PASTOR HAS EMPLOYEE FIRED--SHAME ON YOU!

Hell hath no fury like a pastor scorned by the Internet.

After a copy of her Applebee's receipt began circulating online yesterday, Pastor Alois Bell of the St. Louis-based Truth in the World Deliverance Ministries phoned up the restaurant and asked to have everyone involved fired.

"My heart is really broken," the 37-year-old told The Smoking Gun. "I've brought embarrassment to my church and ministry."
Last Friday, after evening services, Bell and her congregation headed to Applebee's for dinner as they did on many nights.
But a disagreement over the establishment's auto-gratuity of 18% for parties of 8 or more would soon propel the pastor to the heights of Internet infamy.
"I give God 10% why do you get 18," Bell wrote on her credit card receipt after crossing out the tip amount she was obliged to pay.
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Screw this Pastor (once again using religion to feel superior & receive special treatment--yuk!)
--TYPICAL sanctimonious behavior--you play nasty/sarcastic than you gotta live with the consequences.
You're a Pastor but hardly an adult, OBVIOUSLY!
--make dinner at home if tips bother you-
-btw, your churches are tax exempt--that waitress' salary isn't
--and btw, get a freakin' sense of humor--you would have come out looking better
--shame on APPLEBEES for firing the employee--she needs an apology from this stupid pastor, her tip & her job back

Last Andrews Sister, Patty, dies at 94

Los Angeles (CNN) -- "Patty Andrews, the last surviving member of the Andrews Sisters, died at her Northridge, California, home Wednesday, her publicist Alan Eichler said.
She was 94.

The Andrews Sisters began singing on Minnesota radio stations in the 1920s, but after several years on the Vaudeville circuit they began a recording career that made them one of the most successful female groups ever.

One of their biggest hits was "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," which became a World War II anthem. The Recording Industry of America Association and the National Endowment for the Arts placed it as the sixth on its "Songs of the Century" list in 2001..."

THE DIVINE MISS "M"--BETTE MIDLER DOES A GREAT TRIBUTE TO THEM IN HER ALBUM OF THE SAME NAME:

		Bette Midler Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
		The Divine Miss M Atlantic 1972

(SHHH,  BUT I LIKE IT BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL)

Les Misérables (2012)

Les Misérables (2012)-In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after he breaks parole, agrees to care for factory worker Fantine's daughter, Cosette. The fateful decision changes their lives forever. 

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TOO LONG & ALL THAT DAMN SINGING!

I COULDN'T WAIT FOR IT TO BE OVER! 

 

It is ironic I say this with such aplomb because when it was on Broadway I saw it 4 times and loved it!

When translating a Broadway piece you need the right director for that specific transition.

Sometimes it works: "Chicago", "Gypsy", "Funny Girl" and others.

Sometimes it bombs: "Rent", "A Chorus Line" and now "Les Miz".

I adore Tom Hooper. He directed one of my all time favorite movies, "The King's Speech". Sadly here he missed the mark. The casting, costumes and cinematography were good. I think he wanted the audience to see this as a literal historical piece & it came off as a fantasy; whereupon, he asked of us too much suspension from reality. In the theater, it's easier to do that. 

I kept thinking that Buz Luhrmann ("Moulin Rouge") would have presented the script as a fantasy & I would have been more on board. Hooper kept me at a disconnect from his intent & it's translation. Ironically, Luhrmann is directing the upcoming "The Great Gatsby" and I think Hooper would be the better director. We'll see.

And who cares that Hopper made the actors sing live on set instead of the traditional prerecorded technique? It was an apparent struggle for some-namely, Russell Crowe. And I loved all the scenes involving women in the factories, skid row, etc. Additionally, nominating Anne Hathaway with minimal screen time seems unfair (don't get me wrong, it wasn't as bad as Judi Dench getting an Oscar for 8 min. in "Shakespeare in Love", but close). It just pisses me off.  Hathaway has gotten all the awards & will get the Osacr but I think others deserved it best. I love Hathaway but...

 

No one has really mentioned Samantha Barks in "Les Miz"-she was superb!

 

All in all it wasn't the hit I wanted it to be. If Sacha Baron Cohen's Thenardier and Helena Bonham Carter's Madame Thenardier weren't there for levity I think I would have sliced my wrist w/ the ticket stub.

Better luck next time Hopper.

