prince may or may not be dead?

BREAKING: @TMZ reporting #Prince is dead. Deputies doing death investigation #PaisleyPark. We heard call was for middle aged man. He was 57.

— Farrah Fazal (@FarrahFazal) April 21, 2016

UPDATE: she dead.

BREAKING LITERATURE NEWS

Harper Lee wrote a 'To Kill a Mockingbird' sequel, and it’s coming in July: http://t.co/6pMKXb4obf pic.twitter.com/zw220T1Gqs
— Vulture (@vulture) February 3, 2015

BREAKING BEARS NEWS ALERT!!!11

ATTENTION ATTENTION!

central park's got some new BAAYYUUURRRRRZZZZZZZZ!!

2PzNaPpod: you heard it here second third.

Breaking News - OITNB turns you GAY!!!11

maybe not really but writing about the love between piper and alex helped this cute lady figure out what she wants to be when she grows up. she even divorced her husband and get this...started dating poussey! swoon. i love happy endings.

here is the story in her own words:

"I realized I was gay in fall 2012, one of my first days on the set. It wasn't so much one thing, but the sum of many small details: how uncomfortable I felt around groups of lesbians or how I considered myself (shrug) a "not very sexual person." When considered alone, these seemed like little quirks that made me me. Wanting to read a book instead of have sex is a perfectly reasonable preference to have, right?

But on set, these small moments came into sharp relief, and I found myself answering to an endless stream of cast members who peppered me with questions like a gaggle of kindergartners curious about their new teacher. "Are you dating anyone?" "You're married?" "To a man?" "But you used to kiss girls?" "Do you miss it?"

I was finally forced to consider a question that had never, ever occurred to me before: Holy shit, am I gay?"

groups of lesbians don't make me feel uncomfortable so i must still straight.

via huffpost

taco bell to introduce breakfast menu very soon

items include the waffle taco (million dollar idea)

breakfast crunch wrap

and breakfast burritos, obvi

NEW POPE ALERT!!!

i hope she's black!

NEW POPE

NEWSFLASH: is this new williamsburg honkeytonk going to sell bushwackers?

  The garrulous guys behind popular craft beer dive Lucky Dog have branched out with a new joint just a few blocks away on Metropolitan Avenue, in the former home of Bar Berry. Called Skinny Dennis (after a country music bassist who died onstage in 1975 at the age of 28) the bar perpetuates the laid-back yet well-curated vibe of Lucky Dog, but with a honky-tonk theme. Co-owner Sal Fristensky happens to be a big country music fan, and Skinny Dennis will present live music three nights a week, supplemented by a jukebox that spans the spectrum from country to classic rock.

   Most of the beer is domestic, with 18 craft brews on tap, and all of them running about $5. For good old boys on a budget, Skinny Dennis also serves a 24 oz Coors banquet beer in a mason jar for $4, as well as $3 Bud, PBR and Rolling Rock. Or for $6 you can get a delicious and refreshing Uncle Willie's Frozen Coffee, which comes out of the daiquiri machine Mack bought for $9,000. Ingredients include milk, vanilla, sugar, bourbon, coffee liqueur, brandy, Oslo coffee, and another floater of bourbon on the top for good measure. Skinny Dennis serves it in a classic "Anthora" Greek coffee cup, in case everything else in the joint makes you forget you're still in Brooklyn.


I don't know what goes in a bushwacker. who wants to go with me to find out? thx kirby

DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA ALERT

If you were in or around North Korea yesterday, you may have felt the earth move under your feet. It doesn't have anything to do with Carole King's lifetime achievement award, no nothing like that. In fact those feisty communists are conducting some underground nuclear tests. Don't worry though, North Korea has about as much chance of sending a nuclear weapon our was as Iran does at flying that plastic toy airplane they are calling a stealth bomber. Hey North Korea, call me when you get cell phone service. via

it's breaking time for evening noose.

MY PRESIDENT IS BLACK AND MY FOOTBALL COACH IS BLACK

UPDATE: JUST KIDDING!!!1111

the word on twitter is that louisville head coach charlie strong has been mulling over his offer to hold the most prestigious position in all of college sports: football coach for the tennessee volunteers!

folks're sayin' there's a UT press conference and / or a louisville team meeting in just a few minutes. therefore, we would like to make our official 2Pz projection.

