Florida football coach Urban Meyer announced on Saturday that he was resigning due to health reasons. On Sunday, he announced that he was not resigning, he just needs time off. I think that's what you call Urban renewal.
Urban Meyer announced his resignation on Saturday and on Sunday he said he would return as Florida's head coach after all. Meyer is still learning. Brett Favre called and told him, "You should have waited way longer before you announced your comeback, dude!"
Indy quarterback Peyton Manning was unhappy about being yanked in the 3rd quarter yesterday, along with other key players, and ultimately losing to the New York Jets, dashing all hopes of a perfect season. But he respected Colts coach Jim Caldwell's decision and watched the rest of the game from the bench. Meanwhile, Brett Favre showed up on the sidelines and told Caldwell, "I'm going in."
President Obama visited a classroom of children during Christmas week and read The Polar Express. Then he explained how the Polar Express is really a metaphor for his chilly, rapidly declining approval ratings.
Britney Spears posted a "B.S." alert on her website, naming the top 75 most ridiculous stories printed about her during 2009. Next week, she'll post the ones that aren't true.
Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed the remains of a house in Nazareth, dating back to the time of Jesus. They think it may even be the house of Jesus himself. They found a letter from a Nazareth grammar school addressed to the parents of a student in the gifted program.
The Christmas week weather was nasty all over. Europe was even hit by bad weather. It was so cold in France you couldn't tell if everyone's faces were frozen or if they were just glaring rudely as usual.
Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn have been married for 63 years. He says that when he first asked her to marry him, she turned him down. Then she saw the size of his peanuts.
Over the holidays, Jon Gosselin's New York apartment was trashed. That would be by him living in it.
An Associated Press story reporting on Jon Gosselin's apartment break-in refers to Gosselin as a
"reality star". Wrong on both counts.
Charlie Sheen spent most of Christmas day in jail after being arrested following a domestic dispute with his wife. Charlie has a violent temper. Christmas at the Sheen house is known as "Two and A Half Trees".
About Me
- Wendel Potter
- My writing career took off in 1979 and it continues to roll. I've written comedy for Joan Rivers, Jay Leno, Rodney Dangerfield, and the Yakov Smirnoff Show. I was a weekly columnist for a Nebraska newspaper for 10 years. Several of my short stories have been published in a national magazine, Woman's World. This blog is a return to old columns dear to my heart and new essays that are currently ideas on a close horizon. I hope we can become friends.
Showing posts with label Jon Gosselin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jon Gosselin. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
The film 2012 opened this weekend and took in $65 million at the box office. Movie-goers are spending money like it's the end of the world and there's no tomorrow.
Researchers say it's likely they can produce a nicotine vaccine to help people quit smoking. So what will smokers do after sex, give themselves a shot in the arm?
Where did that "having a cigarette after sex" start? Was it with Adam and Eve? Adam kicked back against a tree, put some leaves in his mouth and said, "Boy, I wish somebody would invent fire so I could smoke this."
The Oscars held a big bash this weekend and honored Lauren Bacall, filmmaker Roger Corman, and cinematographer Gordon Willis with Academy Awards for Lifetime Achievement. It's early to give out Oscars, but the Academy figured, "Hey these people have achieved a lifetime so they might not be around for the March show."
NBC is calling this "going green" week. It has nothing to do with the environment. It's because the network executives are turning green when they look at NBC's ratings.
South Carolina cannot put a cross on the state's license plates after a non-Christian group won a law suit last week in a U.S. court. I guess the next thing South Carolina has to get rid of are all their School Crossing signs.
Jon Gosselin is promoting a "new me" image. Photos have been popping up all over showing Jon in a cross-legged Yoga position. Actually, he's sitting in front of a television watching his spiritual yoga director, Yogi Bear.
Jon Gosselin is suing the TLC network for $5 million citing work ethic violations. When it comes to Jon's work ethic, 5 mil is about $499,999.99 too much.
Let's not forget that Sarah Palin's book, "Going Rogue" will be out tomorrow. This could end up being the only book ever banned by the Wasilla Public Library.
Researchers say it's likely they can produce a nicotine vaccine to help people quit smoking. So what will smokers do after sex, give themselves a shot in the arm?
