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Join the Mile High Club For Only $299

A corporate pilot out of Georgia has come up with a fantastic idea to make a few extra bucks with his plane.

Bob Smith has outfitted the back of his Piper Cherokee 6 with a large bed and is offering to take frisky couples over 5,280 feet straight up to join the infamous Mile High Club, and all for the low low price of $299. That’s even cheaper then most local flights. And one thing is for sure, the bed would have to be a lot more comfortable then trying to bust a move in the cramped bathroom of a 747.

Smith says that he’s had customers fly in from all over the US to join the illusive Mile High Club. He offers hour long flights out of Carrollton, GA and has serviced couples from as young as 18 to as old as 60. In the past five years he’s taken roughly 75 – 100 couples to the heights of their pleasure. He even throws in a bottle of champagne, an official Mile High Club certificate and the sheets from the bed. “Everybody gets brand new sheets.” says Smith.

Check out the MileHighAtlanta website for more information and get your tickets quick!

Free Starbucks Coupon Cancellation Lands $114 million Lawsuit

Looks like Starbucks cancelling their free coffee coupon pissed someone off quite a bit.

I have to admit, I wasn’t very happy to hear that they had cancelled the coupon after only 24-hours either, but I didn’t take it to the extent this person did.

Peter Sullivan filed a $114 million class action lawsuit against Starbucks Corp. on behalf of a Starbucks regular that felt cheated by the quick cancellation of the coupon. The class action lawsuit is accusing the company of commiting fraud and is obviously a blatant attempt to suck an out of court settlement out of them.

Come on folks, it was only free Starbucks coffee, do you really think them pulling this coupon early is grounds for a class action lawsuit? Give me a break.

Pictures: Campbell River, Port Alberni, Horne Lake and Felix The Cat

While we were on the island to visit my grandparents in Port Alberni we took a quick trip up the east coast of Vancouver Island and stopped off at Horne Lake, where my aunt has a gorgeous brand new cabin on the edge of the lake and Campbell River, where my grandparents used to live, where most of my dads family currently lives and where I used to spend every summer vacation.

We snapped lots of pictures of Cameron Lake just outside Port Alberni, watched a bear walking beside the river in Port Alberni, enjoyed the view from the Pier in Campbell River, took in the results of the Campbell River wood carving competition and enjoyed the utter silence of Horne Lake.

Vancouver Island Pictures:
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On our way home from Vancouver Island we stopped at the West Vancouver SPCA to pick up our new kitty. The folks at the West Vancouver SPCA told us that they wouldn’t be able to hold him for us, which had me worried as we originally planned to pick him up on Wednesday but had to run to the island, but they assured us he would be there. Sure enough he was.
We’ve been working on names for the past two weeks or so, but after having him for a little bit we decided to stick with the name the West Vancouver SPCA gave him, Felix. I know, I know, not very original, but none of the names we had come up with fit quite as well as Felix. So now we have our very own Felix The Cat and he’s as happy as could be. He’s still spooked about a few little things, like door (yeah, weird), but he’s been out and about cruising the house, socializing and getting loved since yesterday and he’s going to be a fantastic cat. You’d never guess he’s 11 years old by how he acts and looks. Once we get a few of his mats cut out, get him combed out, get his nails trimmed and get him on some good food he’ll be rockin’ We both love him and he seems to like us too, yay kitty!

Felix the Cat Pictures:
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Code Green

Chrys and I got back from Port Alberni yesterday. If you read my entry a few entries back you’d know that we had to make a hasty run to Port Alberni to visit my grandmother in the hospital. She has been in and out of the hospital for several months now as she has a very nasty disease known as COPD or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease which is essentially a combination of chronis bronchitis and chronic emphysema that causes blockages in the airways and lungs. It’s not a friendly disease at all and it almost always results in death or causes death via lowering the immunity to things like Phnemonia.

My grandmother has smoked fo years and years and years and has had emphysema for years, so it’s no surprise she got this but it’s hard to deal with. I’ve had a really special relationship with my grandmother all my life and she’s been more of a mother to me that me real mother has, so it’s hard to see her slowly dieing.

