tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-259701022011-12-05T16:49:48.096-08:00<p align="left">a.) It's a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briefcase_Full_of_Blues">Blues Brothers reference</a>, we're not depressed<br><br> b.) Please excuse the mess. We're working on the presentation, which was messed up by GeoCities' recent permanent shutdown (we lost our server).<br><br> c.) The blogs come when they come, don't rush them<br><br> d.) Please help support The Briefcase by visiting our sponsors<br></p>sagefatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12520130204454576127noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25970102.post-35186396259404807612010-10-08T21:50:00.000-07:002010-10-08T22:23:27.242-07:002010-10-08T22:23:27.242-07:00

Few things can get us choked up. Baseball documentaries. Hal Holbrook in the nursing home on Sons of Anarchy. Tom Hanks' first night alone in New York in Big. Old Yeller. Well, Minneapolis musician Jeremy Messersmith might just make you go all "Niagra Falls" when you watch his latest video (just like Attilla the Hun did when the Ghost of Christmas Past showed him his mother).The "Twin Suns of

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In case you were wondering whatever happened to Late Night with Conan O'Brien star Pierre Bernard after O'Brien left for Los Angeles, well, Birmingham, Alabama has an interesting looking interim mayor:Pierre's diatribes were some of the best bits Conan's Late Night had to offer, and often times hit a little too close to home for some of us nerds:

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To our anonymous Festivus angel(s) out there, you rock. Thank you for the card and the goodies inside. This makes us regret not checking our business address mailbox more often. Now onto solving the mystery of your identity. All we need is a handwriting expert and a list of people who have actual knowledge of our PO Box address and reside/travel in the general vicinity of the envelope's

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It's a Slapsgiving Day Miracle:

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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

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Papa John Schmatter or Papa il Baggaduce'?Just another reason we prefer Pizza Hut...photo courtesy of navi

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It wasn't him, Charley, it was you...This month, HBO is airing a powerful new documentary entitled Assault in the Ring, in which filmmaker Eric Drath seeks to uncover the truth behind the darkest day in boxing history. On June 16, 1983, Billy Collins, Jr. fought Luis Resto in an undercard bout for the Roberto Duran - Davey Moore fight in Madison Square Garden.Collins was a highly-touted and

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Simon Wilder: You asked the question, sir, now let me answer it. The beauty of the Constitution is that it can always be changed. The beauty of the Constitution is that it makes no set law other than faith in the wisdom of ordinary people to govern themselves.Proffesor Pitkannan: Faith in the wisdom of the people is exactly what makes the Constitution incomplete and crude.Simon Wilder: Crude?

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...No, really. Take them off the shelf and play something different for a change.A recent post on a friend's blog lamenting the lack of quality songs these days brought to mind a musical complaint of our own: ridiculously overplayed songs on classic rock radio.Now this complaint is by no means exclusively ours. Many music fans express their chagrin over the seemingly abundant airplay of

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The delivery van for sale across the street gave us an idea......Anyone wanna loan us a few bucks?

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AMC has been running Lonesome Dove this week. Originally a four-part miniseries on CBS twenty years ago, AMC has condensed it to a two-nighter, and naturally the promos during the commercial break encourage viewers to "come back tomorrow night for the conclusion of..."That "conclusion" line triggered the old memory marbles and I flashed to the old ABC voiceover voice. Lines like "stay tuned for

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...But February made me shiverWith every paper I’d deliverBad news on the doorstepI couldn’t take one more stepI can’t remember if I criedWhen I read about his widowed brideBut something touched me deep insideThe day the music died...February 3, 1959: Don McLean was a thirteen year-old paper boy in New Rochelle, NY, when the headlines in his hands informed him of the tragic end of rock pioneers

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Welp, we were actually searching for some great holiday cheer to bring to you, in the form of a classic SNL bit from the 80's: the Sweeney Sisters' Christmas - but for some reason, NBC hasn't gotten around to providing this clip to the public. Originally aired on December 20, 1986, this classic SNL episode (hosted by Bill Shatner) was full of great sketches, and was probably one of the best of

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In case you haven't heard, it looks like LaLa is going down. Read "101 Ways to Lose Your Mayor" here. It'll probably take years, but the ball is rolling. Don't blame me, I voted for Bernie.

