Henry Allingham turned 113 earlier this month, clinching the Guinness World Records title of World’s Oldest Man. The picture is of him on his 113th birthday, celebrating with a bit of the bubbly. Mr. Allingham, who has lived in three centuries, is also one of two surviving veterans of World War I left in the UK. Click here to read about his amazing life. I like this quote:
His experiences, and the sights he saw at the third Battle of Ypres, ensured that his youthful enthusiasm was replaced by an undying passion for peace. “War’s stupid,” he told the BBC. “Nobody wins. You might as well talk first, you have to talk last anyway.”
After finding out he was the World’s Oldest Man, his caretakers said he returned to bed after breakfast.
Awww. When I’m that age, I’ll go back to bed after breakfast too. While he is not the oldest person to ever live, he is surely something special. Here’s to 114, Henry! Cheers!
Today is National Flip Flop day! As if you needed another reason to get a pedicure and wear your flip flops, you can actually do some good today AND get a free smoothie. If you go to a Tropical Smoothie Cafe wearing your flip flops, you’ll get a free smoothie. That’s all you have to do. The day is set up to benefit Camp Sunshine, a wonderful place where children with life-threatening illnesses can spend quality time with their families. So while you’re at Tropical Smoothie Cafe, buy the $1 paper flip flop and help out! Click here to see the Web site and find a local store!
I hope you thought my post title was as clever as I did. Anyway, this story broke a few days ago, but I’ve been DYING to share it with you. So meet Kimberley Vlaminck.
Yes, those are star tattoos on her face. Fifty-six, to be exact. According to the 18-year-old Belgian though, she only asked for three but the tattoo artist didn’t understand her. She then says she “fell asleep” and woke up like that. Well, I don’t have any tattoos, but from what I’ve heard they hurt. A lot. I can’t really see someone falling asleep while a needle was poking ink into the skin on their face. Call me crazy. The tattoo artist, Rouslan Toumaniantz, says that she did indeed ask for that and that she was awake the entire time. Want to see what Mr. Toumaniantz looks like? I thought so:
Rawr? Ha. Wowie. I mean, really, she should not be THAT surprised if she is telling the truth (but I doubt it). Despite an eye witness saying that Kimberley did in fact ask for 56 stars, Rouslan is being a nice guy and offering to pay for half of the removal, which would cost roughly$14,000. The cost of the original tattoo? About $90. Learning from other people’s mistakes? Priceless.
So there is your SWTCTW life lesson of the day. Whose side are you on?
Yes I’ve posted videos like this before. Yes, I’m obsessed with random dance routines in awkward public places, what of it? It’s hilarious! And that old man is really breaking it down. Does anybody want to start the DC Hammer Pants Dance brigade?
The cats of Miami can peacefully take cat naps again, now that 18-year-old cat killer suspect Tyler Haines Weinman has been caught. Weinman was arrested and charged for the 19 serial cat killings that have been plaguing the area. What’s even worse is that the cats were mutilated as well. There have been 34 cat deaths in the area, but police were only allowed to connect 19 to serial killings. They are looking into the matter to see if there are accomplices.
I don’t even understand how a human being can do something like this. Remember Joseph Petcka? Well I think Tyler Haines Weinman has done more than enough to join him in the ranks of huge jerkfaces. According to the story on CNN, if he gets convicted on all counts, Weinman could face up to 158 years in state prison. Think that’s a little harsh? I don’t. And we all know he won’t end up serving the full term anyway.
“The cruelty of these crimes were horrific for the animal victims, but there were many human victims as well,” Mayor Paul Vrooman said.
“Let’s not forget the children and the families who found their pets mutilated. These awful scenes inflicted a human toll.”
This time, Chris is late! HA! But anyway, I love his diagnosis…it’s hilarious!
I’m not a doctor, but I’m going to stand by my diagnosis. Anyone that saw Wednesday night’s episode knows what I’m talking about here – and I, for one, am concerned. Reality TV judges are at risk. Specifically, the female judge sitting in the middle seat of any given seems to be vulnerable to Paula Abdul Syndrome or, as we in the medical blogging community call it, PAS.
The symptoms of PAS are clear: slurred speech; wild hand gestures; crying; etc… symptoms often prompt weird looks or agitated comments from judges sitting nearby on the panel.
