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Single releases "Basic Principles" and "Pulp Fiction" became jungle standards. The latter is originally called "Pulp Friction" as on Alex Reece's debut album So Far. Supposedly there are two different songs out - "Pulp Friction" and "Pulp Fiction". But even when the album version is used in a set it is incorrectly referred to as "Pulp Fiction".[2]

That's just incorrect, not unusual. Pulp Fiction was on Metalheadz and Goldie wouldn't release the master when Reece signed to a major, so he had to re-record it; the re-titling was a cute acknowledgement of this.

hie thee to wikipedia

exceptional for actually slipping into first person at one point:

"Long Day" is the first single and second track from Matchbox Twenty's debut album Yourself or Someone Like You. The song starts off with just an acoustic guitar; then switches to electric guitars for most of the song. The vocal style is typical of Rob Thomas, a mixture of soft and soulful and impassioned and angst-filled. There is no instrumental introduction; Thomas begins singing immediately and if listened to carefully, he can be heard drawing a breath just before. The video clip (directed by Roger Pistole), like most of the band's material centers around Matchbox Twenty, but is punctuated by black and white shots from an old movie. Thomas has shorter hair than in the subsequent clips and is dressed in a suit and sunglasses. The cover of the single features a parody of a Diamond Matches box.

oh nm i thought it said "if I listened to it carefully"; still pretty over the top though

At 8 years old, Kerli gained interest in classical music and as there was an absence of music in her early life, she only possessed one cassette by Bonnie Tyler.

Kerli believes in reincarnation as well as other forms of life after death,[71][72] fairies[73] (which she has cited as a large element of her life),[54] angels and demons, although once defining them as "reflections" of one's "inner light" and "inner darkness" respectively.[74] However, besides thanking her guardian angels in the liner notes for Love Is Dead, she has also stated she feel angels are beings, as well as using "angel cards."[40]

Rybolovlev’s love for the sea, urged him to explore surfing. Being a determined businessman and dedicated to his goals, are traits which he applies when he is surfing the waves in different oceans, pushing himself to discover where his limits are.

Speed has started a screen career on TV and film. In 2009 he played Brent in Wrong Turn 3. In 2010, he was one of the judges alongside Elle Macpherson in Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 6. He is very interesting and is very good at staying still during long shoots.

The etymology of the term "real estate"

Fired Up! is a 2009 teen comedy film produced and directed by Will Gluck and written by Freedom Jones. The main plot revolves around two popular high school football players (portrayed by Eric Christian Olsen and Nicholas D'Agosto) who create their lie to attend cheerleading camp for the summer and get close to its female cheerleaders.

with "get close" hyperlink to the wikipedia entry for Sexual Intimacy

The game made national newspaper headlines, and was attended by schoolboys large and small, their elder brothers and fathers, accompanied by their ladies and other members of London society.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullseye_(UK_game_show)

In 1989, John Cooper appeared on the show. He would later be convicted of multiple burglaries, armed robberies, and in 2011, following advances in forensic science, two double murders, one rape and another sexual assault. Footage of his appearance on the show was later used by the prosecution to match him to witness reports at the time.[2]

On a lighter note: Jim Bowen once described Bullseye as "the second-best darts-based game show on television". There are no others.

Born in Reading, Pennsylvania, Haring grew up in Kutztown with his mom, Joan Haring, and his father Allen Haring, a cartoonist. He also had three younger sisters, Kay, Karen and Kristen. Keith's parents wanted to name all their children with names that started with K.

they did it!

RIP

back to Jim Bowen WTF is this all meant to mean?

In 1980 Bowen was included in a "Charlton Athletic" team of entertainers to appear in an ATV variety game show called "Up for the Cup", three winning rounds followed and the team found themselves in the final becoming runners up, no matter game and series over. By this time he had asked the "Charlton captain of the TV show", South London entertainment agent Ray Donn to look after him professionally & to help find him work down South. A few weeks after “Up for the Cup” had been transmitted in 1981, the then head of ATV casting the late Alec Fyne contacted Donn to enquire what Bowen was doing during the following month, he said “Nothing, I can’t get him out of”. Alec Fyne replied “Get him up here as soon as possible as we may have something for him" ……That was how the quiz show “Bullseye” started and of Bowen's renowned association.

reading it again I can almost get it - needs some work

yeah, bad comma usage, but I just about got, there.

In America, shawarma is commonly enjoyed by superheroes such as The Avengers.