When we got to the island she had been stuck in her bed for 14 days and had not got out of the bed at all during that time. The Dr’s found a blockage in her lung and were convinced it was a cancerous tumor (she’s had cancer 4 times already), her lung was collapses and highly infected with phnemonia, so things were not looking good at all. Luckily they determined the blockage wasn’t cancer, were able to blow it out of the airway and now her lung is slowly reinflating and she’s taking in anti-biotics to kill of the phnemonia and fluid built up in and around her lungs. She took her first walk the day we showed up, a bunch more walks the next day and thankfully was let out of the hospital the day after (Fri). Things are certainly getting better, she’s not out of the woods by any means or doing great, but she’s out of the hospital (which she despises) and home again, which is where she needs to be and needs to stay.

I can’t believe she made it through this one to be entirely honest, I thought she was going to be gone for sure. I’m really happy she got through it, but it’s hard to get to excited when you know in the back of your head the end is getting closer and closer and can come at anytime now.

I’m just happy I have her for a little longer.

Learn more about COPD @ lungusa.org

We’re Back

We’re back! Everything went surprisingly well and we have a new kitty at home.

I’ll update more later when I’m not tired and a football game isn’t on. 🙂

Family Emergency

My grandmother has been in very rough shape for the past few months now and has been in and out of the hospital many times. Well, she was readmitted to the hopsital again last week and it doesn’t sound like she’s going to pull out of this one. Chrys and I will be leaving for Port Alberni tomorrow stay with my grandpa and visit my grandma in the hospital so we can try and help out and make everything as good as possible.

I don’t like admitting to this, I love my grandmother a great deal, second only to Chrys, and I think this is going to be the last time I get to see her alive. It’s really hard to think about. We’ve been through and done so much together in our life. She’d been more a mother to me than my own mother and it’s going to be really hard letting her go, but at this point, I do realize it’s for the better. She’s suffering and has no quality of life, it’s hard to let her go, but it’s time.

Chrys and I will be at the island tomorrow until sat without any internet access, and I’m not sure if I’ll be up to blogging on or saturday, I’ll have to see how everything goes. I’m hoping for the best and preparing for the worst, basically.

I’ll see you all later this week.

Rock Star Supernova Update

Each contestant sang two shows during tonight’s show: 1 original and 1 cover song.

Dilana takes to the stage first and sings “Behind Blue Eyes” by The Who

My Thoughts: Not very good, really. There isn’t a way other than the original way this song was done to sing it and it just doesn’t work. I didn’t care for it at all, to be honest.

Dilana sings “Supersoul” for her original piece.

She rocked the song out with a torn calf muscle (ouch!) and she threw a lot of effort into the song. Dave Navarro said she had good crowd interaction but didn’t dig the original at all. Tommy Lee really dug the original and Gilby Clarke said the lyrics were to literal and she needs to play with the vocals more.

My Thoughts: I though it was pretty good, very catchy song, could hear it on the radio, though not really a Supernova kind of song.

Magni sings “Back in the USSR” by The Beatles

My Thoughts: I didn’t like it, his voice didn’t fit the song and I just wasn’t digging it.

Magni sings an original song he translated from his native Icelandic called “When The Time Comes”.

Dave Navarro says the cover was killer and the original was great. Tommy Lee says he saw the same performance for both songs and Magni responded by saying thats because he sang both of them (ha!). Gilby Clarke agreed with tommy.

My Thoughts: Not a great song originally, but it’s totally one that could grown on you.

Storm sings “Suffragette City” by David Bowie

Dave joins Storm on stage and rocks out on guitar for the Bowie classic.

My Thoughts: Horrible outfit, horrible song, horrible vocals, HORRIBLE!

Storms original song is “What the Fuck is Lady Like”, though she has to call it and sing it as “What the WHAT is Lady Lake” to appears the censors.

Tommy rocks out during the song and says he loves the original. Dave thought being on stage was great and the original was his favorite original from both season of Rock Star. Gilby said he liked both songs as well.

