OuteasY 2

2007-06-14T06:26:00.000-06:00

Who is she?
Zsa Zsa Gabor - Hollywood actress and author of "The Complete Guide to Men" which is often referred to as the gold-digger's bible. She is more famous for her lengthy string of husbands and her numerous pairs of shoes, than she is for her acting.

What did she do?
Alledgedly, whilst driving through Beverly Hills, CA, Gabor was pulled over by a Police officer. Upon asking for her license and registration it was discovered they had both expired. After waiting ten minutes for the officer to confirm the records, Gabor drove away from the busy cop. Giving chase, the cop pulled Gabor over again and asked her to leave the vehicle. She did so, but slapped the officer in the process. He arrested her and on a subsequent search of the vehicle, a flask of bourbon was discovered.

When?
June 14, 1989

Charged?
Yep, alledgedly with Battery against an officer; disobeying an officer; driving without a registration; driving without a license; driving with an open container of alcohol.

Sentence?
Judge Rubin of the Beverly Hills Municipal Court found Gabor guilty of slapping an officer, and of two of the traffic offenses. Ms. Gabor was sentenced to 72 hours in jail, 120 hours of community service, and ordered her to pay court costs ($13,000)

Expensive Court costs - must have used a caterer! heY!

~ Anemi

SEX, ADD ME

2007-05-02T15:47:00.000-06:00

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ADD ME.

New York a couple of days ago occasioned to have me walking down West 54th and just past the building most still call “Studio 54.” It doesn’t look like much is going on there now, and appears to be occupied by several offices and other tenants. What a place that was. It really wasn’t that hard to get in the door. You just had to be “wired” in one way or another, or act like you were. I’m mean, even Lillian Carter got in. I doubt the Secret Service let her get loose upstairs where everybody knew the main circuit breakers were “humming.” No matter. Once you were in the club, you were “in.”

Among other things, I’d say Studio was the blueprint of most of the internet social networking sites we’ve got today. Everybody is getting in one, or better, several. Who doesn’t have a My Space space? Remember when email was a passing phase like CB radios? If you’re wired, you too can secure your space.

We figured out during the Studio sexual revolution days, that having casual sex wasn’t necessarrily the cause of large psychiatrist’s bills, and nobody suggested that Pia Zadora was en route to Hell. Everybody was just getting wired to one another. Hooking up on the Internet is very much the same. I’m sure that kindly older dood interrupting the TV with his commercials is turning some coin making matches with lost soulmates online, but everybody else, and particularily women, are just widening their social and sexual circle. And for free. Sure, just like Studio, there’s plenty of trouble when you’re not looking, but for a bunch, it’s just a no-strings-attached social and often sexual experience.

Being wired has it’s positive and negatives for men and women, and I think the two movies here, both from France, are a pretty good “studio” of where it is today.

MEETING ONLINE

MEETIC.FR

“EVERYBODY IS UP TO SOMETHING” sm

CHOKE YOUR CHICKEN

2007-04-28T01:22:00.000-06:00

CHOKE YOUR CHICKEN

Big timers the likes of Sir Paul McCartney, the Beastie Boys, and Ravi Shanker are all aboard the PETA gravy boat in support for improving the lives of soon to be dead chickens at KFC. I dunno know, I mean a dead chicken is a dead chicken. Anyhow, PETA has been nibbling at KFC for a while, but it looks like they are turning up the heat in the fry pappy with new celebrity endorsements, movies, etc. One item that’s kinda cool is their “sign generator.” Just type in your message to one of the three provided templates, and the above is an example of what you get. Code is provided, should you want to use this gizmo on your blog or myspace space. Have a look around by choking the Colonel below. Oh, and some of the movies are a bit depressing, but that’s PETA.

“EVERYBODY IS UP TO SOMETHING” sm

April 28th, 2007

GOT CHORD?

2007-04-27T06:13:00.000-06:00

GOT CHORD?

This is a follow-up to an earlier story; GOT CUFFS?

FILE UNDER: ~~WHAT IDIOTS!~~
FILE UNDER: HOW IRONIC

Knock, please…

This is just all too strange, for me anyway. Go read the above linked story, if not already.

Over the past several months, the Atlanta police have been arresting and charging men with indecent exposure for allegedly having sex in the men’s loo(s) at the Atlanta-Hartsfield Airport. Now, the cops are claiming their efforts are targeted toward nabbing erstwhile thieves lifting luggage from the conveyor and relieving same of jewels and other valuables in the men’s rooms. Officer Joseph Villafane (ominous sounding), a police spokesman said, “We’re not out to get all that - it’s just we encounter it.” Read: A close encounter. Sometimes, shit happens in there.

Ok, fine. I’m not buying his version, for several reasons. First, this police “operation” has been ongoing for over three months now, and I’ve yet to get a heads-up on the blight caused by the baggage burglars. Are the Atlanta police making any headway? I ask, because I just got back from Atlanta, sans one suit bag, and no one is bending down to help me. Catching hoods rifling haversacks in restrooms ought to be a no-brainer.

There was a similar problem at LAX at the end of last month, (an American epidemic) where eleven honest-to-goodness crooks were apprehended, but their MO was mainly limited to pilfering purses outside the potty. Paris Hilton got her $100,000 Piaget pinched, and Keyisha Cole’s $7,000 Coultre was copped. The girls got their watches back - California capers closed.

But in LA, the crackdown was the result of a task force involving nearly a dozen law enforcement agencies, including the city attorney’s office, Los Angeles Police Department, U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the TSA. (Wow) Clearly, Atlanta’s police force should learn by example and call in some professionals. I mean, three months now, no line-ups, and I’m still waiting on my luggage.

There are more reasons I’m not buying the Atlanta baggage theft thing. Hear me: where’s the airport ‘mooney’ that pointed the bobbies to the boy’s room? And, what are the girls up to in their can, and how do you know that they’re all girls in there? When I was in the concourse, women were busing hello and good-bye on each other under broad fluorescent bulbs and nobody got busted. Was this some diva’s diversion? Jeepers, Madonna and Britney got paid for that. So, while all this public affection was going on, the Atlanta police ought to have been perusing the powder parlor for my purloined package.

The fuzzes’ story further doesn’t flush, unless they want to claim stupidity. Look, good crooks aren’t dumb. After all this time, no offender has been apprehended, which means the crooks have been following this story through the Internet, Interpol, CB radio, or wherever they get their information, which means we can rule out the WC as the crime scene as far as I’m concerned. My advice is, do what they did in LA, get some hands-on help. Don’t try to handle this ‘hot-pocket’ on your own. Why do your job when you can get someone else to do it for you? This is exactly what Homeland Security, the District Attorney, TSA and anybody who needs a little press are there for. Read your Patriot Act. Thank God for the LA task force. Now, Paris and Keyisha can tell time and gridlock is gone from the Ventura.

Speaking of time, no word on what Atlanta is going to do with those some, thirty-odd doods who were in the place at the right time in the way of ongoing solid police work. Were I their attorney, I’d go for a lesser charge, of say, “interfering with an investigation,” or whatever it’s called. The entrapment defense is just crooning to the choir - used, so best find a deviant somewhere. Anyhow, I doubt the DA will be want to be a complete DA, at least I hope not. ‘Gotta’ be careful in the South distinguishing victims. I saw “nyphonged” just got added to Urban Slang. Being labeled Gay is gay, but can you imagine some creep behind you at the ticket counter muttering; Urban or Nyphong? Ouch. Remember, standards are great, and everybody has one. Boys will be boys, but, boys… even the crooks aren’t doing it in the men’s room anymore. The most recent post at Cruisingforsex on this matter reads, “I hope he wasn’t stupid enough to go back. Although he was stupid enough to go once, maybe he’s not stupid. If he went back he’s an idiot.” Hmm, I think I get it.

And in the file under irony department, one perp’s bio is that of charge of Atlanta’s transportation, one an official with the CDC, one an educator - college prof., one in charge of a symphony choir and an organist with a degree from Ball State. Swanny, Song of the South, go figure. Enough ‘hick pickin’.

~ Anemi

April 27th, 2007

NAPPY HAIR, A RACIAL PART

2007-04-17T06:07:00.000-06:00

(L>R) “Nappy Hair,” Prof. Carolivia Herron, Prof. Kay E. Vandergrift, Bushwick, NY, Hillary Swank, Sandy Dennis, Sidney Portier

I’m not much for going to movies, and to this venue, I’m rarely current. I did see the biopic drama FREEDOM WRITERS not long ago, mainly because I like Hillary Swank, but I’ve seen this movie before in UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE, and TO SIR WITH LOVE. These are all pretty much the same, and here’s my logline for all three; “Idealistic young teacher knowingly accepts assignment in tough neighborhood/situation determined to make a difference, gets frustrated with intolerable conditions, motivates largely apathetic students amid setbacks and cynicism of others.” Two big name Hollywood reporter’s critical reviews of “Freedom Writers” offer readers a slant not only on the movie, but where we are today with our own melodrama rekindled by the now famous, “Nappy Headed Hos” line.

