BIG
SHOT BIRTHDAYS _ Christopher Guest (Spinal Tap, Best in Show) is 65;
Laura Linney is 49; Duff McKagan of Velvet Revolver (and Guns N' Roses) is
49; Bobby Brown is 44; Darren Criss (Glee) is 26

FEBRUARY
CALENDAR OF EVENTS _ A useful Calendar
of Events for February.

ON
DVD TODAY

HUG
YOUR WEATHERMAN _ Today is Weatherperson's Day.

NEWS
ATTACK! _ The NFL hasn't decided whether or not there will be a Super
Bowl Halftime Show next year because for the first time the game will be played
in a cold climate -- New Jersey. [You mean people would be sitting in the cold,
AND in the dark with no power, AND no entertainment, AND in New
Jersey?] +

$30
MILLION FUN PARK PLANNED FOR BIN LADEN'S OLD TOWN _ Pakistan has
announced a $30 million amusement park in Abbottabad, best known as the site of
Osama bin Laden's assassination. Officials say, "This project has nothing to do
with Osama bin Laden. We are working to promote tourism and amusement facilities
in the whole province and this project is one of those facilities."

WACKY-BUT-TRUE:
MAN ARRESTED FOR DRUNKEN JOYRIDE ON MOTORIZED SCOOTER _ A Florida man
commandeered a motorized scooter and went on a drunken joyride Sunday night at a
Walmart, where he knocked items off shelves. +

164.1
MILLION FANS TUNE IN TO SUPER BOWL 47 _ This year's Super Bowl was the
most-watched in NFL history. The 164.1 million viewers for the 49ers-Ravens
championship game topped the previous record of 162.9 million total viewers for
Super Bowl 45 two years ago, when the Packers played the
Steelers. +

 

Have a great day!

 

John Elliott  Smile