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As it turns out, I’m on assignment today. What do I mean by that? I wrote a Guest Post and it’s on Jen’s Hope Studios blog for her “Friday Feedback” segment today.
So to my readers, I encourage you to click here, visit Jen’s blog and comment on the post. And for any of Jen’s readers visiting The Constant Complainer for the first time, I welcome you. And while you’re here, read a post or two, introduce yourself and tell us about your blog, if you have one.
My post over there is titled “The Birds and The Bees - Feedback Friday Guest Post” and consistent with my love to stir the pot, needless to say, it should be an interesting discussion. Enjoy…
Jen, from Hope Studios, has a post every Friday that she calls “Feedback Friday.” I’ve decided to borrow that idea for this Friday.
So here’s the deal. I was able to find all of the Mel Gibson recordings online tonight. I’m referring to the extremely graphic, vulgar and profanity-laced telephone conversations he had with Oksana Grigorieva. I’ll link to them below.
I let my wife listen to one of the recordings, she looked at me and said, “It’s Mel Gibson. Who gives a sh*t?” Maybe she’s right. Some people don’t care what he said. Some people love and eat it up. Some people are offended. Some people think that Oksana shouldn’t have recorded him. And some people just blame it on Hollywood or a domestic argument. But one thing is sure - the whole situation seems a lot more interesting because a famous actor is involved.
All of the tapes are only several minutes each, so I hope everyone listens to at least one of them (be warned that they are extremely graphic). Then I want to know if you’re offended or not. I want to know if you care or not. I want to know if Mel has committed a career-ending mistake or not. And I want to know if you will support the authorities looking into this matter or not. Let’s have some fun and maybe bash Mel Gibson a little along the way too.
Tape #1 - Mel says he’ll burn down the house after demanding sex
Tape #2 - Mel’s original sexist and racist rant
Tape #3 - Mel’s epic rant and threats of violence
I had lunch with an expectant mother yesterday. And I told her the same thing that I tell all new parents - it’s amazing the different things you’ll notice when you become a parent. It’s true.
And smokers are just one example. Anyone who has ever read this blog knows that I’m not a big fan of smoking. My mother smoked while she was pregnant with me. As a result, I was born two months early and have despised smoking since I was old enough to know what happened.
But going back to my original thought, after having our daughter, I began to get upset when I’d be driving and would see an adult smoking while they had a child (or even a child in a car seat) in the car. Now, I know some people will read this and say that (when I see that stuff) it’s none of my business. But when an innocent child or a baby (who can’t even speak yet) is subjected to second-hand smoke, maybe I’m making it my business.
Continue reading Parental Musings
Instead of using the word “bionic” in the title of this post, I should have used “moronic” instead. And clearly, we have a winner for this week’s “Moron of the Week Award.”
“A New Mexico man is recovering at a Texas burn centre after he lost a drinking game and had his prosthetic leg set on fire. The man and his friends had reportedly agreed that whoever drank the least would be set on fire. He drank six beers and lost. The man was eventually found unclothed at the side of a highway with his prosthetic on fire. His “friends” had panicked and dropped him there en route to the hospital, a police news release said. The flames from the prosthetic had burned his lower back and buttocks.” My favorite part of the story by The Province - “the victim, 47, reportedly told deputies he did not try to stop his drinking buddies from setting him on fire, because he had lost the bet.” Another story by the Las Cruces Sun-News, said, “Witnesses reported seeing an individual walking on a U.S. 70 bridge with his leg on fire.”
OK, I don’t know if this guy was drunk before he made the bet, didn’t want to rat on his buddies or is simply an idiot, but how stupid can one get. This is exactly the problem I have with binge-drinkers and people who become idiots when they drink. But that’s a whole post in itself. Oh, and a mental note to all - don’t play drinking games in Las Cruces, New Mexico, as losing can be costly and painful…
It’s hot here in Cleveland today - 92 degrees currently. And I don’t feel like writing a long post. So let’s have a contest instead.