Kirk Honeycutt of THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER said of FREEDOM; “Unfocused urban drama is a real missed opportunity,” and James Berardinelli of ReelViews said; “Refreshingly different.” Polarized reviews, as opinions often are, and the same was said of TO SIR and UP (Both films aired 1n 1967 - a quick 40 years ago) Without imagination, Hollywood either remakes or offers new spin on the “deja-vu” because, aside from the box gross, they know in the long run, we cave to success stories, which is, of course the end product of all three films here. To the Imus-Sharpton thing, clearly there is an “unfocused real missed opportunity.” If, however, your take is, “refreshingly different,” you are like me with the movies, not current, and have missed opportunities presented in our own earlier real biopics. There are a bunch of true-life stories I could splice here, but what follows is, without doubt, the most ironic and best, “history repeats itself” drama I know. And really, it wasn’t that long ago.

It’s December, 1998 and fresh-faced, recently engaged to be married, 27 year old Ruth Sherman, a new third grade teacher, has aspirations to teach the world. The setting has Ruth living in Inwood, New York, a small town of mostly white middle-class families in suburban Long Island. Ruth drew her dream teaching assignment in a town nearby, but worlds apart - Bushwick, the Brooklyn “hood,” a gritty black and Hispanic badlands in Brooklyn notorious for it all. For close to thirty years Bushwick leads the city in crime with gang violence, rape, murder, and drugs. Drugs are so rampant, the “shopping” area along Knickerbocker Avenue is known by all the “homeys” as “the well.” Some say graffiti originated in Bushwick. Some say opportunity moved out of Bushwick, others say it moved in. Whatever, Bushwick is not safe - day or night.

Pride also left Bushwick, pushed away by cynicism. Ruth commutes to work, a public elementary school “institution” known uncaring as P.S. #75. “When I first told them, people said to me; ‘Bushwick? Oh my God, why Bushwick?’ ” Ruth said. “But there was something about it. I chose that school because I wanted the neighborhood. I was going to turn things around, really make a difference.”

In just three months at P.S. #75, Ruth Sherman did make a difference, but not what she planned. In less than a week, Ruth was the focus of a small, loud community making it’s uproar heard deep out of “the well.” Things got so bad that Ruth was sent packing, ideals and intentions included, fearing for her life.

Ruth never saw it coming, but her troubles began right away in September with, NAPPY HAIR, a book written by an author born in, the very same district. Ruth chose the story because she thought it would change her students’ lives. She regaled her class with the story of a little black girl with “the nappiest, fuzziest, the most screwed up, squeezed up, knotted hair.” She said they loved it so much that “they clamored for copies to carry with them.” An eager new teacher’s ideals, constrained by an overlooked budget with no tax allocation, led her to the “crime” of paying to have copies made. Poor naive Ruth was Xeroxing her own “best laid plans.”

So, the holidays roll around, but in Bushwick, it’s just another cold month with no thought of celebration. Just before Thanksgiving, a P.S. #75 parent finds a pack of pages from NAPPY HAIR in her daughter’s book bag, and let’s describe the woman as much less than “thankful.” This was the start of it - the books title; NAPPY HAIR, according to Board of Education spokesman J.D. LaRock, who explained that the angry woman and some other parents at the predominantly black and Hispanic P.S. #75 school interpreted NAPPY HAIR as a racial slur.

“The first I knew of the problem, was when this parent came into my classroom and said she was surprised she didn’t see a white hood on my desk,” Ruth said.

After blowing out Ruth, the offended parent, whose name school officials refused to reveal, put pages of the book with protests in neighborhood mailboxes. Almost immediately, Ruth was summoned from class in the middle of a morning lesson. Ruth knew a meeting was in progress to choose a new assistant principal, and her presence had been requested. Knowing she had been a “hit” with her students, Ruth scurried down the hall to the principals office thinking, “could it be me?” Ruth was a “hit,” alright.

Ruth Sherman smiles when she’s nervous, just a clumsy shy tic. And she smiled on her way to the meeting. As she neared, Ruth heard angry shouting and stopped to phone her fiance, telling him she had the feeling something was wrong, and bad things were about to happen.

Ruth entered the meeting, assembled by some 50 parents, most not of her students, and was “greeted” with what she and school officials called abusive language. More nervous than ever, Ruth kept smiling. “I couldn’t stop, and I think that made them madder,” Ruth said. “They started getting in my face, asking me who I thought I was reading that book, calling me a cracker. Nobody would let me or the principal or the librarian, who was waving good reviews of NAPPY HAIR from off the Internet, talk.”

A woman stood up and told Ruth, she “better watch out.”

“I asked her if she was threatening me, and she said it was no threat – it was a promise,” Ruth said.

She left the meeting, reduced to nothing but tears, and was sent home by school district Superintendent Felix Vazquez, who too was present for the meeting, albeit arriving midway through.

“Felix Vazquez told me he heard people saying they wanted to do me bodily harm,” she said. “And that was it. I never saw my students again.”

After a day of review, with cooler heads, the school backed Ruth Sherman and NAPPY HAIR, which has been critically praised as a positive lesson for children. The most outspoken proponent for the book has been Kay E. Vandergrift, Rutgers University Professor - School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, renowned author, international consultant, champion of civil and women’s rights, and principal architect of The Eclipse Project, from Rutgers, home of the very “Scarlet Knights.” (Small world, indeed) We are nearing completion of part two of this story, including Kay’s interest here, a truly remarkable person, and fascinating story.

Carolivia Herron, the author of NAPPY HAIR, said Ruth Sherman’s students were exactly the audience for whom she intended the book. “I wrote it delighting in nappy hair,” said Herron. “I love my own nappy hair and the stories my uncle used to tell me about it. It was a celebration, and I had no idea it would be political. I am a ’60s person and thought we had already dealt with this problem of being ashamed of our hair.” (Wow)

The book itself grew out of a novel. When Herron, an assistant professor of English at California State University at Chico, visited the Anacostia Museum to read from her work in progress, the listeners focused on the vignette about hair.

“The reaction here was wonderful,” museum educator Joanna Banks said. “The story was part of a novel she was working on and was hilarious. I encouraged her to get it published as a children’s book. I thought it would be something for African American children to celebrate.”

A school-wide meeting was called the day after Ruth Sherman left. Only a handful of parents out of the 60 or so gathered, complained about Ruth or NAPPY HAIR. Offers were extended Ruth by the district school board, with promises of extra security and an escort from her car to the school doors. Chancellor Rudy Crew wrote her a letter over Thanksgiving commending her performance and pleading she return to P.S. #75. Ruth declined the offer.

“I miss my kids,” she said. “I wanted to go back for them, but I’m scared. I listened to the idea of someone walking me to my car, and all I could think was, that’s ridiculous. What do I tell the kids about that, after everything I was trying to teach them about getting along and loving each other, no matter what color your skin was?”

What would I tell them Ruth? LIVE, AND IF YOU DO NOTHING ELSE IN LIFE - LEARN.

OuteasY

“EVERYBODY IS UP TO SOMETHING” sm

NATTY HEADED BROs

2007-04-13T16:40:00.000-06:00

Khalid Sheik

Rev. Al Sharpton

Sanjaya Malakar

Dre Evil

heY, also visit us at OuteasY & AnemicRoyalty
natTy hEAded broS, hEy!
Be Somebody to Something

~anemi easy 2007

Dannylynn's Brother Mark

2007-03-20T09:23:00.000-06:00

Imperial Family Crest, Dad & Son in Hollywood, The Son - Marcus, Mom & Dad

(UPDATED AND MOVED HERE)

Names. I really am the worst when it comes to remembering names, reckless at social gatherings. With this fret, on my way out for the evening, I transfixed my thoughts to little Dannylynn, since at her age, I do not believe she can reason for herself, but no worries, neither can many of her elders. Anyhow, suppose Daddy really is Prince Frederick Anhalt, also known in Germany by his adopted name and station; “Frederic Prince von Anhalt Duke to Saxonia and Westphalia and Count von Askanien?” The good news is that I when I’m old enough, I’ll come to understand I’m a Princess, and my “adoptive” mother is, “Her Royal Highness Zsa Zsa von Anhalt (Gabor) Princess and Duchess of The Holy Roman Empire,” which means If Conrad hadn’t checked out of the hotel early, I could fill him in on the latest pantie romps of Paris Hilton, my Step Great Aunt. But the better news is, I have another brother.

