Tuck you in Tales

One in 10 U.S. workers said they are snacking more during the day due to concerns over the economy...Jamie Foxx shoulda blamed it on e-e,e-e e-con-omy instead....Like those workers weren't already downing a Super-Sized Big Mac Meal with 20 piece Chicken Nuggets, like me.

Residents of Cumbria in England are using a fake policeman to force motorists to slow down. The dummy cop has a plastic bottle for a 'speed camera' and is dressed in policeman's uniform... I did the same thing when I snuck out of my parents' house, except it wore my PJs and was stuffed with pillows. How is this "NEWS"

People magazine's Sexiest issue is on newsstands Friday with Christina Applegate on the cover. Also in the sexy issue is Michelle Obama, Taylor Swift, George Clooney, and White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel...I hope that's not the sexiest they have to offer, and nudity should be involved...lol

Food Network Magazine went looking for the one burger you have to try in every state. One of the 50, in Baltimore, Maryland, is the Heart Attack on a Plate. It's an 8-ounce beef patty stuffed with cheddar, dipped in an ale batter and deep-fried... sign me up!!! Oh and have a medical staff on stand-by.


It's Hairstylist Appreciation Day.

Beddy-bye time Stories

Today is President Barack Obama's 100th day in office...wonder if he has to take 100 shots like I did after my 100th show??? I only got to 26 before passin out BTW.

New studies show watching TV can help the lonely and rejected. TV provides an illusion that social needs are being met...I think that would depend on what you're watching

The Hermitage Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, has America's best restroom. Restroom products company Cintas flushes out the best each year. The hotel's ground-floor mensroom is tops this year...Now who would brag about this???

A new vending machine can create a printed book in under ten minutes. Step up the the kiosk, choose from a half million titles, then wait as your book is printed, pressed, glued and cut...part of the fun in book shopping is thumbing through it before the purchase. Not watching it being made, although I would like to see it once.

In Minnesota a man went to jail after leading authorities on a 57-mile chase in a garbage truck...He couldn't find the keys to his tank

Sayin nighty-night with these to tuck you in...

Fox TV says it'll blow off President Obama's 100th Day in Office speech Wednesday night. ABC, NBC and CBS will air the prez...Afterall the President has never got the ratings that American Idol has pulled.

Everyone is feeling the effects of the recession -- even landfills, which are laying off employees and cutting hours because you and I are repairing and reusing stuff we used to throw out...No doubt I can't tell you how much duct tape is on my headphones

In Forth Worth, Texas, a young girl was riding with her grandma in an SUV when granny passed out. Eight-year-old Emma Hicks un-buckled, hopped into the front seat, took the wheel and steered the truck into a fence, a shed and some wood. Emma and grandma are doing fine...and no one thanks Grand Theft Auto for teaching her??
Hugh Jackman's gonna skip the premiere of X-Men Origins: Wolverine in Mexico City Wednesday. It has been postponed indefinitely because, well, you know....I can't blame him
Today Poetry Reading Day.

Bedtime Stories

Hey dog owners, it's Scoop the Poop Week...you should ALL of the time, but let's stress it this week.

Obsessed debuted as the top weekend movie with $28.5 million in ticket sales...Looked like it had the best chance to me

President Barack Obama took in his first round of golf as Commander in Chief Sunday... it truely IS a different world...Celeb style

Mondays are rough, so hug someone. For at least six seconds. Research shows that if we hold a hug for at least six seconds, we optimize the flow of mood-boosting chemicals... thats a start, but when is the research gonna get to the good stuff..hehe

A man in England has lived in the same house for 100 years. A seven-year-old Alfonso De Marco arrived in England from Italy in 1902 and has lived in the same house ever since...I can NOT relate AT ALL. I have moved every 2 years on average.

Bedtime Stories

In theaters this weekend: Earth (G); Fighting (PG-13); Obsessed (PG-13); The Soloist (PG-13); The Informers (R)

Jay Leno was hospitalized Thursday. A rep says he wasn't feeling well but is doing fine...I think there is MORE to this than meets the eyes!!

This weekend in Magnum, Oklahoma, it's the Rattlesnake Derby.

The National Security Agency is still working on super-secure software for President Obama's Blackberry. He should have it inside of a couple of months....Still don't know how "the Pres" made it this far without a PDA of somesort

If you thought you'd snag a website domain named after Britain's Got Talent singing sensation Susan Boyle, you're too late. Cyber-squatters have already picked up sites like susanboyle.co.uk and susanboyle.org. An artist by the name of Susan Boyle owns susanboyle.com and is selling her artwork there....I think that is terrible, but I guess everyone looks for a way to cash in...SAD

In New York a man is in court after he was arrested for burglary while his wife drove the getaway minivan with the kids in the back... whataya do when the sitter calls in sick???

