Posts Tagged "decades"

More singles living alone and loving it, despite the economy

Close friends Monica Russell and Rich Rickaby have shared apartments with roommates and even with romantic partners before. It’s an arrangement neither of them wants to relive. For nearly two decades, the platonic friends have occupied single-bedroom units in the same apartment building in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood. “I prefer my own space, my own music, my own everything,”…read more →

ZZ TOP PREMIERE NEW SONG IN BEER COMMERCIAL

ZZ Top‘s latest song “I’ve Got to get Paid” is featured in the new online commercial for Jeremiah Weed beer. Ultimate Classic Rock posted: “in the apparently unscripted spot, stage lights and a repeating drum beat emanating from an otherwise normal-looking store beer cooler lure a series of customers into opening the refrigerator doors, revealing ZZ top in all their…read more →

KFVS12 News & Weather Cape Girardeau, Carbondale, Poplar BluffStates cracking down on strangulation attempts

By ERIC TUCKERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – by the time the late-night argument ended, Jacqi Galles had been hoisted off the ground in a tight stranglehold and choked so vigorously that she says she nearly passed out. She fled her home and called the police on her then-boyfriend, who was charged with a misdemeanor and spared a prison sentence after…read more →

The WWE Guide to the NBA

US Presswire, Getty ImagesBefore the playoffs heat up and things get serious, we looked at which NBA figures have pro-wrestling counterpartsBy The Masked Man on April 27, 2012 PRINT Back in December, when David Stern vetoed Chris Paul’s trade to the Los Angeles Lakers, I tweeted that if Stern didn’t start using WWE chairman Vince McMahon’s theme song as his…read more →

Wet n’ Wild to Lanikai

Here it is, part 3 of 3 of our Oahu getaway and my 51st birthday… We decided to spend my 51st birthday on the big slides at Wet n’ Wild Hawaii. Nothing could make you feel younger, or older on your birthday, than spending a day riding slides at a waterpark. Fortunately, I felt young, in fact I felt like…read more →

People are Flocking to Florida Every Summer

Some cities have been really successful at branding themselves as the ultimate family travel destination. Vegas is one of those cities, but Orlando has been vacation destination number one for practically the entire Eastern US for decades. the big draw is, of course, Universal Studios and Disney World. But I had no idea just how many people head to the…read more →