Kesha made a female version "Boys" using the same beat only it was electronic and her lyrics display boys the same way that the Beastie Boys do about girls in the final part of their song and in 2005 Molotov released a cover version of "Girls" on their album Con Todo Respeto.

The President responded that, "it is a triumph more glorious, because far more useful to mankind, than was ever won by conqueror on the field of battle. May the Atlantic telegraph, under the blessing of Heaven, prove to be a bond of perpetual peace and friendship between the kindred nations, and an instrument destined by Divine Providence to diffuse religion, civilization, liberty, and law throughout the world."[7]

These messages engendered an outburst of enthusiasm........The Atlantic cable was a theme for innumerable sermons and a prodigious quantity of doggerel.

Alternative uses

Toasters can be used to defrost frozen food, like fish sticks and potato waffles.[citation needed]

Potato waffles?

http://www.potatopro.com/Pictures/Birds%20Eye%20potato%20waffles.jpg

they are pretty nice

though why you would wanna defrost potato waffles before grilling them idk

"toast 'em" noticeably absent from the classic versatility jingle

Liminality
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the concept of liminality. For the original video animation, see .hack//Liminality.

http://i.imgur.com/qpaFm.png

eh, and they say that flattery gets you nowhere

good post btw nakh

On a lighter note: Jim Bowen once described Bullseye as "the second-best darts-based game show on television". There are no others.

― emil.y, Friday, 4 May 2012 00:06 (1 week ago) Permalink

He may have been referring to The Golden Shot - a dart-based game show which used a different type of dart - a crossbow.

Most episodes of the series were originally preceded by a short prologue in which Razor would say, "Today on Swat Kats...," with a brief action scene from the episode. After most episodes, there was a small clip called "Secret Files of SWAT Kats" which gave information about the Heroes and Villains from the show and Warner Bros didn't release any information about the 6 unfinished episodes of the show. Another issue with the DVD was the end credits of the show. Warner Bros put the end credits for the episodes in the wrong order, meaning voice actors either aren’t credited for episodes they were in, or are credited for ones they weren’t. Only a few episodes had their proper end credits in tact.

The album label lists band members as Carla Bozulich, Harold "Biff" Barefoot Sanders III and Wee-Wee (John Napier). Bozulich later went on to found the band Geraldine Fibbers and Biff Sanders was a founding member of Eric Avery's side project Polar Bear. Napier was in the band E. Coli which released an album, To Drool on Triple X Records in 1996.[7] Wee Wee received his Masters in Social Work from Humboldt State University and is currently an ASW, Mental Health Clinician Intern in Northern California, in addition to playing three-string cigar box slide guitar for the amusement of those close to him.[when?]

[when?]

Sutton fronted the short-lived Heavy Lemon (2002–03) with ex-La's Neil Mavers and Peter "Cammy" Camell.[14] Sutton then went on to front the band Mirrorball (2005–08). Sutton claimed that the lyrics of Heavy Lemon songs were written under hypnosis after encounters with tax inspectors from the future.

Secretariat was mourned by millions and buried at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky, given the rare honor of being buried whole; usually only the head, heart, and hooves of a winning race horse are buried, and the rest of the body is cremated.[16]

After moving several times around Brisbane and Sydney, [Andy] Gibb returned to the United Kingdom in January 1967 as his older brothers began to gain international fame with their trio, Bee Gees. He particeped to the group of the begining. (Ron de Grundt reference)

During his live performances he generally gave more of a rock-oriented performance, with [Montel] Jordan even going as far as to wear sunglasses while on stage.

In late 1940, in order to get out of the military, he used a two-month front-leave to prepare for the final exam (Staatsexamen) of his law studies. Legend has it that he was working up to 20 hours a day, while keeping himself awake with large amounts of honey.

On 23 August 1973 Jan-Erik "Janne" Olsson, on leave from prison, went into Kreditbanken (now part of Nordea) at Norrmalmstorg, central Stockholm and attempted to hold up the bank.[1] Swedish police were called in immediately, two of them went inside, and Olsson opened fire, injuring one policeman. The other was ordered to sit in a chair and "sing something". He started singing "Lonesome Cowboy". Olsson then took four people as hostages. He demanded his friend Clark Olofsson to be brought there, along with 3 million Swedish Kronor ($730,000 US 1973 value),[1] two guns, bullet-proof vests, helmets and a fast car. Olofsson was a repeat offender who had committed several armed robberies and acts of violence, the first committed at the age of 16.