Yup. Seems that about a year or so ago, “Mummy and Daddy” adopted one Marcus Eberhardt of Munich, Germany, and he is now; “Prince Eberhardt Edward von Anhalt Duke to Saxonia and Westphalia and Count von Askanien.” Frederick, now claiming to be 64, met his future son Marcus, 38, at “The Platinum,” a table-dance a go-go club in Frankfurt, Germany seven or eight years ago. (”Mummy” Zsa Zsa, is somewhere in the neighborhood of 90, and I’m not good with math either). Next time you are in Munich, be sure to be taken in at the mansion Fantasia in Riem, the well known brothel owned by, and the source of gah-zillions of Marcus’s Marks. Prior to his adoption, Marcus and Frederick reputedly chummed around in numerous sex clubs throughout Germany. Here’s where you’d think I’d insert; “chip off the old block,” but that story is too good and is reserved for another day. Stay tuned.

Frederick is, of course, too of “adopted” titles, reportedly purchased through our favorite, and likewise adopted “title broker;” Consul Weyer Graf von Yorck. (Read: “Fake Your Way to the Top”) Frederick’s adoption apparently occurred in February, 1980 to the daughter-in-law of Germany’s Emperor Wilhelm II. Then 82, she was; “H. H. Marie Auguste Antoinette Frederike Alexandra Hilda Luise.” Reportedly “Mom” was short of expenses at the time, and Frederick, known then as the “Supporter,” paid her for the title the princely sum of 2000 Marks monthly for the brief time before her death. Our Bests’ tell us irrational exuberance caught up with Marcus and the price of his title was a bit more - in excess of $1 Million.

Anyhow, Dannylynn, somebody, probably actually famous once said, “What’s in a Name?” Don’t ask me who, though. I’m not good with names.

“EVERYBODY IS UP TO SOMETHING” sm

PETA , Anna Nicole, and Marilyn

2007-03-18T23:35:00.000-06:00

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), with more than 1.6 million members and supporters is, the largest animal rights organization in the world.

PETA focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: on factory farms, in laboratories, in the clothing trade, and in the entertainment industry. We also work on a variety of other issues, including the cruel killing of beavers, birds and other "pests," and the abuse of backyard dogs.

PETA works through public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns.

"PETA is extremely upset by the news of Anna Nicole Smith's untimely death. She was a great friend to animals and used every opportunity to speak out against senseless cruelty. We always thought Anna Nicole was a perfect fit for PETA because, just like us, she not only hated cruelty to animals and loved her dog but also couldn't be ignored, and no matter what people thought of her, they always had an opinion, one way or another. A long-time vegetarian who had slimmed down into a stunning beauty when she stopped eating meat, Anna Nicole spoke out against Iams because of its cruel animal tests, spoke up for baby seals bludgeoned to death for their fur in Canada and posed as Marilyn Monroe in one of PETA's most striking ad campaigns, 'Gentlemen Prefer Fur-Free Blondes.' It is a tragedy when anyone passes away before their time, but with Anna Nicole, animals have lost a true hero and PETA has lost a good friend. We will miss her."

What can you do? Simple. Shop! Here's a link to the PETA CATALOG where you are sure to find something for the perfect pet or perfect for you. You'll get something you want and with a portion of your money, the animals will get something they need. That's fair.

This time, I hope; "Everybody Is Up To Something."

~Outeasy :-)

Yawn

2007-03-18T08:12:00.000-06:00

I'm sorry! I haven't had time to do much here. I've been busy over at the other The Easy Way Out place, and helping my baby brother at Anemic Royalty. Head over there for a bit. Thank you!

Anna Nicole or Marilyn Monroe, Hugh Hefner's Burial...

2007-03-05T17:25:00.000-07:00

(Pictured Above - Anna and Hugh, Marilyn in 1953 Playboy, Anna in 1993 Playboy, Marilyn's Westwood Grave, Anna's Lakeview Grave)

...site choice may have gotten complicated.

Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jean Mortenson, beloved "Candle In The Wind," died August 5, 1962 and is buried in Los Angeles, CA at Westwood Village Memorial Park. Hugh Hefner, 81, founded his famed "Playboy" empire by featuring photos of Marilyn in 1953, the first edition of the magazine.

"Hef" was so taken by Marilyn that following her death he purchased among the last remaining crypt sites in Westwood next to her for reportedly $85,000, stating that when his time was due, he wanted to be laid to rest next to his favorite "Sweetheart," then the pet name for what we now know as "Playmates." Some forty years later, Anna Nicole Smith, born Vickie Lynn Marshall, who, of course, joined the "Candle" this past February 8, shared notoriety with Marilyn as the Playboy Playmate in 1993.

Much has been speculated as to Anna Nicole's wishes particularly with regard to her desired final resting place. Anna's mother; Virgie Arthur and boyfriends Howard Stern and Larry Birkhead all commented and testified in court that Anna wanted to be buried in California next to Marilyn Monroe. Virgie added, "She wanted to be buried with the stars." Howard said he researched the possibility of burial alongside Marilyn, but the cost was an issue. Howard agonizes over money in the most clever ways, doesn't he?

Anyhow, regardless of court testimony, burying Anna next to Marilyn was never even a remote possibility because of no space, that is, unless Hugh Hefner were to yield his, or somebody move out.

Howard, let's do lunch. I'd love to hear more about your "research" into this matter.

"Everybody Is Up To Something." sm

Anna Nicole Dress Conspiracy

2007-03-03T20:28:00.000-07:00

I never saw "the dress" that Anna Nicole Smith was purportedly clothed in when, laid to rest? After speaking with all my bests, I can't find anybody who saw it. But thinking about "the dress" more, maybe I have seen , "the dress." More in a sec.

Anyhow, all we know is that "the dress" was to be a provision of the internationally renowned Hollywood costumier-habilleur; Pol' Atteu, and that it was to be predominately pink with hand beaded French alonson lace with re-embroidered gold trimming with seed pony Swarovski crystals all over, and would "accentuate every one of Anna's sexy curves," according to Patrik Simpson, Pol''s partner and funeral planner. Pol' and Patrik wouldn't give up more than this, but I've got a mental picture, I guess.

As close I came to seeing "the dress," was the above shot of it cloaked in a garment bag being whisked through the airport to its supposed final destination. Hmmm. It was Pol''s statement, "I've seen her (Anna Nicole) naked more times than anyone else," that really got me spinning. What if there was no dress? Or, what if there was and "the dress" wasn't used, and in actuality I found it on EBay as earlier divulged? Here are the facts:

The above dress is the only one available on EBay designed by Pol' Atteu.
It was listed at the same time Pol' was revealed to be designing "the dress."
Yes, the above dress is green, however, the description on the site reveals it is fully lined, so quite possibly "the dress" is reversible. Why else would a funeral dress be "lined?"
The there described size is correct; 40-34-40.
Why was there no open casket as originally planned? Dr. Perper said a viewing would be OK.
Marilyn Monroe, Anna's main idol, was buried in a green dress with pink roses.
Note the pink shoes (more about them momentarily) a dead giveaway.
There has been an extraordinary number of visits to this EBay page - 441 as I type, many more than most comparable dresses.
The current winning bidder's identity is "private," although this is not a "Private Bid" auction.

Now, to "the shoes." We contacted the seller of "the dress," and had the following exchange:

"Hey,"

"We adore the green Pol' Atteu frock on your EBay site item
#130084641524 I think, and was wondering if you could possibly
consider throwing in the pink shoes shown in the picture. If so, can
you tell a little more about them? Thank you."

Out Easy

"The shoes are actually a very bright Red satin. I'll have to pull them to give you more info in the morning. We use those and now, a pair of white shoes for photos and I'm not sure of their condition. I'll contact you tomorrow with photos. Thanks for the question."

Jay

"Hi,"

"After checking the Red Satin shoes, I find a deep cut on the back of one and I'd hate to let anyone have them in that condition, sorry to disappoint you but the better use is in being incidental accessories in a photo. Thanks for visiting our EBay store."

Jay and Barbara

"No worries, thank you."

Out Easy

We note the following issues with this conversation:

"The shoes" are definitely pink. Our colorometer proves so.
Note the pink roses in the photo background, just like those in the funeral.
Why was such an issue made of the color "red," and note it was capitalized twice.
Why is there a refusal to sell "the shoes?" Everything on EBay is "for sale."
How is it "the shoes" were put away, and had to be "pulled in the morning" for closer inspection and description?
Why is it stated that "white shoes" are now used, although there are no photos of same.
Why was there never any mention of "the shoes" that would be worn with "the dress" from Pol' and/or Patrik? Does Pol' not outfit shoes?
Don't Pol' and Patrik look like they are hiding something in the above photo?

Hmmm...

And also note, interestingly, The New York Post and Naples News has contacted Out Easy for more information, which, we declined to give.

