Here's a great website to hit up for Mother's Day. It's a form created by a fake organization called the American Coalition for Labor Reparations, and it helps you calculate how much MONEY you owe your mom for giving birth to you. It assigns monetary values to everything from her total hours in labor, to her stretch marks. Check it out at ACFLR.org.
You know the TANNING MOM . . . the incredibly-tan woman who was arrested for allegedly taking her five-year-old daughter into a tanning bed? Well now you can take a piece of her home with you. A company called HeroBuilders.com has created a tanning mom ACTION FIGURE. It costs $29.95 online.
44-year-old Patricia Krentcil is one of the TANNEST WOMEN we've ever seen. She lives in New Jersey of course . . . Nutley, New Jersey. To try to describe her, I'd say it looks like a blonde woman who went swimming in a pool of chocolate.
And she was recently arrested and charged with child endangerment when her five-year-old daughter showed up to school with a SUNBURN . . . and told her friends that she, quote, "went tanning with mommy."
Patricia says she didn't take her five-year-old with her into a tanning booth . . . but did take her to the tanning salon. Quote, "I tan, she doesn't tan. I'm in the booth, she's in the room. There's tons of moms that bring their children in."
She says her daughter got that sunburn from actually playing out in the sun.
Patricia is currently out on bail. Now make sure to head to this website to gasp at her insanely tan photo.
It's time to cast your vote for the "2012 CMT Music Awards". Since this is a fan-voted awards show . . . they're depending on you to pick the winners. You have until June 4th to vote, and the show airs live on June 6th.
CARRIE UNDERWOOD scored the most nominations. She has five, including two in the Video of the Year category. MIRANDA LAMBERT is right behind her with four . . . two as a solo artist and two with her group, the PISTOL ANNIES.
Here are your nominees . . .
Video of the Year:
--"Dirt Road Anthem", Jason Aldean
--"You And Tequila", Kenny Chesney featuring Grace Potter
--"Red Solo Cup", Toby Keith
--"We Owned the Night", Lady Antebellum
--"Over You", Miranda Lambert
--"Remind Me", Brad Paisley with Carrie Underwood
--"Easy", Rascal Flatts featuring Natasha Bedingfield
--"God Gave Me You", Blake Shelton
--"Safe & Sound", Taylor Swift featuring the Civil Wars
--"Good Girl", Carrie Underwood
The five final nominees for Video of the Year will be announced at the beginning of the live show. Fans in Eastern and Central time zones can then vote at CMT.com, on the CMT Insider app, and via text message throughout the live broadcast.
Male Video of the Year:
--"Dirt Road Anthem", Jason Aldean
--"I Don't Want This Night To End", Luke Bryan
--"Drink In My Hand", Eric Church
--"Red Solo Cup", Toby Keith
--"God Gave Me You", Blake Shelton
--"Long Hot Summer", Keith Urban
Female Video of the Year:
--"My Heart Can't Tell You No", Sara Evans
--"Over You", Miranda Lambert
--"I'm Gonna Love You Through It", Martina McBride
--"Tough", Kellie Pickler
--"Ours", Taylor Swift
--"Good Girl", Carrie Underwood
Group Video of the Year:
--"All Your Life", The Band Perry
--"Crazy Girl", Eli Young Band
--"We Owned the Night", Lady Antebellum
--"Hell on Heels", Pistol Annies
--"Banjo", Rascal Flatts
--"Keep Me in Mind", Zac Brown Band
Duo Video of the Year:
--"Poison & Wine", The Civil Wars
--"Angel Eyes", Love and Theft
--"Where I Come From", Montgomery Gentry
--"Tonight", Sugarland
--"Glass", Thompson Square
--"I Got You", Thompson Square
USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year:
--"Georgia Peaches", Lauren Alaina
--"Country Must Be Country Wide", Brantley Gilbert
--"Storm Warning", Hunter Hayes
--"The Trouble with Girls", Scotty McCreery
--"Hell on Heels", Pistol Annies
--"I Got You", Thompson Square
Collaborative Video of the Year:
--"You and Tequila", Kenny Chesney featuring Grace Potter
--"Remind Me", Brad Paisley with Carrie Underwood
--"Easy", Rascal Flatts featuring Natasha Bedingfield
--"Endless Love", Lionel Richie with Shania Twain
--"Safe & Sound", Taylor Swift featuring the Civil Wars
--"Knee Deep", Zac Brown Band featuring Jimmy Buffett
CMT Performance of the Year:
--"Tattoos on This Town", Jason Aldean, from "CMT Artists of the Year"
--"Dancin' Away With My Heart", Lady Antebellum, from "CMT Artists of the Year"
--"Fix You", Little Big Town, from "Music Builds: The CMT Disaster Relief Concert"
--"Footloose", Blake Shelton, from "Invitation Only"
--"If I Ever Lose My Faith in You", Sting and Vince Gill, from "CMT Crossroads"
--"Just a Dream / Dream On", Steven Tyler and Carrie Underwood, from "CMT Crossroads"
It's hard to imagine the INCREDIBLE amount of work it took for this to come together. A website called Flavorwire has put together a chart of fictional characters' birthdays . . . for all 366 days of the year.
So, for example, we can see that today is Cliff Arculin's birthday from "Chuck". That's kinda weak. So we'll celebrate that yesterday was Uncle Jesse's birthday on "Full House". Check out all of the birthdays here.
So, when you win the Mega Millions jackpot tonight and find yourself several hundred million dollars richer . . . what are you going to do?
If you answered, "Take a deep breath and then do some careful legal and financial planning" . . . well, you're a better person than me. I plan to buy Iceland. Here's a step-by-step guide on the RIGHT way to deal with winning the lottery.
