Baby Powder

If you’re planning to tool around town with three pounds of cocaine, there are certainly worse ways of disguising it than making it look like a great big pregnant belly. On paper, at least. Unfortunately, life isn’t lived on paper. If it were, it wouldn’t matter that you drive like an idiot. Or that you and your pregnant friend can’t decide when she’s due. Or that neither of you knows where you’re heading today. Or that your little oven bun isn’t taped to her nearly as securely as you thought.

Public Information Officer Shale Remien told ABC News that the stop was predicated on Miller’s erratic driving. He allegedly weaved through multiple lanes and nearly collided with a semi-trailer truck, Remien said.
Miller and Mitchem behaved nervously during the stop and volunteered that Mitchem was pregnant, according to Remien.

“The first red flag began when the two gave conflicting information about her ‘due date,'” the release from the office said.
Remien added that the two offered different information about their destination. Deputies also found marijuana in their vehicle, according to Remien.

Mitchem fled from the officers as they grew increasingly suspicious of the “conflicting story” offered by the couple, according to police.
“Mitchem immediately took off running and very quickly drugs fell from the fake rubber stomach,” the release noted.

Both were charged with drug trafficking and could face up to 30 years if convicted.

Match The One-Hit Wonder To Their Follow-Up Song, Probably Do Better Than Steve

When I was a kid it used to annoy the crap out of me when a band was described as a one-hit wonder even though I knew damn well that they had another song! I considered it a point of pride when I could name that song when no one else could. So with that in mind, I was pretty confident that I would be acing this 1980s one-hit wonder follow-up songs quiz. But friends, I am here today to tell you that I did not.

I started out by getting one wrong, then going on a bit of a tear. Unfortunately, I immediately followed that up by tearing off in the opposite direction. When all was said and done, I wound up with just 40%. That’s right. Mr. What’s Wrong With You? Do You Even Music, Bro? over here failed the freaking test! Maybe I should have paid better attention during Bobby McFerrin lessons.

Hopefully some of you will have better luck.

How Did He Get An Uber That Fast?

More than once in these pages I’ve mentioned that something said by George Carlin wasn’t just a bit to me, but also a life lesson. This, however, is not one of those things.

If only I could have explained that to Christopher Everson here before everything went all to hell for him.

On April 11, just before 11 p.m., a man driving a Nissan sedan east on State Road 574 in Seffner, Florida, crossed into the westbound lane and crashed head-on into a Volkswagen car being driven by a 17-year-old, Tampa Fox affiliate WTVT reported, citing the Florida Highway Patrol. As the vehicles came to a stop, Everson — driving a Ford F-150 — allegedly struck the Volkswagen.
The driver of the Nissan was identified by the regional outlet as Garry Baptiste, and he was reportedly hospitalized and cited for careless driving.

The teenager was also hospitalized with serious injuries, and he later died.
Everson, however, did not go to the hospital, according to authorities. Instead, with his 8-year-old son in tow, he allegedly walked away from the crash site and bought an Uber ride to his St. Petersburg home.

He is currently being held without bond on charges of leaving the scene of a crash with death and operating an unregistered vehicle.

The whereabouts of the son were not reported, but hopefully he’s with someone who can explain to him that it’s ok if he never listens to his dad again.

You’ll Probably Never Hear Bohemian Rhapsody Quite The Same Way Again

Here’s a neat video on the making of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”.

I remember covering this in music electronics class back in high school. We didn’t go into it in this much depth, but we went deep enough to understand that the thing is a freaking marvel. Not just because all of it was recorded in the 1970s on actual tape which is pretty insane to think about in an age where almost everything is digital and in some ways much easier, but also because the vision, musicianship and patience it would have taken to pull it all off is at a level you rarely encounter. It’s astounding, really. Even if for some reason you don’t like the song much (Does anyone not at least kinda like it?), you might come away with a new appreciation for it if you take the time to watch.

Oh, and here’s a thing I learned that some of you might call me stupid for not knowing. It isn’t Freddie Mercury hitting all of those really high notes in the opera part. Some of them are drummer Roger Taylor. I had always assumed that Freddie sang everything.

Fill My Cone Up To Here

I like the Tragically Hip well enough, but nowhere near as much as most people seem to. they’ve put out a good bit of stuff which, to my ear at least, kinda sucks, actually. Just because a song references Canada in some form doesn’t automatically make it good.

This has been unpopular hot takes with Steve. Thank you all for coming.

When they really started to lose me was around the Bobcaygeon era. I’ve never liked that song. It’s a total channel changer for me. I can’t put my finger on exactly why I hate it so, but it’s got a whiny, irritating quality to it that I just have never been able to handle. Much like the way I sound to most of you right now, probably. And that’s fair enough. I know I’m in the minority here. I came to terms with that long ago.

But after all these years, something good may finally be coming out of that awful, awful song!

The band have now officially launched their own ice cream flavour with Kawartha Dairy, the family-owned dairy business based in Bobcaygeon that has been serving products across Ontario since 1937. Obviously called the Tragically Chip, the Hip’s ice cream is maple whisky-flavoured and features dark chocolatey chunks, as well as a black cherry ripple.
A portion of the proceeds from the ice cream — available this summer for a limited time — supports the Breakfast Club of Canada, a nonprofit helping ensure that kids nationwide don’t start the day with an empty stomach by way of nutritious school breakfast programs.

That sounds almost as good to me as the song sounds bad. It’s been a long time since I’ve had Kawartha Dairy ice cream, but I recall it being pretty darn tasty. My only hope is that the whisky doesn’t overpower everything else. I like whisky, but there are plenty of examples of tastes you like feeling out of place. But a worthwhile cause is benefiting from it, so even if it somehow turns out bad, it’s still good.

I Hate Them Plenty Already, But There’s Always Room For More


Remember the other day when I said, basically, that TKO is a terrible company filled with shameless assholes who only care about money and Donald Trump? This video is all of that laid out in great detail. Don’t let the 92 minute length or the focus on boxing scare you off, because if you care about what’s happening to WWE or UFC or any of the other things that TKO is buying up and making shitty or even about exploitative monopolies in general, then you care about this. And I certainly wouldn’t blame you if you decided to stop watching your TKO product of choice when you’re done. We don’t have much power over what the billionaires do, but we do have that. That often feels like nothing, but it’s not.