January 2008 – Page 3 – The Paunch Stevenson Show

In the tradition of the inane orange “gates” put up in Central Park, the artists are at it again. This time building 4 man-made waterfalls in New York. Why? Seriously, someone tell me why?

This was his previous project in London, a ball of mirrors and such made to look like a mini-Sun.

January 18, 2008

Celebrity Deaths

Before we get too far behind, we have some recent celebrity deaths, courtesy of deadoraliveinfo.com:

Evel Knievel (Robert Knievel, Jr.)
Born: October 17, 1938
Died: November 30, 2007 (age 69)
Motorcycle daredevil who performed stunts from 1966 to 1981 and is in the Guinness Book of World Records for having 40 broken bones.

Ike Turner
Born: November 5, 1931
Died: December 12, 2007 (age 76, drug overdose)
Former singing partner and husband of Tina Turner. His biggest hit was a cover version of “Proud Mary” in 1971.

Dan Fogelberg
Born: August 13, 1951
Died: December 16, 2007 (age 56, cancer)
Folk rock singer/songwriter. His biggest hit was “Longer” in 1980.

Brad Renfro
Born: July 25, 1982
Died: January 15, 2008 (age 25)
Actor whose biggest movie was The Client (1994) starring Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones. In 2006, he was convicted of attempted heroin possession and driving while under the influence and was sentenced to 10 days in jail.

Bobby Fischer
Born: March 9, 1943
Died: January 17, 2008 (age 64)
Chess grandmaster who emigrated to Iceland in 2005. In 1972, he became the only U.S.-born chess player to become the official World Chess Champion.

January 18, 2008

Coming Soon: Blogs

As discussed in episode 93, we will start posting blog entries soon. The most recent ones will be posted on the home page along with the most recent episode of the podcast. To read all of our blog entries, click on the “blog” link at the top of the page.

Basically, it’s the same thing as our former “news” category, except it sounds cooler and we’ll be posting tidbits much more frequently.