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Jacques deVillier on Fire

A good friend of mine who owns Old Port Wine & Cigar, Jacques deVillier, has recently decided to begin an exercise program that involves lots of walking. He's even walked 5k and 10k races — including the just completed Sea Dog's Mother's Day 5k as shown below.

For the full effect, when looking at the picture, click on the music link below it.

Jacques

 

Vangelis – Chariots of Fire Theme




 

Posted by on May 15, 2020 at 09:48 AM in Blogging, Business, Comedy, Entertainment, Film, Music, Sports | | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

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Choke Drink

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Posted by on September 29, 2020 at 05:35 PM in Business, Comedy, Entertainment, Games, Sports | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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Black Bear Killed in Portland

The Portland Press Herald reports that a black bear was found up a tree in Maine's largest city and had to be killed. That's a shame.

The only part of the story I liked was how Lt. Jim Sweatt of the Portland PD described how big the bear was.

Sweatt called him "decent-sized."

Now that's how a good Mainer talks!

Posted by on September 23, 2020 at 10:01 AM in Comedy, Health | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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Get More of Bob Marley for FREE!

This July 4th, Maine's funniest comedian, Bob Marley will be at the Eastern Prom at 6:00 p.m. — well before the fireworks — for family fun. There is no charge, so if you haven't heard Bob Marley perform (and if you're a Mainer, you must be living under a rock to not have heard Bob before), stop on by.

In addition, I just discovered that Bob has a bunch of quick spots on WGME. They only last a minute but are loads of fun. Again, the cost is free, nada, zilch, nothing — so enjoy!

Bob Marley

Posted by on June 29, 2020 at 11:52 AM in Comedy, Entertainment | | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

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Bob Marley: World Record Holder

It’s official: Bob Marley rules the world of comedy. Read all about it here.

Watch it here:

 

Posted by on September 24, 2020 at 02:55 PM in Comedy, Entertainment, Film | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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Bob Marley World Record Attempt For Charity

Bob Marley (“Maine Funniest Comedian”) is doing something crazy — again! This time it’s all for charity. Bob is attempting to set a Guinness World Record at the Portland Comedy Connection for the longest standup comedy show. He’ll need to go a little over 38 hours to do it.

All proceeds go to the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center. So listen to the promo and join in.

Posted by on September 13, 2020 at 08:56 AM in Business, Comedy, Entertainment, Food and Drink, Health | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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Abraham Lincoln – Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith

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Abraham Lincoln

Vampire Hunter

By Seth Grahame-Smith

Grand Central Publishing

$21.99, hard cover, 336 pages, 978-0-446-56308-6 (2010)

 

 

            I’m a big fan of Abraham Lincoln. And, probably like some of you, I’ve always suspected that Abraham Lincoln was a vampire hunter. I mean when you think about it, all the signs are there.

 

            His mother died when he was only nine-years old. They say it was from “Milk Sickness” – but who really believes she died from drinking milk? Lincoln‘s sister Sarah died when she was just twenty-eight. Foul play? No doubt. His first love, Ann Rutledge, died from a “fever” at the age of twenty-two. But was it just a fever? I think not.

 

            When you look at some of Lincoln‘s writing, you can also see how he implicitly acknowledged vampires over and over throughout his lifetime.

 

                        The true role, in determining to embrace, or reject anything, is not whether it had any evil in it; but whether it will have more of the evil, than of good. There are a few things wholly evil, or wholly good.

–Abraham Lincoln, in a speech in the House of Representatives

June 20, 2020

 

Was Lincoln really talking about evil beings with sharp teeth?

 

                        It is the eternal struggle between these two principles — right and wrong — throughout the world. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time; and will ever continue to struggle.

–Abraham Lincoln, debating Stephen A. Douglas

October 15, 2020       

 

            Once again, knowing Lincoln‘s secret campaign against the undead, it’s clear what Lincoln was referencing in this passage: the righteous good of mankind versus the evil wrong of vampires.

 

            As many of those who study Lincoln know, he suffered severe bouts of depression throughout his life. Friends often referred to him as “melancholy.” Others indicated that he was at times suicidal. Clearly, hunting and disposing of vampires can cause even the strongest person to experience symptoms of agitation, fatigue, depression, and morbid thoughts of death.