[Please entertain a small digression. This is a plea to all judges sitting near a PAS victim. They can’t help it. And it should help you to know that even though we aren’t there with you, it is just as painful for all of us to watch at home. Try to show some compassion, and know that you’re not alone. /digression]
The cause of PAS is still unknown, but medical experts (I) have begun to narrow down the suspected causes. To do this, they (I) had to rely on photographic and video evidence, as an in-person study of someone infected with PAS may be unsafe – and the experts (I) don’t want to be responsible for causing a pandemic.
So far, PAS seems to have attacked only women, although its too early to say for sure. The location of the infected judge’s seat seems to play a role as well. There just seems to be something about that middle seat. (An odd cause, you say? Maybe, but have you ever sat in the middle seat for a long flight? That’s what I thought – and I hope you will think twice before questioning the medical experts (me) again…) This brings us to the cups. Enough said there, I think. The wild hand gestures are an unresolved question for the experts studying PAS. So far its unclear whether or not they contribute to the cause of PAS, or if they are a symptom. These certainly are scary times.
Mary’s struggle with PAS was borderline distracting; but here are some of the best numbers from the night…
Okay, okay. So this was supposed to be posted last week. EPIC FAIL on my part. Chris met his deadline, I didn’t do my end of the deal (I was in a wedding…excuses, excuses.). So let’s just consider it a refresher for last week in preparation for tonight!
I have decided that I have one year to get my dance moves up to par. I will be starring in Season 6. [Edit: Season 6 auditions have already started.] This week the Top 20 were named. I’m not saying that I anticipate making it that far when I make my SYTYCD debut. But I figure with a year of hard work I could score a ticket to Vegas. That’s good enough for me.
Wednesday night we were treated to two full hours of dancing mayhem – a sort of preview for the rest of the season. I’m crazy about Mia Michaels – and we got to see one of her routines. And in Thursday night’s episode saw the fangs come out. She had clearly been drinking out of Tyce’s “bitchy queen” water bottle. Her choreography, though, was – of course – great. I guess being a bitchy queen is one of the perks of being really super awesome at your job.
I really like this character Tony. His audition was pretty clever. Mia’s routine gave him such a difficult time that they made him try it again later in the day. This clip serves both the purpose of introducing you to Tony and showing off Mia’s stuff – cause I love her (even though I’m scared of her). A super efficient choice of YouTube clip, I know. You’re welcome.
My buddy Natalie was sent home – I think unfairly. And yes, I will be writing a letter (and you should too). We met her last season when it the top 20 came down to a head to head between her and her less cool roommate. Her roommate made it and she was sent home. Here’s here audition video from this season:
So we have our Top 20 for the summer. Now the fun begins with the good dancing and all that jazz. Congratulations SWTCTW, I hereby declare that summer has arrived!
Last night I watched Bravo’s newest show, “Top Chef Masters”, fully expecting to see the always foxy Padma hosting. But no. There’s some new chick in town, and her name is Kelly Choi. Like Padma, she’s way too thin to be a food critic. EAT A FRIGGIN’ HAMBURGER… OR SEVEN. Honestly. There is such a disconnect between being rail thin and being a food critic. How on earth do they do it?
Kelly Choi seems a little wacky, so I did my research. She’s a model, duh. She hosts a show in NYC called “Eat Out, NY”. (Keep your dirty jokes to yourself.) SHE ALSO EATS RAW EGGS. And if you want to know more about her and all the other crazy things she eats every day, click here. She also drinks. A lot.
She did alright last night, but I’m still on Team Padma. What do you think of her?
So, we just drank a bottle of champagne, ate three pounds of food (some of it vegetables, I swear!), and spent an hour trying to create some sort of “Best of SWTCTW” list. The problem is, all of our posts are so amazing, and we are so witty and entertaining and wonderful, that it’s hard to pick just a few select posts. Slash we drank a bottle of champagne and it’s just too hard to deal with stuff like that.
The point of all this is that Six Words To Change The World turned one today!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SWTCTW! We were very excited when we realized this today, and you should be too. If you’ve been with us for the whole year (Dave, Susannah, Carlos, Mike, Abbey, Kelsey, Maddy, etc., we’re looking at you), thank you from the bottom of our bloggy hearts. (Kathleen: “I was just about to say, ‘Please write “bloggy hearts.” I hate you so much.'”) But seriously, thank you, everyone, for reading. Stick with us, and hopefully we can celebrate our second anniversary together next year. Until then, enjoy a little champagne, or maybe some cake, or maybe just this video (we’re still laughing, a LOT, a year later):
six words to change the world. 