"Everybody Is Up To Something." sm

Vergie To "Fill-In?" Or, Separated At Birth? Hmmm...

2007-03-03T15:40:00.000-07:00

Out Easy has been told...

Due to his conflicting filming schedules between the ever popular "Hollywood Squares" and VH-1's "Celebrity Fit Club," there has been a change in casting.

Bruce Vilanch, pictured right (I think), after negotiating a guaranteed safer bottom tiered spot, will return to "Hollywood Squares," passing his jump-rope to
"Celebrity" dying-to-be; Vergie Arthur, mad-dame distanced mummy of Anna Nicole Smith. Lately, growing infamously, Vergie has been denoted in depth for delaying the dirge of her demised diva daughter's dig day.

Bruce lost about six pounds on his last stint with "Celebrity Fitness." That's about the same weight of the normal human brain. Go figure. Break a leg, Vergie!

"Everybody Is Up To Something." sm

(This post is dedicated to our new fan of the week; Eileen Evans. Thank you!) :-)

Dress For Less the Easy Way

2007-03-02T03:55:00.000-07:00

Pol' Atteu & partner Patrik Smith

Why pay more? You too can dress like a star in this elegant frock designed by none other than Pol' Atteu, creator of Anna Nicole Smith's soon to be revealed burial gown. Pol' also designed Anna's attire as worn to the commitment ceremony with attorney Howard K. Smith. This featured dress (bonus, it's lined) in Saint Patrick's Day green (right around the corner) is the only one available on EBay (Item #130084641524) at present, and the requested opening bid is $17.99. Hurry, as bidding is scheduled to close March 6.

You may better know Pol' who played himself as Anna's designer on The Anna Nicole Show, Episode #20, Season Two; "The Lipstick Thespians." Memory failing you? This was the one where Howard K. Smith dressed in drag to play Anna.

"Everybody Is Up To Something." sm

All Aboard...

2007-03-02T02:38:00.000-07:00

...the gravy train keeps growing. "Garden of Eternal Piece?"

Mark Steines of Entertainment Tonight prepares for video shoot at grave site of Anna Nicole Smith.

LAND OWNERS CHARGE MEDIA TO ENTER SMITH FUNERAL AREA

The owners of the land on which Anna Nicole Smith's funeral will take place later this morning are charging the press up to $5,000 per camera to attend. Sandy Port Development owns the land on which the Mount Horeb Baptist Cathedral stands in Nassau, the Bahamas. Local and international press agencies have been told by Sandy Port Development's Neale Jones they must pay $2,000 per still camera and $5,000 per live news camera to enter the area where the church is in order to cover Smith's funeral service. Press will not be granted entry to the church area unless they sign a contract and complete the credit card information area to pay Sandy Port Development according to the Contact Music web site. After the service, Smith will be buried next to her son Daniel at the Lakeview Memorial Gardens and Mausoleums.

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Separated At Birth? You Decide.

2007-03-01T21:13:00.000-07:00

TIME ON THEIR HANDS?

Now no longer affiliated with the John Edwards for President effort, the press-dubbed anti-Christian bloggers; Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwan may be pursuing other interests. Melissa writes a blog titled Shakespeare's Sister, and Marcotte through her blog, Pandagon, in regard to the Duke University rape case wrote last month; "Can't a few white boys sexually assault a black woman anymore without people getting all wound up about it? So unfair."

Meanwhile, police are still on the lookout for the pair now infamously known as the "Barbie Bandits" who recently allegedly robbed a bank counter in a Georgia grocery store. "It's only a matter of time," said Wayne Delk, a spokesman for the Cobb County Police Department. "They do actually appear to be, like this is all fun and games," Delk said. Hmmm...maybe.

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Biloxi or the Bahamas? Easy Real Estate Investing

2007-03-01T17:23:00.000-07:00

"Horizons" to be flogged for $10 Mil.

Potential buyers take a look.

Nassau, Bahamas - G. Ben Thompson a South Carolina real estate wheeler-dealer would like to sell this property in Nassau which belongs to, somebody. This is, of course, the infamous last known residence of the late Anna Nicole Smith, now purportedly occupied by her daughter Danielynn and attorney Howard K. Smith. Just who owns the property is anybody's guess, and may not be known until March 14 when a hearing has been scheduled in Nassau by Supreme Court Senior Justice Anita Allen.

According to Thompson, the house was purchased in October, 2006 for $900,000. Adding to the value, Thompson dropped in a new air conditioner and had some painting and plumbing done. Oh, and lest I forget, the house has been re-keyed a couple of times since.

Why invest in real estate out of the United States? Well, simple - let's take a look at the numbers. The hottest market state-side right now is hurricane Katrina ravaged Bilox, Mississippi currently experiencing the highest average annual rate of appreciation in the US at 16.1% compared to 4.68% for the Country in whole. At $10 million, "Horizons" has appreciated 1,011.11% in less than six months! Property sellers and Realtors take notice - gotta be the new locks.

So, what do you get for the $10 million? Well, for now, you may not get anything more than the right to purchase, just as Thompson thus far has no more than the right to sell. Worthless? Your call. But, here is some timely advice from Callenders & Company, Counsel and Attorneys who originally represented Thompson when he "bought" the property;

According to their newsletter "Law Alert: Conveyancing Tips" (Bahamian real estate titles) Volume 1, Issue 6, dated 2004, "Any person or registered corporation wishing to purchase Bahamian real property should instruct a local attorney to investigate title to same to ensure its marketability and absence of liens."

Hmm, sounds like good advice to me. Anybody know a good local attorney? Nevermind, one might just be "conveyanced" with the house. Guess clutter is not such a bad thing after all.

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Mythomaniacs

2007-03-01T01:10:00.000-07:00

"Princess" Antoinette Millard...

Our story is finishing and will be up soon. This is to be the first of our continuing delve into the lives of "Mythomaniacs," and "Anemic Royalty." Do not miss it! Get it before everybody else by shooting us an email;

outeasy@gmail.com

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Um, Hitler's Baby Now? Sheesh

2007-02-25T11:57:00.000-07:00

Lord, take my eyes, for I do not need them anymore. I have seen it all. Read on. This full site can be found by clicking here.

February 10, 2007

Hitler Bloodline Linked To Child Of American Icon Anna Nicole Smith

By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers

In a World that continues to become more bizarre by the day, today we have before us, occurring in the United States, a virtual replay of the great European Royal bloodline battles of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, and complete with mysterious ritual deaths and children holding the balance of power in a World gone mad.

This particular one involves an American Icon known by many in the West from her ‘stage’ name Anna Nicole Smith, but whose real name is Vickie Lynn Marshall, the surviving wife of the late Fascist oil baron, and Hitler devotee, J. Howard Marshall.

Since the mysterious death of Vickie Lynn Marshall, this past week, the United States propaganda media organs have been in ‘overdrive’ pumping out for their masses of citizens almost complete non-stop coverage of what on the surface appears to be a young troubled woman of virtually no note, of no notable accomplishments, other than her fractured fairy tale of a life that saw her soar to Icon status by virtue of her looks and complicated public life.

Unknown to these masses of people, however, is that the importance being placed upon Vickie Lynn Marshall lies not with this troubled young woman, but lies instead with her infant daughter Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern, who was born on September 7, 2006, and who after being born suffered the death of her brother Daniel Wayne Smith three days later on September 10, 2006.

(It is important that we note these dates of September 7th and September 10th due to their importance to the European Royal Houses, especially in light of the birth of Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern coming the day after the date in the proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar (see source for links) started in 3114 BC, and to which these Royal Houses hold great significance in the ending date of December 20, 2012.

September 10th is an equally important date for these Royal Houses as it was on this date, in 1898, that the ritual murder of the Empress Elisabeth of Bavaria(see source for links) occurred, and which began the ‘final countdown’ towards all out World War, beginning first with the Russian-Japanese Warhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War in 1904, and not ending (in its first phase) until 1923 when the final armistices were signed ending World War Ihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_war_i#End_of_war, and which also began World War II.)

To the actual bloodline of the infant child of Vickie Lynn Marshall, Prince Frederick von Anhal of Germany has now claimed parentage, and as reported in the Western Media. This is highly significant as the ritual death of Vickie Lynn Marshall has occurred in the same ‘cycle’ as that of Spain's Princess Letizia(see source for links), and who, likewise, ‘mysteriously’ died this past week at the age of 31.

The significance of this claim lies in who Prince Frederick von Anhal of Germany really is, and his actual bloodline.

