Earl Yorke

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His name is Pinchy Searat, and he was discovered in Bar Harbor, Maine on July 13th. Surprisingly, it wasn’t a talent agent who came upon this soon-to-be shining star, it was a Lobsterman named Alan Robinson. It didn’t take long for those present to realise that Pinchy is the perfect actor to play Harvey Dent/Two-Face in the upcoming sequel to Batman Begins. Christopher Nolan cast him right away. He won’t even need any make-up!

Okay, I’ve had my fun. This really is an interesting find though. The lobster looks half-cooked, but was pulled out of the ocean in perfect health (atleast as perfect as it gets for a lobster). From what I understand, the odds of finding a lobster like this are 1 in 50 million to 100 million! Mr. Robinson, you should play the lottery!

I wonder how that thing tastes…

[Update 8.23.2006] It’s funny that IMDB.com just put up an article saying that Ryan Phillipe has supposedly landed the role of Harvey Dent/Two-Face in “The Dark Knight” (The final title for the previously untitled Batman Begins sequel). Sorry that you lost out, Pinchy… we fellow Mainers were all pulling for you. Don’t worry though… we’re all pulling for you. We will see your face on the big screen yet!

I just wanted to share a milestone with everybody: I have been cigarette free for two months, and I feel GREAT! I didn’t want to bring it up any earlier than this as I was afraid that I might start up again. Thankfully, I am now confident that I have the willpower to never put a Marlboro Light to my lips again. In your face, Phillip Morris!

Okay, I’ve had my moment… now on to a related article that I ran into on MSNBC.com:

Associated Press - WASHINGTON - More women are lighting up cigarettes around the world even as the smoking rate declines for men, activists attending an anti-smoking conference said Thursday.

About 12 percent of women worldwide smoke, and that figure is expected to rise to 20 percent by 2025, according to a report by the International Network of Women Against Tobacco. The group relied on World Health Organization data.

Very interesting if you ask me. You can read the rest of the article here.

Photo By Earl Yorke

Dina Yorke is the worlds biggest weirdo! Congrats, Din! I can’t believe that I’m married to a celebrity!

…we are eagerly awaiting the results for the “Biggest Weirdo in the Universe” competition. Fingers crossed, baby!

In an effort to cut down on the amount of spam that I’ve been getting on the site (and there has been ALOT), I am temporarily changing the way you all comment here.

You will now have to be registered and logged on in order to post comments.

Sorry if this is an inconvenience for anybody.

On the lighter side of things, here are a few of the spam comments that these parasites are trying to flood my site with. There are really only seven of them, though they post different links every time. I’ll not include the links here…

“Hello Jane, nice site!”

…complete moron.

“Best site I see. Thanks for author.”

…obviously not from this country.

“So interesting site, thanks!”

…a mixture of complete moron and not from this country

“I really have nothing to say right now.”

…this is my favorite one. What a marketing genius! Anybody would approve of a comment like that on their blog.

They’re all idiots, and I’ll not tolerate them tainting my dream.

Happy Independence Day, everybody! I hope that over this four-day weekend we all considered the example set by “The Simpsons:”

“What better way to celebrate the independence of our country than by blowing up a small part of it?!”

Hehehe. I couldn’t resist, though here in Maine fireworks are illegal. Does that ever stop those of us resourceful enough to drive a short 40 minutes to Seabrook, New Hampshire? Um… no! I’ll tell you, once you get off exit 1 near the Massachusetts border and hit route one in that town you realize exactly how nice your own home town is. The entire strip is fireworks store, after fireworks store, after strip-club, after smoke-shop, after firework store, after adult book and video store… so classy.

If you’re ever in the area looking for harmless explosives, and you find yourself a bit intimidated by the overall shadiness that most of the firework stores give off, I highly recommend Phantom Fireworks. It is a very clean, well organized store that gives off a kind of “Wal-Mart of Fireworks” vibe. We had a nice shopping experience there, though I was a bit upset by the fact that bottle-rockets and good-ole’ firecrackers are now illegal in New Hampshire. I don’t know how long this law has been in effect, but I seem to remember being able to buy them the last time I went down there… I believe it was three or four years ago.

Despite being bottle-rocket-less, we were still able to put on a decent show for my three year-old son with Roman Candles and Fountain Fireworks. He was very content with it, and to my wife and I, that was all that mattered.

Hope that you all had a great holiday!