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On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther sent a now-famous letter to his Archbishop. He also [allegedly] nailed a copy to the door of the local church. You rock, Martin. Well, you know, except for the whole antisemitism thing. Anyways, The Briefcase is happy to provide some Protestant entertainment for you below. Happy Reformation Day, everyone!All you Lutherans, get outta yo' seats...Martin

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Does this go for Wyclef's "We Tryin' to Stay Alive" as well? You can tell by the way I roll, shorty, that I'm a ladies' man, a business man:Disco tune "Stayin' Alive" could save your lifeThu Oct 16, 2008 3:27pm EDTWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. doctors have found the Bee Gees 1977 disco anthem "Stayin' Alive" provides an ideal beat to follow while performing chest compressions as part of CPR on a

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We almost forgot what it really feels like to live in Cub Nation. Back to reality? 100 years and counting?... "We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life."-C3P0...We sure hope not. Lord, help us.

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We can learn a lot from film sometimes:"The name is Horace."The Monster SquadTriStar Pictures, 19871. Wolfman's got nards.2. There's only one way to kill a werewolf."No such thing as bad student, only bad teacher. Teacher say, student do."The Karate KidColumbia Pictures, 19841. What do we study here? The way of the fist, that's what. We all know the mantra of the Cobra Kai: Strike first. Strike

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Finally, a piece on Gilles Bilodeau -From The Birmingham News:Hockey player `Bad News' was a teddy bear off the iceSunday, August 31, 2008ERIN STOCKNews staff writerGilles "Bad News" Bilodeau famously delivered some bad news on Nov. 24, 1977, in what was coined The Thanksgiving Night Massacre in the next day's newspaper.It took Bilodeau and four other Birmingham Bulls starters exactly 24 seconds

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Hockey Night in Birmingham. My dad used to tell me stories of Birmingham's fabulous 3 seasons with the renegade major hockey league, the World Hockey Association. Those stories pretty much always revolve around good old hockey brawls - and many of them involved Birmingham hockey legend Gilles "Bad News" Bilodeau, who played 2 seasons for the Bulls from 1976-78. Bilodeau played in a peculiar

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Mawage. Mawage is whot bwings us togeder today. Mawage, that bwessed awangement, that dweam wifin a dweam; And wuv, twue wuv, will fowow you foweva...Check out this true love story over at Festville.com.

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Did you know...Alse Young (sometimes cited as Achsah Young) was the first person in the records executed for witchcraft in the 13 Colonies? (No, I didn't know it either. But I know now. And I also know that it happened in Connecticut, not Massachusetts, like the Birmingham Trivia people cited in tonight's final trivia question at On Tap. So there, smartypantses. I mean, if it's your job to

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A recent re-viewing of the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale left me, oh, I don't know, somewhat dispirited perhaps. As a result, this Bond fan isn't as-of-yet excited for Bond 22, currently titled Quantum of Solace. Don't get me wrong, I'll go see it, and I'll be all about it, I just need some time to brood over these winds of change that I didn't even see coming.What I mean is, Casino was

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from the Associated Press, June 26, 2008:DMV Offers 10,000 ReplacementLicense Plates "...Officials learned last year the common acronym stands for a vulgarphrase in e-mail and cell phone text messages..."Read the story here.

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You gotta appreciate misheard lyrics, I know I do. We all know the universal classics, like Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon Rising" (...There's a bathroom on the right...) or R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion" (...Let's pee in the corner, let's pee in the spotlight...). There's probably countless sites out there like this one or this one that celebrate this phenomenon. Check them out if

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