The Semi-Regular Weekly Awards Return!

I realize I haven’t done this in a while so back by popular demand (O.K, my demand) are my shout outs for this week:

• My first Gold Dollar goes to…The preacher who married a Japanese man to a pillow. Yes I’m serious. Friends say that this Japanese men was obsessed with a large, huggable pillow with a picture of a character from Japanese anime on the pillow. The pillow and the man went out to movies and to restraunts. The pillow would get it’s own seat and meal. Kudos to the preacher who managed to marry them without laughing his head off!
• The next Gold Dollar goes to…Christopher Nolan. Nolan has said that Batman 3 will be the last Batman film he directs. He says the story will be a closure for the film series. I have to respect that decision and hope that Batman 3 will be just as good as the first two films.
• Finally a Gold Dollar to all the people who discovered and spread the information about the Facebook/YouTube scam. For those of you who don’t know it works something like this: Someone with a youtube account creates a popular fan page on Facebook. These pages require you to become a fan, confirm you’re a fan, and then invite friends. What happens is that when you click the confirm button and you are logged onto Youtube, it automatically subscribes your Youtube account to that of the Facebook fan page creator. Luckily many people have jumped onto this scam and they deserve a great thank you!

Welcome to… Randomness!

Unlike previous random news posts, this post will be small snippets of information and opinions that are too small to warrant a post of their own. So without further ado:

• The Oscars were last night and basically we can take this away: As long as your film features average acting and a realistic plot, you’ll win big. Avatar won for its visuals and art but besides that they were shut out. Up won best animated feature, which gives Pixar their second Oscar in a row.
• The Iron Man 2 trailer debuted and the only thing I can say is WOW! It looks like this film will be really big!
• Speaking of Iron Man, has anyone noticed that Marvel has a lot of red-headed girlfriends? I think Stan Lee must have liked red hair. There’s Mary Jane (Spider-Man’s gf), Jean Gray (Cyclops’ gf), the Black Widow, and Pepper Potts. (Both are in Iron Man) Of course you could also make the case that he liked blondes too. There’s Karen Page (Daredevil’s one time gf), Susan Storm (Mr. Fantastic’s wife), Gwen Stacy(Spider-Man’s first gf), and Agent 13 (Captain America’s gf).
• Rush Limbaugh’s New York Penthouse is on sale for $13.95 million. If you haven’t seen the pictures go take a look. I can’t tell whether it’s neat, wasteful, or just plain over the top.
• Yahoo news blog has a post about President Obama making the same mistakes as Bush.  It’s a good post that deserves a read. I only wonder, why is it that the last two presidents made the same mistakes?
• The Cincinnati Bengals are in talks with Terrell Owens. All I can say is that even if Ochocinco and Owens don’t produce results on the field, the off the field antics would be awesome!
• A new study has concluded that men become more accident prone in the presence of a beautiful woman. Basically a male’s testosterone levels go up which leads to a reduced sense of caution which in turn leads to more spectacular feats as well as more accidents. All of a sudden cheerleaders at sporting events make a lot more sense!(Note: Not that cheerleaders don’t keep spirits high, but in a huge college or professional stadium you can’t see them unless you’re on the field or on the bench)