Russian historical archives confirm that Prince Frederick von Anhal was born Robert Lichtenberg in 1943 in Berlin, but not to the German Royal House of Anhal(see source for links), but rather as a result of the experiments conducted by the Nazi Scientist German Doctor Carl Clauberg, and whose work we had previously touched upon in our January 7th report titled "Daughter Of Adolph Hitler Vows To Complete European Union"(see source for links), and which puts Prince Frederick in the direct bloodline of the Austrian Schicklgruber’s. (Note: Schicklgruber is the actual name of Adolph Hitler)

(The animosity between the Hitler Regime of Nazi Germany and the Family Lichtenberg arose over Prince Frederick’s uncle Bernhard Lichtenberg(see source for links) who while Provost of Berlin for the Catholic Church stood fast against the Nazi’s, even to his death in a cattle car in 1943 while being transported to the Dachau death camp.)

As with all of Hitler’s ‘children’, Prince Frederick has been, likewise, protected throughout his entire life by the European Royal Houses, including his adoption(see source for links) by Marie Auguste Princess of Anhalt(see source for links), and his current marriage to the former Hungarian Hapsburg Princess Sari (Zsa Zsa) Gabor(see source for links).

Even more intriguing in these matters are the paths that both Prince Frederick and Princess Gabor took in their journey to the United States from the battlefields of Europe, and which were directed by none other than the late husband of Vickie Lynn Marshall, J. Howard Marshall, who in 1933 was the Assistant Solicitor at the US Department of Interior under the direction of the American Secretary of the Interior for President Roosevelt, Harold L. Ickes(see source for links), and who was best described by the famous US Congresswoman Clare Boothe Luce as:

“A man who has “the mind of a commissar and the soul of a meat axe.”(see source for links)

Unknown to the vast majority of Americans is that the Nazification of their Nation began in 1933 with what their history calls the ‘Business Plot’(see source for links), and which brought to power J. Howard Marshall, Harold L. Ickes, and the powerful Bush Family, one of whose decedents is currently the American President, is currently described in this strange fashion:

"Purported details of the matter came to light when retired Marine Corps General Smedley Butler testified before a Congressional committee that a group of men had attempted to recruit him to serve as the leader of a plot and to assume and wield power once the coup was successful.(see source for links)

Butler testified before the McCormack-Dickstein Committee in 1934. In his testimony, Butler claimed that a group of several men had approached him as part of a plot to overthrow Roosevelt in a military coup. One of the alleged plotters, Gerald MacGuire, vehemently denied any such plot. In their final report, the Congressional committee supported Butler's allegations on the existence of the plot, but no prosecutions or further investigations followed, and the matter was mostly forgotten."(see source for links)

To the greater truth, however, of this coup is not its apparent failure, but is instead its triumph, and as we can even read as reported by the American Nazi Harold L. Ickes in his 1943 book titled “The Autobiography of a Curmudgeon”(see source for links), and reflecting upon the monster he himself helped unleash upon the American people:

"We should never forget that, in an era of unrest, a demagogue even as fantastic as Hitler first appeared to be can develop at such a pace that, before we realize it, he is beyond our catching.(see source for links)

There are men here, and in England and in France as well, who believe in their hearts that a dictatorship is more desirable than democratic self-government. Given a brutal dictator such as Hitler, union labor could be "put in its place and kept there." In the thought of some of our prominent citizens, including persons inside of Congress, and even within our administrative agencies, the "place of labor" is at a machine for long hours at a bare subsistence wage.(see source for links)

A dictator would also make short shrift of the farmers who think that they ought to have at least a decent living out of their long hours of sweaty toil. There are those among us who, without compunction, would reduce free-born farmers to the serfdom to which Hitler has consigned, in Europe, men who live on and by the land.(see source for links)

That types of American big business and concentrated wealth are not afraid of a dictatorship, even such a one as Hitler's, is attested by recent shocking disclosures with respect to secret and intimate business alliances between them and German big business-alliances that deliberately strike at the common man."(see source for links)

Today in the Western World their lies an infant of Royal Blood whose mother and brother have been sacrificed, who is now claimed by the European Royal Houses, whose lineage through her mothers late husband traces the rise of Fascist America since 1933, and who, perhaps, most importantly is the harbinger of that date feared throughout the World, December 20, 2012, and which more than anything else the birth of Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern seems to be the harbinger of.

This is a child, and indeed a saga, for us to pay great attention too as more of the ancient myths become modern news stories.

[Ed. Note: The United States government actively seeks to find, and silence, any and all opinions about the United States except those coming from authorized government and/or affiliated sources, of which we are not one. No interviews are granted and very little personal information is given about our contributors to protect their safety.]

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Sorcha, PLEASE get in contact with me. I would LOVE to buy you dinner!

Fake Your Way to the Top

2007-02-25T05:31:00.000-07:00

Zsa Zsa Gabor, the "Prince" Frederic Prinz von Anhalt and...the "Counsel" Weyer Graf von Yorck

"You can fake your way to the top.” I remember thinking, wow, when I first heard that Dreamgirls tune back in 1981 at the Imperial in New York. Eddie, you and Beyonce were great in the movie adaptation, but nobody could possibly best the originals; Cleavant Derricks and Jennifer Holliday. I can’t help but wonder if Frederic Prinz von Anhalt, one of the world’s greatest “mythomaniacs” of all time might too have been in the audience prior to his 1986 marriage to Zsa Zsa Gabor.

Fake his way, he has. Anhalt’s schitck is that he was adopted in 1980 by Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt at which time he changed his name from Hans Robert Lichtenberg or Hans-Georg Lichtenberg, depending on who you believe. The adoption and name change did not confer any title or nobility, and the Ducal Family of Anhalt does not include Prinz von Anhalt as a member. Further, Germany’s monarchy was extinct by 1919. Frederic has said that he was a friend of Princess Marie Auguste's only child, Prince Karl of Prussia who died in a 1975 automobile accident, and that the grieving mother adopted him out of kindness and gave him the name Prince Frederic von Anhalt of Munich, the Duke of Saxony.

However, according to other sources, Princess Marie Auguste was bankrupt and the adoption was a business deal pioneered by Hans Hermann Weyer, a former window dresser who became an “honorary consul” of Bolivia, SA in Luxembourg. Weyer became better known in the 1960s as a “title broker,” for selling certificates of nobility, decorations, and degrees from invented colleges and universities. Jailed several times on fraud charges, he was described in 1982 by John Vinocur, then chief of The New York Times in Bonn as the greatest hotel “lobby rat," and, “a Munich rogue who sold phony titles to men who presumably wanted nothing better than being summoned to the phone." Weyer himself was “adopted” as an adult, in 1996, by a Countess of Yorck of Wartenberg, a 78-year-old German noblewoman, and now uses the name Consul Weyer Graf von Yorck. Do not miss the web site and “who’s who” of all the familiar faces by clicking here. http://www.consulweyer.de/

Anyhow, I guess in effort to keep himself current, Frederic decided to insert himself in the Anna Nicole Smith saga and called a news conference at Zsa Zsa’s Bel Air estate in Los Angeles and offered his account;

"She (Anna Nicole) had quite a few enemies and very, very few friends, almost no friends at all," the 62? year old lamented. “Smith's burning ambition,” he said, “was to be a real princess and wear a tiara. I told her the only thing I could do was to adopt you, but of course my wife was very much against it, I said I won't get a divorce just to make you a princess." A bird in the mansion, I guess.

Of course, had he adopted Anna Nicole and were it true that Frederick actually parented Danielynn, that would mean she is the Step Great Aunt of Paris Hilton. Imagine that.

“Round and around, and it’s always so real, yeah, when you’re comin’ down.”

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Say It Ain't So, Freddy!

2007-02-24T15:40:00.000-07:00

Our all-time favorite "clown prince," born Hans Robert Lichtenberg or Hans-Georg Lichtenberg to some, infamous eighth, and surely the last husband of Zsa Zsa Gabor, born Gabor Sari, has stated he is leaving the United States. I'll reserve hope, not my breath, for fear of turning royal blue.

"Prince Freddy the Eighth" has been quoted as saying he could be the father of Anna Nicole Smith's infant girl, Dannielynn, who was born in September, 2006, and stands by his claim to file a lawsuit if the "heiress to the throne" is given over to Howard K. Stern or Larry Birkhead by the courts. She deserves better than all of this, I think.

On 12 February, 2007, according to the Associated Press, Frederic Prinz von Anhalt proclaimed that he will file a paternity suit and that his "gah-gah" marriage to Zsa Zsa likely will be over if his assertions of parentage prevail.

On his future moving plans, apparently he is bored being the "baron de Bel Air," or whatever. He said: "Whenever my wife dies, I am off. Here in America, I have no friends, no fun. It makes me sick. Here it is like a third-world country. One can only live in Europe." Get the guest flat ready and repeat after me, "He's Back!" Freddy, we hardly knew ya.

