The last day of the 1st half of the year

2010 is half over and it seems like only yesterday we were celebrating the advent of the new millennium.  Remember all that Y2K stuff?

Today is NOW Day, marking the founding of the National Organization for Women on this date in 1966.

It is also National Ice Cream Soda Day.

mmmm, good.

The 101 number one song of the day made the second largest leap to number one in the rock era. It debuted on the Hot 100 at number 28 moved up to 15 the next week and wound up on top the following week on this day in 1966.  One of the members of the group had written a book a couple of years earlier. It was called “In His Own Write.” The Times of London said it was, “worth the attention of anyone who fears for the impoverishment of the English language and the British imagination.” In any case it was the inspiration for the song you’re about to hear. By the way, John wrote the Book, Paul wrote the song which was number one on June 30, 1966 “Paperback Writer’”

Other stuff.

Everyone is using the same thing to describe his retirement.  He’s hanging up his…

Larry King is giving up the show he’s hosted on CNN for the last 25 years.  He insists that he is doing this on his own and that he was not pushed out because of consistently lower ratings in the last couple of years.  He wants to spend more time with his kids and his wife (and her sister?)

Forbes magazine came out with their annual list of the most powerful celebrities. It’s a list that combines income with visibility across all forms of media. Oprah was #1 again – she earned $315-million dollars last year. The rest of the top five included Beyonce, James Cameron, Lady Gaga and Tiger Woods.

This is really cool - the FAA has given approval for the sale of the world’s first flying car in the US. It’s called ‘The Transition’ and gets 30-miles to the gallon on the highway…and flies 115 miles an hour for up to 450 miles in the air. Here’s a bonus – the wings fold up so The Transition fits into a standard garage. The car-plane combo costs $194,000…and the company says 70 people have already made deposits.

-Of course…you’re also going to need a half mile long driveway…

For the last twenty years we’ve been more worried about Global Warming than Cold Wars, but now that may be changing with the news that the FBI have arrested 10 Russian spies.  One of them is Anna Chapman who is 28 years old and is being described as a femme fatale.

We know what you’re thinking…is Chapman a typical Russian name?  Not really but they all changed their names to blend in with typical American suburbs.   Just last week the Russian President was in Washington…and there were pictures of Obama taking him to a diner for burgers. Maybe the President should have been suspicious when the waiter asked ‘”Mr. President, do you want spies, er, I mean fries with that…’

Are there spies among us here in Southern New Mexico?  We should all remain vigilant so here are three signs that your neighbor could be a Russian spy:

-He (or she) begins every conversation by saying, “Hey, you know any secrets?”

-You mention you’re having problems in the bedroom and he says, Yeah, I know.”

-You spot Vladimir Putin doing cannonballs in his pool.

And finally, according to a new survey in Great Britain – women believe men with facial hair are wilder in the bedroom. 60% said men with facial hair have more sex appeal. And 75% of men with facial hair think they’re more active sexually than their clean-shaven counterparts.

-Unfortunately…Mike’s wife says too much nose hair…doesn’t count.