A New York bride is suing a woman who interrupted the ceremony by screaming out that she had slept with the groom....proving once again that women are vicious

Bedtime Story to Tuck You In

Today is Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day...My 1 yr old would knock us off he air, probably permanently!!...are you crazy??

Worst App EVER!!!! http://bit.ly/E6x2E

A guitar maker in Maine says he found the image of Jesus in an instrument he made. And a guy in the Netherlands says he bit into a Kit Kat bar and saw an image of Jesus inside...was this by chance on 4/20???

Megastar Taylor Swift's in for a busy summer. She launches her Fearless Tour tonight (Thursday) in Evansville, Indiana.

According to a recent study, fewer kids are dropping out of high school...WOW skipping class is back "in" now!!

I am proud of myself for contributing to Earth Day!!! Recycling my foreclosure and final notice papers felt soooo good...LOL

Bedtime Stories

It's Earth Day. And Jelly Bean Day.

Some say Apple will sell its billionth App Store download tomorrow (Thursday). The App Store is where iPhone and iPod Touch owners buy programs them....did I really need to explain that???

The Dominican Republic may ban unusual names. For some reason, more
and more citizens of the DR are calling their kids goofy names, like
"Dear Pineapple"....if ya got the hair for it, you really shouldn't fight it

Former CSI star William Petersen says a movie is in the works. And Julia Louis-Dreyfus says if someone pulled together a Seinfeld reunion film, she'd join up...I'm sure Matt LeBlanc can't wait for a Friends reunion flick.

A woman in England has been told to cover up her one male and two female garden gnomes. Some neighbors complained about the naked ornaments...No word on whether it was large or small fig leaves that were used.

Bedtime Stories

Nearly 8 in 10 women say bad breath is what they worry about most before a romantic encounter -- even more than their general appearance...nice clevage makes it so I won't even notice breath, I'm just sayin...LOL

J.J. Abrams says Matt Damon turned down the role of Captain Kirk in the new Star Trek movie...Dodged a bullet there, I'd say

Add up every Susan Boyle video viewed across all websites -- including videos of her in TV interviews and of her singing in the late '90s -- and she's got the record for the most videos views in a week: 85.2 million...what can you say about that???

Fox TV has not purchased the website WhoWantsToMarryOctomom.com. It looks like their site, but they say it's not...I guess they decided its bad enough that we have put up with people like William Hung trying to sing

Preparing For The Weekend ...Besides Snow Updates

In theaters this weekend: 17 Again (PG-13); Crank: High Voltage (R); State of Play (PG-13)

The World Grits Festival begins today (Friday) in St. George, South Carolina....As Flo would say" Kiss My Grits"..damn that dates me!!!

Oprah begins Twittering today (Friday). Celeb-twitterer Ashton Kutcher will be on today's show as Oprah fires off her first tweet...and I thought she invented Twitter...huh, learn something new everyday

A guy broke into a Newark, Delaware, apartment to steal chicken wings and Hot Pockets. Police used video surveillance to identify him...I think he was just trying to prepare for prison food

People magazine says Ryan Seacrest has a girlfriend -- an L.A. bartender/actress named Jasmine Waltz...Her named used to be Jason before she visited Trinidad...j/k

Bedtime Stories

It's Wear Your Pajamas To Work Day...I guess that's special for some people, but I can do that ANY day

Washington and Lee University in Virginia has a missing book back. It was stolen 145 years ago by a Union soldier during the Civil War...Can you imagine the late fees on that!?!?!?!

Star magazine says Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are expecting...They are tossing around the name Angad

In Louisiana 54-year-old man stabbed his 63-year-old brother during an argument. They were drunk and arguing over a can of pork and beans...No No. He said "Stick it to the man", not "for the can".

Sky Sox Game on Tuesday!!

4 innings of fun!!! The Family went out to watch the game, but my son can only handle so much baseball.(I thought we'd get 3 innings tops)

Jessica Alba Tattoo

Everyone is saying it looks like a Butterfly but all I see is a Blue Bow...you tell me

http://www.gossipgirls.com/jessica-alba/jessica-alba-butterfly-beauty-290261

Bedtime Stories for the day before the Tax Deadline

A department store in Britain is selling a women's suit made from 50recycled plastic bottles...Mountain Sewt, Me!!!

Mel Gibson's wife filed for divorce Monday, citing irreconcilable differences...Don't they always???

Cable channel Turner Classic Movies is out with a list of the 15 most influential classic films of all time. At the top is The Birth of a Nation....biggots across the pond????Let's hope they don't influence ANYBODY!!!!

Bedtime Stories for the Day After Easter

Pictures of Easter on the way....if you care.

