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5
Sep

Friday’s Conversation Topics

When you need something to say, to avoid inadvertently giving someone the silent treatment, you need to be prepared with something to talk about.

I present to you these news stories to discuss when the silence threatens.

Elderly Flasher Arrested
Because it’s not so funny when kit’s an old guy waving his dong at the neighborhood.

Man tries to rob an “Adult Accessories” store - get’s away with clothes instead
He won’t be feeding his kids but they might just be prepared for a wacky Halloween now.

Crickets that eat anything are invading the US
Because you need to identify these insects before the gnaw off your arm.

14
Jun

Friday’s Conversation Topics

This time around let’s “expose” some things that I’m sure you’ve seen before… hehehe…

Didn’t Ask? Don’t Share. Huffington Post
If you are under 30, have an online dating presence, and have ever opened the messages you receive online, you’ve probably encountered a d*ck pic before. It’s the infamous picture that resides in the deepest, darkest parts of a man’s phone, waiting to … (Editor: Even reviewing dating services as a straight man I’ve had d*ck pics sent to me. Why?)

8 Bizarre Social Networks You Won’t Believe Exist. Mashable
FarmersOnly.com is an online dating network that pairs rural-bred singles with other anti-city folk. Granted, you don’t need to operate a tractor to join — the website says “old fashioned, down-to-earth people” from small towns or rural areas are … (Editor: If you’re looking for love there’s always someone for you somewhere. Of course, My Free Implants kinda raises a flag.)

‘Pregnant & Dating’ TV show earns some snark. Fox News
They aren’t looking for sex and they’re not in need of baby daddies. It’s those two things that landed the singles ladies of “Pregnant & Dating” on reality TV to begin with. Five in all, the growing and glowing women in WE tv’s latest lineup play mini … (Editor: Never dated a pregnant woman by another man. Must be a very weird experience.)

Most Online Daters Are Seeking Serious Relationships, But Not on Facebook. LAPTOP Magazine (blog)
Don’t be so quick to frown upon Internet dating. The web is more than a breeding ground for causal encounters and fleeting flings, at least according to one recent survey. The folks over at relationship consulting website Your Tango report that the … (Editor: I knew it!)

26
Apr

Friday’s Conversation Topics

This week’s roundup of news stories will surely make you an appreciated conversationalist.

And people love people that have interesting things to share that aren’t political, business or just rhetoric spewing nonsense (unless you’re one of those types, naturally). Read on.

The Most Deranged Sorority Girl Email You Will Ever Read. Gawker
There are two things the Delta Gamma sorority’s University of Maryland chapter refuses to tolerate. The first is Delta Gammas who are “LITERALLY being so fucking AWKWARD.” The second is young ladies who are “so fucking BORING.” Last week, bitches got told. (Rebecca Martinson’s Insane Sorority Email Gets Parodied By Barbie VIDEO)

Man finds 14 year old burger in his pocket. CNN
That’s what happened to David Whipple, a Utah native who discovered an old hamburger in his coat pocket. How old was that burger? Let’s just say it was cooked when Bill Clinton was president.

Bike Thief Apology: Intoxicated Bandit Returns Bicycle With Priceless Note, Domino’s Coupon. Huffington Post
The thief had us at “white girl wasted.” The owner of a recently stolen bicycle posted a photo of the bike thief’s priceless apology, explaining: “3 nights ago my bike was stolen. It just turned up back in my yard this morning with this note… Ain’t even mad.” Did we mention the apology included a coupon for a free chocolate lava crunch cake from Domino’s Pizza? Sounds like a fair trade to us.

‘Hotel heaven’: Hostel for the homeless soars to top 100 of TripAdvisor’s best places to stay after jokers give it a five-star rating. Mail Online
With its peeling paint and windows covered with wire mesh, the Bellgrove Hotel in Glasgow city centre doesn’t exactly ooze luxury. But according to travel website TripAdvisor, the homeless hostel is one of the country’s finest establishments after jokers inundated the hotel’s page with five-star reviews. The prank saw the Bellgrove soar into one of Britain’s leading 100 hotels after users left descriptions of outstanding spa and pool facilities and fine cuisine.

2
Nov

Friday’s Conversation Topics

Tongue-tied when it’s your turn to say something interesting?
Read these news stories and you’ll have fun and interesting conversation topics at the ready.