#1.) Sign the back of the ticket. That's the first thing you do. That way it's yours, guaranteed. Then make a photocopy, take a photo of yourself with it, and lock it in a safe.
#2.) Your first call should be to a . . . lawyer. Yes, before you tell your relatives, you need to get a lawyer involved. Hundreds of millions of dollars complicates EVERYTHING. You want to be airtight legally from day one.
#3.) Think realistically about how much you won. After you take the lump sum and pay the taxes, you'll wind up with about half the jackpot. And if anyone else also had the winning numbers, you're splitting it with them too.
#4.) Try to shield your identity. Some states will make you pick up the jackpot in person. Others will let you form a trust. If you can, have your lawyer form a trust and stay anonymous. It will save you an incomprehensible amount of headaches.
#5.) Plan one good splurge. Now that you've taken care of all the boring logistics, think about one or two amazing things you're going to buy. It'll also get it out of your system. But wait until you have the money in the bank before you buy.
#6.) Get the money locked into investments. Suddenly, every family member and friend will expect money from you. The more you lock into investments, the less guilty you have to feel about saying "No" 200 times a day.
Tonight's Mega Millions jackpot is up to a record $540 million. And, with everyone buying tickets, it could end up higher. It went up $64 million yesterday alone.
Of course you don't GET all the money. If took the lump sum, after paying taxes you'd be left with about $260 million. Here's what that would buy:
100 of the world's most expensive cars: That's the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, which costs $2.6 million.
Four of the most-expensive private jets: The Gulfstream G550 at $59 million.
Tuition, room, and board for MOST of Harvard: There are 6,655 undergraduates paying over $52,000 a year. You could cover 4,938 of them.
A hockey team: The NFL, NBA and MLB are still out of your price range, but the average NHL team is worth $240 million.
In fact, the Phoenix Coyotes, Atlanta Thrashers, Buffalo Sabres, Tampa Bay Lightning, and St. Louis Blues all sold or were offered for sale for less than $200 million within the last few years.
If you're not Superman, Robin Hood, or a lead in "Swan Lake", then you need to REJECT THIS TREND. According to horrifying new reports, the latest fashion trend is . . . PANTYHOSE FOR MEN.
And to make it worse, the reports call them "mantyhose" or "brosiery" . . . two words that are so corny, just hearing them made me slightly nauseous.
There's an Italian fashion company called Emilio Cavallini that's pushing hard on this pantyhose-for-men trend. They've been selling them for almost three years, but they only started catching on recently . . . and now men make up 2-to-3% of sales.
A rep said that men wear the tights under pants for warmth . . . but some of the tights with more noticeable patterns, like skulls or stars, are put on full display underneath shorts.
Hi all…..Marty Brandon here! I'm writing this note to all my Q-Country friends with a bit of an explanation for my sudden "disappearance" from the station. No, I wasn't arrested again, nor did I get trapped under Chris Allinger's office wet bar….I left the station for more heartfelt reasons.
My parents, Margie and Gordon Brandon, were both recently deemed terminally ill. I left Q-Country and moved back to my hometown of Albany to care for them in their final days. Both passed away last week, within 2 days of each other. After 77 years together, it was sad but beautifully appropriate. I was lucky enough to be able to help them fulfill their wishes of dying peacefully at home, together. Like most people, I loved and idolized my folks. I was able to do what so many wish they could do…..I gave them a little something back at the end.
Due to their rapid decline in health, I left Q-Country suddenly, with no notice to our listeners. While I feel bad about that, I know I did the right thing and I know that every one of you would agree. I'll be staying in Albany now, helping "wrap things up" with my parents home, will, etc. It's going to be a fulltime job….there's 77 years of "stuff" here to dig thru for heaven's sake! Because of that I won't be returning to Q-Country on a fulltime basis. I will, however, pop in occasionally to cover for Chris on the Wake-Up Q or carry on at a Q-Country party. I'll also be continuing my work as an Irish singer and guitarist and will often be performing in the Fingerlakes area. Bottom line – ya ain't getting' rid of me that easily!!
Over the past 4 years I've made so many friends and met so many great people thanks to Q-Country. Singing the Friday song, laughing over "I'm NOT making this up!" or simply insulting Chris Allinger (it's just SO easy….) has been great and I thank you all for that.
(Chris adds: "Really? Huh. I probably should have listened to his show once or twice.")
You'll hear me again on Q-Country…..though I'm not sure when or how often…and I know we'll take up right where we left off with all the fun and friendship. Thanks for understanding my situation and decision. I leave you with lots of love and smiles.
I thought this was interesting. You may think it's too soon, but the website Deadspin.com used Whitney Houston's death to outline the Stages of Internet Grief.It's not really a cut on Whitney.It's more of a diss on how people overreact to stuff on the Internet.And it's good.(--Check it out here.) Be careful though... there's a little language to it....
There's a new game called "The Phone Stack" . . . and it's a BRILLIANT way to keep everyone from texting, emailing, or staring at their phones during dinner.
When you get to dinner with your friends or family, everyone puts their phone in a pile in the center of the table, face down. As the phones buzz, beep, and ring throughout the meal, no one's allowed to grab theirs to check on it.
AND . . . if someone can't resist and grabs their phone, they have to pick up the check. The ENTIRE check.
A 20-year-old blogger in Ventura, California named Stephie is getting the credit for coming up with the game. She posted about it on her blog six days ago, and it's BLOWING UP.
She says, quote, "[The] basic premise is to just get people open to the idea of staying active and attentive to one another."
Elie Ayrouth is a writer at the website Foodbeast.com. She says it's, quote, "one of the coolest pieces of socially engineered live gaming I've ever heard of."
(Globe & Mail)
An alert listener also suggested the home version: The first person to pick up the phone has to clean up. Excellent suggestion
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