Now, I found this story today that there is a guy in Colorado who may be the first pot taste-tester in the US.  A Denver newspaper hired him as a critic saying that there are around 100,000 medicinal marijuana users in the state, so why not market towards them?

The rest of the story is below including a video, but I’m just impressed that the guy can write coherently after going all Cheech and Chong.

First home game is October 15th.  2.5 months away!

It makes me wonder if I have anything of value in my basement or garage.

Lets see, anyone willing to offer me $200 million for my:

- Betamax, top loading VCR, plus tapes.

- 10 speed, rusty bicycle.  One flat tire. (sold as is)

- Life-sized cardboard cutout of Keanu Reeves from Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.

- Grey casket, partially used. (see below)

- 1,000 promotional WOLX coffee mugs.

- My baby clothes (you might want to wash them.)

- My 100+ album record collection featuring the best of Bobby Sherman and Lawrence Welk.

I know the doctors say I should cut back, but I would love an extra thrilling serving of Salt.

Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie) is a female action hero living up to her full potential. She’s right up there with Ellen Ripley from “Alien” and Sarah Connor from “Terminator.”

Salt is a seasoned CIA agent who is accused of being a Russian spy. She goes rogue, but you’re never sure if she’s doing it to protect herself or to get away. We do know she’s crafty, deadly and runs full speed at her target.

The reason I’m enthralled with this story is because it works on my paranoia. Is it a far stretch to believe that the Russians have been training children to be sleeper agents? Not really. Could our former enemies still hold a major grudge against the US? Sure. Could the president ever be tricked into launching our own nuclear weapons? I hope not, but in the action genre, it’s plausible.

I can’t say I’ve always been a big fan of Angelina Jolie, but this seems to be a role tailored to her talents. She’s good looking (I know, an underestimation,) she’s energetic and she seems wise too. The energy in particular really brings this character to life. Jumping from semi-to-semi takes a lot of it ya know.

Salt has to go through the motions of your typical action movie too. The hero has to take out untold numbers of henchmen. Ammunition can never run out. Unbreachable buildings have to be breached. Honestly, she’s right up there rivaling Die Hard, Rambo and Terminator, and this movie makes those clichés fun and entertaining.

I’m sooooo glad that Tom Cruise turned the role down and they did a rewrite to make Salt a female.

Imagine you just ate a delicious steak and the next day you were given dog food for dinner. That’s how I felt with Swedish-subtitled The Girl Who Played With Fire. This is a bad sequel.

The follow up to the impressive thriller: The Girl With Dragon Tattoo, (and the trilogy book series they come from) fails to capture much of what was entertaining in the first film.

Goth super-hacker Lisbeth returns to Sweden after a year abroad to make sure her court-appointed and blackmailed guardian is filing satisfactory reports on her. At the same time, investigative journalist friend Mikael is about to expose a sex-trafficking ring. When a fellow journalist is killed, Lisbeth is named as the key suspect. In parallel, but soon to be connected story, both Lisbeth and Mikael work to clear Lisbeth’s name, find the killers and help Lisbeth piece together her childhood.

Sounds intriguing, but it isn’t carried out that way. Plot lines are left dangling. Chemistry between the two lead characters is missing. The thrill of the chase is absent and things don’t feel resolved at the end. I couldn’t have been left with a poorer taste in my mouth.

The fiery relationship chemistry between Lisbeth and Mikael was essentially left off the table. The introduction of James Bond-esque villains was weak and non-comical.

I’m conflicted, because I think the viewer really wants to root for Lisbeth. She’s very un-heroine like, but that’s also one of her likable traits. She’s had a rough life, is fueled by vengeance and we want her to have it. But Lisbeth is tame and less likable this time around. Maybe we’ve seen all she can do? Maybe there’s only so much vengeance she can deliver?

There are American versions of the novels coming out in the near future starring Carey Mulligan and Daniel Craig. I had no interest in seeing them before. Now, my hope is they can shore up this disappointing story.

It’s a good reminder that you’re only dysfunctional, until someone even more dysfunctional comes along.

In this dark comedy Cyrus, John (John C. Reilly) is at a low point in his life. Afraid of being alone, he is forced by his ex-wife to meet someone else.

While acting a drunken fool at a party, John meets Molly (Marisa Tomei) and for some reason his awkwardness is attractive to her. Their relationship blossoms, until John later meets Molly’s 22 year old son Cyrus (Jonah Hill) who has some serious mommy attachments.

What results is an all-on war between Cyrus and John for the possession of Molly. The passive aggressive tension between the pair is palpable and brilliant. Both men realize they can’t own her, but in a very child-like fashion, they also refuse to submit to each other.

It’s hard to resist the likeability of this movie. Like a pro-athlete can make their game look easy, Reilly and Tomei are instantly believable in their roles. Hill is also starting to prove he has more depth than just being the “fat guy” comic.

The realistic nature of this trio’s relationship to each other is also what makes this an adorable story. Both John and Molly crave with a passion, a real relationship. Both have relatable hang-ups and luggage that they have to deal with.There’s a lot of honesty and realism in it.

The viewer gets to sit back and watch the train wreck develop, and the payoff is plentiful.

Monday’s are often the worst slow news days of them all, but I have to give credit to the Wisconsin State Journal.  They covered the slow news like nobody’s business.  It’s epic.

Check out the headlines:

• What’s the difference between dishwasher detergent, laundry detergent and dish soap?
• Why hasn’t there been a stadium concert at Camp Randall lately?
• “I just won $400 and I’m angry.“

I always have wondered if I could put dish soap in the laundry machine?

I’m just playing WSJ.  Today, I reported on a dirty ice at Miller Park, a boat made of plastic bottles and the Elvis autopsy instruments auction cancellation.  That’s a slow news day!

I’ve been working with this guy for the past 10 years of my life, so perhaps gifts for me are in order.  Just kidding.  Please check out the presents that Heather and I got Fletch for the big day.

Not that you need it, but I also present these words of wisdom for you Fletch, on your happy day.

• - Getting older is great.  One of the best things: you can now hide your own Easter Eggs.
• - Think of all the gas money you’ll save, driving 35MPH on the beltline.
• - Every day on-air will be like a new one, because you’ll forget about yesterday.
• - No more worrying about your waistline with your pants pulled up over it.
• - It’s easy from here on in.  You’re already used to going to bed at 7pm, you work in radio.

I hope you enjoy your birthday as much as I’ve enjoyed mocking you on it.

(I know, payback is coming…)
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Ralph Mothes and Paloma Werner are experienced sailors. They’re both members of the Cape Town Sailing Academy and routinely take their yacht out to sea to take in the sights, get a little fresh air, and if they’re lucky, see a whale or two. Unfortunately for the two of them, a whale got a little too close for comfort and damaged their yacht. Actually, the 40-ton whale jumped onto their yacht, completely destroying everything save the ship’s steel hull (which is the only thing that saved their lives.

“We’d spotted it about 100 metres away and thought that was the end of it. Then suddenly it was right up beside us, recounted Paloma, 50. “I assumed it would go underneath the boat but instead it sprang out of the sea. We were very lucky to get through it, as the sheer weight of the thing was huge. There were bits of skin and blubber left behind, and the mast was wrecked. It brought down the rigging too. Thank goodness the hull was made of steel and not fibreglass or we could have been ruined.”

The couple were able to take their wrecked yacht back to shore at Table Bay. The 33-foot vessel is probably a total loss, but really… how often do you get to tell the insurance company your boat is wrecked because a lob-tailing whale tried to clear it in a single, massive jump and live to tell the tale?