Lisa Mason’s News – 02/13/15

Lisa Mason’s News – 02/13/15

Lisa Mason’s News – 02/13/15

It's Friday the 13th! The scariest day of the year, unless of course you forget tomorrow is Valentine's Day. I’ll take Friday the 13th over Monday the 15th any day; I’m not superstitious but I DO hate Mondays.
 
On the heels of the cease-fire announcement, members of the Ukrainian parliament got into a knock-down-drag-out fistfight. Peace; they’re doing it wrong. 
 
Congress will likely grant President Obama’s request for a fresh war in the Middle East against ISIS. This is historic! Not the war part, just Obama and Congress actually speaking to each other.
 
China’s president is planning to make his first official visit to the U.S.. If you get to meet him while he’s here, the proper way to address him is "Landlord."
 
San Diego is THE hotspot of the measles outbreak. It’s believed someone is further spreading the virus by riding public transportation. Great, we’ve found Johnny Measleseed.
 
And a few things you need to know…
 
In 1633, Italian astronomer Galileo went on trial for saying the Earth actually revolved around the Sun, not the other way around. He was the first winner of the "I told you so" award. 
 
Starbucks claims that saxophone star Kenny G. helped create the Frappuccino. Create? No way, but he might have been instrumental.
 
Expedia has bought Orbitz. I hope the new company will be named Exbitz.
 
Sorry Birmingham, the Democratic National Committee has selected Philadelphia as the location of their 2016 Convention. Now we’ll have to watch legislators pretend to enjoy cheesesteaks. Buy hey – Philly couldn’t get those World Games that we landed!
 
And … Brace yourselves; 50 Shades of Grey movie crap is coming. Spoiler alert: the main torture in the book is the writing. And it’s boring. And not terribly unique. When Shades of Grey got up to 50 it started getting junk mail from AARP and eating dinner at 4:30 just like everyone else.

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