END OF THE WEEK:
Death of the Week: Singer Donna Summers
She worked hard for her money, and she collected plenty of fans and accolades along the way.
Magazine Cover of the Week: Newsweek's "The First Gay President"
This is just like that time when people called Bill Clinton the "first black president," except this time, except it's much more fun to use rainbows to express this sentiment.
Video of the Week: "Gilbert Gottfried Reads 'Fifty Shades of Grey'"
Looks like he's doing well for himself after the Aflac firing.
Stories of the Week:
-The Actual Story of the Week: Facebook Begins Trading for First Time on NASDAQ
-The Tiger Woods Saga of '09 Memorial Story of the Week: Sony Fires Dan Harmon as the Showrunner of "Community"
And with that, "Community" fans have just completed playing out the most elaborate (and one of the meanest) vaudeville gags of the year:
"Guess what! You're show is going to get renewed for a third season!"
"That's good."
"Except that it's going to be put on hiatus midway through."
"That's bad."
"But it will come back in the spring, and do well enough to get renewed for another season!"
"That's good."
"It's gonna get renewed for only 13 episodes, and put in a Friday time-slot after 'Whitney.'"
"That's bad."
"But there's a chance that the fourth season might get a back-nine order!"
"That's good!"
"The creator of the show will be fired, unable to fullfill his vision of the show."
"MY EMOTIONS! MY EMOTIONS!"
Person of the Week: Kentuckian Rankin Paynter
more making the rest of the nation feel much worse about ourselves as good samaritans after performing the self-less act of buying out an entire K-Mart store, and giving away all of the products in it to charity. Here's an excerpt from the ABC News website with more on the story:
"On Sunday, May 6, the businessmen stood in line for six and half hours
to purchase the inventory that had to be rung up at four different
registers the evening the store closed. It took the 77-year-old two
trucks, two vans and six workers to move all the items from the store to
storage. However, Payntner had no clue then what he planned on doing
with all the inventory.
During a discussion with his banker, Paynter learned about a charity in
the area that could use the goods he purchased. And, after viewing some
of their financial records, the Winchester businessman decided to go
with Clark County Community Services, which serves low- and
middle-income residents in the area...
... "This will be the first time we will have enough coats and gloves for
everybody," said Judy Crowe, the director of the non-profit
organization. The organization's Christmas program "Operation
Happiness" is one of the largest in the area serving 1,500 families in
one day."
Well, if that just doesn't make you feel better about humanity, then you might as well just go into a closet with nothing but a few copies of Nietzsche books. Well done, Mr. Paynter.
And that's the way it was! Enjoy the rest of your weekend, everyone!
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
If you have any opinions on today's post, or if you just have any suggestions or tips for my next blog entry, e-mail me at: mj1599@aol.com. Your e-mails are greatly appreciated.
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