"AMERICAN IDOL"---SEASON 12

HERE WE GO--NOT AGAIN...?

I HOPE I HAVE THE PATIENCE TO PUT UP WITH ALL THE "DIVA-NESS" THIS SEASON.

SOMEONE FORGOT TO TELL MARIAH CAREY & NICKI MINAJ THAT THE SHOW IS NOT, NOT, NOT ABOUT THEM!!!
PLEASE SEND THEM THE MEMO ASAP...
(ACCORDING TO "ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY", IDOL'S RATINGS CONTINUE TO PLUMMET).
THIS IS THE WORSE COMBINATION OF JUDGES YET. JLO WE MISS YOU!

IN PAST SEASONS:

 WE HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO BELOW AVERAGE CONTESTANTS WHERE WE WONDERED "OK WHICH ONE IS NOT SOOOO BAD?'.

OR

 WE HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO  HAVE SEEN SO MANY POTENTIAL SUPERSTARS THAT WE WONDERED, HOW DO YOU CHOOSE THE BEST FROM THIS CREAM OF THE CROP?.

BUT ALWAYS-ALWAYS- IT WAS ABOUT THE CONTESTANTS.
 EVEN PAULA ABDUL'S RAMBLINGS & GAFFES WERE "My old aunt got drunk at the party again" BY NATURE.
THE CLOSEST THING RESEMBLING  THIS SEASON'S OBNOXIOUS BEHAVIOR WAS SIMON COWELL; AND FRANKLY, I'D RATHER BE SITTING BETWEEN HIM & HIS ENORMOUS EGO THAN BETWEEN THESE TWO (UHUM) LADIES.

(TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE SIGNIFICANCE & VALUE OF THE EDITING PROCESS IN ALL THESE REALITY SHOWS. BEFORE "IDOL" EVEN  PREMIERED, THE BUZZ AND ENDLESS CLIPS OF CAREY & MINAJ  AT EACH OTHER'S THROAT HAD MANY PERCHED TO  WATCH, JUST TO SEE WHEN THESE TWO WILL BITCH SLAP EACH OTHER.  NOW THAT'S AN EDITING JOB I'D LIKE TO SEE).

DAY 1:
--MARIAH CAME OFF AS THE DIVA SHE CLAIMS NOT TO BE. ONE MORE "DAHLING" OR SICKENING HISTRIONIC AND I WAS READY TO SNAP. I KEPT HOPING SOMEONE WOULD PULL OUT HER EXTENTIONS ONE BY ONE---PAINFULLY!
--RANDY (THE "DAWG"--BARF!) WAS TRYING TO CHANNEL SIMON. I GUESS HE FEELS IT'S THE JOB OF THE ELDER STATESMAN OF THE GROUP.
--KEITH URBAN WAS BEIGE (NEVER A COMPLIMENT FROM A GAY MAN) --SURPRISINGLY NICKI WAS THE MOST CONSTRUCTIVE WHEN SHE WASN'T ADJUSTING HER BOZO WIG.
BUT AT THE END OF THIS LONG 2 HOURS I WANTED TO POKE MY SLEEPY EYES OUT WITH A SHARP FORK!

DAY 2:
THINGS DID A COMPLETE 180. FOR ONE THING THE 2 HOURS DIDN'T SEEM LIKE 4. --MARIAH HAD AT LEAST ONE LEG OFF HER HIGH HORSE AND WAS ACTUALLY HUMAN (HAS ANYONE CHECKED?) SHE WAS THE KIND & POLITE ONE.
HOWEVER,  MINAJ WAS THE BIGGEST ATTENTION SEEKER SINCE LIBERACE --WITHOUT THE FUNNY CAMP OR TALENT. I HOWLED WHEN ONE OF THE CONTESTANTS CUT MINAJ OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF HER LIVING IN THE "NICKI" SHOW MOMENT TO GIVE CAREY A HEARTFELT COMPLIMENT. IT MUST OF KNOCKED HER THIRD SET OF EYELASHES OFF; OR CRACK THE MIRROR SHE  CONSTANTLY KEEPS IN HER HAND TO SMITHEREENS.
--RANDY WAS STILL CHANNELING SIMON (I GUESS WE'RE STUCK WITH THAT).
-- THE WINNER WAS ACTUALLY KEITH URBAN. HE WAS SINCERE AND HIS SPECIFIC CRITIQUES OF THE CONTESTANTS WERE ON POINT. HE EVEN SHOWED A WONDERFUL SENSE OF HARMLESS SARCASM & SENSE OF HUMOR.

