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Tina Fey for vice president

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By Jack Perry    Email

I know I'm not the first one to make this observation, but I'm sure Tina Fey could do a great imitation of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. I bet she's already practiced Palin's voice, with an accent some of......

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 Tags  Fargo   Sarah Palin   Tina Fey  

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Sarah Palin is liberal, at least when it comes to picking names

12:24 PM Wed, Sep 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Plenty of questions are swirling around the news that Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, is pregnant, but here's what I'm really curious about: What name will they give this baby? If Bristol is anything like her......

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 Tags  Alaska   Barack Obama   John McCain   Sarah Palin   Todd Palin  

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Unlike David Duchovny, most men are immune to sex addiction

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By Jack Perry    Email

AP photo Actor David Duchovny is surrounded by fans in July during the opening of The X Files: I Want To Believe in London, but we've learned recently, there's a downside to all that adulation. After hearing that actor......

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 Tags  David Duchovny   sex addiction  

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Is the sky ever blue when you live in an upside-down house?

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By Jack Perry    Email

AP Photo "What happened to my house?," this guy must be saying. "I was only gone for five minutes." Just kidding. This house in northern Germany was built upside down to allow visitors a different view of everyday items,......

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 Tags  Florida   Germany   Poland   upside down house  

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If only somebody had watched out for my self-esteem

fastball.jpg 2:51 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

Here's proof beyond the gray hair (or lack of hair of any color) that I was born too early. In a Connecticut youth baseball league, organizers have banned 9-year-old Jericho Scott (left, AP photo) from pitching because they say......

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 Tags  Connecticut   Little League   Major League Baseball   Mariano Rivera   youth baseball  

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Here she comes, Miss Nun 2008

2:57 PM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

If you're the kind of guy who's ever thought, "That nun might be kind of cute if she'd take that veil off her head and wipe that frown off her face," you should probably go straight to confession. But you......

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 Tags  beauty pageants   Hugh Hefner   Julie Andrews   nuns   Rev. Antonio Rungi   Sally Field   Whoopi Goldberg  

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The Fonz in bronze gets two thumbs up

ENTER TV-HAPPYDAYS MW.JPG 2:36 PM Wed, Aug 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli has finally taken his proper place with Hank Aaron, Gandhi and Christ in the hearts and minds of Milwaukee residents. Of course, "Fonzie" was a beloved character in the hit television sitcom "Happy Days," set in......

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 Tags  Christ   Fonzie   Gandhi   Hank Aaron   Milwaukee  

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