SHOW NOTES

June 20 2009 (SAT)

• NOT VOLCANIC ENOUGH
  2.    us open golf 2009 leaderboard (People are winning)
  1.    sea dream yacht club (Rent-a-yacht, I think. On “Cruises We Love” on the Travel Channel)
• 5.    pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanocon (BOB)
  - The longest word ever to appear in an English dictionary at 45 letters: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
  - - Created by Everett M. Smith in 1955
  - - - It describes a medical condition, silicosis, specifically caused by ultra-microscopic particles of silica volcanic dust
  - Why now?
  - - No clue
  - - - One ad-pimping trend-camping website from hell described it as having come from TV, but didn’t say where

• 4.    patty mccormack (WES)
  - American actress, in TV and movies.
  - - No major roles that I know of, IMDB lists her in a lot of TV shows as one-off characters.
  - - I’m guessing that most people may know her as the five-off character Liz La Cerva in five episodes of The Sopranos.
  - - - Where, I presume, she was killed in her fifth appearance because she crossed someone or something.
  - - Most recently, she played Pat Nixon in the movie Frost/Nixon, which I have not seen.
  - - Also a child star, and in 1956 (Age 11) was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in the movie The Bad Seed.
  - - Between the Child Star phase and the Sopranos/Nixon phase, she was quite a babe, as the pic in the show notes proves.
  - Why now?
  - - The movie that she was nominated for, The Bad Seed, was on TCM.
  - - - I assume they talked about her during the lengthy commercial breaks.

• 3.    savannah cat (SAM)
  - FOTS for week ending 12/08/2008.
  - Here are bob’s notes.
  - A hybrid of a domestic cat and a Serval
  - - A medium-sized African wild cat
  - - - The first of which was bred in the United States in 1986
  - - Characterized by a tall and thin build with leopard-like markings
  - - A male Savannah is sterile up to the fifth generation
  - - - But female Savannahs can be bred in the first
  - - There are laws that prevent hybrid cat ownership in some US states
  - Why Then?
  - - I don’t know
  - - - It’s got TV peaks (at 8pm)
  - - - - Related terms seem to inquire about their availability for purchase.
  - Why now?
  - Slow news day again.
  - Apparently on the world news of new types of cats.
  - Most states won’t allow exotic cats, but will allow this hybrid.
  - Topping the scales from 17-34 lbs.

June 21 2009  (SUN)

• NOT VOLCANIC ENOUGH
  9.    clifton s cafeteria (LA restaurant, probably on some food/travel show)
  7.    verve ricky barnes (Energy Drink + Golfer. Guess what this is about)
  6.    watch true blood season 2 episode 2 (I think it was a rerun)
  4.    stick it (2006 Jeff Bridges movie. On somewhere I’m sure)
  2.    greg norman s daughter (Morgan Leigh, got dumped by golfer Sergio Garcia)
• 8.    indiana unemployment (SAM)
  - We know the economy sucks right now.
  - But for indiana it’s a little worse for ware.
  - In May the state reached 10.6%.
  - In one county it reached 19.3%.
  - Seriously.
  - Mostly because of the auto industry.
  - Why now?
  - Indiana has an online site that you can file for your benifits.
  - They exterpienced issues and extended until 6pm on Monday to get your benifits for Tuesday.
  - At least there isn’t a 2 week waiting period!