GOD HELP US ALL!

FINALLY MY CONTESTANTS HIGHLIGHTS:

MANY GREAT BACK STORIES-AGAIN. YES I CRIED--F U !

1.OF COURSE THE VIRAL WORLD HAS FOCUSED ON THE GORGEOUS, CUBAN STUTTERER FROM FLORIDA, LAZARO ARBOS. HE DOES NOT STUTTER WHEN HE SINGS -PUT HIM IN THE TOP 10 NOW! HE "WAS" FLAWLESS IN HIS RENDITION OF "BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER".

2.THE AMAZING YOUNG WOMAN WHO ARMED HERSELF WITH CHARMING CHUTZPAH  WHEN SHE ASKED TO DUET "BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE" WITH KEITH URBAN.

3. ANOTHER YOUNG WOMAN, BRANDY, AND HER RENDITION OF "YOUR CHEATIN' HEART".

4. CURTIS FINCH, JR. HAS A VOCAL RANGE WHICH I CAN ONLY COMPARE TO WITH WHITNEY HOUSTON--YES THAT GOOD!

5. FROM NY-DAY 1-THE HIGHLY TALENTED FELICIANO GIRL- WHOSE FAMILY ADOPTS SICK ORPHANS.

6. THE QUIRKY ANDROGYNOUS STREET PERFORMER, KASBAN, WHO SANG "PINOCCHIO" (I KNOW, RIGHT?)  AND A HEART WRENTCHING ORIGINAL SONG W/ HER PERFECT GUITAR ACCOMPANIMENT.

 7.CHARLIE ASKEW-THE PUREST VOICE YET--GOOSE PIMPLES! WOW! HE WILL BE A STAR!

FINALLY:

8. MY FAVORITE BACK STORY AND PART OF THE NIGHT, (BESIDES THE MULTIPLE EYE CANDY FROM CHICAGO & ITS NEIGHBORING STATES, DAMN THOSE MID-WESTERN BOYS--WHEW!!!), WAS THE GIRL BATTLING ANOREXIA (GET THE KLEENEX).
SHE SANG LIKE AN ANGEL AND LEFT IT ALL ON THE STAGE. HER SOUL IS PURE AND HER VOICE A GIFT TO ALL OF US.
 HERE I GOTTA GIVE IT TO MINAJ WHEN SHE SAID THAT SHE AND OTHERS LIFTED "US"--TRUE THAT!

SO YOU SEE I WILL STILL WATCH FOR THE ABOVE 8 REASONS AND THOSE STILL LEFT TO ADMIRE.
BUT MAN I NEED TO MEDITATE TO DEAL WITH THE THE BUZZING FLIES SURROUNDING THE JUDGES TABLE.

WISH ME LUCK!
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UPDATE MARCH 7, 2013 TOP TEN ARE:






 

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  Amber Holcomb

  Age:

  18 years old

  Links:

  
  

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  Angie Miller

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  Burnell Taylor

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  Candice Glover

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  Curtis Finch Jr

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  Devin Velez

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  Janelle Arthur

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  Kree Harrison

• 

  Lazaro Arbos

• 

  Paul Jolley

   
• GIVE IT TO CANDIS GLOVER OR JANELLE ARTHUR NOW!!!
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TWO "IDOL"UPDATE(FEBRUARY 1, 2013):
1--------JUST LIKE LAST SEASON ON AGT, ANOTHER CONTESTANT LIES & IN A MORE DESPICABLE WAY:
It was Matthew Farmer's heartbreaking tale of his service in Iraq as much as his vocal prowess that impressed the "American Idol" judges on Wednesday night.
Now Farmer admits that his claim of a traumatic brain injury from an IED explosion in Iraq was false.
"It was all lies," Farmer, 26, confessed on Guardians of Valor.
TO TOP IT ALL OFF HE BROUGHT IN HIS ADORABLE DAUGHTER--MORE PITY POINTS I'M GUESSING ---TOO BAD YOU'RE ONLY BEAUTIFUL ON THE OUTSIDE!!! SHAME ON YOU! GET HELP!!!