So, one less customer for the Bank of America, I guess. Bummer :-(

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The Anna Archives

2007-02-23T18:23:00.000-07:00

Anna Nicole Smith born Vickie Lynn Hogan November 28, 1967. Houston Police arrest photo for DUI and former occupation at Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken in Mexia, Texas.

Billy Wayne Smith married Anna April 4, 1985. Divorced 1987.

Parallel Universe

2007-02-23T01:00:00.000-07:00

Time for a road trip. We had to check out this town Mexia, Texas. You know, the place where Anna Nicole met Billy Wayne while working at Jim's Krispy Chicken, got married, had Danny, and you know the rest. The town motto turns out to be; "A great place, no matter how you pronounce it," although no news flash as everybody knows it's 'mee-hay-ya,' just like it's spelled. Anyhow, driving North on I-35 from Austin, TX we took a wrong turn somewhere between Troy and Lorena thanks to stopping for coffey at a (in)convenience store which fumed of curry or the proprietor who offered us a short-cut. Looking for the easy way out, and not profiling here, but curry in Texas? Shoulda known better.

Yeah, we got lost, but not too bad going 80 +/- with no bother from our "fuzz buster". We way-layed ourselves about 50 miles South in the Town of Calvert, Texas, and while asking for directions came across this.

Seems there was this teenage dood that was finally buried, but not before his mummified body became a fixture in the back room of a local funeral parlor for about 80 years. The real details of his death were not given, but as his body was found near the railroad tracks, everybody knew he fell off or was bumped by a passing train. Before authorities were able to figure that the body was a fifteen year old runaway, the funeral director embalmed and put him in a pine box. For some reason, the mortician did not seal the coffin and covered it with chicken wire. Go figure. Well, when the dood's family was finally located and contacted they were told that they owed the funeral home $108 for the services. The family being poor and embarrassed by the bill according to the newspaper account, told the director, "Well, for $108, you can keep him." So, for 80 years the dood's body was kept in that back room of the parlor. Ever so often, this room was the hangout for "spirited" poker and domino games. Since the mummified body looked as if he was smiling, many of the gamblers thought that he brought them good luck. Not knowing his real name, they called the boy "Mojo" (pronounced 'mo-jo'), meaning good luck, and he became Calvert's "mascot". Although the funeral parlor was sold a number of times over the 80 years, Mojo stayed in the back room, until one of the owners decided to lay the body to rest. Approximately 60 people attended Mojo's funeral we were told.

Anyhow, we are gassing up and getting back on the highway with good news for Mexia when we get there. It might take a while the way things are going with the Anna Nicole deal, but maybe you'll get your "Mojo" back someday. Thank you, Calvert, we enjoyed it. And oh yeah, Calvert is the "Antique Capital." That's right.

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Anna Nicole "Moving" to the Bahamas

2007-02-22T19:52:00.000-07:00

Vergie Arthur comforted in court and no pic of Billy Wayne Smith

Not gonna happen. Regardless of the Florida court ruling today that the body of Anna Nicole Smith be flown to the Bahamas for burial, the gambler in me says Anna's Mama Vergie Arthur will appeal to have the corpse re-ticketed to Southeast Texas. And watch Anna's ex-husband Billy Wayne Smith hop on the buck-board. This thing is far from done for two reasons:

Firstly and mainly, the money. By some accounts as much as a half a billion dollars, US. Wow. But forget that. The amount really doesn't matter here. I guarantee you as long as there is one dime in the same room with attorneys and papers can still be filed, this will go on until the Anna comes home. Billy Wayne dropped his "boot" today during his telephone testimony to the court from Mexia, Texas when asked about his and Anna's deceased son Danny, "I wish he was buried in Texas." Danny is currently interred in the Bahamas, for now.

Secondly, there's the little irritating detail of Florida law whereby it dictates the disposition of Anna's body should be decided by the next of kin over the age of 18, and that's Vergie. I'm sorry, but deciding in favor of the court appointed Guardian Ad Litem for the baby girl is, well, it's just flat wrong. Watch the attorneys jump on the dime. Whoever gets the body, gets the estate.

I'm a big fan of T. S. Eliot, but he too got it flat wrong when he said, "Death is a moment of complete simplicity." Bummer :-(

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Out Easy's Dining Guide

2007-02-22T15:27:00.000-07:00

Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken

312 E Milam St
Mexia, TX 76667
254.562.5035

THE REVIEWS ARE IN...

Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken
I am an entrepenuer from MALAYSIA and I came to Texas 3 years ago for a business trip. I was so hungry on the second day I was there as I did not have anything to eat the other night. It was around 3pm when I saw Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken while walking around my hotel area. It's location is very strategic, right in the heart of Houston, only 200feet from the Sherattan Cowboy Motel (cheap shack where I bunked in for a week)and only 20km southwest from Beyonce Knowle's family farm. The moment I stepped in the diner, it might look like an average next-door kind of eatery. But once I flipped through the menu and smell the sweet aroma from the kitchen, I was hooked like Clinton and Lewinsky! I ordered the Spicy Curry Chicken Soup for starters and oh my, did that get my stomach burning for more! My main dish on that day was the Ice Cold Special which is basically deep fried spring chicken which is soaked into a bucket of ice cold Budweiser Beer and served with fries which are steamed and simmered with a lil' pinch of Irish Coffee. That woke me up like a classic American nvasion of the Middle East. For my dessert, I had the ultimate diabetes inviting, lung cancer coated piece of cake ever in the history of ankind (Mick Foley). It is called the "Killing Machine" and I believe there isn't a name more appropriate than that. Damn, that stuff really drove me nuts!!! After that day, I went and had my three meals a day at that simple but special diner for a week which will forever stay fresh in my mind, heart and in my soul! HIGHLY RECCOMENDED! God Bless Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken!!!!!!!! [15 Apr 2004 10:23:13]

Food: Service: Ambiance: Overall:
Recommended Dishes: Tango Chicky Loco, Fiery Flamed Chicken Ribs, Bush Atomic Chicken Attack Combo.

John Bon-Bon Jovial

They do chicken right
A restaurant full of old people usually scares me off (they can't taste anything anyway) but don't let them run you away from Jim's. Their chicken (and catfish) is Krispy with a capital 'k' because it isn't greasy and heavy. And they serve respectable if uninspired sides, including (reconstituted) mashed potatoes and gravy, rolls (or were they biscuits?), cole slaw, potato salad, hush puppies, and fries. I can't vouch for the drinks because we didn't get any, but I did get a huge styrofoam container of food from their to-go window (Jim's also has an enclosed dine-in area): two pieces of catfish, a mound of fries -- not as Krispy as the catfish, unfortunately -- two hush puppies, and coleslaw for under $5. That's what we in San Francisco call some good cheap eats. [10 Jan 2004 17:33:22]

Food: Service: Ambiance: Overall:
Recommended Dishes: fried chicken, catfish

Anonymous

YOU CAN LEAVE THIS AT HOME. THEY ONLY TAKE CASH -

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Separated at Birth?

2007-02-22T14:30:00.000-07:00

Larry Birkhead and Kato Kaelin

Hmmm... You decide.

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"Yooze Guise" Huh?

2007-02-21T14:01:00.000-07:00

Judge Larry "The Body Is Mine" Seidlin

I'm not from the North. I don't need to apologize for that I think. I'm not from South Florida either, but anyhow, neither is anybody else, including Larry. Maybe it's just me, but I am having a real bad time in following the Anna Nicole thing, and found the following link which has been a real horn-o-plenty when trying to translate the dialect.

Yep, That's The Bronx

This is a recording of a white male, Bronx, New York, born in 1940, and a full text transcription is available here too. I know Larry is a bit younger, 56, but hey, this is close enough.

Hope this helps y'all too.

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The Buccal Squad

2007-02-20T22:30:00.000-07:00

In Theaters Now, A Larry Seidlin Film, Starring All The Usual Suspects...

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The "Titillating" Triangle

2007-02-20T17:11:00.000-07:00

“Don’t take the law into your own hands, you take ‘em to court!” Doug Llewelyn, where are ya? We need you. What a story this is. There is so much happening now, our overwhelmed readers have come to us for the easy way out. No problem, it’s simple – just connect the dots. We’ll call it the “titillating triangle” Forget about that Bermuda thing, close your eyes, and pretend you are a map. Ready? Now, your left foot, that’s Mexia, Texas, birthplace of Anna Nicole. Your belly button is Broward County, Florida, Anna Nicole’s current “resting” (no pun here) place, and your right foot is in Nassau, the Bahamas, Anna Nicole’s terminal destination, says commitment ceremony participant Howard K. Stern. So far, so good? Good.