With Halloween just passed we know these crime stories will be about.
- Subway worker throws pot of soup on would-be robber in ghost mask. A Subway sandwich worker hurled a pot of soup at a would-be armed robber wearing a ghost mask in Braidwood before chasing him away. Don’t they know to use the day-old bread instead?

- Weird Crime: If at first you don’t succeed, sober up before you try again. When Patricia pulled into the school parking lot at around 8:15 AM, she proceeded to ram her Hyundai into a parked Smart car….which is something that potentially could have happened without alcohol being a factor; Smart cars are hard to see (and look ridiculous enough to inspire unbridled rage in some). Unfortunately, Patricia then proceeded to back up and collide with the Smart car two more times before deciding that her parking job was satisfactory.

- Rebuilding time. I’d be amiss if I didn’t include a Hurricane Sandy storm today. With costs projected to be $20 billion to $50 billion to rebuild the hurrican proved, once again, that nothing stops Mother Nature. Pay particular attention to the videos and the images.

29
Jun

Friday’s Conversation Topics

Match.com Online Dating

Incredible. We are witnesses to history. Or to the biggest cat-fight the US political system has seen since Nixon. I’m pro health care, we all get sick and that part of life shouldn’t overly burden ourselves, our families and the public purse to the extent that is does today. And in other news:

- A long weekend of movies. If you’re going to see a movie (or pirate download one) you should be in tune with what’s available. I like the comedy options, you will too! And Amazing Spider-man opens on July 3rd too!

- Creep shots are finding a home on Reddit. Not sure what that means, you probably don’t want to read the article or visit any of the links to creep shot images either. Thank goodness I warned you first, many links NSFW.

- As if you need another reason to protect your WiFi network you need to see the video linked from this article about the SWAT team that busts into a house looking for the anonymous poster of threats against the police. Not only in Indiana, people, this can happen anywhere!

- Anti-Semitic Elmo gets taken away for psychiatric evaluation, questioned about his rape fantasy website and more. Really, freedom of speech? I think the Sesame Street people have it right, they don’t approve. It’s time for the powers that be work harder to protect us from this type of character fraud, don’t you? Addendum: This story has nothing to do with the Sesame Street strip club.

There you go, talk it up this weekend!

8
Jun

Friday’s Conversation Topics

You’d like to know things so you can talk about things. Because having nothing to talk about is just dead air, isn’t it? As well as lost opportunities too. Read my best picks from the news this past week and have something to talk about.

8 ways to clean windows. Oddly enough W thought there was just one way and that is to call someone that knows 8 ways to clean windows. OK, so maybe this is the second-to-last thing you want to talk about, the last being about Octomom as a stripper! UPDATE: No stripper gig, just porn for Suleman.

The latest edition of criminals being idiots on Facebook. You gotta love (hate!) how tech involves everyday criminals with the everyday life of the legal system.

11
May

Friday’s Conversation Topics

Are you ready to meet great people with interesting stories to share? So am I. And I’m always prepared to hold up my share of the conversations too because I read a lot. A real lot. Luckily for you I’m also the sharing type of guy so here’s my favorite news stories from the past week that make for interesting conversations.

- The note Apple gives to new hires on their first day of work. Inspirational indeed. I think I’m on my way to California now!

- “…there’ll be schnapps for all the guests.” This is my kind of party. Too bad the guest of honor foots all the bills, including the final one.

- Discovery of Mayan calendar calculations that cover more than 6,000 years puts to rest, maybe, the doomsday end of the world previously scheduled for this December. I just might have to pay all those credit card advances due in December after all.

- “Teacher, teacher… can you…blah blah…” I forgot the rest of the lyrics. But this little story should help to put the pants back on the teachers again and allow them to be better prepared for the old “iphone up the skirt trick”. Says a school administrator “But, the students have to serve the consequences for that and learn a lesson”. Damn.

6
Apr

Conversation Topics of the Week

News articles of interest that you may have missed this past week. We all need help having something to talk about, right? Read these and you’ll be better prepared for that sudden conversation and being able to avoid those awkward pauses.