2----------KARA DIOGUARDI EXPECTING A BABY BOY VIA SURROGATE

3---------as of MARCH 21, 2013:

Mar 22 2013 12:20 PM ET

'American Idol' drops again: How low will the ratings go?

by James Hibberd

• When American Idol season 12 premiered lower in the ratings than last year, that was to be expected — returning weaker has been the show’s trend for several years.

When Idol numbers dipped after the show moved from auditions to the Hollywood rounds, that was also to be expected too — the reality veteran’s ratings tend to sag during the middle portion of its run every year.
But Idol is dropping nearly every week and last night was down 50 percent from its Thursday night premiere this season … and that’s scary.

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CHRISTIE FAVORS FRACKING (FOR NOW)--YOU?

In New Jersey, Christie Vetoes Anti-Fracking Bill

WHATTA YOU THINK???

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 By Jim Malewitz, Staff Writer

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie vetoed a bill Friday (September 21) that would have banned the disposal of hydraulic fracturing waste in New Jersey, rankling environmentalists who oppose the method of natural gas extraction and fear that the wastewater it generates taints local water supplies.

“Governor Christie has sold out our drinking water to the fossil fuel industry,” Jeff Tittel, director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, said in a release. “Instead of protecting our waterways he is allowing companies to dump toxic fracking pollution in our waterways.”

The veto by Christie, a Republican, is his second major move against a fracking crackdown.  In 2011, he vetoed an outright ban of the practice, a bill that found wide support in the state’s heavily Democratic legislature.

Hydraulic fracturing isn’t practiced in New Jersey. The state has few proven shale reserves and remains under a moratorium on the practice, which involves the high-pressure injection of millions of gallons of chemical-laced water deep underground to break apart rock and free the resources locked within. But the technique is widely used in neighboring Pennsylvania, which often sends its waste across the border.

Some of that waste is sent to landfills in New Jersey, though it’s not clear how much. Two New Jersey landfills accept the waste, according to the online data tool FracTracker, Much of the waste is sent to Ohio and injected into underground wells, a practice that has been linked to minor earthquakes in the region.
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TODAY:
At a news conference in Long Branch today, Christie said the bill was "simply unconstitutional" because there is no potential for fracking in New Jersey. So in practice, he said, a ban would only hurt other states even though it also forbids it in state.

"This is another one of those political bills," Christie said. "They know that it's wrong and they send it anyway because they think, 'Well, he won't veto it because that would take some guts.' Well, I did."

 

 SIDEBAR: Approximately 40% of America's oil comes from domestic oil fields in states like Texas, Alaska, and California. Some of this oil is actually sold to other countries, such as Japan. The other 60% of the US oil supply is from foreign sources.

DEAR ABBY DIES (SHE WAS ALIVE?)-R I P -94

"CNN) -- Pauline Phillips, better known to millions of newspaper readers for decades as the Dear Abby advice columnist, has died after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease, her family said Thursday.

She died Wednesday in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at age 94.

Phillips' columns were published in an era when newspaper readers began to prize straight-talking, pithy advice about marriages, children, jobs -- just about anything that troubled people.

Phillips wrote under the pen name of Abigail Van Buren, shortened to "Dear Abby" in newspapers. "Abigail" was taken from the wise woman in the Old Testament and "Van Buren" was one of her favorite presidents.

The first Dear Abby column appeared in 1956, and Phillips continued writing the advice feature until 2000...

THIS ARTICLE IS BY MICHAEL MARTINEZ (not related--lol)

KENTUCKY TOWN (VICCO) SUPPORTS LGBT

ENCOURAGING!!!
 
With a population of just 334 residents, Vicco, Kentucky 

(Latitude:	37° 2157' North
Longitude:	83° 0616' West   --- in the USA)

is believed to be the smallest municipality in the U.S. to approve an LGBT-inclusive anti-discrimination ordinance.

 The little Appalachian town is the first in the state to do so in the past decade. 

Let's congratulate the citizens and community leaders of Vicco for passing their "Fairness Ordinance." (via LGBTQ Nation)

 Vicco becomes Kentucky's fourth municipality to pass such an ordinance, following Lexington, Louisville, and Covington.

"Vicco is a community that believes all folks should be treated fairly," said Vicco city attorney Eric Ashley. "We believe everyone deserves the opportunity for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Fairness is a Kentucky value, a Vicco value, and one of our most American values." 

SAN FRAN AIRPORT RENAMED HARVEY MILK?

Could  the San Francisco airport  be renamed for Harvey Milk?

