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Leave a Comment | Posted by Scott Miller on October 26, 2011

We see these on a daily basis, but 25% of Americans have never been in one.

COrrect Answer:  an airplane.

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Leave a Comment | Posted by Adam Elliott on

Let the debate begin.  Time Magazine is out with a new Top 100 songs list.  How do you pick a favorite?

Here’s the rules for their list:

They are only English-Language pop tracks

They are from 1923-present

They are not ranked

Artists only get one song

2000s

Janelle Monae – “Tightrope”

Missy Elliott – “Get Ur Freak On”

Outkast – “Hey Ya!”

Arcade Fire – “Wake Up”

Kanye West – “Gold Digger”

Lil Wayne – “Georgia… Bush”

LCD Soundsystem – “All My Friends”

Beyonce – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”

Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”

1990s

Sinead O’Connor – “Nothing Compares 2 U”

Pet Shop Boys – “Being Boring”

Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Richard Thompson – “1952 Vincent Black Lightning”

Wu-Tang Clan – “C.R.E.A.M.”

A Tribe Called Quest – “Scenario”

The Notorious B.I.G. – “Juicy”

Tupac Shakur – “California Love (Remix)”

Pulp – “Common People”

Radiohead – “Paranoid Android”

1980s

Joy Division – “Love Will Tear Us Apart”

George Jones – “He Stopped Loving Her Today”

Michael Jackson – “Billie Jean”

New Order – “Blue Monday”

Prince – “Kiss”

Metallica – “Master of Puppets”

R.E.M. – “It’s the End of the World as We Know It”

Lucinda Williams – “Pineola”

Public Enemy – “Fight the Power”

Madonna – “Borderline”

1970s

The Melodians – “Rivers of Babylon”

James Brown – “Get Up (I Feel like Being a) Sex Machine”

Led Zeppelin – “Immigrant Song”

Black Sabbath – “Iron Man”

Joni Mitchell – “A Case of You”

The Who – “Baba O’Riley”

Stevie Wonder – “Superstition”

Dolly Parton – “Jolene”

Big Star – “September Gurls”

Bonnie Raitt – “Angel from Montgomery”

Fela Kuti – “Zombie”

Bruce Springsteen – “Thunder Road”

Queen – “Bohemian Rhapsody”

Donna Summer – “I Feel Love”

Bee Gees – “Stayin’ Alive”

David Bowie – “Heroes”

Ramones – “I Wanna Be Sedated”

Fleetwood Mac – “Dreams”

Peter Tosh – “Equal Rights”

Parliament – “One Nation Under a Groove”

Velvet Underground – “Rock & Roll”

Loretta Lynn – “Coal Miner’s Daughter”

1960s

Bob Dylan – “Subterranean Homesick Blues”

Patsy Cline – “Crazy”

Roy Orbison – “Crying”

The Ronettes – “Be My Baby”

The Beatles – “I Wanna Hold Your Hand”

Astrud Gilberto – “The Girl from Ipanema”

The Supremes – “Where Did Our Love Go?”

The Beach Boys – “God Only Knows”

Aretha Franklin – “I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)”

Marvin Gaye – “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”

The Band – “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”

Big Mama Thornton – “Ball ‘n’ Chain”

Jackson 5 – “I Want You Back”

The Rolling Stones – “Gimme Shelter”

Crosby, Stills and Nash – “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes”

Otis Redding – “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)”

Johnny Cash – “Folsom Prison Blues”

1950s

Les Paul – “How High the Moon”

Kitty Wells – “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels”

Elvis Presley – “Jailhouse Rock”

Odetta – “Take This Hammer”

Frank Sinatra – “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”

Chuck Berry – “Johnny B. Goode”

Ray Charles – “What’d I Say”

1940s

Woody Guthrie – “This Land Is Your Land”

Lena Horne – “Stormy Weather”

The Andrews Sisters – “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”

Spike Jones – “Der Fuehrer’s Face”

Bing Crosby – “White Christmas”

Betty Hutton – “It Had to Be You”

Mahalia Jackson – “Move On Up a Little Higher”

Hank Williams – “Cold, Cold Heart”

Ella Fitzgerald – “Baby It’s Cold Outside”

Doris Day – “Sentimental Journey”

1930s

Ethel Merman – “I Got Rhythm”

Cab Calloway – “Minnie the Moocher”

Duke Ellington – “It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)”

Louie Armstrong – “Star Dust”

Fred Astaire – “Cheek to Cheek”

Ray Heatherton – “Where or When”

Judy Garland – “Over the Rainbow”

1920s

Al Jolson – “My Mammy”

Bessie Smith – “St. Louis Blues”

Paul Robeson – “Ol’ Man River”

The Carter Family – “Wildwood Flower”

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Leave a Comment | Posted by Scott Miller on October 25, 2011

Study says women spend 16 months of their lives doing THIS.

Incorrect Guesses:  putting on make-up, kissing a man, finger nails, talking on the telephone, planning their wedding

Correct Answer:  crying

Popularity: 7% [?]