My Thoughts: This song was awesome! This is Storm at her absolute best, she has not been better before in this show and I loved the song. I didn’t like that it was censored, though it still sounded good. Uncensored, this song would be fantastic and is massively catchy. I loved it, really blew me away.

Lukas attempts a odd arrangement of “Livin’ on a Prayer” by Bon Jovi

My Thoughts: Um… interesting, to say the least. I’m so-so on this one, all I can say is that it was certainly different.

Lukas then performs his original work called “Headspin”

Dave dug it and everyone else didn’t really comment or didn’t have much to say.

My Thoughts: It sounded like every other emo band on the face of the earth. Completely un-original, repetative, no message, crap lyrics, boring. To sum up in one word: EMO!

Toby gives “Mr. Brightside” by The Killers as shot.

My Thoughts: Crap. Give up on killers stuff man, you don’t have the voice for it.

Toby belted out an original song called “Throw it Away”

He does his usual run through the crowd, pops up in front of Supernova, rocks out hard and Tommy plays with his butt (to funny!). Dave said the song was instantly memorable and by the time he hit the second verse the entire crowd new the song and was rocking out right along with him. Gilby said he always managed to put the fun back into Rock n Roll and his performance rocked.

My Thoughts: Good song, I dug it, quite catchy. I’m digging Toby more and more as the show progresses, I think he’s got a real shot at this.

That’s it for tonights show! Make sure to catch tomorrow’s show to see who gets eliminated!

Big Brother Update: Will Eliminated!!!

Mike Boggie holds the HOH power going into tonight episode.

The former houseguests that were recently booted out and enjoying the costal vista of the sequester house got kicked out of that house too and sent to the Jury house. Looks like the Sequester house was in the path of a tropical storm/potential hurricane, sucks to be them.

Marcells and Howie are screaming and yelling and bitching and whining and crying and hissing at eachother, as usual. Howie really is a friggin’ whiney moron.

Danielle joins the crew in the Jury House to everyone’s amazement and while chatting it up and drinking wine in the kitchen Chicken George sneaks in the back door. Jedi numb nuts Howie flys off the handle and goes batty on Chicken George, yelling and screaming at him, calling him a fat ass and various other infantile things. What an idiot. That was the first time I’ve seen chicken george some what mad, it was surprising, but totally justified.

Back to the Big Brother house we go.

Erika doesn’t trust chill town at all and has finally seemed to realized she is getting played big time and makes her move to end the crazyness.

Dr. Will and Janelle sleep in the same bed for the first time this season where Janelletells Dr. Will that she has a showmance with him. Fools.

Power of Veto Competition:

The houseguests have to dig through goo finding pictures of former houseguests and throwing them on a star shaped board next to questions related to those guests. There are lots of ways to put the pics on, but only one specific order is correct.

Guess who wins? Yup, Janelle wins the Power of Veto yet again! That girl rocks the competitions.

Janelle and Erika chat and Erika is quite obviously fighting for her life as she knows they’re all after her next. She makes a promise on her mothers name that she won’t take Mike Boogie to the final two, but will take Janelle instead. The girls chat and chat and discuss what Chill Town has told both of them and finally look to be ready to gang up on the boys. Yay! Finally.

Eviction Ceremony:

Janelle, naturally, pulls herself on the block and Mike Boogie is forced to utter words he had hoped never to have to utter, putting Dr. Will up on the block in her place.

Janelle casts her vote and bam! Dr Will Is ELIMINATED! Finally!

Final Head of Household Competition:

All 3 houseguests must stand on the side of a volcanoe holding onto a key as long as possible. Boogie does the dumbest thing possible and jumps off the volcanoe, saying the two girls can’t take eachother, one of them HAS to take him. Bold move buddy, that’s gonna bite you in the ass.

The kicker is, Janelle took her hand off the key when boogie jumped off to turn and watch him stomp off and she was eliminated. Erika is the winner of Part one of the elimination challenge and gets a buy through the second round. The second round will happen Thursday and will pit Janelle against Boogie.

Final Eviction is Thursday, Sept 7th, 2006. Then after that, it’s all down to the Big Brother All Stars Season Finale on Sept. 12th, 2006.

Stay Tuned…