The News About A Cold First Day Of Spring

Today is the first day of spring, but it’s hard to tell here in Ohio. There’s snow on the ground and it’s cold as hell. Seems like the seasons here are kind of mixed up. I don’t know if it’s because of the earth’s rotation or global warming or because the damn groundhog saw its shadow, I know I don’t like it.

I mean we had no snow for Christmas and very little in January and February and then March comes and right off we have a snowstorm. It’s supposed to start warming up in March. Another thing is it’ll warm up for a day making you think it’s going to be that from now on and then bam we’re hit with snow and cold.

Okay, just wanted to vent a little, I hate the cold. Today is also Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday as it is better known so a happy Holy Thursday to all.

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The News About Dead Celebs

Seems a few celebrities have died within the last few of days and I wanted to take some time to mention a few of them.

Ivan Dixon, which some of depending on your age may remember as Sergeant James Kinchloe in the hit TV series Hogan’s Heroes. Dixon, died Sunday at the age 76 after a hemorrhage and complications from kidney failure. After Hogan’s Heroes Dixon did some other TV roles including a role in the CBS Playhouse special “The Final War of Olly Winter” for which he got an Emmy nomination for his performance. He become more known as a director, directing such shows as “The Waltons,” “The Rockford Files,” “Magnum, P.I.” and “In the Heat of the Night”.

Arthur C. Clarke, the well known science fiction writer who co-wrote "2001: A Space Odyssey", died today at age 90. Clarke is also credited with the concept of communications satellites in 1945, decades before they became a reality. Some of Clarke’s best-known books are "Childhood's End," 1953; "The City and The Stars," 1956; "The Nine Billion Names of God," 1967; "Rendezvous with Rama," 1973; "Imperial Earth," 1975; and "The Songs of Distant Earth," 1986. Arthur C. Clarke’s latest novel, "The Last Theorem," which was co-written with Frederik Pohl, is said to be coming later this year.

Vicki Van Meter, who made headlines for piloting a plane across the country at age 11 and from the U.S. to Europe at age 12,in the 1990s died Saturday at the tender age of 26. She died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. Her body was found in her Meadville home on Sunday. Her brother said she battled depression, but her family thought she had been dealing with her problems. In 1994, Vicki Van Meter flew from Augusta to Glasgow, Scotland, and was credited with being the youngest girl to make a trans-Atlantic flight.

I want to say good-bye to all three of these people that brought us joy and excitement and send condolences to their family and friends.

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The News About Barack Obama And His Pastor

Barack Obama is trying to distance himself from statements that his long time pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright has been reported making that to many think sounded racist. Wright who was the pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago recently retired, but was Obamas pastor for almost 20 years.

Barack Obama said in an interview with PBS that the statements Reverend Wright made were stupid and that letting those statements dominate the conversation distracted us from the possibilities of moving beyond some of these arguments.

Many people are taking Obama’s association with Reverend Wright and statements that he made to mean that Obama feels the same way. I say look at the man’s record and what he has done in the past to help people of all races. Does it look like he feels that way?

I think that no matter how much Barack Obama does to try to push past this it has severely hurt his campaign. People can be closed minded on these matters will look no farther then they are told to look and one thing you have to look at is why this has come out now when Barack Obama was making such a big leeway? That’s something to think about.

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The News About St. Patrick’s Day

Well, today is St. Patrick’s Day time for the wearing of the green. As you know there will be lots of parades and lots of drinking. One of the biggest celebrations in the US for St. Paddy’s Day is Chicago where they party all weekend long and actually turn the Chicago River green. Although the ingredients of the dye used to turn the river green is kept a secret, it is claimed to have passed tests from independent chemists and is safe for the environment.

Over a million people all dressed in green showed up Broadway yesterday for its St. Patrick’s Day Parade. With all those people in one place the event still turned out to be a peaceful one.

I want to wish everyone a Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Don’t drink to much and if you do don’t drink and Drive. Now on to Easter.

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The News About Pi Day

Here is a holiday I bet many of you have not heard of. Today is Pi Day. That’s right today we celebrate that mathematical figure rounded off to 3.14. Hmmm, 3.14, March 14th, oh I get it. Anyway for all you Pi fans out there this is your time to celebrate and wild.

How about some pie for Pi Day huh?

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The News About Ashley Dupree And Spitzer Client 9

Who is Ashley Dupree? Well, Ashley Dupree is a singer who has two singles on the Amie Street website, both of which are selling very well. Oh and she is also the call girl that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was paying for sex.

Governor Eliot Spitzer resigned yesterday because of the sex scandal and threats of impeachment. Spitzer was known as the "Sheriff of Wall Street" because of outgoing efforts to clean up corruption on Wall Street.

Ashley Dupree, who was born Ashley Youmans and was also known as Kristen is 22-years-old is also a nightclub singer from the Jersey Shore. She says she doesn’t want to be though of as a monster.

You can listen to and buy both of Ashley Dupree’s singles, "What We Want" and "Move Ya Body" at amiestreet.com.

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The News About Mary Ann Smoking Pot

Remember Mary Ann, the cute little farm girl from Gilligan’s Island? Well, it seems like Mary Ann was caught with Mary Jane. No, I don’t mean she was caught in some lesbian trisk, not that there’s anything wrong with that. I mean she was caught with marijuana.

Dawn Well,s who played Mary Ann on Gilligan’s Island, was caught with the marijuana in her car in October in Idaho. She was arrested and sentenced to six months of unsupervised probation, five days in jail and fined $410.50. The sentence comes as part of a plea bargain. Counts of driving under the influence, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance were dropped. Wells plead guilty to one count of reckless driving.

When originally questioned at the scene, Wells said that she had picked up three hitchhikers, but dropped them back off after they started smoking marijuana.

Well, it looks like innocent little Mary Ann isn’t so innocent anymore.

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