Where did that "having a cigarette after sex" start? Was it with Adam and Eve? Adam kicked back against a tree, put some leaves in his mouth and said, "Boy, I wish somebody would invent fire so I could smoke this."
The Oscars held a big bash this weekend and honored Lauren Bacall, filmmaker Roger Corman, and cinematographer Gordon Willis with Academy Awards for Lifetime Achievement. It's early to give out Oscars, but the Academy figured, "Hey these people have achieved a lifetime so they might not be around for the March show."
NBC is calling this "going green" week. It has nothing to do with the environment. It's because the network executives are turning green when they look at NBC's ratings.
South Carolina cannot put a cross on the state's license plates after a non-Christian group won a law suit last week in a U.S. court. I guess the next thing South Carolina has to get rid of are all their School Crossing signs.
Jon Gosselin is promoting a "new me" image. Photos have been popping up all over showing Jon in a cross-legged Yoga position. Actually, he's sitting in front of a television watching his spiritual yoga director, Yogi Bear.
Jon Gosselin is suing the TLC network for $5 million citing work ethic violations. When it comes to Jon's work ethic, 5 mil is about $499,999.99 too much.
Let's not forget that Sarah Palin's book, "Going Rogue" will be out tomorrow. This could end up being the only book ever banned by the Wasilla Public Library.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Today's Jokes by Wendel Potter
The Stanford Cardinal routed the USC Trojans yesterday, 55-21. The headline in the newspaper of the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles read: Cardinal Says No To Trojan Defense.
The weather has been chilly in LA lately. As a matter of fact, it was so cold yesterday that Pete Carroll and Matt Barkley were scraping frost off their haloes.
The Iranian Speaker of Parliament says that President Obama is no better than George W. Bush. Finally, Iran must be getting the message that we're all equal.
In her book, Going Rogue, Sarah Palin claims that Katie Couric's interview questions were repetitive and biased. But by golly, Sarah kept up with her. She had the answers to match.
It's the opinion of many that Sarah Palin will be the front-runner for the Republican nomination for the presidency in 2012. She could even end up winning the election. Hey, maybe the Mayan calendar is right.
Sarah Palin told Barbara Walters that she was devastated when she found out that her daughter, Bristol, was pregnant. She even went so far as to blame the Democrats because all the sticks were blue.
Broadway sources say that the new Spiderman musical has a $52 million budget. 52 million for Spiderman! That's 6-1/2 million bucks a leg.
On Friday night, Bruce Springsteen was performing at a concert in Michigan, but he greeted the crowd with "Hello Ohio!" and repeatedly made references to the Buckeye State before his guitarist, Steven Van Zandt, whispered to him that they were in Michigan. Of course, Bruce apologized. Then he introduced Van Zandt as Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Jon Gosselin is now suing TLC, the network that produces Jon&Kate Plus Eight. He says TLC broke child labor laws. Jon claims that he had to work more hours than the law allows for a child.
The weather has been chilly in LA lately. As a matter of fact, it was so cold yesterday that Pete Carroll and Matt Barkley were scraping frost off their haloes.
The Iranian Speaker of Parliament says that President Obama is no better than George W. Bush. Finally, Iran must be getting the message that we're all equal.
In her book, Going Rogue, Sarah Palin claims that Katie Couric's interview questions were repetitive and biased. But by golly, Sarah kept up with her. She had the answers to match.
It's the opinion of many that Sarah Palin will be the front-runner for the Republican nomination for the presidency in 2012. She could even end up winning the election. Hey, maybe the Mayan calendar is right.
Sarah Palin told Barbara Walters that she was devastated when she found out that her daughter, Bristol, was pregnant. She even went so far as to blame the Democrats because all the sticks were blue.
Broadway sources say that the new Spiderman musical has a $52 million budget. 52 million for Spiderman! That's 6-1/2 million bucks a leg.
On Friday night, Bruce Springsteen was performing at a concert in Michigan, but he greeted the crowd with "Hello Ohio!" and repeatedly made references to the Buckeye State before his guitarist, Steven Van Zandt, whispered to him that they were in Michigan. Of course, Bruce apologized. Then he introduced Van Zandt as Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Jon Gosselin is now suing TLC, the network that produces Jon&Kate Plus Eight. He says TLC broke child labor laws. Jon claims that he had to work more hours than the law allows for a child.
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