The show started off with BJ talking about something that dumbfounded all of us...BJ has the strangest toilet paper issues. Apparently BJ has an old house with a toilet paper holder built into the wall, and if he gets a certain type of T.P., it won't fit properly in the holder. I guess not all T.P. is the same length...Mont emailed us & did some research on this:
I just measured 2 different roles of TP & BJ is correct! One is a a centimeter longer then the other. Rock on
This morning we were talking about Alex Rios of the Toronto Blue Jays blowing off a kid autograph seeker...and also how Ashton Kutcher admitted on his Twitter how he thinks Autographs are annoying. I then shared a story of how when I was a kid, and we were waiting for my Uncle peter to get off a plane from Club Med, and Billy Joel was getting off the plane as well...when I ran up to him (I loved Allentown) & asked for his autograph...he looked at me and said "F**k off kid."
We wound up taking autograph horror stories, and here are some of the stories we were told:
Rick -- at age 11 got blown off Hershel Walker, in fact said that "y'all ain't got the type of autographs to get my autograph"
Tim -- When he was a kid he walked up to Ken Griffey Jr. & asked for an autograph...Ken said yes, took the pen, and then threw it at Tim's head & drove off.
Chris -- Tried to get Dog The Bounty Hunters Autograph, and Dog told him to leave him the "F" alone, and if he doesn't Leland is gonna get him out of his sight.
Corina -- Shawn Kemp was a jerk to her daughter when asking to sign her shirt.
Kolee -- Asked Dennis Rodman for an autograph & it didn't go well.
Today we payed tribute to an old friend of the show from the BUZZ days...Perry Manley. Perry used to be on the show to chat about his child support horror stories. he would come in with Greg Howe from The Other Parent, and Greg joined us this morning to talk about Perry, Child support issues, and a Rally he is a part of on Saturday. More info can be found at www.toprights.org
Here is the news story about what happened to Perry 4 years ago:
PERRY MANLEY STORY – June 21, 2005 A man described as angry about child support rulings was shot to death while brandishing an inert hand grenade in the Seattle Federal Courthouse.
Hundreds of judges, jurors, employees and prisoners in the 23-story building were evacuated and surrounding streets were as dozens of police cars responded.
Officers could not tell that "what appeared to be a World War II-type of grenade" was inert until after the shooting.
The man, dressed in camouflage, was identified as Perry Manley, 52, of Seattle.
Perry had frequented the courthouse as well as the federal office building and often expressed "a disdain for the federal government as well as some of its policies," U.S. Marshal Eric Robertson said.
Susan Calhoun, Manley's former wife, said he became embittered and quit a high-paying job after their divorce in 1990 when a judge ordered him to make support payments for their three children.
Years ago, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported, Manley paraded down a Bremerton street waving a flag and wearing little more than a sandwich board that read, "State Raped."
Manley came under investigation by the FBI after U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Zilly denied his attempts to bring a state lawsuit to the federal level. Cases brought by Manley also were rejected in 2001.
In a letter filed in court in April of 2005, Manley accused Zilly of treason, adding that such a crime was punishable by death. Subsequently, on a fathers' rights Web site, he wrote that he was visited by two federal agents.
On the day Perry walked into the Federal Courthouse, he arrived shortly before noon with a backpack that he later strapped to his chest. Witnesses said he tried to skirt security in the lobby and began shouting threats.
The backpack contained unspecified court documents and a living will, indicating he might have expected police to shoot him, as well as a cutting board which the man may have intended to use as a protective device.
Security officers were unable to talk Manley into putting down the grenade, police were called and after about 25 minutes of negotiations "Manley made a furtive movement," Robertson said. "At that point the officers had no choice but to stop that threat."
Thanks To Paul Clemmons, our Tech Nerd Specialist in the H-Hole Army for coming in to chat about the cool gadgets that are available for your dads & grads...check out Paul's business: WWW.WICKEDMACHINES.COM
Here are some of the things Paul talked about today:
Digital Portable TV's (since analog portable TV's don't work anymore) - $149 - $600 Click here for an example.
Callaway microPro Golf GPS - Just in case Double R gets lost on the golf course $399 Click here to check it out
Ambient Baseball or Football Scorecast - Updated scores and standings without a PC or even a Wi-Fi connection - $129 Click here to check it out
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Intouch IT7150 7" Internet Wireless Frame to listen to Internet Radio, watch web videos receive news on a touch screen. - $229 Click here to check it out
Roku Digital Video Player (Netflix Player) - Streaming Netflix and Amazon without a PC to your HDTV - $100 Click here to check it out
Sony Walkman W Series - MP3 player and headset that is worn behind your head, no wires - $69.99 Click Here to check it out
Today's Video Blog features a couple of in-studio guests, and one of them is getting married this weekend.
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