Wow... hello... I spent all day sleeping today. Feeling pretty good. But don't have much to say. I picked up one of them GSM phones that have internet access. That's pretty sweet. Geez it's been an odd day. Thunderstorms in Chicagoland area... good times.

Alright lets get to some news.

Oops I did it again... I crapped my pans
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Britney Spears may have curtailed her recent show in Mexico City for altogether different reasons than the official explanation – namely, safety concerns about an approaching thunderstorm. According to tabloid rumours from across the pond, the storm may have been raging somewhere entirely different. Apparently, Britney has been using laxatives as a form of weight control and the story goes that she had one too many before the show at the Foro Sol stadium and was caught unawares, as it were. 'When the laxatives kicked in after the fourth song, Britney was stuck between a rock and a very embarrassing place,' reveals a source. 'She had to abandon the concert and run to the bathroom.' Another insider added, 'She has taken laxatives before and often jokes about surprise bathroom attacks causing unplanned costume changes.' Oops indeed.

HA HA HA HA HA!!!! uh....

HA HA HA HA HA.... 'snort.... BWAAAAAAA HA HA HAA.

giggle'snort... Indeed. I'm surprised that Movie Poop shoot didn't...'snicker'..leak this one... HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.

Rolling Stones Greates hits to have 4 new songs
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The ROLLING STONES greatest hits collection, the two-disc Forty Licks, is set for an Oct. 1 release on EMI's Virgin Records. Four new songs have been recorded with producer Don Was for inclusion on the set as well.

Each disc (the first CD includes hits released on the ABKCO label, and the second disc contains the Virgin Records hits) will include 20 digitally remastered songs, such as "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," "Ruby Tuesday," "Brown Sugar," "Miss You," "Start Me Up," "Gimme Shelter," "Get Off My Cloud," "Paint It Black," and "Happy."

The label won't be revealing the full track listing for the album. And, only one title of the four new songs has been revealed: "Don't Stop." The track will be released as a single from the album, according to an EMI rep.

Meanwhile, the release of the Rolling Stones Remastered Series has been delayed a week to Aug. 27, due to production issues, according to a spokesperson for the project.

As previously announced, the Stones kick off their world tour on Sept. 3 at Boston's FleetCenter with various opening acts along the way, including No Doubt and the Pretenders. Dates run through Feb. 1, 2003.

Well no doubt the Stones certainly do rock! I could never understand why they put new songs on greatest hits albums... makes not sense to me. Well I guess it's to sell more albums but how do I know these new songs will be that great? What if they suck? Why not call the album a bunch of classics and some new stinkers? Heh stinkers... like in Britney Spears panties!!! BWAAAAAAA HA HA HA

Toast to the King... Baby
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A New Zealand supermarket owner has spent two months fashioning his own unique toast to mark the 25th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death.

Maurice Bennett has constructed a portrait measuring 62 square feet in area of the King of Rock 'n' Roll crafted out of more than 4,000 small slices of toast.

Bennett, whose previous toast portraits include Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa and New Zealand rugby star Jonah Lomu, says Elvis has a special place in his heart.

"I'm totally into Elvis. I just fell in love with the man...and there's a family story where my mother even says 'You were lucky, Maurice, you weren't christened Elvis'."

Using a commercial oven capable of cooking up to 90 full-sized slices of toast at a time, Bennett grilled the bread to six different shades ranging from burned for Elvis' hair to lightly warmed for his skin.

The idea for toast portraits first occurred to Bennett about four years ago when he was drinking with a group of friends.

"(I) saw a picture in a magazine, just a blocked out picture of a criminal and I suddenly thought 'Hey, that would look great in toast," he said, adding that he now had his own Internet Web Site: www.mauricebennett.co.nz.

The incendiary theme runs through some of Bennett's early works -- he exhibited in 1998 a collection of burned objects entitled "Burning Desire." He has exhibited in Tokyo as well several festivals in his home town Wellington.

Elvis died of a drug-induced heart attack on August 16, 1977, at the age of 42 and various posthumous tributes are being planned this week near his home at Graceland in Memphis, as well as around the world and on the Internet.

Mmmm King of Toast...:drool: That is quite impressive though ain't it? Well too bad the piece will be destroyed within a few months. It's cool nonetheless though.

Russians can't wait to Blast Lance Bass into space
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- Lance Bass' space voyage was at risk Tuesday while Hollywood dealmakers and Russian bureaucrats squabbled over payment for the pop idol's $20 million trip.

"We have a contract, but we don't have any money," Russian Aerospace Agency spokesman Konstantin Kreidenko said.

Bass hopes to be a member of the crew scheduled to travel on a Russian Soyuz rocket to the international space station in October.

But the deadline for the 'N Sync singer to make a payment to secure his spot was Tuesday, according to a Russian space agency official who spoke on condition of anonymity. Kreidenko would not confirm that.

David Krieff, a Los Angeles television producer who plans a series about Bass' trip and is gathering sponsors, blamed the problems on paperwork snags — and Russian bureaucrats.

"In my mind it's a lot of talk and posturing. That is their style and I can appreciate it," Krieff said Tuesday.

"This is 100 percent going forward."

Krieff declined to discuss whether a payment was due Tuesday, saying there was a nondisclosure agreement. He singled out space agency spokesman Sergei Gorbunov as a vocal critic of Bass' voyage. Gorbunov called such comments "foolish."

"But should he fly for free?" Gorbunov asked on Tuesday. "Perhaps he (Krieff) thinks I am against the mission because I keep saying that he needs to pay."

