By Karen C. (NWM Staff Writer)
This past week represented a huge part of Howard Stern history. October 8, 2009 was the 16th year anniversary of Howard Stern’s autobiography, Private Parts. Was it a popular book you ask? Believe it or not, Private Parts was the fastest- selling book in Simon & Schuster’s history, according to Wikipedia. It was later adapted into a film in 1997. It is number 87 on the American Library Association’s list of the “100 Most Frequently Challenged Books” between 1990-2000. As a huge Howard Stern fan, I enjoyed reading about his life and fame. I recommend it to Howard devotees everywhere.
Wikipedia defines a poker tell as a subtle but detectable change in a player's behavior or demeanor that gives clues to that player's assessment of his hand. My tell usually involves a giant smile that overtakes my face. Followed by an uncontrollable giggle or two. Which is probably the reason I get cleaned out like clockwork at my yearly poker game with my buddies. Here are 5 more not-so-obvious tells the pros at Titan Poker Bonus usually spot.
Talking: If a player has a choppy conversation it means that most like he or she has a sucky hand that’s consuming their thoughts. Smooth talkers are usually holding something decent.
Eyes: Kind of a toss up in the good hand / bad hand area. Either way the eyes usually start to do different things once the hand is dealt. It’s your job to find the patterns.
Facial Expressions: Similar to the eye thing. Again, watch the cards then the face and try to connect the two.
Strong Weak Reverse: Card newbies usually try this reverse psych-out trick.
Hands: This is a good one and pretty simple to spot.
Building on the Battle of The Network Stars fever of the late 70s, ABC green lighted Laff-A-Lympics. A groundbreaking animated series that featured 45 of the Hanna-Barbera staples competing in all types of Olympic competitions. Announcing duties went to the always witty Snagglepuss and Mildew Wolf. The cartoon aired from 1977-78. Sadly it ended without an official medal ceremony or at least letting us know the final scores. Thankfully Wikipedia did go through all the episodes and collected the results from every event. Here’s the official tally as of October 28, 1978…
The Scooby Doobies: 14 wins
The Yogi Yahooeys: 7 wins
The Really Rottens: 2 wins
This was pretty much the statement (I might’ve embellished a little for blogging sake) that I read in an editorial piece on Waterboarding. The article was exploring both sides of the issue. Is Waterboarding humane? Is it the right thing to do (during wartime) to extract vital information to save millions of lives? The “kissing cousins” thing was actually a comment made by RghtWingman76 about the article. His real comment read…
“Waterboarding is not torture, we did it all the time as children, it's called a ‘swirly’ when you get it in high-school. The only difference is kids used toilet water.”
Wondering if their was any merit to this Limbaugh-like statement I did a little Wiki searching for both definitions. Here’s what I found. You be the judge.
Swirly (or Swirlie):
The act of holding the victim upside down with his or her head in the toilet bowl, and flushing. Typically perpetrated by two or more older, larger individuals. More commonly known as bogwashing in the U.K.
Waterboarding:
Is a form of torture that consists of immobilizing the victim on his or her back with the head inclined downwards, and then pouring water over the face and into the breathing passages, causing the captive to believe he or she is dying.
