Give me your money, Update

Posted in Humor, Odd on September 16, 2009 by macmystery

I’ve been caught.

Well, not me, but the guy who looks like me. The one who robbed 12 banks in six states in four months.

Chad Schaffner was arrested earlier this week … at a Super 8 motel in Missouri.

They were calling him the “Brazen Bandit” because he made no attempt to hide his identity when taking down a bank.

Here’s the report from WSPA Ch. 7 here in Spartanburg. Here’s my previous post.

Upon his arrest, he confessed to all the robberies (like he could deny it).

I guess I’ll have to find someone else to live vicariously through, now.

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MJ’s Hall of Fame speech

Posted in Sports with tags , on September 12, 2009 by macmystery

Here’s Michael Jordan’s induction speech for the Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday night.

It’s pretty good. And the whole thing is much better than the edited clips on ESPN.

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Give me your money

Posted in Humor, Odd with tags on September 9, 2009 by macmystery
This is a stick up!

This is a stick up!

I’ve resisted posting this, but I couldn’t hold off any longer.

There’s a serial bank robber who has struck 11 times in the Carolinas, Tennessee, Indiana and Kentucky.

And he happens, at least in surveillance photos, to look a lot like me.

A lot like me.

Trust me, though … if I were successfully robbing banks, I wouldn’t be posting to Facebook or updating a blog … much less going to work.

He hasn’t shot anyone, he asks nicely for the money … and he even brings his own little bag for them to fill up so the tellers won’t have to use one of the bank’s bags (equipped with dye bomb).

What a considerate fellow.

And judging from the photos, he’s not bashful.

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If you’re a Beatles person, today’s your day

Posted in Music with tags , , , on September 9, 2009 by macmystery
Beatle-mania returns!

Beatle-mania returns!

It’s been said there are two kind of people: Beatles people and Elvis people. Elvis people can like the Beatles. Beatles people can like Elvis. But at heart, you’re one or the other.

Well, Beatles people should have a field day today.

First, today is the release date for two Beatles box sets, containing all 14 remastered studio albums, one in mono and the other in stereo. (Entertainment Weekly reviews the set here)

Second, today is the release date for “Rock Band: The Beatles.” (Check out the opening animation here)

And third, today could very likely be the day that Apple announces the Beatles catalog will be available for download at ITunes.

(Nos. 1 and 2 are addressed here; No. 3 here.)

I’d really like to have the box set, especially the early stuff that I haven’t listened to for years … mainly because I only have it on cassette.

While the music is what I care about, the video game will be huge, I believe.

I think a whole generation of music fans/video gamers/kids could be exposed to the Beatles that otherwise wouldn’t have.

And unlike the other Rock Band games, this one allows/requires you to sing harmonies, meaning the words will become important. Unlike Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, which simply teaches you that, yes, you were right … all Aerosmith songs do eventually sound the same.

If you’re a Beatles fan, MSNBC.com/EW.com has ranked all 14 Beatles albums. See if you agree. (I like Abbey Road, personally).

And there are two separate discussions that could last forever on the Beatles’ best song (here and here).

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Happy 40th, Scooby Doo

Posted in TV with tags , on September 9, 2009 by macmystery
Scooby-dooby-doo!

Scooby-dooby-doo!

The greatest cartoon dog of them all is over the hill.

Scooby Doo turned 40 on Tuesday.

Ruh-roh.  Ri missed it.

Happy bithday, Scoob!

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