being a good dancer, good manners

Correct Answer:  playing a musical instrument

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Adam reviews the new comedy: Our Idiot Brother.

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Rated R – 1h30

Maybe this family dynamic hit a little too close to home. Maybe I agree that you should always expect the best from people. Either way, Paul Rudd delivers a grinable performance in his new lead role.

Our Idiot Brother is the story of Ned, (Rudd) a man in a state of eternal hippie arrested development. He makes choices based not out of stupidity, but from a naivete’, idealistic place that has high hopes for the rest of the world. Ned is jailed for selling pot to a uniformed officer who seemingly entraps him, by making Ned sympathetic to the cop’s bad day.

After getting out, we meet Ned’s three slightly dysfunctional sisters (Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel & Emily Mortimer) who take him in. With each sister he seemingly destroys their lives through his man-child ways, but somehow also saves them at the same time.

I feel a little cynical calling out his actions, but it’s hard to believe that someone like Ned actually exists. Are there people so trusting of their fellow man, that they would ask them (on a subway) to hold onto their pocket of twenties, while they clean up a coffee spill? I think there are few, at the most. Then again, it’s hard to criticize a person who only wants good things for and from those around them.

Ned’s sisters seem to be living stereotypically train wrecks of lives, which makes this comedy feel a little contrived. Then again, Rudd’s happy blowtorch of sunshine is a bit too. The thing that saves this movie is it’s good intentions and good nature.

I for one, like Ned.

At one time, I couldn’t say the same for Paul Rudd. From the days of his indie comedy background, I enjoyed his bit roles. That was until he took over broader parts like in “The Ten,” “The Oh In Ohio” and “Over Her Dead Body.” But now, I feel Rudd has grown into a mainstream comical lead. He’s also now one of the guys that I’d go see a movie, just because he’s in it.

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This is the eternal showdown. Cat vs. Dog.

Here’s the trick. Press play on both of these videos at the same time. It turns it up a notch. Guess who wins.

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