Ok, I am REALLY getting sick of hearing about Sochi. For you cry baby journalists complaining about the conditions in your hotel room, let me let you in on a little secret: you probably have 4-star accommodations. Youre complaining that there was a stray dog in your room? Be glad. Thats extra warmth. My Cuervo has been cuddling next to me every night this winter, and I love it! Of course, since hes a Chihuahua, hes only big enough to be a foot warmer, but still, it feels nice in this Arctic cold. Youre upset that your hotel has a sign telling you to put toilet paper in a garbage can instead of the toilet? Have you actually USED Russian toilet paper?? I lived in the former Soviet Union for several months. Trust me, your problem isnt WHERE to put the toilet paper, its the toilet paper itself. (I think its newsprint.) My point is you knew you were going to Sochi, a small town in rural Russia. Its not like you thought you were going to Sydney or Berlin. Deal with it. Shut up, quit your belly aching, and enjoy the games, or at least let everyone else enjoy the games. (BTW, youve earned the right to complain if and only if you had the misfortune of flying on Aerosvit Airlines. I flew them four times: the air conditioning barely worked, so it was like being in a flying oven, they ran out of food, and they forced me to watch the same Lindsay Lohan movie four times!! Now, THATs something to complain about.) Seriously, Im so sick of hearing about Sochi, that I was far more interested in the recent appearance of Pussy Riot on the Colbert Report. Now, those ladies impressed me, especially when they said their wish was for Russia was not to be led by a shirtless man on a horse. Sorry, Putin. (BTW, if Putins so homophobic, why is he always pictured shirtless?? Denial aint just a river in Egypt, Mr. Putin.) Now, not to pick on Russia exclusively, heres a bit about my favorite US agency I love to hate: the TSA. It turns out all of my suspicions about the TSA were right: they DO sit there and laugh at you when you go through the back scatter x-ray (which is why I always opt out, as everyone should). It turns out laughing at body scan images of fat people and genitals is how TSA officials pass their time. What else did you expect from people who barely have a high school education, and earn minimum wage, and to whom weve entrusted our national security for some reason. One TSA agent in New Jerseys Newark Airport amused himself by putting bags of cocaine in random peoples luggage just for @#$!% and giggles. Luckily, that guy was fired. However, as I suspected, it turns out TSA agents do keep the goodies they confiscate from you, which is why theyre much more likely to be interested in your souvenir bottle of Scotch than your tube of hemorrhoid cream. I have no idea what they do with all of the tweezers they collect. And now, a great moment in music history: today marks the FIFTIETH anniversary of the British Invasion. Thats right, on this day, four guys from Liverpool, England, with funny haircuts made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. Still, what many dont know is that the invasion happened by chance. In 1963, The Beatles were immensely popular in Europe, but were completely unknown in the United States. Then, in October, 1963, The Fab Four returned to Londons Heathrow Airport after a concert tour of Sweden. That day, they had a chance encounter with an American entertainer, Ed Sullivan, who happened to be in England scouting talent for his show. Sullivan was so surprised by the crowd The Beatles drew at the airport, that he figured he had to have them on his show. The Beatles manager convinced Sullivan to have the Beatles on for five appearances as headliners, rather than mid-show novelty acts . . . and the rest, as they say, is history. John Lennon was killed outside of his home at The Dakota Building in New York City on December 8, 1980 and George Harrison died of cancer on November 29, 2001 in Los Angeles. Richard Starkey a/k/a Ringo Starr and Sir Paul McCartney, the two surviving Beatles, recently performed Hey Jude in Los Angeles, a performance that will be aired on CBS this Sunday. The Beatles record-breaking live debut, broadcast from 8-9 pm, was witnessed by just 728 people in Studio 50, but seen by an estimated 73,700,000 viewers in 23,240,000 homes in the United States. It comfortably smashed the record for television viewing figures up until that point. The first song the Beatles played in America: All My Lovin. youtube/watch?v=T098BBuvmjs
Posted on: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 01:56:29 +0000