• 5.    merlin nbc (WES)
  - TV Series with a 13-episode first season, that aired in Fall 2008 on BBC-1
  - I watched the first 2 episodes on Hulu and enjoyed them muchly.
  - - If you start some time in the next 3 weeks, you can catch all the episodes and be caught up to the present, and then watch the rest of it on your more pedestrian cable boxes.
  - Follows the adventures of a young Merlin upon his arrival at Camelot, where he meets a similarly young Arthur.
  - - The two instantly clash and I’m sure it will be cause of much angst.
  - - Included in the cast are Guinevere, Morgana, Arthur’s father Uther, and a dragon (Named, I think, The Dragon) living under the castle.
  - - - Gwen, played by the yummy Angel Coulby, is pictured in the show notes.
  - - - Uther is played by Anthony Head, only noted here because I also just saw Repo: The Genetic Opera and he was (awesome) in it as well.
  - - - - If you don’t know who Anthony Head is, he’s Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
  - - Other than names and basic family trees, the show isn’t what you’d call accurate to the original tale.
  - - - But I don’t care one bit. It’s a fun show. Watch it.
  - - A second season has been confirmed.
  - Why now?
  - - NBC aired the pilot and the second episode.
• 1.    shiloh pepin (BOB)
  Related Term: 3.mermaid girl
  - A 10-year-old girl from Kennebunkport, Maine
  - - Notable for being one of three known survivors of a condition called sirenomelia or mermaid syndrome
  - - - A very rare congenital deformity in which the legs are fused together, giving the appearance of a mermaid’s tail
  - - - Found in approximately 1 in 100,000 births, similar odds to conjoined twins
  - - - Usually fatal within days of birth due to abnormal kidney and bladder development
  - Why now?
  - - TLC ran a documentary entitled Mermaid Girl, which followed several months of Shiloh’s life

June 22 2009 (MON)

• NOT VOLCANIC ENOUGH
  20.    jojo simmons (Son of a Run-DMC member, arrested with pot. Yawn)
  19.    john and kate plus 8 announcement (They’re getting divorced. I for one am shocked)
  17.    akris clothing (Really expensive clothes)
  15.    jordy smith (Surfer, did a cool flip)
  12.    courtney kupets (Gymnast, won the Honda-Broderick Cup)
  11.    danny barter (Went missing in 1959 at age 4. New leads now, though he’s in his 50s now)
  7.    uw badgers (University of Wisconsin football team (et. al.) Selling tickets)
  6.    bella vita (”The Beautiful Life”, tattooed on Lindsay Lohan)
  5.    dc metro (Nine died in a crash there)
  2.    kids crooked playhouse (#1)
  1.    crooked houses (On Jon and Kate)
• 16.    mark sanford (SAM)
  - So Someone noticed the South Carolina Governor wasn’t at work.
  - And was actually missing for a few days.
  - When he returned he told his staff that he needed to clear his head so went hiking on the Appliaction trail.
  - Now…remember he is a politician.
  - So was he really on the Appaliaction?
  - Oh hell no….he was in Argentina with his girlfriend.
  - While his wife was at home looking after his 4 sons.
  - Why now?
  - He held a press conference about the incident.
  - Not a good thing to have happen since he was pegged as the Republician hopeful for the next election.
  - He said his wife didn’t know.
  - but she was the one who told him to end it.
  - I guess it is ended…as is his political career.
  - Or rather capped his career at being Governor of SC only.
• 8.    alaska earthquake (BOB)
  Related Term: 9.alaska earthquake information center
  - An earthquake visible from Vladimir Putin’s back yard
  - Why now?
  - - It totally happened
  - - - A 5.4 magnitude earthquake struck about 24 miles from the town of Willow, 58 miles from Anchorage
  - - - - Basically, the only part of Alaska with more than two people per square league
  - - - No significant damage or injury has been reported
• 3.    us open golf scoreboard (WES)
  Related Terms: 18.nbc sports us open; 14.us open golf standings; 13.nbcsports.com/golf; 10.us open prize money 2009; 4.lucas glover
  - Yeah so the pickings were scarce today.
  - - Really quick US Open Golf recap:
  - - - Tiger Woods didn’t win. He didn’t even get runner-up after a terrible first round that he could not recover from.
  - - - Lucas Glover did win, after a commanding 64 in the second round (6 under par).
  - - - - He was so far ahead after the first three rounds that even though he was +3 in the final round and was beaten by 12 of the 14 other top-10 finishers - 2 of them by 6 strokes each - that he STILL won the tournament by 2 strokes.
  - - - - - Yes, there were 15 top-10 winners due to a 6-way tie for 10th place. It’s actually pretty common.
  - Why now?
  - - It was the tournament’s final day, and everybody was all a Googlin’

