ALL SORTS OF STUFF

if you get a chance on sunday night, check out the "super moon" which showed up saturday because it is spectacular.  it's the closest the moon is going to be to  earth this year and 30% brighter than normal. i checked it out saturday night and it is very cool.

the world is screaming about PAULA DEEN using the word nigger in a deposition like it's some new revelation about her but the truth of the matter is that she has appeared to be a racist for some time now. along with admitting that she uses the most inflammatory word in the english language on a regular basis, she has long defended slavery in general conversation and recently hosted a party where she made the all-black waiters dress up in the same clothing slaves wore during the civil war. the 65 year old deen made the most insincere apology in history thru her media team on friday but to no avail as the FOOD NETWORK dumped her on her ass by not renewing her 12 year old contract worth 4.5 million annually. unbelievable.

and while i'm on the subject.......the trial started this week for GEORGE ZIMMERMAN, the neighborhood watch man in florida who shot & killed 17 year old TRAYVON MARTIN after a fight ensued when zimmerman started asking martin why he was walking thru a particular neighborhood. zimmerman is puerto rican and martin was black.  the area is split in two and the outcome in the 2nd degree murder trial might start riots if zimmerman is acquitted. "beyond a REASONABLE doubt" should come into play and i see not guilty for zimmerman.

get ready to stare at this next story and shake your head. a mother is shopping with her 8 year old daughter at wal-mart in jacksonville, florida when 56 year old DONALD SMITH starts up a conversation with mom and after just 20 minutes, he volunteers to take the little girl to the in-store mcdonalds for a treat so mom can finish her shopping. they never come back and the little girl is found murdered the next morning outside the local church. smith was arrested a short time later and has priors for molesting children.  a very sad story. AFTER 20 MINUTES, YOU LET YOUR DAUGHTER WALK AWAY WITH A STRANGER??????????

time for a drink and a cigarette but obviously, you can't go to the local bar and do that...................UNLESS........... you live in cheyenne, wyoming where residents just repealed the no smoking law for bars. "if people want to smoke in a bar while having a beer, i'm all for it. non-smokers will be fully aware of the law change and can stay home if it's a problem" said cheyenne's mayor. restaurants still stay smoke free.

finally, THE WALLENDA FAMILY have been involved in circus high wire acts for over a century and SUNDAY NIGHT ON LIVE TELEVISION at 7:00, NIK WALLENDA will attempt to walk 1/3 of a mile across the grand canyon with no net or tethers attached to him. wallenda is married with three kids and has previously walked the same distance across NIAGRA FALLS but on that occasion, ABC insisted he be tethered.  the DISCOVERY CHANNEL has no such qualms and agreed to let him walk the wire unencumbered  on a cable that's two inches wide and is suspended 1500 feet in the air, slightly higher than the EMPIRE STATE BUILDING.  wallenda thinks the walk should take him about a half hour.  and for all you ghouls out there.............just in case of a fall, they have a 10 second delay on the tv channel.  good luck to him!