I was in San Diego last week and my friend and I took these pictures one night at a karaoke bar. It was pretty funny, because this woman actually looked at her friend and said, “Why does everyone keep taking my f*cking picture?” Well honey, maybe it’s because of the way you were dressed…
So, here’s the contest - make up a caption to go along with these pictures. You can be the fashion police, you can say what she might have been thinking, you can comment as an onlooker or you can just say something funny in general. I’ll start, but the rest of you are the ones in the contest. The funniest and/or most creative caption will win a $25 American Express gift card and a “The Constant Complainer” t-shirt.
 
Over the last year, the “cell phone shots” segment of this blog has really taken off and become a crowd pleaser. If you’re new to it, here’s how it works… Typically it involves cell phone pictures that I’ve taken. We post them and discuss the complaint involved with them. Or sometimes we just post them and make fun of them.
Anyway, today’s pictures weren’t taken by me. They were taken by our readers. And judging by the content, I’m sure that several different conversations will follow.
Game Cleaning Room - Taken by Mrs. Constant Complainer. My wife travels quite a bit for work and she gets some great pictures. But nothing beats this one taken in Centerville, Iowa. Not only can you stay at this hotel, but you can clean the deer you just killed at the same time.
Continue reading Readers’ Shots
Well, the man who made the term “sugar tits” famous is back in the news again. Mel Gibson has been caught on tape yelling and swearing at his girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva. He apparently called her a “whore” and a “c**t.” And he also told her, “You look like a f*cking pig in heat and if you get raped by a pack of ni**ers it will be your fault.” Wow! You can read TMZ’s full article here.
Here’s my concern. Gibson is now exhibiting a pattern of racist behavior. Need we relive his anti-Semitic and drunk driving tirade from a few years ago? And worse yet, in this case, clearly he didn’t know that he was being tape-recorded, so he must have been speaking his mind. This is much more than a domestic situation getting nasty - it’s just uncalled for.
And man, have the big guns come out to criticize Mr. Gibson now. Just in the last 24 hours, Gloria Allred, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Reverend Al Sharpton, the NAACP and the Anti-Defamation League have all issued statements. Ouch. And just when I thought it was safe to rent “Edge of Darkness” on Netflix…
Mug Shot Courtesy of The Smoking Gun
After searching the bowels of the Internet, one of our readers, Sugar, was able to find two strong competitors for this week’s “Moron of the Week Award.” Enjoy and, as always, let us know who the bigger moron is.
Fishing License Guy - If you’d like, Peter Wann, of Alexandria, NC, is available to be your hired first mate for sport fishing expeditions. However, you may not want to hire him when there is money on the line. Wann and his teammates were recently participating in the “Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament” when they pulled in an 883-pound blue marlin. Their catch was 137 inches long! And what was on the line in this tournament? $1,000,000! They were going to win, right? Wrong! Wann had forgotten to renew his fishing license - a rule book must. You can read the full story and see pictures of their catch here. The bottom line - he tried to renew his license using a wireless connection from the boat, but tournament officials would not award his team the money.
Raccoon Lady - Leah Osborne from Oklahoma really is an animal lover. In fact, she was kind enough to stop and pick up a raccoon she saw on the road. However, when the animal “began to show a more animated side,” she let it out of the car. It’s too bad that the police had already been called due to an animal being on the roadway. Oh, that’s right; I forgot to mention that Osborne was drunk at the time - to the tune of nearly five times the legal limit (.37). Things turned worse as Osborne became frightened of the raccoon, ran past the police officer, hid in muddy ditch and was subsequently arrested. If a mug shot is worth a thousand words, click here to see it and read the full story.
OK, so today at approximately 1:41 p.m., there was an earthquake near the Ontario/Quebec border. And it reached us in Cleveland, OH. That’s right; C-Town was rocked today.
My buddy works in downtown Cleveland and his building swayed. And so did my wife’s building, located about twenty minutes away.
According to a report by the USGS, it was a 5.0 magnitude earthquake. You can view their full report here. Initially it was considered a 5.5 magnitude, but was later downgraded. Apparently it could be felt as far as 300 miles away. Yikes!
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