June 23 2009 (TUE)

• NOT VOLCANIC ENOUGH
  6.    free reign (Heavy Metal band. Unknown why now)
  5.    albert tiny manzo (Execution-style murdered in 1983, mentioned on Real Housewives of NJ)
  4.    richard jefferson (Basketball player, traded from the Bucks to the Spurs)
  3.    crooked houses (From previous day)
• 7.    texas nationalist movement (WES)
  - Movement in (surprise) the state of Texas to make the state it’s own country.
  - - They’re freaks and idiots and don’t know anything about running a country.
  - - - Sorry, but it’s true.
  - - - - No, I don’t know much about running a country either, but even in the darkest days of Bush I never ever considered secession.
  - - They’re so wacko that I’m not going to give them any more airtime.
  - Why now?
  - - Interviewed by Glenn Beck, who is a douche.
  - - I hope he goes with them, and takes Rush Limbaugh too.
• 2.    jodi arias (SAM)
  - California chick who met morman guy on my space.
  - And started a long distance relationship with him.
  - THen decided she could take her potography career on the road to Mesa Arizona.
  - Everything seemed apparently great.
  - Jodi and boyfriend Travis travelled about alot.
  - Took a million pics on her camera.
  - And broke one of the highest morman rules about nookie before marrage.
  - Travis apparently broke it off with Jodi, who then moved back to california.
  - And proceeded to travel for nookie.
  - June 9th 2008 she was apparently traveling to Arizona to see a new myspace guy and decided to travel 8 hours out of her way to see Travis.
  - They took pics of themselves doing non morman things.
  - Then Jodi decided to take “tasteful” pics of Travis showering.
  - What happened next is a little odd.
  - Jodi claims 2 people in black clothes, ski masks and elbow length gloves broke into the house.
  - And came into the bathroom and shot Travis.
  - THen stabbed him while making her watch.
  - This 110 lb woman then broke free of huge guy holding her….in a small bathroom and ran down the stairs and grabbed her purse.
  - SHe didn’t call anyone, or tell the police.
  - WHen she was caught in Arizona visiting her new “friend” she claimed she wasn’t near Travis.
  - Except she left her camera behind.
  - In the washing machine.
  - Oh. I mean someone put the camera into the wqashing machine.
  - And the story of the two people breaking in didn’t appear until 5 days after she was arrested.
  - And she turned up in Arizona with cuts on her fingers…
  - Why now?
  - she was on 48 hours trying to answer why she didn’t make up the story until 5 days of rotting in jail, why she didn’t bother calling anyone or reporting it even when her friends called her worried, why all his friends said she did it and why her priority was getting her make up for her mug shot.
  - WHich btw, looked more like a headshot.

• 1.    ed mcmahon (BOB)
  Related Term: 8.johnny carson
  - American TV personality
  - - Also, a decorated war veteran and presenter of the American Family Publishers sweepstakes prize
  - - Likely best known for being Johnny Carson’s sidekick on the Tonight Show for 30 years
  - - - In the 1980s, he also hosted Star Search and co-hosted TV’s Bloopers and Practical Jokes
  - - - He also appeared in a few movies
  - - He served as a Marine Corps fighter pilot in World War II, serving as a flight instructor and test pilot
  - Why now?
  - - He passed away
  - - - The cause of death is not available, but he’d been in ailing health for several years
  - - - He was 86 years old

June 24 2009 (WED)