WELCOME TO ROCKY TOP COACH CHARLIE STRONG!!

BREAKING NEWS

UPDATE!!!   that motherfucker rejected us. fine with me. i never even wanted him to be our coach anyway. 

Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy has been offered the Tennessee head coaching job, a source told CBSSports.com Wednesday morning.

The 45-year-old former standout OSU quarterback led the Cowboys to a school-record 12 wins and its first BCS bowl appearance last season, and finished No. 3 in the nation. This fall, despite having had to play three QBs because of injuries, the Cowboys finished the regular season 7-5. He is 66-35 in eight seasons at his alma mater.

The coach's name has come up quite a bit this month for top coaching vacancies. Friction between Gundy and OSU AD Mike Holden has added to the intrigue.

Tennessee is replacing Derek Dooley who was fired last month after going 4-7 and having gone 1-14 in SEC play the past two seasons. Sources say UT hopes to have its new coach on board by the end of this week. (via)

not as handsome as derek dooley, but at least he's used to orange...

what's happening at nassau and mcguinness?

this morning, i walked outside and passed by the WASCO auto parts storefront on the corner of nassau and mcguinness, just like every morning. and for the first time in a year and a half...the door was open!! and look what's inside:

a series of arched steel ribs, and the structure for a bar just exactly where you might expect one, and maybe a cooking area beyond? looks like this corner is about to class itself right up!

i did a little bit of internet research and found this over at new york shitty:

I have received a number of emails voicing concern about what it going to happen to one of Greenpoint’s (and McGuinness Boulevard’s) preeminent features: The WASCO Auto Shop. I have some very good news: last night a liquor license application for an “eating and drinking establishment” was approved for this property.

During the proceedings the applicant, a twenty year Greenpoint resident, assured everyone that 139 Nassau Avenue’s signature feature, “WASCOmobile” (which has been identified as a Chevy Nova*), would be kept! In addition, the garage doors looking upon McGuinness Boulevard— the Champs-Élysées of north Brooklyn— will be converted into large bay windows for patrons’ dining pleasure. This was the source of considerable amusement to a number of gentleman on the panel— one of whom noted that all McGuinness Boulevard has in the way of ambiance are “roaring semis”. But hey, as long as everyone keeps their hands and feet inside at all times things should be just fine— right? (via)

sorry joel...

kiss your boyfriend goodbye (probably)... the jets have reportedly landed tim tebow. 

gay news!

Proposition 8, the voter-approved law banning same-sex marriage in California, has been declared unconstitutional by a federal appeals court. Three judges in San Francisco today ruled 2-1 that a 2010 lower court ruling should stand because Prop 8 violates the civil rights of gays and lesbians. Unfortunately, this doesn't mean everyone can just go out and get married now: Supporters of Prop 8 plan to appeal to a larger panel of Ninth Circuit judges and ultimately to the U.S. Supreme Court, if necessary. (via)

**~**_* IMPORTANT BONNIE RAITT NEWS *_**~**

bonnie raitt's NEW SINGLE "right down the line" dropped TODAY. it's a cover of gerry rafferty's hit.

listen HERE.

buy it HERE.

makes me want to go to the BEACH.

and she's going on TOUR.

see you JUNE 20TH.

her full album is out on APRIL 10TH.

THANK YOU JENNY COOK!!!

Breaking News!

a travel industry insider (hey mom!) just informed me that southwest airlines has announced their intention to operate flights out of Memphis International Airport. hopefully it will be cheaper to fly home now.

internet news as presented by starla

(NEW BLOG FEATCH!)

starla: do you know what the duggars named their poor dead baby??

starla: jubilee shalom
me: they have a dead baby?
starla: yeah
me: i didnt hear
starla: number 20 peaced out of this world before she was born
me: omgoodness

joel just told me that gwen and the no doubt boys have some big news they will be announcing tomorrow. how exciting!

that makes sense

Joan Cronan got a big promotion. She's done a great job with our lady vols and now she will oversee the entire athletic department. We will still hire a men's athletic director, but if I understand the set-up, which I don't, then Joan will be his/her boss. And look who is potentially interested.