Krieff acknowledged there was a delay in transferring funds to Russia and said it was because he had received only an e-mailed copy of the contract. A signed paper version was required to secure insurance, he said.

Bass had no comment on the matter, a spokeswoman said Tuesday in Los Angeles.

The 23-year-old would become the youngest person, the third paying tourist and the first pop star in space.

He has been training at Russia's Star City cosmonaut center outside Moscow since July. Cameras are recording his progress for the TV show.

"He's doing beautifully, he's kicking butt in every way. He's totally dedicated and everybody loves him there," Krieff said.

Things are looking rosy financially as well, he said. He's lined up three sponsors so far who have committed between $5 million and $15 million each, he said.

Although he declined to identify them yet, he said they include a "huge soft drink" manufacturer and a conglomerate "like Procter & Gamble." He said a U.S. TV network, also unidentified, was attached to the series and that the program had been sold to 40 other countries.

"Celebrity Mission: Lance Bass" would include six one-hour episodes showing the singer training for the voyage and a two-hour special showing the launch and Bass in space. The series would end with an episode about Bass' return to Earth and a concert, perhaps held a week after he's released from post-space quarantine, Krieff said.

Krieff's Destiny Productions is working with Amsterdam-based MirCorp and the William Morris Agency on the project. Both Bass and Krieff, whose credits include a Fox special on skating rivals Tonya Harding ( news - web sites) and Nancy Kerrigan ( news - web sites), are represented by the agency.

The cost of the week-and-a-half-long space trip is in the $20 million range. Businessmen Dennis Tito of California and Mark Shuttleworth of South Africa have paid to journey to the space station.

Bass' journey could be just the beginning of other "Celebrity Mission" chapters, Krieff said.

"I have 15 other celebrities, huge 'A' and 'B' list celebrities, that are wanting to do exactly what we're doing. It's a dream come true."

Heh... Even the Russians can't wait to blast this guy off into space... good riddence. If we could only get rid of more pop stars in this manner.

Because I don't think anyone reads the main news items anymore HERE ARE SOME PIECES OF...


Reason to NOT sleep with Pam Anderson
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Infection with the hepatitis C virus may increase the risk of erectile dysfunction, the results of a new study suggest.



The virus itself may play a direct role in causing erectile dysfunction, the findings suggest, since investigators took into account liver failure and treatment for hepatitis C, both of which are suspected of increasing the risk of erectile dysfunction in men with hepatitis C.

Nearly 4 million American have hepatitis C, making it the most common chronic viral infection in the US. Chronic inflammation of the liver develops in many patients, and about 20% of people with hepatitis C will develop cirrhosis, a severe and sometimes fatal scarring of the liver. Cirrhosis increases the risk of liver cancer.

Hepatitis is spread through contact with blood and other body fluids, but the route of transmission remains undetermined in a substantial percentage of infections. People who share needles to inject drugs have a high risk of contracting the disease.

Cases of erectile dysfunction in men with hepatitis C have been reported, but it is unclear whether the blame should be placed on the virus itself or on poor liver function caused by the infection. A drug used to treat hepatitis C, interferon alfa, is another prime suspect.

A team led by Dr. Clodoveo Ferri of the University of Pisa in Italy, compared the frequency of erectile dysfunction in 207 men with hepatitis C and 207 healthy men. Among men with hepatitis C, 39% had erectile dysfunction, compared with 14% of healthy men, according to a report in the August 14th issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association ( news - web sites).

But neither the presence of liver failure nor interferon alfa therapy seemed to affect a man's odds of having erectile dysfunction, according to the researchers.

"Nonetheless, both liver failure and interferon alfa may also contribute to erectile dysfunction, and treatment should be individualized," Ferri's team writes. Suggesting that antiviral treatment may relieve erectile dysfunction, the researchers recommend that this approach be studied in clinical trials. They also advise physicians to consider hepatitis C infection when diagnosing erectile dysfunction.

Superman VS Batman get held back by the Iliad
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Fanboys can go crazy now, as Director Wolfgang Peterson has decided to put BATMAN VS. SUPERMAN on hold and direct TROY for Warner Brothers. The new film will be a Trojan War story adapted from Homer's THE ILLIAD. For the record, Peteson still plans to do BVS, but TROY will be first. Filming on TROY will begin next spring and will be released in 2004.

Well Hep C looks looks to suck pretty bad. Pretty bad indeed.

I'm pretty pissed about that Superman Movie too. Bastard. He'll probably do what James Cameron did to Spiderman, I bet.

I'm done. Later yo.

Joe

Yeah those thunderstorms sucked! Oh well..heh

Not much to say this morning, other than I think Britney needs to go with Lance, kill 2 birds with one stone I say.. heh

First post, baby!!

Would be nice if those thunderheads found their way to NYC, I about melted in transit to the dungeon this morning.

Britney's excretory system has long been news: Her music sounds like she's been on talent laxatives as well. Anything to keep that belly the way it looks, Brit, cause it's your whole act. Just ask Mariah.

This is the FIRST TIME EVER I have heard Joe say he GOT SLEEP. I am stunned. This is the most newsworthy story in here, I think

woah!!!! laxatives as wieght control.... not good.... don't work and can make you really really angry all the time....and can give you headaches.....

no wonder she feels all like you know what!!!!

shoulda neva!!!!!

and it makes ya."....."

What nobody likes Elvin toast?

makes me hungry..lol

ELVIS IS DEAD....Lest we forget!...lets talk about the living and let "The Dead Bury The Dead"

LETS DIG HIM UP FOR AN ANIVERSARY PARTY!!