• NOT VOLCANIC ENOUGH
  20.    who won im a celebrity get me out of here (#13)
  18.    brandon mcmillan (Animal Trainer, on Animal Planet’s “NIGHT” show)
  14.    s.c. gov. mark sanford (From previous day)
  12.    gov sanford (From previous day)
  11.    sanford emails (From previous day)
  9.    mark sanford press conference (From previous day)
  8.    governor sanford (From previous day)
  7.    parp inhibitor (Inhibits PARPs. Some kind of tumor or something)
  6.    toni basil (Guest Judge on SYTYCD)
  5.    wyoming game and fish (Licences on sale, plus a lottery to see how much you can hunt)
  2.    mark sanford affair (From previous day)
  1.    jenny sanford (From previous day)
• 15.    i m a celebrity get me out of here winner (SAM)
  - So in this reality TV error…lets make a new one.
  - But only after England does it to see if it works.
  - Lets take old and unheard of so called celebraties.
  - And find a stinking hot jungle with bugs
  - And make them go camping for a month.
  - And vote people off every few days until someone is left.
  - And not pay them for their time, but give all the money to charity.
  - Why now?
  - All but one got voted off the island.
  - Or out of the jungle…
  - ANd apparently noone was bothered to watch it so they waited to google who won.
  - THe winner was Lou Diamond Phillips.
  - Thanks NBC for more TV crap.
• 4.    usa beats spain (BOB)
  Related Terms: 17.usa vs spain confederations cup; 13.usa vs spain soccer
  - Uh, what?
  - - That seems unpossible
  - - - I mean, it wasn’t proper football, played with hands and eggs and all
  - Why now?
  - - They totally did it
  - - - Did you know the US had a soccer team?
  - - - - They do!
  - - - - - And it beat the unquestionably best soccer team in the world, the Spanish national squad
  - - - - - - Which had won 32 of its last 35 matches (and tied the other three)
  - - - The US men took the semifinal win in the Confederation Cup, which took place in South Africa, against the highly favored Spain team 2-0
  - - - - Apparently, they did it without blind luck or really struggling, either
  - - - - - They went on to lose the final to Brazil 3-2 after again being up 2-0
• 3.    mark becker parkersburg (WES)
  Related Terms: 19.waterloo courier; 16.mark becker; 10.ed thomas
  - I never take deaths.
  - - I skipped Ed McMahon, fer chrissakes.
  - - I should have taken the girl who sang “Mickey” who guest-hosted So You Think You Can Dance.
  - - Anyway, where was I?
  - Oh, Mark Becker.
  - - Okay, Parkersburg is where it happened, It’s a town in Iowa with no distinguishing anything.
  - - - Except MURDER.
  - - So Ed Thomas, a high-school football coach was gunned down in front of 20 students by Mark.
  - - - Becker was a drug addict (Crystal Meth) and Thomas was counseling him.
  - - - - Thomas had also been Becker’s football coach.
  - - - Nobody can figure out why Becker would kill Thomas, who was an iconic figure in the town.
  - - - - He spearheaded the town’s recovery efforts after a tornado recently, among other things.
  - - - Because there is no apparent reason, I wonder if there is a not-so-apparent reason, but until anything is actually discovered I’ll keep my mouth shut.
  - - - Becker has been arrested and is awaiting trial.

…Just to name a few.

SHOW NOTES

June 13 2009 (SAT) Here’s a first in a long time. I get a free skip because there aren’t enough topics! -Wesley 6/17/09 3:56 AM 