A charter amendment sponsored by Supervisor David Campos would put the question on the ballot this fall.

"If five of Campos' colleagues agree to submit the proposed name change to voters and the amendment goes through in the fall, the city would become home to the world's first airport honoring an openly gay person, said Milk's nephew, Stuart Milk..." 

 

ON THIS MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. WEEKEND THE NEWS IS EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT IN THE NATION'S CONTINUAL PROGRESSIVE ATTITUDES ON CIVIL EQUALITY & ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR ALL.

My heart is full!

 

Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978) was an American politician who became the first openly homosexual person to be elected to public office in California and the United States when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

Despite his short career in politics, Milk became an icon in San Francisco and a martyr in the gay community. In 2002, Milk was called "the most famous and most significantly open LGBT official ever elected in the United States"

 

 

VETERANS GET HEPATITIS AND HIV FROM INSULIN INJECTIONS--SAD

Insulin injection errors may have exposed veterans to viruses--VERY SAD

"(CNN) -- Hundreds of veterans may have been exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV because of medical oversights that allowed insulin pens to be used on more than one patient at a Veterans Administration hospital in Buffalo, New York, according to a memo from the Department of Veterans Affairs to Congress.

"On November 1, 2012, officials at the (Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare System) reported that while conducting pharmacy inspection rounds on the inpatient units, they discovered that insulin pens intended for individual patient use were found in the supply drawer of the medication carts without a patient label on them," said the memo, obtained by CNN through the office of U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins, D-New York. "Although the disposable needles were changed each time it was used, the insulin pens intended for individual patient use may have been used on more than one patient."

"There is a very small chance that some patients could have been exposed to the hepatitis B virus, the hepatitis C virus, or HIV, based on practices identified at the facility," the congressional memo states. "(The health system) determined that all veterans who were prescribed the insulin pen during an inpatient stay from October 19, 2010, to November 1, 2012, should be notified."

The veterans' health care system has found that 716 patients may have been affected during this time period, Jim Blue, regional director of the VA's Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, told CNN. "Veterans and their families will have an opportunity to speak with a nurse who will answer questions they may have and assist with managing followup care," Blue said..."

STEPHEN KING WRITES SEQUEL TO "THE SHINNING"

STEPHEN KING HAS FINALLY APPEASED HIS FANS BY WRITING  "DOCTOR SLEEP"-A BONA-FIDE SEQUEL TO "THE SHINING".'

KING MAKES IT CLEAR IT IS A SEQUEL OF HIS BOOK NOT THE MOVIE (CHANGES WERE OBVIOUSLY MADE FOR FILMIC & DIRECTOR CHOICES).

Danny Torrance is no longer a child (he who dealt with his father's madness and deadly mallet).

Danny is now a  middle-aged loner working at a hospice.

According to King, "He uses his innate supernatural powers to ease the suffering of the dying".

There's a great interview with King in the January 18, 2013 issue of " Entertainment Weekly".

WAS NATALIE WOOD KILLED? NEW EVIDENCE

"The actress' death certificate was amended back in August 2012, with the cause of death being changed from an accidental drowning to "drowning and other undetermined factors." But information as to why the change was made was not released until Monday, when the corner's office put out a 10-page supplement to the actress' autopsy report.

The supplement notes that "bruises especially in the upper extremities appeared fresh and could have occurred before (Wood) entered the water." It also says that "the location of the bruises, the multiplicity of the bruises, lack of head trauma, or facial bruising support bruising having occurred prior to the entry into the water..."

 

 

"In 2011, Dennis Davern, captain of the Splendour, publicly urged homicide investigators to look further into Wood's death. He co-authored a 2009 book about the case, "Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour."
Also in 2011, Davern told NBC's David Gregory on TODAY that he had "made some terrible decisions and mistakes" relating to his own reporting of the events, admitting that he had lied on a police report..."  (NBC.com)

ACTIVIST HANGS HIMSELF-26...R I P

NEW YORK (AP) — "Authorities say a co-founder of Reddit and activist who fought to make online content free to the public has been found dead.

A spokeswoman for New York's medical examiner says 26-year-old Aaron Swartz hanged himself in his Brooklyn apartment and was found Friday.

Swartz was a prodigy who as a young teenager helped create RSS. He co-founded the social news website Reddit and directed the political action group Demand Progress that campaigns against Internet censorship.

