…and is still one of the few who can elicit a smile from the elder doyle.

the film crew most likely did not have an american flag displayed anywhere while shooting.

ozzie saving a memory of the scantily-clad belly dancer (at least I hope it’s the belly dancer and not Leyla) for later use.

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texas gov rick perry and his conservative-majority, creationist state board of education replaced 2x 6-month sex ed classes with a one unit class on abstinence some years back.

by 2010, texas had the highest teen-birth rate in the nation, more than 50% above the national average. it also has the higest rate of repeat teen pregnancy in the nation.

even girls in college have to get parental consent to get birth control.

story from [huffington post] with sources inline

the doppelganger of ozark snapped by the astute mikey.

all the dire warnings about ‘carmageddon’ went unfounded as we cruised through SoCal with seemingly better-than-average traffic times. the weekend was spent hanging out with good friends and the skimpily-attired men and women of West Hollywood.

of course, i brought my camera and didn’t take a single picture, so we’ll just have to look at these folks having a memorable dinner on a completely empty 405, which is most likely the last time this will ever happen in our lifetime.

knowing me, i would probably start off slow and then win the whole thing. i am my best when coming from behind.

one of my daughter’s favorite commercials. i’d rather grab a burger and hang out with friends and family than have some big birthday bash.

congratulations to bay area native, and fellow san jose state spartan, joey chestnut for destroying the competition at this year’s nathan’s hot dog eating contest by downing 62 hot dogs in 10 minutes

here a little bit about what other stuff he has accomplished:

-> 31 slices of pizza in 10 minutes
->  a 5 pound burrito in 3 minutes, 10 seconds
-> 10.5 pounds of macaroni and cheese in 7 minutes
-> 241 chicken wings in 30 minutes

read more here  [wikipedia]