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  NOT VOLCANIC ENOUGH

• 2.   toni trucks (SAM)
  Related Term: 3.star runners
  - Antoninette Trucks is her real name.
  - Actress in lots of oddball stuff.
  - But all for TV.
  - None of it I have heard of.
  - Why now?
  - In a new TV show that premiered today. Actually it was a TV-movie on SciFi -Wesley 6/22/09 10:59 AM 
  - Called Star Runners.
  - About a secret government mission to get a crate of “stuff” from a different planet.
  - Of course the creat has a chick in it.
  - Of course they crash into a different planet.
  - Of course it is filled with bugs.
• 1.   lonesome dove (BOB)
  - Western novel written by Larry McMurtry
  - - Won a Pulitzer Prize and spawned a series known by the same name
  - - - Also spawned a very well-received TV miniseries
  - - The story was actually originally written as a screenplay
  - - - To have starred John Wayne, Jane Fonda, and Jimmy Stewart
  - - - - When that fell through, McMurtry developed it into the novel
  - Why now?
  - - AMC payed tribute to the 20th anniversary of the miniseries by playing it

June 14 2009 (SUN)

• NOT VOLCANIC ENOUGH
  17.   finding bliss (2008 movie about the adult film industry)
  16.   geoduck (See #10)
  15.   kaws (Artist and designer. Don’t care why now)
  14.   johnny benson crash (NASCAR driver, crashed, he’s okay)
  13.   nbastore.com (Buy all the Lakers crap)
  12.   kerry vincent (Wedding Cake maker. Unknown why now)
  10.   gooey duck (FOTS. Big clam like thing)
  9.   to have and have not (1944 movie, probably on)
  8.   joey buss (Son of #4)
  7.   true blood season 2 episode 1 (Boobies!)
  6.   india vs england live streaming (I saw this one. England was winning for years and then lost even though India didn’t do anything)
  4.   jerry buss (LA Lakers owner, they won or something)
  3.   heart attack grill (FOTS, on Dateline?)
  2.   demi moore s bush (From previous week)

• 11.   megan fox leaked photos (WES)
  - FOTS, Actress, and hottie-despite-the-tattoos Megan Fox has a new movie coming out.
  - - You may have heard of it.
  - - It’s called Jennifer’s Body.
  - - - Written by Diablo Cody of Juno fame.
  - - In the movie, Megan spends a little time in the near-buff, swimming in a lake as the very titular Jennifer.
  - Why now?
  - - Someone tooked some pictures of Ms Fox getting out of the above lake, with the above titulars in view.
  - - The pictures made it onto the internets just in time to create a huge buzz before another small Megan Fox movie, Transformers 2, opens.
  - - - How lucky!
  - - One of the more tame images from the shoot is in the show notes.
  - - - Oh, and the above titulars were covered by skintight, skin-colored pasties.
  - - - - And if you don’t see nipple, you don’t see tit.
• 5.   lakers parade (SAM)
  - THere was one.
  - Because people that win a ring and get paid amazing amounts of money are treated as heros.
  - LIke they won a war or obtained world peace or something.
  - Why now?
  - It happened because they won.
  - Oh incase you live under a rock…it was Basketball.
• 1.   alice waters (BOB)
  - American chef and co-owner of Chez Panisse
  - - Called the original “California Cuisine” restaurant by Wikipedia
  - - Author of a number of books
  - Why now?
  - - She was on 60 Minutes pimping a movement called Slow Food
  - - - A segment which was originally aired in March was updated
  - - - - It emphasizes healthy, sustainable eating
  - - - - - She insists that the cost of doing so is minimal compared to the long-term costs of our fast food culture
  - - - - - - She’s probably right, but who has the time and money necessary to buy and prepare locally-grown organic foods?

June 15 2009 (MON)