Today at the White House is the annual Easter Egg Roll.

This is National Library Week.

Hannah Montana The Movie was No. 1 over the weekend, opening with $34 million in ticket sales. ...Who's bigger Jonas Brothers or Hannah Montana question has FINALLY been answered!!!

A 6-month-old Portuguese Water Dog is living in the White House. Malia and Sasha chose the name Bo....I got nothin

A Florida man is going for the Guinness World Record for living in a phone booth. He went in on April 1 and will leave the phone booth on April 29, his 72nd birthday... Never too late to make your mark on the world, I guess.

A woman in Albania lived for 12 years with a bullet lodged below her cheekbone. She knew 12 years ago she'd been shot but the doctor told her it had exited her body...Not real big on X-Rays in Albania, I'm guessin.

Bedtime Stories for Good Friday

In Rapid City, South Dakota, a man waiting at a fast food drive-thru accidentally shot himself in the leg...He is a BIG fan of Plaxico Burress

A Saudi man divorced his wife by text message. He said "I divorce you" three times, which is allowed under Islamic Sharia law...Yeah Its called a "Dear Jasmine letter"

A senior citizen in Britain took a wrong turn on his mobility scooter and ended up on a highway with cars zipping by at 70mph. Since his top speed is 10mph, police were called and he was pulled over...His HoverRound needed an Upgrade
Enjoy your Easter weekend!!!

Today's Bedtime Stories

A Cheyenne, Wyoming, teen sent 10,000 text messages in one month. Her family's cell plan had no text plan so their Verizon bill came in at over $4,700. Dad took a hammer to her phone....Daddy Justice...now all he needs to do is take all of her babysitting money till she can pay half...half because you can't tell me he didn't see her typing feverishly on her phone at some point.

A new survey, by CareerBuilder, shows that about half the people in the U.S. who were laid off in the last year have found work of some kind, either full or part time...that number is entirely too low. I 'd be happy if at least 80%, but 50%... We Gotta DO BETTER!!!


A New Jersey woman was the victim of partial auto theft. She told her insurance company someone broke into her Honda and stole the steering wheel, front seats and the shift knob. I'm thinkin' someone couldn't find the junkyard.

Today's Bedtime Stories

BACON BIKINI!!!!!

Scientists say a bacon sandwich really does cure a hangover by boosting the level of something called amines, which clear the head... Yet another reason to NOT quit eating bacon!!!

Oh, now here's proof of a global recession: Global wine consumption dropped a bit in 2008, though it did rise in the U.S., Canada and Australia...Where is the rest of the world getting thier antioxydants???

When 98-year-old Maria D’Antuono was rescued in the aftermath of the Italy earthquake, she said she had spent 30 hours knitting as she waited to be freed from her ruined home. ...now she has mittens for all her kittens.

Police in Wisconsin were able to track down a guy who became lost after drinking over the weekend. He called 911 and police called his cell company to have them use GPS to track his location....Big Brother IS watching.

Today's Bedtime Stories

Colin Powell will show up on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition....Oooh set your TiVo

This is a sad reality....A new study says almost one in five 4-year-old American kids is obese.

Weird suicide. The skeleton of a German man was found the other day nearly 40 feet up a tree. He tied himself up there 30 years ago. Then he shot himself....and I thought no one paid any attention to what I do.

The world's oldest living person turned 115 Monday. Gertrude Baines, born in Georgia, says her pleasures in life are sweets, The Price is Right, Jerry Springer and extra crispy bacon....and that is why I will NEVER give up my Mountain Dew or bacon, although I like it less crispy.

A Massachusetts State Police trooper is under investigation after he was photographed while apparently getting a manicure while in uniform at Boston's Logan airport....as long as he didn't order French Tips, I'm cool with it.

Backatya later, DJ

Today's Bedtime Stories

Iron Man 2 begins filming today. It opens May 7, 2010...and I didn't get my call-back!!!

Why is it that every 2 or 3 years they find something beneficial about chocolate?!?
Need a mental boost? Eat a bit of chocolate, say researchers. Flavanols -- a compound found in cocoa -- increases the flow of blood
into the brain.

To raise money for charity a guy in the UK will attempt to walk one mile every hour for 1,000 consecutive hours. Assuming an 18-minute mile, for nearly six weeks he'll have just 42 minutes every hour to try and catch some shuteye....I think he is just in training for parenthood...Thoughts?!???

April Fool's Day

Did You See PCWorld.com's prank????
http://www.pcworld.com/article/162348/first_look_tivo_dvrsuperadvance.html
PCWorld.com announced the upcoming model of TiVo DVR called SuperAdvance will record not-yet-broadcast programming.

They were saying one of the selling points were how helpful it would be to potential wagers....LOL
Nicely done!!!