Pour One Out For: Dom DeLuise 8/1/33 – 5/4/09

The Gods have made the heavens weep this day,  in honor of the magnificent Dom DeLuise.  Another Hollywood icon has been taken from us this year, and frankly this loss truly upsets me.  Here is what Yahoo has to report:

Song of the Day: Tijuana Bible

Every once in awhile I actually open up one the e-mails Amazon.com sends me with the subject line “recommendations blah blah blah.” Well, I was glad I did today because they told me I should check out the album Tijuana Bible by Jim Suhler & Monkey Beat, a Texas Blues trio part ZZ Top, part Stevie Ray Vaughn.  Listening to the album I’m pretty impressed. Shuler can definetly play and the tag line on their myspace, “Three chords and a cloud of dust,” is just what the doctor ordered on a rainy day.

2009 Gumball 3,000 Rally Hath Begun

Attracting ‘rock stars’ to ‘royalty’, the entry grid of over 100 amazing cars and participants in this year’s Gumball is nothing short of spectacular! From David ‘The Hoff’ Hasselhoff to Jackass’ Bam Margera and Ryan Dunn in a custom BMW; next to action sports legends Tony Hawk, Danny Kass, and Dave Mirra in tricked out Jeeps, Chevy Trucks and Porsches; alongside Cypress Hill’s DJ Muggs, British indie stars The Enemy, MTV’s Dirty Sanchez, the hilarious Cuban Brothers and the fire-breathing Fuel Girls together with vintage rocker Lemmy from Motörhead and Avenged Sevenfold – Gumball has it all – showcasing Bugatti Veyrons, Lamborghini’s to Low Riders and classic American muscle cars.

History Made Today In History

1260 – Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire. First non-Chinese ruler to conquer all of China and even he didn’t force them to smoke.

1494 – Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica and claims it for Spain. Columbus smokes peace pipe with natives; can’t remember where he left keys to Santa Maria. Panic attack ensues.

1640 – King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament. Reforms them with improved horn section and funkier bass player, the rest is history.

1809 – Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread. Nice work, Toots.

1821 – Emperor Napoleon I dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. With no one to fill the shoes of the empire builder France will soon be losing battles against…

1862 – Cinco de Mayo in Mexico: troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla. Jeez France, how the mighty have fallen.

2009 – Blogger Joe Provost aka Probot8 aka The Undisputed Heavyweight of Setting the Record Straight, Aficionado of All Things Bravado, Don Juan of Robot Bites Mon, The Keyboard Slinger, The Pain Bringer, The Most-Fearless, Social Satirist returns with the History Made Today in History post to… resounding silence (crickets chirp… owww owww owwwoooooo).