Charles Barkley Ain't No Fool

At least not as much as he appears to be anyway. Tonight was a BIG night for television watching, and not just because NFL Wildcard Playoff games were being aired. That’s right, it wasn’t just about the Dallas Cowboys playing the Philadelphia Eagles, but about Charles Barkley.

Through the different games and shows, everything seemed to be centered on him and his SNL performance. His appearance on SNL was pubbed by the games’ sports commentators, commercials, an official “Charles Barkeley on SNL” countdown, and of course, by Tony Romo himself (Dallas Cowboy Quarterback Tony Romo, after the Cowboys won a playoff game breaking a 13 year losing streak, somehow remembered to plug Barkley’s appearance on SNL in his straight off the field post game interview.)

And I hate to admit it, but all that ridiculous publicity worked. After the news, my parents and I watched Barkley on SNL. And he was HORRIBLE. As I sat in front of the TV watching this man read his cue cards in a slow monotonous voice for various skits, I realized how on top Charles Barkley really is. He appeared on my television screen in THREE different ways last night.
1- as a sports commentator on an NFL post game show
2- As the host of SNL and
3- On multiple T-mobile commercials throughout the night.
Barkley dominated my television screen arguably more than the Cowboys did. You can’t deny that this big, loud, obnoxious, (bad acting) man is making that MO-NEY. He’s certainly on his hustle.

Just my thoughts for the night. I’m Barkleyed out for now.

A video clip of Barkley on SNL:


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NYE Party Goers Can Get a Great Burial Deal

Looks like there are some benefits for those who decide to party hardy on New Year's Eve in Rome, Georgia.


McGuire, Jennings, and Miller funeral home in Northern Georgia is offering a "Free Burial" Deal to those who are planning to be under the influence on New Year's Eve. The driver has to go to the funeral home and sign a contract saying that they will be drinking and driving on that night. If it were to happen that they die in a crash on that night, then the funeral home will give them a free burial.

Why on Earth would a funeral home do this? Supposedly because they are trying to promote awareness of the perils of drinking and driving. They are hoping that this will save lives on New Year's Eve.
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I hope that everyone has a great AND safe New Year's eve. Please think twice about getting on the roads if you are under ANY type of influence.

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Grades Must Be High, but BMI Must be Low to Graduate

For the students at Lincoln University in Pennysylvania, a new requirement has been added for Graduation.

Students who arrive at Lincoln University their first year with a BMI (Body Mass Index) greater than 30 must either lower their BMI or take a "Fitness for Life" class in order to graduate.

The students are already required to pass a "Dimensions of Wellness" course that covers alcohol, drugs, nutrition, and sexual health.

“We know that obesity and its co-morbidities are going to rob individuals of quality and quantity of life,” James DeBoy, chair of the department of health, physical education and recreation, said in an interview with National Public Radio. “What good is it to go through college, get your bachelor’s degree at Lincoln University, go get your graduate degree, work for five, six, seven years, and all of a sudden, you experience a catastrophic health issue associated with the obesity. That would be a tragedy … It’s our professional educators’s responsibility to alert students to this.”

....But is it? What do you think? Should the University be concerned with how low students' BMIs are? Or how high their GPAs are? Maybe you think their new requirement is appropriate especially concerning the growing problem of obesity in the United States.

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Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader Blackface Controversy

Dallas Cowboy fans and Dallasites have been engaged in a controversial debate after facebook photos were discovered of a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader dressed up as the rapper Lil’ Wayne for Halloween.

Not only did Whitney Isleib dress up as the rapper, but she also painted herself to look black.

Picture of Isleib’s costume when you read the rest.

The Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders organization has not released an official statement, but has said that they are dealing with the situation internally.

Some are saying that as a Dallas Cowboy cheerleader, Isleib has to be more careful and she must hold herself to a higher standard. Others are saying that it's just a Halloween Costume.

I thought I'd bring the debate to Alex's Anecdotes. What do you think readers? Is this offensive?
Let this also be a lesson about facebook... be careful about what you post to the internet!

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20,000 Say "I Do"

South Korea - The Unification Church had the biggest wedding in over a decade, with over 20,000 people getting married at the same time.

Rev Sun Moon conducted the ceremony, and he is the founder of the Unification Church. Moon is a self-proclaimed Messiah who says that Jesus appeared to him when he was 15 years old asking him to finish his work on Earth.

Many of Moon's followers allow him to pick their spouse, believing that he has divine insight. Some of the followers met their future spouses for the first time on their mass wedding day.
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Critics are saying that the Unification Church is nothing but a cult, and this event proves it. What do you think??

Another question: Would you let your reverend, pastor, and/or religious leader pick YOUR future spouse?

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A Sex Surrogate has had over 1500 partners

40 year-old Mare Simone has slept with many boyfriends and husbands of other women - over a thousand of them.

Simone is what she calls a "sex surrogate", and she devotes her life to helping men and women in the bedroom.


Simone has given "sexual therapy" to over 10,000 couples in 23 years.

She says that she has had sex with over 1,500 of them. But she insists that it's not illegal.

Simone is quoted by Newsvine as saying, "I earn my living by sleeping with other women's husbands or boyfriends. But I am in no way a prostitute as sex surrogacy is legal, as long as it is done in a therapeutic and healing atmosphere...I am helping improve and change the sex lives of thousands of men, which means I am also helping improve the sex lives of their wives and girlfriends...."

Does anyone else see what's fishy about this?

If you are/were in a relationship and you were having problems in the bedroom, would YOU go see Mare Simone?

You might get a little more than you bargained for.

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Twitter: A News Source or Strictly Social?

I've always had reservations about Twitter, but the latest blowup involving the very popular social networking site put those reservations at the forefront of my mind.

Thanks to Twitter, America learned today that Obama called Kanye West a "Jackass". (This is a day after the whole Kanye West/Taylor Swift fiasco at the MTV Video Music Awards.)

ABC's Reporter Terry Moran was interviewing the President, and during the interview, he tweeted that President Obama called Kanye West the certainly-inappropriate-for-an-interview name.

The tweet was taken down an hour later, but by that time the damage had been done. What President Obama was quoted as saying was already all over the internet.

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An ABC Spokesperson released this statement:

"In the process of reporting on remarks by President Obama that were made during a CNBC interview, ABC News employees prematurely tweeted a portion of those remarks that turned out to be from an off-the-record portion of the interview. This was done before our editorial process had been completed. That was wrong. We apologize to the White House and CNBC and are taking steps to ensure that it will not happen again."

This ordeal caused me to analyze twitter and think about how it is used. For some, twitter is a social website to tweet pointless tweets- such as talking about funny moments in the day or about finding a favorite cereal brand at Wal-Mart.

But for others, Twitter is a news source. There are people who actually log on to Twitter in the morning to receive their daily news. Who can blame them? After all, most of the major news outlets have a twitter account.

So what exactly was the ABC reporter thinking when he tweeted an off-the-record comment from an interview on a major website? At the time, was he just attempting to use twitter for social purposes? Maybe he was just trying to let his friends know about an "off the wall" comment the President made.

I think that it needs to be decided once and for all: Is Twitter strictly social, or is it another valid news source?

There needs to be a formal declaration so that everyone who uses Twitter can know how to appropriately use it! Until Twitter's blurry line between the two is defined, we will continue to have mistakes like this.

What do you think Twitter is?

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