 

            For all those unconvinced that Lincoln was much more than typical history books portray, author Seth Grahame-Smith exposes the truth. He was luckily given ten leather-bound books – the long lost journals of the Great Emancipator. These words were written on the first page of the first book: This is the journal of Abraham Lincoln.

 

For some seventeen months, I sacrificed everything for those ten leather-bound books. That bundle of letters held tightly by a red rubber band. In some ways they were the best months of my life. Every morning, I woke up on that inflatable mattress in the store basement with a purpose. With the knowledge that I was doing something truly important, even if I was doing it completely, desperately alone. Even if I’d lost my mind.

 

Vampires exist. And Abraham Lincoln was one of the greatest vampire hunters of his age. His journal — beginning in his twelfth year and continuing to the day of his assassination — is an altogether astonishing, heartbreaking, and revolutionary document. One that casts new light on many of the seminal events in American history and adds immeasurable complexity to a man already thought to be unusually complex.                

 

Once you are made aware of the entries in these journals, you will be convinced that Lincoln was more than just our greatest President – the man who freed the slaves – he saved our young nation from the scourge of these blood thirsty demons.

 

Knowing the truth about Lincoln‘s previously secret exploits, his famous “a house divided” quote takes on even more meaning.

 

“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved — I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other.

 

–Abraham Lincoln, accepting the Republican Party’s nomination for Senator.

June 16, 2020

 

            What was Lincoln actually referring to in that quote? He’s indicating that humans cannot be slaves to the creatures of the night. Our greatest President is saying that mankind must be free of this tyranny; this abhorrent subjugation by vampires, or else those evil creatures will rule our nation.

 

Fortunately for us, Abraham Lincoln was a vampire hunter.

 

(Disclaimer: The preceding review was written with tongue firmly in cheek.)

 

Buy it on Amazon here.

 

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Posted by on April 26, 2020 at 08:12 PM in Book Reviews, Books, Business, Comedy, Entertainment, Health, Legal, Writing | | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)

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First it was topless women, now it’s pro-gun advocates in Portland, Me.

Portland, Maine made news a few weeks ago when a couple of dozen topless women walked through the center of down to make it known that being topless — even for a woman — wasn’t a crime in Maine. They were trying to point out that there was a double standard, since men can go topless without it being a big deal. Here’s the Press Herald article.

This weekend, there was a pro-gun rally of weapon owners who wanted to show that in Maine it’s legal to carry a weapon without any type of permit as long as it’s not concealed. Again, the Press Herald article.

I didn’t see either of the demonstrations.

I read that some of the topless women were upset that so many spectators (mostly men) were gawking at them and taking pictures and video. It’s hard to believe that these women would be surprised by that reaction.

Each of these events generated lots of publicity. But you know what would generate even more?

Combine them.

Topless women carrying heat. Now that’s news!

 

Posted by on April 26, 2020 at 10:12 AM in Business, Comedy, Health, Legal | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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Life is short. Fill in the blanks….

I wrote before about the then quite scandalous billboard promoting divorce this way: Life’s short, get a divorce.

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Now comes something even more shocking: Life is Short. Have an Affair. The Toronto Transit Commission recently rejected a proposed advertizing campaign that would have involved wrapping its streetcars with ads for an online dating site that promotes adultery. The controversial would have wrapped 10 city streetcars in purple with the phrase “Life is short. Have an affair.” in bold letters.

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What’s next for frustrated married couples?

Life is short. Legalize polygamy.

Life is short. Poison works.

Life is short. Hire a hitman.

What’s your line?

Life is short. ____ __ _____.

 

 

Posted by on December 16, 2020 at 11:00 AM in Business, Comedy, Divorce, Entertainment, Legal, News, Writing | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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Unreviewed Books of 2009

I had someone ask me recently if I reviewed each and every one of the books I’ve read in 2009.

Duh!

Not by a long shot.

Here’s a list of some of the books I’ve read this year that I didn’t review:

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. This was a very popular book in 2009 and it presented a bunch of fairly unique ideas – but they were ideas that I just didn’t buy. Outliers are defined as men and women (but in the book – mostly men) who do things out of the ordinary. One of the proposals was a ten thousand-hour rule for excelling at anything and the book used the Beatles and Bill Gates as examples. (Lots of practice produces results – duh!) Gladwell writes about birth months being important to talent in hockey, and the richest billionaires and the importance of their birth years. My take: it’s an enjoyable read but I wouldn’t put too much stock in the theories.