In 2011, he was arrested in Boston and charged with stealing millions of scientific journals from a computer archive at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Swartz pleaded not guilty. His federal trial on computer fraud charges was to begin next month. If convicted, he could have faced decades in prison and a fortune in fines..."  (Yahoo.com)

STUDIO 54 AUCTION -JANUARY 19, 2013

Written by LiveAuctioneers PR Services
Friday, 04 January 2013 11:23
Milo Baughman (American, 1923-2003), 3-piece sectional sofa with revolving cocktail table and two rosewood sofa tables, circa 1970. Est. $4,000-$7,000. Palm Beach Modern Auctions image. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (LAPRS) – Back in the late 1970s and early ’80s, the only place hip New Yorkers wanted to be seen after dark was Studio 54. But slipping past the uber-chic disco’s velvet rope, which separated jet setters and film stars from ordinary folk hoping to gain admission to the glitzy inner sanctum, was a near-impossible feat – unless you knew, or caught the eye of, Studio 54’s charismatic co-owner Steve Rubell. The ultimate insider, Rubell partied with the arts and entertainment world’s biggest stars, including Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Elizabeth Taylor, Liza Minnelli and Frank Sinatra, among hundreds of other celebrities. His West 54th street nightclub was known for its outrageous soirees and offbeat moments, like the time Bianca Jagger entered the club on her birthday in 1977, astride a white horse. When Steve Rubell died in 1989, he left behind a virtual time capsule of unique memorabilia associated with Studio 54’s extraordinary four-year run. That portion of his estate, which has remained in situ for the past 28 years at the apartment Rubell shared with fashion designer Bill Hamilton, will be auctioned Jan. 19 by Palm Beach Modern Auctions in West Palm Beach, Florida. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide the Internet live bidding.

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DARN I NEVER SAVED A THING FROM IT--WISH I HAD.

MY FIRST TIME AT STUDIO 54 WAS IN THE SPRING OF 1978 & ALL THE THRILL OF CROSSING THOSE VELVET ROPES WAS REAL--ESP. TO AN IMPRESSIONABLE 21 YEAR OLD LIKE ME FROM NEW JERSEY. WHO WAS DANCING NEXT TO ME? 

SUZANNE SOMERS AT THE PEEK OF HER POPULARITY & BEAUTY.

I WAS THE GUEST OF ONE OF THE ELITE MEMBERS OF "THE ISLANDERS CLUB".

THE SECOND TIME I BOLDLY WENT WITH 3 OF MY FRIENDS & THE ACTUAL STEVE RUBEL PICKED ME FROM A SEA OF PEOPLE--I ALMOST SHOT A LOAD...LOL

LATER, ONE OF MY BEAUTIFUL FRIENDS & ASPIRING MODEL, DENISE FRANZ, WAS DATING THE DOORMAN, MARK BENECKE; NOW  I WASN'T ONLY GETTING IN , BUT GETTING IN FOR FREE W/ DRINK TICKETS.

IT WAS TRULY A CELEB -FEST EVERY TIME! 

MY FRIEND SAL, A  BARTENDER @ "BOOM" IN FT LAUDERDALE,FL --ONE OF THE GORGEOUS, FORMER BARTENDERS AT 54- IS WRITING A BOOK ON THE CLUB.

 DOES HE HAVE STORIES? HE HAS!

FOR CELEBRITY HAWKING, THIS WAS THE PLACE TO BE--SHORT LIVED AS IT WAS
(1977 until 1981). 

IT HAS BECOME THE GOLD STANDARD OF DISCOS. THE LOGO ITSELF IS STILL USED & A REPLICA IS IN LAS VEGAS AT THE MGM RESORT HOTEL.

STILL, "THE SAINT"  (1980-1988) WAS REALLY THE ULTIMATE DANCE EXPERIENCE--IT WAS A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD WITH ONE GOAL--TO DANCE & EXPERIENCE MAGIC WHICH THERE ARE NO WORDS FOR; STUDIO 54 HAD NOTHING ON IT!

DOCUMENTARY: "I AM"...( A MUST SEE)

			I FINALLY DECIDED TO WATCH THIS LIFE ALTERING DOCUMENTARY TODAY & I THINK I'M A BETTER PERSON FOR IT.