- The missing Mega-Millions ticket. She says she won, but not with the group of people she was buying lottery tickets with/for, but her own personal ticket. Now she says she “lost” the ticket. I can guess that lawsuits are on the way, whichever turns up first: the truth to her lies or the ticket’s non-existence.

- Pop star Keri Hilton shows off her boobs. Another wardrobe malfunction? LOL. Article with pics.

- First Date Advice from Glamour and Cosmo. I can always use some great first date tips and these 5 are certainly worth reading.

- Man informs police about speeders near his house. Do you see this one coming? Yup, the next day he gets a speeding ticket. If you’re going to throw sticks and stones make certain they’re not rubber and will bounce back on top of you. LOL

- “I buy everything your field office can’t afford,” the employee raps in the video. “I’ll never be under OIG investigation.” Famous last words, er, video, as the OIG goes after GSA heads following revelations of a swanky $820k Las Vegas convention/party. With video… toss them all to the wolves, I say!

Have a great weekend!

23
Mar

Friday’s Conversation Topics: What You May Have Missed This Past Week

It’s time for the weekly news round-up that gives you some interesting news stories to talk about, just in case you missed them. Conversations with someone you meet should not have any awkward pauses and these stories will give you the ammunition to shoot down those moments and fill the air with fun topics to talk about.

- Woman charged with perjury after evading jury duty. Some exploits are worth bragging about, some aren’t. Add “how to avoid jury duty” as one stunt you shouldn’t brag about when calling in to a radio station. Stupid is as stupid does.

- Man spends days in diapers because he wants to. We’ve all heard about this “urban myth” of the adult baby, well the myth has been busted with the outing of Stanley Thorton, who spends his days in diapers and sleeping in his crib. Sure, you say, most men are big babies… but this is the limit! Article has pics and video.

- Pink slime losing market share. yes, it’s official, “pink slime” the remnants of lean beef mechanically separated from fat and beef carcass trimmings will be available a lot less for human consumption. The 3 largest grocers in the US, as well as McDonald’s Restaurants, will stop adding this “lean finely textured beef” to their ground beef products. Quite a victory for our favorite food man Jamie Oliver. Well played sir!

- Oh to be a red sock! Yes, it’s a Kelly Brook video, for a sports relief charity, featuring her boobies. Hello weekend!

- Texting while walking causes woman to fall off pier. It’s a dangerous activity, no doubt. No word if the phone survived the fall.

- Celebrity tidbits. When all else fails, show off your intelligence with these fascinating celebrity facts. Really, some people like this stuff. Complete with star photo slideshow.

Have a great weekend!

16
Mar

Friday’s Conversation Topics

News that you might have missed this past week that makes for great conversations…
Even if this is just my idea of things to talk about.

I mean, it’s hard to figure some people out so you have to just keep talking until they open up.

But what you say is just as important as how you say it, so speak clearly and carefully.

And start with some fun conversation topics like:

- The Big Internet Names Sued For Privacy Violations. Now, I know as well as you do that in this free-styling-information-sharing-world the most important identity is our own. The question is “How much of ourselves do we sign over to social networking sites, email services, etc.?” Do you think this lawsuit filed this week has merit? You’ll notice I’m not using any names here, I’ll let the article speak for itself. Certainly a must read for all of us, if only for enlightenment.

- 3 Child Shootings in 1 Week in Western Washington State. I don’t know what I’m scared of more, the access children have to guns or the fact that they’re so many guns apparently just lying around. Something has to be done and if it means the mother and her boyfriend spend 5 years in jail than so be it. That’ll make for great encouragement for parents to lock up their weapons, or at the very least, if you’re a convicted felon, don’t have any guns at all.

- This is so gross all I’m going to say is that it’s so gross.Then there’s just stupid.

- Why she wants to get out of her bra. No, not because of you, dude, because 8 out of 10 women say they never fit well. Dammit. With bonus pics of young woman in various bras and panties. Ok, it’s worth a look at the article at least.

- You can’t make this stuff up!” 30 minutes later plumber gets kingsnake out of toilet. Clorox Greenworks failed this test… LOL

Have a great weekend!

9
Dec

Friday’s Popular Conversation Topics

Ganna A by Met-Art

We have entered that special time of year, that usually shows us consumerism at its highest demand and honesty at its lowest.