           

Infected by Scott Sigler. I’d read this was a great book by a new author who presented a unique spin on aliens from outer space infecting humans. I didn’t find much new in the book – more like a reworked Invasion of the Body Snatchers or Stephen King’s Tommyknockers. I found most of it clichéd and predictable.

 

I read several books by Michael Connelly this year. The one I liked the most – by far – was The Brass Verdict. I enjoyed The Lincoln Lawyer after reading it a few years ago and wanted to read other Connelly novels. The Brass Verdict was a good one. There were excellent courtroom scenes and the pacing was superb. Any lawyer or lover of legal thrillers will not be disappointed in this book.

 

Not so with Connelly’s book Dragons. This novel featured Detective Harry Bosch and involved his daughter being abducted by the Chinese underworld. If you’ve seen the movie Taken, you know the plot of Dragons. Basically, Bosch breaks all the rules to get his daughter back. I’m not saying I wouldn’t do the same thing – but I somehow expected something slicker from Det. Bosch.

 

The Scarecrow, while not as good as The Brass Verdict, was better than Dragons. In this Connelly novel, reporter Jack McEvoy is laid off at the L.A. Times and given 14 days’ notice. He decides to write his final story about the arrest of a young gang member for the rape and murder of an exotic dancer. After some digging, McEvoy believes the young man is innocent. He teams up with FBI agent Rachel Walling and the real investigation takes lots of unexpected turns. While certainly farfetched, it was a fun read.

 

Ultra Marathon Man by Dean Karnazes was a book recommended to me because of my interest in the fabulous book that I previously reviewed: Born to Run. Ultra Marathon Man was an entertaining read about someone who has run incredible races and feats of unbelievable endurance: a 100-mile race over mountains; a 135-mile race through Death Valley and up the highest mountain in the contiguous U.S.; and running a marathon at the South Pole. Although I enjoyed it, I’d have to say this book is for the more hard-core athlete.

 

The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson is a book that was written in 1952 – before I was born. It’s still a powerful, gritty, dark novel about an evil man who does horrible things to people. It’s noir at its darkest. Written in the first person, this novel will stay with you quite awhile. Powerful.

 

The Survivors Club by Ben Sherwood is a book that shows how some folks managed to survive extreme situations: plane crashes, ships sinking; falling on a knitting needle and having it pierce your heart; jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge; being attacked by a lion or surviving the Holocaust. In addition to incredible stories of survival, the book is filled with tips and ideas on how you can survive life-or-death situations you might face. Fascinating reading.

 

The Appeal by John Grisham was an eye-opening read at the type of politics that goes on behind the scenes in those states where judges are elected. Here in Maine, judges are appointed by the Governor, so the type of shady politics dealt with in the book couldn’t occur here. Although the book is called The Appeal, it’s could just as easily be called The Election. My main criticism with the book was its ending. The novel sets you up for what I would deem a “satisfying” conclusion – only to leave you frustrated and dejected.

 

And this is only a tip of the iceberg of other books that I read during the year. Here are some others that I’ll try to briefly review soon:

 

  1. When You Are Engulfed In Flames by David Sedaris
  2. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
  3. Just After Sunset by Stephen King
  4. Brimstone and Rough Weather by Robert B. Parker
  5. The Quickie Divorce by Linda Connel
  6. Beating the IRS by Roni Lynn Deutch
  7. Bodies Left Behind by Jeffery Deaver
  8. The Nine by Jeffrey Toobin
  9. And Here’s The Kicker by Mike Sacks

And these are just the one’s I can think of right now.

 

While some of you might think that I spend every free moment reading, or all my money on books, you’d be wrong. Often I read early in the morning before anyone else is awake.

 

And I make good use of my local library. If you haven’t been to your library in awhile, give it a visit. You’ll probably enjoy yourself.

 

What good books have you read in 2009?

 

Posted by on December 11, 2020 at 10:57 AM in Blogging, Book Reviews, Books, Business, Comedy, Divorce, Entertainment, Health, Legal, Politics, Science, Sports, Writing | | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

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