Let’s dwell on your left foot for a sec; that’s Mexia, Texas. Anna’s Mama, Vergie Arthur is in court as I type because she wants to bring her biddy home. Your belly button; the presiding judge (yes, he was elected) in Broward County, Larry Seidlin, has made his desires well known, “the body belongs to me right now.” And Howard Stern doesn’t want the recently purchased four-seater Nassau burial plots under your right foot to go begging for bodies.

Is the fog lifting yet? No? Okay, follow the dots, after all, that’s where the money wants to go, and to be objective, I can see everybody’s dot. I’ll explain. Vergie wants Anna buried under your left foot because of the obvious dearth of tourism in Mexia, Texas (It ain’t a mother’s love at play here.). So, if your vacation is overdue, and time and budget are a constraint, consider gassing up the Winnebago and head west for some fishing at Lake Parker in Mexia, and no worries, bait is available locally. The Lake was named for Fort Parker, the site of the well-known (?) Comanche Indian raid in May 1836, during which Cynthia Ann Parker was captured. During captivity, Cynthia Ann became the mother of the last great Comanche chief, Quanah Parker. Little is known of Quanah’s father except that he and Cynthia Ann were never legally married, but local lore says there was a commitment ceremony in the nearby railroad forgotten ghost town of Springfield. Given these similarities, Vergie’s got a good dot going here so watch out, Mexia, the casinos can’t be far behind.

Now, venturing northeast to your belly button, Broward County, Florida, there sits Judge Larry “The Body is Mine” Seidlin. I gotta tell you, I see no fairness in Larry. I mean come on, Broward has had it’s share of fame of late. What? How could you possibly forget the land of the “hanging chads,” cloned human babies, the appearance of the Virgin Mary in a grilled cheese sandwich, or the US Customs dilemma with human heads at the airport. Broward, you stole the name Hollywood for a town, not to mention a Presidential election, so I say, enough, and please pass the dot to Nassau, your right foot.

Why The Bahamas? Howard K. Stern knows why. Ever try to buy a house in the Caribbean? Don’t bother, unless you know a good attorney or are one , or have a Bahamian Cabinet member as a bud. Sound about right? Did you know they have “squatter’s-rights” to real estate ownership in some of these beautiful paradise islands? Buy a beachfront mansion? Why bother. Take the easy way out – never leave the one you borrow. Howard, you are smooth.

There you have it, that completes the triangle. Titillating, huh?

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Just A Phase

2007-02-20T01:22:00.000-07:00

Sooner than later,
they grow out of it.

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Lessons From History

2007-02-18T05:27:00.000-07:00

“The more things change, the more they stay the same.” Whoppi Goldberg as Celie used that line in the Color Purple, and for sure she wasn’t the first nor will be the last. The beleaguered big US carmakers ought to take a lesson from their own lessons. Heck, General Motors and Ford’s problems today are pretty much the same as they were some 61 years ago – high labor costs and lower productivity.

It was not happy days at GM in the winter of 1945-46. The United Auto Workers union had just come into being shortly before the start of World War II, and wartime controls had regulated wage and price increases just like foreign competition is squeezing today. Hey, war or no war, business problems are business problems, then and now. The suits at GM were used to having their way and telling workers what to do and how to do it. (Anybody see anything new here?) So, GM came up with this movie which I am pleased to present for your viewing pleasure titled; “The Easier Way.”

Basically, the movie hypes efficiency to workers as a means to increasing profits. This is one great flick, I think, and the social commentary of 1946 is a real bonus to the entertainment value. The story goes like this; Bob and Marge invite Dick and Anne for dinner. Our host Bob, a dweebish engineer GM suit type just can't manage to stop yapping about his “motion study” work project, and how, when applied to just anything, will make the world better for everybody. Even Marge begs him to quit before Dick and Anne show up, "Oh, Bob, not now!". But no sooner than just after they walk through the door, Bob whips out this peg board thing like the golf tee game they still have at Denny’s, I think, to show off the ease of his pet “motion study.” He proceeds to con Dick to give it a go, and being the guest, what’s a Dick to do? Anyhow, Dick (a GM line foreman) starts out very skeptically over the whole thing, and after several bumbled tries, Bob insults him as being “about average,” and persuades him to do it another way. Sound familiar? Well, this is when I would have grabbed Anne and left, but no, Dick, being Dick, soon gets the hang of a quicker way of putting the pegs in the board. With all this fun happening, Marge and Anne can’t resist and want to party along with the doods. Soon, they are on it, chirping. "Oooh, that looks like fun."

The whole ruse is, of course, tied to better production of cars and everyone just has a high old time doing dinner. In the end, Marge steals the show by wrapping her apron around Bob intimating he should find a better way to do the dishes. “Everybody Is Up To Something.” sm Enjoy, I did. Here's the link to the show...

http://www.archive.org/download/EasierWa1946/EasierWa1946_64kb.mp4

Here's A Tip

2007-02-17T10:19:00.000-07:00

Follow the money? Kinda lemming-like thinking, but never a bad idea. Better, hey - Follow the nefarious, that's what the big kids do. Example one has already been discussed here in the Bank of America thing. Somebody told me that illegal market is worth some $100 billion a year, but I betcha that's low. Anyhow, I believe the really cagey money is a step ahead by following the crooks - after all, that's where all the real money is.

Take a look at The GEO Group, Inc., listed on the NYSE. You will see they are in the security and protection services sector/business. What this means is they are in the "hospitality" buz, operating jails all over the place, and their customers are not the cons they cater (for the most part, anyway) rather, Uncle Sam, and possibly your state, contracts with them. GEO has 28% of the market by bed, cot, bunk - depending on your plan of stay. Good old government contracts. Always easy money in the bank. Anyhow, the banks think so.

Somebody left a copy of GEO's financial statement on my desk, and I just couldn't help but notice among others, Wells Fargo owns 7.16% of the outstanding shares institutionally, and controls another 5.32% through mutual funds. Morgan Stanley is not far behind at 6.14% and 1.86% respectively. The list goes on, impressively. Chump change? Not to me. GEO has a market cap (stock price x shares outstanding) north of $900 MM, and Wells and Morgan have more than a third of it. Wow.

Think what you will about the peeps in Washington, DC, it really doesn't matter to me anymore. Whoever emcees that show is going to make securing our borders and detaining illegal aliens job #1. Add that to our growing federal inmate population (think Enron, HP, ad nauseam), and, well, there goes one out of the park. It's just like those really bad TV ads for that Head-On stuff. "I hate your commercial, but love your product." It is impossible to go through an awake day without some mention of Homeland security. I mean think about it for a sec. Two choices here; dead or safe. Ouch. Everybody hates hearing about it, and if we throw enough money at it, it will go away, right? Right.

Anyhow, it seems the banks and government(s) are doing their part here via easy credit to illegals and investments in the future of criminals, but everyone in the hospitality business knows it's crucial to watch your expenses. If jail is on your horizon, I'm betting the "free" shower caps and sewing kits will be hard as to find as your nail clippers on a plane.

Failure to communicate? Not here, boss. "Everybody Is Up To Something." sm

Easy Credit

2007-02-17T08:28:00.000-07:00

No Green Card? Get A Gold Card Instead! So much for the Patriot Act...

You've heard this before; "Bad Credit, No Credit, No Problem!" Dood, it's true, thanks to Bank of America.

Report: Bank of America's New Credit Card Targets Illegal Immigrants
Wednesday, February 14, 2007

NEW YORK — Bank of America Corp. has begun offering credit cards to customers without Social Security numbers, typically illegal immigrants, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
In recent years, banks across the country have been offering checking accounts and even mortgages to the nation's fast-growing ranks of undocumented immigrants, most of whom are Hispanic, the paper said, adding these immigrants generally have not been able to get major credit cards.
The new Bank of America card is open to people who lack both a Social Security number and a credit history, as long as they have held a checking account with the bank for three months without an overdraft, the Journal said. Bank of America tested the program last year at five branches in Los Angeles, and last week expanded it to 51 branches in Loas Angeles County, home to the largest concentration of illegal immigrants in the U.S., the Journal said.
A Bank of America spokesman was not immediately available to comment.

Credit challenged? Been a while since you stopped by the bank? Psst...they open at 9:00 AM. Kudos to Bank of America for using the easy way to follow the money.

"Everybody Is Up To Something." sm

That Was Quick

2007-02-17T01:20:00.000-07:00

I do not know why this story caught my attention, as I have no present or contemplated use for this product, but hey, Christmas is right around the sell-out of the Easter candy, I think.

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have approved a comb that, drawn across a balding pate, can restore real hair.
The manufacturer, Lexington International LLC, calls the handheld laser device the Hairmax Lasercomb, which the company said Thursday increases the numbers of thick hairs on the scalp, according to 26-week clinical trials.
The Food and Drug Administration's test report said subjects who used the treatment "had significantly greater increases in mean terminal hair density" than those who used placebo in the tests.
As the device's name suggests, it combines a low-level laser with a comb. When drawn through the hair, the laser strikes the scalp to promote hair growth, according to the company.
The device, sold on the Internet for $545, is the only drug-free product meant for home use in combating hair loss that's won the endorsement of the Food and Drug Administration, the company said.