Yes, I watch the stock market and at this time of the year there is often a few weird selling patterns that appear consisting of the everyday man-woman-investor cashing in to pay the anticipated bills of the season.

I’m not talking just cash for gift buying. Business people need cash (liquidity) for the new calendar year, parents need to pay the bills for the upcoming school semester. Hell, maybe a guy plans for a very special Valentine’s Day to be pre-paid after the big marriage proposal surprise on Christmas Eve (I did that one).

Sadly, the world markets are out of control, real investor values are all over the board and that doesn’t include the run on the stock market still to come, knocking of hundreds from the stock market indexes in what are normally slow, almost no ripple trading sessions until after the new year.

And all of this leads up to the stories you need to know about so you have some awesome current events to share at the dreaded office party or that lonely corner bar stool tonight. Read and enjoy, here we go!

- Too sexy for that veggie. An Islamic cleric living in Europe reportedly has warned Muslim women not to get too close to bananas, cucumbers or other produce — to avoid having “sexual thoughts.” Hahahahaha ho. Gotta wonder which “western video” sent this cleric holy man onto this particular line of thought. I know it’s not the same guy that said women shouldn’t drive because it may affect their virginity.

- “I never intended to break the rules.” For a final payout of $12.1 million dollars I wouldn’t know too much about my bankrupt company either. Just saying….

- This is the guy in the running for Last Place Criminal Dufus of the yYear. There’s a video, below, too. But essentially dude snoops on his girlfriend’s teen daughter’s phone, found a nude pick of her and sexted the picture to almost 40 of her contacts to “teach her a lesson”. I can only guess that a couple of the kids might say the photo is old news but this guy has a fun time in store for the holidays and I hope he remembers his “soap on a rope”.

- Where would we be without a heart-fely gift shopping story? Right here is the answer. Dude with a .322 blood alcohol level is arrested for trying to steal 2 big screen TVs from Wal-Mart while he’s wearing the same coat he stole two days earlier from said store. They never said if it was the booze or the greed that gave him away. Too bad, one of those TVs was supposed to be my holiday gift!

- This will not be abused because it’s lobbyists and politicians making gift giving rules for lobbyists and politicians to receive gifts from one and another in time to give and receive this holiday season. Albeit belatedly because the new rules start January 1, 2012. State lawmakers and city council members can accept expensive gifts from lobbyists without disclosure if they are dating, and can receive meals and lodging in lobbyists’ homes without telling the public, under rules approved Thursday by the state ethics agency.

I told you it was a special time of year.

Note: Photo of Ganna A. by Antonio Clemens at Met-Art.

6
May

Friday’s Best “Pick-up” Conversation Topics

It’s been a wild ride of a week. On a personal note I had a very big health scare with being diagnosed with a suspected liver cancer. Fortunately the results of an MRI scan came back and showed no cancer there. I have been living on cloud nine since then and really want this feeling to continue. Let’s let the good news continue! Read on.

- So there’s this lab in Japan that invents a kissing machine that allows two people to simulate kissing each other over the internet. I’m not really surprised by this, not really, because I remember a news story from years ago how the porn industry was reported to have created a usb vagina, and I’ll leave it’s use to your imagination.

- If you’re still not completely out of your winter den then you’ve likely change channels to check out “The Voice” which is quite lame, I think, and Randy Jackson agrees with me. And could there have been a bigger disappointment in the season finale of “Fringe”. Seriously, what is going on with this show? Have they given up on a storyline and just decided to give the writers tons of beers to come up with lines for the actors to say?

- Sony and the PlayStation Network totally screwed more that the 77 million people that have used the system and we’re still waiting for all the details to come out. Despite the hack attack what exactly is being done now to protect users? I know that I’m trembling every time I check my credit card balances online and because of the network outage I’ve had kids suffering video game withdrawal that no amount of money can possibly repay me for.

- Some day’s it’s gratifying to see people in worse situations that yourself, so here’s a bunch of losers you can laugh at, 15 booking photos courtesy of The Smoking Gun.

- We all know that some teens are incredibly stupid, but having sex at a party in front of 15 other teens and having the act video recorded and shared among other students at a high school? The charges haven’t been announced yet but I’m sure they will do more that going to bed without dessert.