• NOT VOLCANIC ENOUGH
  20.   artie lange joe buck (Sports commentators. Talked about Kobe Bryant)
  19.   geometry regents (#10)
  18.   regentsprep.org (#10)
  17.   fort collins weather (Tornados!)
  16.   cookie johnson jeans (Expensive women’s jeans. Star Jones wore them on Oprah?)
  14.   michelle jonas (Designer. What’s with all the artsy types on today?)
  13.   duggar grandchild (No clue who these people are, but they’re getting one)
  12.   lily tomlin (In an(other) one-woman Broadway show)
  11.   regents prep (#10)
  10.   regents prep us history (People studying for it I think)
  9.   air truck at 802u (New airplane, being showed at the Paris air show)
  6.   rue la la (Botique, unknown why now)
  5.   demi moore bush pic (From previous FOREVER)
  4.   amc liquidators (They sell furniture and other stuff cheap. No clue why now)
  3.   jennifer miller jewelry (On the Today Show)
• 7.   parthenogenesis (WES)
  Related Term: 15.eclampsia
  - From the Greek “parthenos” meaning virgin, and “genesis” meaning creation
  - - Fancy term for D&D characters
  - - No, it is actually an asexual form of reproduction found in some species’ females.
  - - - If the females’ species have the typical XY sex-determination genes, then said female, who can only produce YY chromosomes, always produces a female offspring.
  - - - It occurs naturally in many species, from aphids to Komodo dragons.
  - - - Note: This has nothing to do with hermaphroditic birth, where a creature fertilizes its own egg becuase it has both sexual organs.
  - - - - That would be Mastubagenesis.
  - - - - - I think. My Greek is rusty.
  - - In 1943, there is a documented case of a woman caught in a bomb blast in Hanover, Germany.
  - - - 9 months later, the woman gave birth to a genetic copy of herself.
  - - - She had an intact hymen, even.
  - - - - Before, I presume, the birth.
  - - - Experts believe that the trauma that the woman underwent somehow caused parthenogenesis.
  - Why now?
  - - An opera about that woman’s progeny opened somewhere.
  - - - It’s really sad, about how 25 years later the daughter died of ovarian cancer.
  - - - It has the expected religious overtones a virgin birth must convey
  - - - - It also got panned.
  - Why now, really?
  - - I’m assuming the play got some airtime somewhere, but I could find nothing. It has 9pm TV peaks. I checked this week’s TVGuide listings and found no likely shows to highlight it.
  - - - Maybe she was on Larry King, or perhaps E! Entertainment’s 30 Best & Worst Beach Bodies. Dunno.
• 2.   firedavidletterman.com (SAM)
  Related Term: 8.fire david letterman
  - So…David happened to tell a rather off colour joke.
  - LIke most of his are.
  - About Palin and her daughter that attended a baseball game.
  - THis happened to be the younger daughter.
  - But Palin does have a habit of having underage single pregnant daughters.
  - So the joke was about a daughter getting pregnant in the 7th inning.
  - Of which Palin had a huge issue with.
  - Especially since her political views are about no underage sex.
  - SHe just isn’t very good at inforcing her own rules however.
  - So David took a few days to think about it and make the weak comeback that he ment her older daughter.
  - WHy now?
  - Apparently enough people took offence to it…
  - And created a new website.
  - David stuck with his gut and stated he will tell jokes about Sarah any time he wants to.
  - But many of his advertizers have pulled from the show.
  - Companies like olvie garden, southwest, hellmans, embassey suites etc. I’ll remember that when choosing what restaurant, airline, mayo, or hotel to not use. -Wesley 6/21/09 1:03 PM 
  - It’s more the politicians believe their families or at least children should be kept out of the media.
• 1.   red yeast rice (BOB)
  - A bright reddish purple fermented rice
  - - It acquires its color from being cultivated with the mold Monascus purpureus
  - - - It is used primarily as a food coloring in some Asian cuisines
  - - - - Although it also imparts a subtle taste
  - - - - - It can be prepared in the same manner as white rice
  - Why now?
  - - It appears to have come from web news
  - - - But more likely TV news regurgitation of the same
  - - A new study, reported in the June 16 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine
  - - - Supported a significant cholesterol-lowering effect of commercially available nonprescription red yeast rice

June 16 2009 (TUE)