Now, I know what you are thinking, "this is the easy way out of hair loss, right?" Wrong. This story is not even 24 hours old, and already you can bid to own a "like-new" one of these on EBay. This thing costs $545 bucks new on the official web site (more if you finance it) but if you hurry, you can part with a thinner hank of cash at everybody's favorite on-line yard sale. I just looked a sec ago, and the nineteenth bidder is prepared to shed $306.50 to own one of these. Wow. A used comb. Go figure. Fast hair or a fast buck? You decide.

"Everybody Is Up To Something." sm

The Easy Way to Royalty

2007-02-16T20:54:00.000-07:00

This whole Anna Nicole thing, geez, what a cast of characters. Anyone of these men (?) could well serve as the spokes-model for this blog. It's a real conga line out there now, but my personal fave is that Prince (sic) Freddy dood. More specifically; a/k/a, Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt. Seems he was born (?) in Germany, circa 1933, I think, and is best known as the husband of the Hungarian-born American actress Zsa Zsa Gabor. Forget that stuff you see and hear on CNN or Fox, he is not Zsa Zsa's ninth husband. Technically and legally he is her eighth. Everybody forgets Gabor's previous marriage to Mexican actor Felipe de Alba was invalid and subsequently annulled, since she was not divorced from Michael O'Hara when she wed de Alba at sea. Details, whew. I forgive the news media here, I mean really, who could possibly remember that many marriages and who would want to? Heck, I can't even recall what I had for breakfast this morning. Zsa Zsa said it best, "husbands are like fires, they go out when unattended." Dah-ling!

Anyhow, before he was the Prince, Freddy was/is Hans Robert Lichtenberg, and says he grew up in a poor German family and was abused by his policeman-father and pushed to become a military officer. Over the years he worked as a bank clerk, screenwriter, sauna manager and a soccer player - a natural career progression, I think. (Private test/joke for mortgage loan officers: relate these jobs, please).

"I had a very hard childhood," Freddy claims, recalling how he sought escape in movies and newspaper articles about Hollywood celebrities, including Zsa Zsa, then a sex symbol, now, what 90?

Freddy's story is he got his royal title through an act of kindness in the late 1950s, when he became good buds with the son of Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt. When her son died in a car accident, Freddy gave comfort to the Princess. Beats passing out towels at the sauna, I think.

So, with his own parents dead, he says Marie adopted him in 1980, some 30 years later, and gave him the title of Prince Frederic von Anhalt of Munich, the Duke of Saxony -- or Frederic Prinz von Anhalt, as he is also known. (Easier to squeeze on his California drivers license, I guess). Now, how Marie came to "give" this title to Freddy is a real mystery to me. I mean think about it for a sec. - Germany has no monarchy. Whatever, dood, party-on.

Here's the best. Freddy acknowledges making zillions of dollars by passing the "family title" to at least 10 other people. "If someone offers you $2 million, you do it," Freddy says. Hey, I guess running an on-line diploma mill would be too much like work.

Anyhow, Freddy says Zsa Zsa was as gah gah by the notion of getting a "royal title" as he was about being tied to Hollywood "royalty." The two got married in 1987 I think, and she now goes by Princess von Anhalt, the Duchess of Saxony. Gotta get these people over for cocktails.

"Everybody Is Up To Something." sm Don't ya think?

Technorati Profile

2007-02-16T19:32:00.000-07:00

When you do these blog things, it's helpful to add some widgets and such, or so I'm told, and this is one of the best. For now, I'm taking the easy way out, as I have not studied this, and am leaning on somebody else's word for it until I do. Anyhow, I can always delete this, when I need to, I think. Go spiders (a web term - I love)!

Sheesh... "Everybody Is Up To Something." sm

Easy Outsourcing...

2007-02-16T16:09:00.000-07:00

I've got this neighbor who is a computer programmer or some such type who lives up the street and never seems to go to work. Knowing he has found the easy way out, I stopped him mowing the grass for a little taste of the secret. So I asked;

"Andy, (not his real name - just always wanted to do that) I know you have a job, you must telecommute, right?"

"Nope. But my boss thinks I do."

"So, what gives, tell?"

"Well, I outsource my work to a computer dood in India. You see, I make $73,000 a year, and pay him $11,000, and that way, I have all the time I want to do what I want to do. He's happy to have the work, and I'm happy to have the time. Plus, it's tax deductible."

Hmmm...all seems good to me, except the lawn mowing part. Anybody need a job?

Just goes to show - "Everybody Is Up To Something." sm

Must Reading...

2007-02-16T13:32:00.000-07:00

...Must I? There has got to be an easier way out. There is - I'll do it for you. Somebody dropped a copy of this book on my desk; "The Silva Mind Control Method," by Jose Silva. The book jacket sez it's about mind control training...even in your sleep. Wow. Talk about the easy way out, I mean, why bother with this while you are awake? I can hardly wait for bedtime tonight. I've not met Jose, nor am I likely to, as he passed in 1999, I think. In his earlier life, Jose repaired radios and had a keen interest in parapsychology.* (See the connection?) Anyhow, his dream lives, and the promoters of the vision tout via the web site:

"Turn Your Life Around

The Silva Method is a powerful, life-changing program developed over 50 years ago by Jose Silva.

It's So Easy

The Method is a series of lectures that blend the most effective concepts with the latest scientifically proven techniques in personal growth.

Manage Stress, Lose Weight

The Silva Method is based on how you think, believe and behave dictates your living experience. By making simple, positive changes, you can live a powerful life of your own design.

The goal of the Silva Method is to teach you how to use more of your brain and activate the untapped areas of your mind.

Free Yourself

Within you is the key that unlocks life's possibilities. To realize them, you have only to develop the natural mental power we all possess. It isn't magic; it's the Silva Method.

It is the only system that delivers a step-by-step process that allows you to evolve your untapped ESP.

A Richer Life

With the Silva Method millions have discovered the astounding power of the mind. Make a difference in your life and the lives of others."

The Silva Method: Serving Humanity Better"

Powerful stuff.

According to Jose, the book sez it takes four days to learn how, but let me tell you, that's a major commitment to the old attention span. I know, you're thinking; "What's the easy way out?" Well, you are not alone, as the folks at Silva figured out how to condense this down to 48 hours. Gotta like their style, as it fits comfortably within a weekend seminar format, I think. Anyhow, I'll be back to you with more on this.

*Parapsychology - The study of the evidence for psychological phenomena, such as telepathy, clairvoyance, and psychokinesis, that are inexplicable by science.

Hmmm..."Everybody Is Up To Something." sm

Doctors Prove Easy Way Out...

2007-02-16T11:28:00.000-07:00

"A study published by the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology researches the male "reactance" — the tendency to do the exact opposite of what's requested by a loved one or boss. The study further investigates whether this phenomenon might occur at a subconscious level.

The experiments performed to test a man's laziness included asking participants to name a significant person they perceived as controlling their lives, and another who wanted them to have fun. Then, they were asked to make words from jumbled letters on a computer screen, while these two names they mentioned were flashed subliminally. The test showed that men were able to make words better, when exposed to the name of the one who wanted them to have fun."

Well, gee. this deserves thought, I think. Do I want to have fun or hang with controlling people? Hmmm... Why bother asking the test subjects? The sublime knows. Why not include women in this "study?" Too much trouble, I guess. Also, talk about the easy way out - when confronted with the need for a dictionary, make up a word instead. 'Reactance?' I can't find it anywhere.

..."Everybody Is Up To Something." sm

Easy Pet Grooming

2007-02-16T11:09:00.000-07:00

This story just blew me away. Ever had anybody catch you in a comprised moment and say; "fess-up." Don't bother. Take the easy way out...

GIG HARBOR, Wash. — "A Gig Harbor woman says she was "freaked out" while giving her dog a bath when its ear floated away.

The woman, Anni Sheriffius, told KIRO-TV that she believes a groomer cut off the dog's ear and tried to glue it back on with super glue.

The dog named Jasimin, a shi tzu, was treated for an infection.

Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer says investigators are looking into possible charges of animal cruelty. But the pet grooming shop has shut down."

Bet the "groomer" recovered the cost of the glue. Everybody Is Up To Something." sm

2007-02-16T10:52:00.000-07:00

What's this blog all about? Well, the title kinda sez it all. In whatever we do, the equation is the same;

A--------->B

Getting there is not always so simple, so we give you timely stories from around the globe to help you find The Easy Way Out.

Why? Because - "Everybody Is Up To Something." sm