Bon Jovi has been rumored to have passed away.  “Jon Bon Jovi was found dead last night after law enforcement officials found him unresponsive in a New Jersey hotel. This terrible news comes only months after actor Adam Sandler died in a terrible snowboarding accident and Will Smith fell off of a cliff while mountain climbing in New Zealand.”

This kind of rumors may seem funny to those who spread them, but it’s a relief to find out first hand from the 80′s frontman that he is still alive and kicking.  He even posted a picture and held up a sign that reads…  “Heaven Looks a lot like New Jersey”, even included the date and time on his sign.

In addition I saw a report in Yahoo saying his death is indeed a rumor see below:

RED BANK, N.J. (AP) — Jon Bon Jovi wants duped fans to know he’s not dead, and he has posted a photo proving it.

False reports of the New Jersey-born musician’s death spread online after a fake news release surfaced on social media sites.

Bon Jovi is shown in a picture on his Facebook page holding a sign that reads, “Heaven looks a lot like New Jersey.” Below that is scrawled Monday’s date.

Bon Jovi was performing at a charity concert that night at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank. His publicist confirmed Bon Jovi was alive and well and playing the show.

Information from: The Topeka Capital-Journal, http://www.cjonline.com

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP)

A man who held a Kansas couple hostage in their home while fleeing from authorities is suing them, claiming they broke an oral contract made when he promised them money in exchange for hiding him from police. The couple has asked a judge to dismiss the suit.

Jesse Dimmick of suburban Denver is serving an 11-year sentence after bursting into Jared and Lindsay Rowley’s Topeka-area home in September 2009. He was wanted for questioning in the beating death of a Colorado man and a chase had begun in in Geary County.

The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/skb0Rl ) reported that Dimmick filed a breach of contract suit in Shawnee County District Court, in response to a suit the Rowleys filed in September seeking $75,000 from him for intruding in their home and causing emotional stress.

Dimmick contends he told the couple he was being chased by someone, most likely the police, who wanted to kill him.

“I, the defendant, asked the Rowleys to hide me because I feared for my life. I offered the Rowleys an unspecified amount of money which they agreed upon, therefore forging a legally binding oral contract,” Dimmick said in his hand-written court documents. He wants $235,000, in part to pay for the hospital bills that resulted from him being shot by police when they arrested him.

Neighbors have said the couple fed Dimmick snacks and watched movies with him until he fell asleep and they were able to escape their home unharmed.

Dimmick was convicted in May 2010 of four felonies, including two counts of kidnapping. He was sentenced to 10 years and 11 months on those charges. He was later sent to a jail in Brighton, Colo., where he is being held on eight charges, including murder, in connection of with the killing of Michael Curtis in September 2009. A preliminary hearing originally scheduled for Dec. 6 has been rescheduled for April 12. No plea has been entered in the case.

Robert E. Keeshan, an attorney for the Rowleys, filed a motion denying there was a contract, but said if there was it would not have been binding anyway.

“In order for parties to form a binding contract, there must be a meeting of the minds on all essential terms, including and most specifically, an agreement on the price,” he wrote.

Keeshan said the contract also would have been invalid because the couple agreed to let Dimmick in the home only because they knew he had a knife and suspected he might have a gun.

___

Information from: The Topeka Capital-Journal, http://www.cjonline.com

Driving to work this morning while listening to a local sports radio talk show on the radio 1050 ESPN, they played a sound bite
of Bob Costas interview with Jerry Sandusky.  What bothers me about what I heard was Jerry Sandusky sounds like he doesn’t
even know that there is something odd about being in the shower with young boys.

Below is the transcript from Bob Costas’ interview with Jerry Sandusky on NBC’s “Rock Center.”

BOB COSTAS: Mr. Sandusky, there’s a 40-count indictment. The grand jury report contains specific detail. There are multiple accusers, multiple eyewitnesses to various aspects of the abuse. A reasonable person says where there’s this much smoke, there must be plenty of fire. What do you say?

JERRY SANDUSKY: I say that I am innocent of those charges.

COSTAS: Innocent? Completely innocent and falsely accused in every aspect?

SANDUSKY: Well I could say that, you know, I have done some of those things. I have horsed around with kids. I have showered after workouts. I have hugged them and I have touched their leg. Without intent of sexual contact. But – so if you look at it that way – there are things that wouldn’t – you know, would be accurate.

COSTAS: Are you denying that you had any inappropriate sexual contact with any of these underage boys?

SANDUSKY: Yes, I– yes I am.

COSTAS: Never touched their genitals? Never engaged in oral sex?

SANDUSKY: Right.

COSTAS: What about Mike McQueary, the grad assistant who in 2002 walked into the shower where he says in specific detail that you were forcibly raping a boy who appeared to be ten or 11 years old? That his hands were up against the shower wall and he heard rhythmic slap, slap, slapping sounds and he described that as a rape?

SANDUSKY: I would say that that’s false.

COSTAS: What would be his motive to lie?

SANDUSKY: You’d have to ask him that.

COSTAS: What did happen in the shower the night that Mike McQueary happened upon you and the young boy?

SANDUSKY: Okay, we– we were showing and– and horsing around. And he actually turned all the showers on and was– actually sliding– across the– the floor. And we were– as I recall possibly like snapping a towel, horseplay.

COSTAS: In 1998, a mother confronts you about taking a shower with her son and inappropriately touching him. Two detectives eavesdrop on a conversation with you, and you admit that maybe your private parts touched her son. What happened there?

SANDUSKY: I can’t exactly recall what was said there. In terms of– what I did say was that if he felt that way, then I was wrong,

COSTAS: During one of those conversations, you said, “I understand, I was wrong, I wish I could get forgiveness,” speaking now with the mother. “I know I won’t get it from you. I wish I were dead.” A guy falsely accused or a guy whose actions have been misinterpreted doesn’t respond that way, does he?

