The movie "Nowhere Boy' will come to the USA in October 2010. The movie, which chronicles the rebellious youth of John Lennon prior to the Beatle years, was made last year in England. It stars Aaron Johnson as John... and all I can tell you is they definitely nailed a "look" that's very believable. The movie has seven stars on IMDB, and I have to admit I'm anxious to see it.

Addicted to Farmville on facebook? Can't stop playing? Do you sneak a few minutes plowing, planting and harvesting at work? Do your friends think you're sick? Well, here's a picture that might help you get your friends off your back... go ahead, print it and frame it... to show everyone that Farmville really exists!

FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS

Freddie and the Dreamers recorded their biggest hit exactly 47 years ago today... July 8, 1963. Their records were immensely popular until 1965, so their impact on the British Invasion was pretty short-lived. Although they were often lumped into the Mersey bands from Liverpool, they were actually from Manchester, England, as were Herman's Hermits and Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders.

They were unusual to say the least, led by a comical chap named Freddie Garrity. At 5'3", Garrity would bounce around the stage waving his arms and leaping about like a madman. Another hit record "Do the Freddie" had a lot of us emulating Garrity on the dance floor. They only had a few hits, and four albums in the USA... but everyone remembers "Freddie and the Dreamers"!

Richard Starkey, better known around the world as Ringo Starr, is 70 years old today. Yessir, the Beatle drummer was born July 7, 1940 in Liverpool, England. In 1962 he replaced Pete Best as drummer for the fast rising band called The Beatles. After the breakup in 1970, Ringo continued with a successful music career, as well as several movie and TV excursions.

I don't know about you, but Ringo turning 70 makes me feel really old...

Finally, the perfect gift for those extremely hard-to-buy-for seniors. Just head over to your neighborhood custom t-shirt shop and have a T-shirt made that fits the personality of whoever you're searching to find a gift for. Sometimes, you can find the perfect one in a store... seems a lot of older folks share the same issues. And here's a couple of great examples to fire up your imagination!

Yeah I know, this is debatable. But of all my past favorites, this show was very near the top... WKRP in Cincinnati. Andy Travis the program director, Jennifer Malone the hot receptionist, Arthur Carlson the "big guy", Herb Tarlek the sales manager of questionable sales ability, Les Nessman the weird news guy, Bailey Quarters the girl Friday, Venus Flytrap the funky overnight announcer, and the morning man I can never hope to emulate... the amazing Doctor Johnny Fever!!

I always got a kick out of the fact that a top-rated TV show was about a struggling radio station, something very ironic there. Does anyone remember the great Thanksgiving Promotion that Mr. Carlson dreamed up? Where they dropped 20 live turkeys from a helicopter onto a mall parking lot... only to see the birds smash into cars and pavement and die... as Les (covering the event) screamed into his microphone "oh the humanity!!"

Anyway it was a great show, and I miss it!

As ruler of the warrior tribe known simply as the Avatar, Keither was a warrior first and king second. He was also well known for his mead drinking and chasing wild coyotes.

(Avatar yourself too:
http://www.avatarizeyourself.com/
it's cool!)

Imagine this... you're a good dad living in Hayward, Wisconsin. So you build your kids a nice playground in the back yard. Saturday morning mom is about to wake the kids up so they can go out and play on their new playground, when she looks out the windows. Oh no... the darned neighbors are playing on the new layout. And these neighbors aren't easy to play with!!

If you disagree with me on this, well, I'm sorry. But I think what Governor Doyle did yesterday is embarassing for Wisconsin. He sure didn't do anything to help his embarassing approval numbers, below 40 percent. He didn't help the embarassing 6.6 billion budget deficit in Wisconsin. And he didn't help the 9+ percent of the state that's unemployed. So what did he add to his "legacy" yesterday?

He vetoed the bill that would have allowed a bear hunter with a "B" license to kill a wounded bear that had been shot by a hunter with an "A" license in the same hunting party. He said he was worried that wardens couldn't tell who shot the bear. Yeah right, just let the wounded animal suffer as long as possible. You've never hunted have you governor?

He also vetoed the bill allowing raw milk to be sold in Wisconsin. Never been on a farm either have you? Never stood next to a bulk tank and had a glass of ice cold milk straight from the cow. Maybe the best drink ever. I guess we just can't be trusted to decide these things for ourselves.

He also used his partial veto pen to ban using your auto as loan collateral. Now I agree that predatory loans are a bad thing, but this is just another example of the government thinking they know better than we what we do with our money and property.

Couldn't you have done something to lower taxes for once? I guess you knew what you were doing when you decided not to run in November...

Well, it's almost summer. And warm weather puts more drivers on the road. Time to rethink the way we drive, and be a lot more careful! We've already had several tragic deaths in the area this spring, let's prevent more! Time to make sure we really pay attention, stop texting, and be sure to focus on the road!

Here's a guy that survived, but I bet he learned a lesson!

Well, the final Heroes VS Villains anyway. I'm sitting here, faithfully watching as I've done for 20 seasons of Survivor. And the last vote at Tribal Council is about to be made. But even though Colby was voted out earlier (the last Hero to go) I'm feeling pretty good. For the first time in my memory, the jury levelled their collective verbal guns at the biggest villain remaining. There's always one you know, that lies, cheats, backstabs and betrays everyone to get to the end. In this case it's Russell. And for me, that's the worst part of Survivor.

But knowing Russell will NOT receive a single vote is sweet. To me, if we are to compare this game to life, we have to know who the true villains are... and not allow them to triumph. And I'm good with either Sandra or Parvati... but I'd vote for Sandra. She truly proved that she could be a loyal friend.

Now the vote...

And the winner... Sandra! Six votes to three. And no votes for li'l Russell. JUSTICE!

This may be the coolest mailbox I've seen yet! I bet the mailman is always on time...

Just when I'm shaking my head wondering how anyone can possibly get any dumber... I watch another Survivor and sure enough the cast obliges me with someone doing something even dumber than the week before.

So we'll do this in 3 parts. Okay, last week I was mad. My favorite remaining heroine, Amanda, got voted off. And sadly, she should have known better. She spent way too much time trying to change the wrong people's minds, and unfortunately for her a hero changed to a villain and voted her off. Candice switched sides... and Amanda is gone.

Part 2, Candice was way beyond stupid to switch sides last week... obviously the remaining heroes voted for her out of revenge... and the villains don't trust her now either... bad formula. Nice move by Rupert to pull the oldest trick on the island and make li'l Russell think he had an idol. But remember... we're not dealing with geniuses here. So Candice got voted off.

Part 3, tricky Jeff made this week a double dinger with a second immunity challenge and a second tribal council. At this point I figured Colby or Rupert, the last two heroes, were going to obviously be voted off the next couple of councils. But I forgot my own rule... li'l Russell is the DUMBEST participant in Survivor history and leave it to him to decide he needed to show off his power and destroy his own aliance. He flipped on Danielle, and because of his own pea-brain fear that people were starting to doubt his control... instrumented her demise... bye bye Danielle. And the most surprised people were Rupert and Colby, safe for another week... amazing.

Now, you may have noticed the pictures I've posted. And you'll notice that now the crew has voted off our last three candidates for "eye candy of the season". Like I keep saying... they're just not very smart.

I think though, that li'l Russell may finally go next time.... I hope so.

Somebody e-mailed me this picture... HOLY COW, what kind of dog is this? Now I understand why mailmen live in fear of dogs!!