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Leave a Comment | Posted by Ken Merson on October 24, 2011

By 1968, David Ruffin had been ejected from the Temptations and replaced by Dennis Edwards who was under contract with Motown Records as a solo performer. With Edwards aboard, the “Tempts” hit new heights reaching the Top 10 nine more times. Three of those went all the way to Number 1 – “Just My Imagination” (1971), “Papa Was A Rolling Stone” (1972) and the smash that gave Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin, Otis Williams and Edwards solo spots to give maximum exposures to five of the greatest voices of all time “I Can’t Get Next To You” (1969). Hearing is believing with this great video clip taped during the song’s two-week run at Number 1 during October 1969.

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Comments (1) | Posted by Heather Moore on

We often eat meat-free on Mondays (thanks to Paul McCartney) and this little speedy soup is always a welcome sight on the stove!  Recipe serves two but it can easily be doubled.

2 tbsp chopped onion

1 tbsp butter

1 cup chicken broth

1 package frozen broccoli and cheese sauce, thawed

1/2 cup cooked long grain rice

1/4 cup heavy whipping cream

1.  In a saucepan, cook onion in butter until tender.  Stir in chicken broth and broccoli with cheese sauce.  Bring to a boil.  Reduce heat; simmer for five minutes, uncovered.

2.  Add rice and cream.  Cook 3-4 minutes longer or until heated through and broccoli is tender (do not boil).

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Leave a Comment | Posted by Adam Elliott on

After the Food and Wine show over the weekend, I was really craving some desert.

Perhaps it was the wine talking, but I did have a good case of the munchies.

Good thing I didn’t run into the chef who says he’s created a $35,000 desert.  It includes layers of high-quality dark chocolate pudding, gold, champagne caviar, a 2-karat diamond, champagne jelly and biscuits laced with edible gold. The dish is served inside a golden edible Faberge egg replica.

I wonder what happens if you crunch down on the diamond or the gold?  I’m guessing you also get a $35,000 dentist bill.

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Leave a Comment | Posted by Scott Miller on

On a typical Monday, the average American does this for more than a half hour.

Incorrect Guesses:  hit the snooze button, travels, getting dressed, bathing, checking their email at work, pay bills, discuss their weekend, return messages at work, plan their work week, plan the next weekend, talk football, plan meals for the week, contemplate calling in sick or working a half day.

Correct Answer:  complains

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Leave a Comment | Posted by adammoviereviews on October 21, 2011

Adam reviews the new spooky movie Paranormal Activity 3.  How scary is it?

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Leave a Comment | Posted by adammoviereviews on

Rated R – 1h23

Packed with plenty of gotcha moments, Paranormal Activity 3 will make you jump several times. The problem is, we already know the formula and that takes a lot of the frightful edge away.

Set in 1988, we again get a home video obsessed guy who must catch on VHS, the things in his home that are going bump in the night. The added twist of the backstory of the original Katie from Paranormal Activity 1 is a wasted point.

To set up the scary faux-documentary, we’re to believe that were looking back on real archival footage. Dennis, a wedding videographer, has moved in with hot 80’s mom Julie. They live a happy life with Julie’s two daughters Katie and Kristi. One night, Dennis accidentally catches Kristi’s imaginary friend Toby on camera and becomes infatuated. Things escalate poorly for the family.

With just a few exceptions, I almost never recommend the 3rd chapter in a film franchise. That rule is still in effect here. I will admit to jumping several times. That’s the point of watching a movie like this.

In fact, based on this movie, PA1 makes much less sense. SPOILER AHEAD: In this film, young Katie from 1988 befriends the mysterious demon. Are we to assume that her demon friend is the same one that possesses Katie from 2009? The older Katie is more a victim of her boyfriend’s misguided actions. Did the demon and Katie’s relationship mean nothing all those years?

There was something fun I took away from this film. It was in the technical use of a surveillance style point of view, where the camera pans back and forth. I am a lover of puzzles where you have to figure out the difference between two pictures. In this case, the viewer’s perspective pans to the left, so look for the thing that sticks out in the frame. Pan to the right, then back to the left and see what’s spookily changed. I am a film technique lover, so I actually enjoyed this.

Still, would you go see a movie based on someone’s thrill that the camera panned back & forth? I don’t think so. That’s something for movie nerds like me.

The bottom line is, you will be scared with PA3, even if it’s for the lack of creativity.

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Leave a Comment | Posted by Adam Elliott on

Maybe.

There was a story out of Wausau this week where firefighters rescued a dog from a house fire and revived a Yellow Lab named Coda with mouth-to-snout resuscitation. A teenager was home at the time of the fire and managed to get out safely. He couldn’t make it back inside, but the firefighters did.

That’s begs the question. Would I be able to do the same for my dog JD? (pictured at the right)

Well, he is a known for creating a lot of slobber. He’s got these floppy lips that droop over his mouth. He always has dog breath. Still, if it came down to an emergency, I’d give my pup the kiss of life. I’d be searching for my toothbrush soon afterwards, but in the name of my doggie, I’d do it.

My stupid yappy neighbor’s dog that keeps me awake at night? That would be a tougher decision, but I’d like to think I’d help out that little rat dog too.

Here’s Coda’s story that was on the Today show this morning:

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