27
Feb

Favorites: Dating Profile Headline of the Day

My favorite kind of cookie

Sunday - In The Month of Love

Chocolate chip cookies are my favorites. Not too many people actually care about this fact of mine, but when you have an awkward conversational pause you should have a backup factoid to talk about.
Cookies are relatively safe, everyone has a favorite, they don’t cross into the taboo areas of religion and politics so you can talk about cookies until someone comes along to save the conversation by changing the topic as soon as possible.

My point here is to have a backup conversation topic ready and practiced that everyone can relate too and everyone (if they’re still standing nearby) can offer some input. It’s not easy. Avoiding topics in politics and religion (and maybe your boring work search) that as long as your prepared you’ll do jut fine.

But without preparation I can almost guarantee that it’s my cookies you’ll be talking about sooner or later.

But I digress, it’s a dating profile headline your here to get and I have it for you here:
“The best people eat chocolate chips cookies.”

Have a great day!

25
Feb

Friday’s Top Conversation Topics

The week is coming to the end (hence: weekend) and it’s going to be time to do with your free time as you will. Likely this will involve other people (or meet someone now, here) and you’ll need things to talk about. Have no fear, Friday’s Top Conversation Topics is here. Read the stories and my witty remarks and you’ll be well prepared to maintain any conversational grouping.

- Pizza diet saves woman’s life. Yes, she fell down and couldn’t get up. What saved her? The woman had ordered a pizza every day for three years and when the delivery person hadn’t delivered a pizza in three days became concverned, visited the house and… well you can read the rest. No word on the weight of the woman involved or what her favorite toppings were. But I’m sure she gave a decent tip.

- Surprise: the TV show “Two and a Half Men” has had production halted after Charlie Sheen goes on radio rampage. Not really a surprise, Charlie Sheen just happens to be this year’s train wreck. Lindsay Lohan is still a close second.

- Breast milk ice cream. Only one question needs to be answered: “What could be more natural than fresh, free-range mother’s milk in an ice cream?” The flavor is called Baby Gaga.

- Swedes declare ad of man on sheepskin rug, wearing only boxer shorts, as offensive to men. “The ad, which shows the computer-generated image of Robert lying seductively on sheep skins clad only in cotton boxer shorts with an outline of his oversized sex organ clearly defined, was reported to the ombudsman by a individual.” Not me though, I do have an oversized sex organ…

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3
Dec

Friday’s Conversation Topics

Another week, another few days of wackiness and newsworthy stories. It’s all about what I have and what you want this week. You’re going to want to talk about these news stories. Really! Read on.

- “I know the law”… and now this Spanish lady owns the sun. It’s amazing what the power of a notary public is and I have to wonder what Angeles Duran is going to charge us for using the sun. This is a great entrepreneurial job, don’t you think? Hmmm…

- It’s a good probability that your computer is already fingerprinted (that is, cataloged by each device’s unique combination of hardware, software and installed fonts) and you’re being tracked more intricately that ever before. David Norris’s company BlueCava has already fingerprinted 200 million internet devices and expects to have more than 1 billion devices fingerprinted and trackable for online advertisers by the end of 2011. It’s going to be very hard to use any internet-enabled device and not be followed online soon, if not already.

- Yes, I said he has a camera in the back of his head. Hey, everyone wants to be known as “the first” and academia being what it is these days, if you can’t impress one way, go farther than anyone else and make your mark with a camera in the back of your head. yes, this article includes a video to sate your curiosity and give you even more to talk about. “The thumb-sized camera is mounted on a titanium plate inserted inside the back of his head” Professor Wafaa Bilal said. Once the camera is broadcasting via a computer Professor Bilal carries with him you’ll be able to view the pictures at www.3rdi.me.

- In these hard times there’s always a story of a guy, somewhere, augmenting his income in a less-than-lawful way. Mr. Gumbs, while working at the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, managed to order a few extra toner cartidges and (possibly but this has yet to be proven in court) sold them on some ink-black-market. Well, maybe a little more than a few, maybe more like $3.4 million dollars of excess (and still missing) toner purchased since 2004 that never made it into the hospital’s supply system. Of course, a lot of the ink didn’t even fit any of the printers that are in use at Sloan-Kettering. I guess this was a “great job” for a while…

Have a great week!