THROUGHOUT MY LIFE I HAVE INNATELY BELIEVED THAT VIOLENCE IS UNNATURAL. I'VE HAD PASSIONATE DISCUSSIONS AMONG FRIENDS WHO BELIEVE THAT YOU FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE; BUT I BELIEVE THAT ONLY BEGETS MORE VIOLENCE. AS THOSE MUCH MORE EVOLVED & WISER THAN I AM HAVE FIRMLY STATED THE ANSWER IS "LOVE", AND THEN, MORE "LOVE".

 SURE I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THIS DIRECTOR'S PERSONAL  JOURNEY WHICH PROPELLED HIM TO CREATE THIS PIECE OF LOVING LOGICAL FILM CALLED "I AM".

BUT I WAS MORE IMPRESSED THAT MY GUT WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG.
BY WATCHING THIS IT PUTS THE IDEA OF HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD -WHICH SEEMS SO UGLY SO OFTEN IN RECENT TIMES-WITHIN OUR OWN PERSONAL REACH AND DAY-TO-DAY ACTIONS.
WHICH IS WHY I OFTEN REFER TO MY "GOD" AS "THE UNIVERSE" LATELY WHEN I PRAY.
I AM NOT RELIGIOUS, FOR THE RECORD AND NEITHER IS THIS FILM. I URGE YOU TO WATCH IT & SHARE IT WITH OTHERS.

OUR LIVES SHOULD BE LIKE THOSE LESS EVOLVED ANIMALS IN NATURE.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE MUST LEARN FROM THOSE ANIMALS TWO FUNDAMENTAL PRACTICES: "COOPERATION AND DEMOCRACY".

OF ALL THE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS FILM I FOUND THOM  HARTMAN THE MOST PRAGMATIC AND ENLIGHTENED; HOWEVER, MANY TRANSLATE AS GREAT TEACHERS.

I WISH YOU ALL LOVE...

 

SOCIAL MEDIA DANGERS--iPHONE & iPADS

HERE ARE TWO SOCIAL MEDIA DANGERS

 


1---DO YOU KNOW PEOPLE CAN TRACK WHERE YOU ARE FROM YOUR iPAD OR iPHONE- ESPECIALLY ON TWITTER?

I DIDN'T!

FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE DARK LIKE MY NOT VERY SAVVY SELF THIS IS WHAT YOU DO TO AVOID HAVING OTHERS TRACK YOUR LOCATION.

GO TO:

 "SETTINGS"
      then
"PRIVACY"
      then
"LOCATION SERVICES"
     turn OFF


2---ANOTHER THING: DISCOURAGE YOUR FRIENDS FROM CHECKING YOU IN WHEN YOU'RE ON VACATION. PEOPLE WILL KNOW YOUR HOUSE IS READY TO BE  BURGLARIZED. 

I HATE WHEN PEOPLE CHECK ME IN WITHOUT MY CONSENT--PLEASE ASK!!!

(PARENTS, ENCOURAGE YOUR KIDS TO CHECK IN--THEN YOU CAN BREAD CRUMB THEIR DAY--LOL)

MOST DIVERSE CONGRESS EVER--FINALLY!

08:01 PM ET

Meet the 113th Congress: More diverse than ever

By Jim Acosta, CNN National Political Correspondent

Washington (CNN) - The newly sworn-in 113th Congress is the most diverse group of representatives in history, reflecting changing demographics and changing public attitudes.

The New America: What the election teaches us about ourselves

98 women,
43 African-Americans,
31 Latinos,
12 Asian-American and Pacific Islanders,
and seven gay and bisexual members are now new members of the House and Senate.

 Plus, there is the first Buddhist member in the Senate and Hindu member in the House of Representatives.
“It means that we reflect America more,” said newly elected Rep. Tammy Duckwork, an Illinois Democrat. “And it is good to see Congress starting to look more like the rest of America.”

AL GORE SELLS TV STATION TO AL-JAZEERA

WTF?????

Former Vice President Al Gore has made himself a much, much richer man by selling his little watched cable channel Current TV to the Emir of Qatar-funded Arab news channel Al-Jazeera...



Gore netted $100 million with his 20 percent stake in the network when it was sold for a reported $500 million on Wednesday.

 

 The nation's second-largest TV operator, Time Warner Cable Inc., dropped Current after the deal was confirmed Wednesday, a sign that the channel will have an uphill climb to expand its reach.

WTF????? 

 Joy Behar must be livid!!!! Is she going to conduct her interviews in farsi now?  LOL

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