http://aroundthewatercooler.comOffice Gossip, Current Events and NewsenFri, 03 Sep 2010 04:51:12 PDTnoOffice Gossip, Current Events and Newsaroundthewatercooler/mDruhttp://feedburner.google.comhttp://aroundthewatercooler.com/all-tomorrows-parties-rock-festival-raves-this-weekend.htmBoy oh Boy! I`m listening to some smokin` tracks of `90s slow-burn metal band Sleep. Just heard The Druid, and it practically tanned my hide and left it out to dry. Sleep will playing at the All Tomorrow`s Parties` Rock Festival, which will be happening in Monticello, N.Y. this Labor Day weekend. This event is slated as [...]http://aroundthewatercooler.com/dude-breaks-into-fenced-in-hot-tubs-calls-cops-wants-hug.htm“Police in Oregon said a homeless man broke into a fenced-in hot tub and — after about 10 hours in the water — called 911 to ask for a hug and hot chocolate. Police arrived to find Mark Eskelsen … naked in the hot tub. He was arrested and charged with second-degree criminal trespass and [...]http://aroundthewatercooler.com/its-not-music-its-a-disease-mitch-miller-on-rock-n-roll.htmI completely missed it! I apologize. Mitch Miller passed away on Saturday, July 31st, in Manhattan. Mitch made it to 99. I am going to be honest here, I never much DUG Mitch when I was growing up. He seemed to me to be a musty, moldy, BLAST FROM THE PAST, who was incapable of [...]http://aroundthewatercooler.com/cup-of-tea-forces-plane-to-make-emergency-landing.htm“A British airplane en route to Poland was forced to make an emergency landing in Germany after a 56-year-old woman spilled a hot cup of tea on herself, German police said on Wednesday.   The Ryanair flight from Liverpool to Poznan made the unscheduled landing in the northwestern city of Bremen on Tuesday, local police [...]http://aroundthewatercooler.com/elvis-presley-statue-sells-for-20500.htm“An Illinois man who bid $20,000 for ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich‘s Elvis statue said he was relieved to lose and soon found an identical statue for $550. However, Bramlett said he was relieved to lose when he discovered he could purchase an identical statue for $550 from a Texas seller and similar statues with different poses [...]http://aroundthewatercooler.com/burglar-stuck-in-grease-vent-for-six-hours.htm“Police in South Carolina said a burglary suspect was stuck in a grease vent at a restaurant for more than six hours.   North Charleston police said a worker at Shoney’s restaurant called 911 at about 4:47 a.m. Monday and said she heard cries for help upon entering the closed eatery, The (Charleston, S.C.) Post [...]http://aroundthewatercooler.com/idiot-lives-in-small-apartment-with-eagle-3-snakes-croc-monkey.htm“Filming with animals can be frightening for actors but a man living in a tiny apartment in Tehran with his crocodile, three snakes, an eagle and a miniature monkey says he can help.   ‘There are many actors and actresses who are afraid of animals. I try to help them overcome their fears and communicate [...]http://aroundthewatercooler.com/taio-cruz-a-symbol-for-newly-emerging-dynamics-in-the-music-market.htmTaio Cruz`s new video Dynamite packs a punch. Nothing all too original. Rather, the usual display of beautiful girls that follow him around as he sings his song about partying. This sort of thing has been around for a million years as a marketing tool! Sex sells every time, if it`s packaged right. And Dynamite [...]http://aroundthewatercooler.com/composer-of-what-a-wonderful-world-george-david-weiss-dies.htmThe co-composer (with Bob Thiele) of What A Wonderful World, George David Weiss, 89, died on August 23rd. George David Weiss also composed the ballad Can`t Help Falling in Love for Elvis Presley, for the 1961 film, Blue Hawaii. Weiss made a small contribution to the hit The Lion Sleeps Tonight, which was a No. [...]http://aroundthewatercooler.com/frontlines-law-and-disorder-the-case-of-henry-glover.htmIf you haven`t seen Frontline`s Law & Disorder yet, you should certainly make a point to do so. You can watch it online and I will link it for you here (Law & Disorder). 11 civilians were shot by the New Orleans police in the days after Katrina. The Frontline special mainly reports on the case of [...]nonadult