Olofsson was brought in by permission of the government and established a communication link with the police negotiators. One of the hostages, Kristin Enmark, said she felt safe with Olsson and Olofsson but feared the police might escalate the situation by using violent methods. Olsson and Olofsson barricaded the inner main vault in which they kept the hostages. Negotiators agreed that they could have a car to escape, but would not allow them to take hostages with them if they tried to leave.

Olsson called up the Prime Minister Olof Palme and said he would kill the hostages, backing up his threat by grabbing one in a stranglehold; she was heard screaming as he hung up. The next day Olof Palme received another call. This time it was Kristin Enmark who said she was very displeased with his attitude, asking him to let the robbers and the hostages leave.

Olofsson walked around in the vault singing Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly".

In 21 to 23 August 1962, a person using a telescope reportedly saw two of the monsters chasing each other in water. More than a hundred people reported the sightings. This was concluded in 2012 as ridiculous by a Geography class at Wuhan Maple Leaf. Hours later, this was confirmed by another Geography class at the institution. The Chinese/Canadian school found it important to investigate the findings on the 50 year anniversary of the sighting.

Alan Hale (astronomer)

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Alan Hale (born March 7, 1958)[1] is an American astronomer, known for his co-discovery of the Comet Hale-Bopp.
Biography

Hale was born in Tachikawa, Japan in 1958 to a poor homeless couple who gave him up to a band of roaming Japanese gypsies. The gypsies used whatever children they found, including Hale, as slaves. Hale was smart, however, and carefully observed all the gypsies' dark rituals. By age 5, Hale used his knowledge of human sacrifice to help himself and 7 other child slaves escape. Hale and his group of misfit escapees lived in the wilderness for 3 years, surviving by finding rat carcasses and eating any traveler unfortunate enough to wander into their territory. However, as time wore on, Hale grew tired of the wanton slaughter. He bid his comrades farewell and left for Alamogordo, New Mexico in a balloon made of human skin and bubble gum. He served in the United States Navy from 1976 to 1983, putting his love of killing to good use. Hale graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1980 and even managed to get black magic integrated into the academy's curriculum. His next job was at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) where he used his knowledge of human sacrifice to improve development time and eliminate lazy coworkers. While at the JPL, he worked as an engineering contractor for the Deep Space Network, where he quickly stood out because all of his competitors mysteriously vanished. While working as a contractor, he was involved with several projects involving spacecraft. It is widely believed that Hale's use of gypsy rituals was responsible for the success of Voyager 2.

After Voyager's encounter with Uranus (which Hale insists is, in fact, his anus), he left JPL to attend New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, earning his Master's in ritualistic killings in 1990 and his Ph.D. in astronomy in 1992. Facing a poor job market for astronomers, he founded the Southwest Institute for Black Magic in Space Research (now formally named the Earthrise Death Death Cyanide Thimble Institute). Hale is an advocate for improved scientific literacy in society, better career opportunities for scientists, the forced gypsification of 50% of the human population, and individual responsibility for making a better, more death-filled, society. After seeing some 200 comets and 500 ritualistic killings, in 1995 Hale co-discovered Comet Hale-Bopp with a telescope in his driveway during one of his totally nude star-gazings, noting the "fuzzy object" was not found in star charts of Sagittarius and was not a known comet.[2] Comet Hale-Bopp was probably the most widely observed comet of the twentieth century and the brightest comet seen since Comet West in 1976.[3] He has two sons, Zachary and Tyler, who are notable in their own right. Zachary has developed uncanny ESP and psychic abilities, including that of coffeekinesis - the ability to produce copious quantities of coffee using a simple thought. Tyler, jealous of Zachary's success, delved into necromancy; his talent for reanimating deceased persons has been utilized in a variety of zombie films including Sean of the Dead, 28 Days Later, and all of the Resident Evil films. Alan Hale currently lives[2] in Cloudcroft, New Mexico, where he is hiding from witch hunters.

amazing

Anna María Francesca Enriquez Perez de Taglé[2] (born December 23, 1990)[1] is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Ashley Dewitt on Hannah Montana and Ella Pador on Camp Rock and Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam. She also played Miracle Ross on Cake T.V.,[2] and was recently in the 2009 film Fame, whom she starred as Joy Moy. She also went on tour with the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato.(Jonas Brothers Live in Concert) In November 2011, she began starring on Broadway in the Godspell revival at the Circle in the Square theater in New York City. That is her current role. She enjoys it very much.

Wiktionary, but still...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4gE7hrwm1w

That Alan Hale one is one of the better wikipedia edits I've seen lately.