SANDUSKY: I don’t know. I didn’t say, to my recollection that I wish I were dead. I was hopeful that we could reconcile things.

COSTAS: Shortly after that in 2000, a janitor said that he saw you performing oral sex on a young boy in the showers– in the Penn State locker facility. Did that happen?

SANDUSKY: No.

COSTAS: How could somebody think they saw something as extreme and shocking as that when it hadn’t occurred, and what would possibly be their motivation to fabricate it?

SANDUSKY: You’d have to ask them.

COSTAS: It seems that if all of these accusations are false, you are the unluckiest and most persecuted man that any of us has ever heard about.

SANDUSKY: (LAUGHS) I don’t know what you want me to say. I don’t think that these have been the best days of my life.

Transcript from Newsday.com.

So what do you think?  Guilty or Not?

Joe Paterno is the oldest, winningest and maybe the most revered coach, was flooded Monday in a growing furor involving former defensive coordinator and one-time heir apparent Jerry Sandusky, who was indicted on charges of sexually abusing eight boys over 15 years.

The Pennsylvania state police commissioner said Paterno fulfilled his legal requirement when he relayed to university administrators that a graduate assistant had seen Sandusky attacking a young boy in the team’s locker room shower in 2002. But the commissioner also questioned whether Paterno had a moral responsibility to do more.

In the surrounding town of State College, some were even asking whether the 84-year-old coach should step down after 46 seasons on the sidelines.

The lawsuit filed by Patrolman Jeremy Merck of the Evesham, New Jersey, Police Department seeks unspecified damages from Good Foods to Go in Marlton, New Jersey, and its cook, Ryan Burke, for an incident that occurred in February 2010.

Merck ordered an egg, cheese and turkey bagel and after eating part of it, he found it “was adulterated with pubic, chest or other human hair,” the lawsuit said.

Merck sought medical help and was checked for communicable diseases at a hospital, his attorney, Bruce Zamost, said on Friday. None was detected.

Burke, who served Merck the sandwich, was later charged with aggravated assault, retaliation against a public servant and food tampering. He ultimately served 15 days in jail.

According to a police report from the criminal case, “Burke admitted to tearing out hairs from his chest and his pubic area and placing them on Ptl. Merck’s sandwich out of anger due to the fines and lawyers fees he had from the prior arrest in 2009.”

In 2009, Merck charged Burke with traffic offenses. Burke later complained the traffic case cost him $4,400.

“Burke admitted that he did not like Ptl. Merck as a result of that incident and expressed that he shouldn’t have to see Ptl. Merck at Good Foods to Go,” the police report continued.

A woman who answered the phone at the headquarters of the restaurant chain declined to comment on reports Burke was fired after the sandwich incident. The restaurant’s lawyer, Mark Sander, could not be reached for comment on Friday.

Zamost said no trial date has been set for the civil case but it would likely begin next year.

(Editing by Barbara Goldberg and Jerry Norton)

“Jackie is alive and well. He did not suffer a heart attack and die, as was reported on many social networking sites and in online news reports … Jackie is fine and is busy preparing for the filming of his next movie,” reported his verified Twitter and Facebook accounts.

In the event that it was the other way around where Jackie Chan really passes away, I will not be surprised if someone spreads a rumor that he is “Alive”.  Some Fans can’t accept the death of their idol to the point that they believe it, and always agree to a “conspiracy theory”.  Take for example the death of Bruce Lee, Michael Jackson or Elvis Presley, to this day some people think that they are still alive.

The Price of this Toilet from Kohler will cost you around $6,400.

Here are the things that this toilet can do that other toilets can’t.

1) The Numi comes with a ‘sleek, interactive LCD touch-screen interface’ as well as a ‘built-in personalised bidet functionality and deodoriser’.

2) It features innovative dual-flush technology, unmatched comfort features and an intuitive auto opening and closing lid.

3) The toilet’s motion-activated seat is heated. Your feet will be kept nice and warm too, by the toilet’s vents that gently blow hot air on them.

4) It also comes with speakers equipped with MP3 input sockets. You won’t even need to go to the trouble of choosing your own music though, because the toilet will also play pre-programmed music or radio broadcasts.

It sounds like number 4 is starting to push the envelope.  Next thing you know wi-fi would be one of the options, and we’ll be talking about what operating system this toilet will use.

Well as it turns out this price didn’t put the Numi as the “most expensive toilet” there’s this toilet from Japan worth $37,000,000.  That title goes to a toilet made by Hang Fung Gold Technology in Japan, which is made of solid 24-carat gold.

Hey diddle diddle,
The Cat and the fiddle,
The Cow jumped over the moon,…

Well I was surfing the internet and stumbled into this site named Wierduniverse.net and I saw this picture.  Oh boy… even if this cow didn’t jump over the moon I think this cow deserves some recognition right? Take note the name of this cow is Luna (goddess of the moon???).  She’s definitely a “Cowgirl”.

AP Photo / Kerstin Joensson

This is an interesting twist in the cycle of life under the see.  I have been a salt water aquarium owner for about 2 years now and I’ve always wanted to own a Lionfish but it is a bit expensive.  I know that these fishes have a very limited to no natural predators and that is why they thrive.  I saw this article in NatGeo and read that in the Honduras local dive masters who are familiar with the sharks decided to try to turn them on to eating invasive lionfish.

As for a Natural Predator if these fish weren’t spiky we as humans probably could be one of them.  Who knows maybe there could be some of us that eats them and it’s just not published.  Maybe in Japan they can come up with a sushi for this fish.  I will search for this and update you when I find a topic regarding lionfish as food for us.