• NOT VOLCANIC ENOUGH
  16.   hawthorne (TV show starring Jada Pinkett Smith)
  15.   bonny eagle high school (Kid threw his mom a kiss from the graduation stage, so was denied his diploma. Seems fair)
  14.   iphone 3.0 release time (Wednesday is the day. I don’t know the time)
  13.   cornelia marie (Boat that sank on Deadliest Catch)
  12.   love shack (It’s a little old place…)
  11.   cmt music awards 2009 (#1)
  10.   lala s new haircut (She’s an MTV personality. She got a new haircut)
  9.   historical keepsake photo (AKA the Obama “spook” photo)
  8.   carter twins (Country act, on #1)
  7.   advanced training institute (Home education program thingy)
  4.   zicam (Cold remedy. Recalled)
  3.   real age test (Oprah. She’s really 528 years old)
  1.   cmt.com (They’re doing an award show)
• 6.   shawn hornbeck (SAM)
  - SHawn was kidnapped back in 2002 when he was 11.
  - Being knocked off his bike by a guy weilding a gun.
  - Being made to pose as the guys son with the ever present threat of said guy killing his family if he did not play along.
  - Tourchered for over 4 years.
  - Until the kidknapper got a little bored and kidnapped another kid.
  - the FBI knocked on the door in 2007.
  - And found the kid Ben Ownby that was kidnapped in Jan 2007 by Michael Devlin.
  - And to their surprise, found SHawn in the apartment.
  - Just 4 days after Ben was kidnapped.
  - Why now?
  - His story and interview aired on 48 hr mystery.
• 5.   john ensign (WES)
  - Republican US senator from Nevada.
  - - Served first in the House of Representatives, representing his then and current residence of Las Vegas.
  - - He was planning, starting in July, to court the Republican National Committee as a potential presidential candidate.
  - Why now?
  - - What happened in Vegas did not stay in Vegas.
  - - - I’m sure I’m the first one to make that joke about him.
  - - Ensign admitted to having an extramarital affair with a female member of his campaign staff.
  - - Why did he admit this now, on the cusp of his presidential bid?
  - - - Apparently, his lover’s husband was trying to extort money from Ensign.
  - - - Oops.

• 2.   statue of liberty garment (BOB)
  - It’s called a stola
  - - The traditional garment of women in ancient Rome
  - - - Corresponds to the male toga
  - - - - Stola! Stola! Stola!
  - Why now?
  - - WWTBAM!
  - - - For $25,000: The 1879 patent for the Statue of Liberty describes the statue as wearing what type of classical garment? A) Ricinium, B) Chiton, C) Stola, or D) Strophium
  - - - - Contestant uses his phone call
  - - - - - His mom is sure it’s a Stola, and he trusts her
  - - - - - - His faith in mom is rewarded and he continues, eventually cashing out with $50,000

June 17 2009 (WED)

• NOT VOLCANIC ENOUGH
  20.   suzanne tracht (Top Chef person)
  19.   i survived a japanese game show (#16)
  18.   nrmp (FOTS, national resident matching program. Match doctors with hospitals)
  16.   majide (Some Japanese game show)
  15.   shaq calls out mma giant (He apparently wants to fight)
  14.   cindy hampton photo (Chick who boned the senator from yesterday)
  13.   iphone activation server (#11)
  12.   glass frog (See-through frog found in Ecuador)
  11.   iphone activation server is temporarily unavailable (Haw haw)
  10.   katie lee joel (Billy Joel’s wife. For now)
  9.   lincoln heights jail (”Haunted”)
  8.   the othersiders (New Cartoon Network show)
  7.   virtual dissection (FOTS, Software to dissect frogs sans the frogs)
  5.   green again (#1)
  4.   lakers parade live (They won)
  2.   glennbeck.com (Douchebag’s website)
  1.   green now (Not sure but probably some environmental thing)
• 17.   shaker heights yearbook cover (SAM)
  - Oh yeah baby.
  - In true Cleveland style, we get on the googles.
  - For nothing short of an Fbomb.
  - On the front cover of a year book.
  - Apparently was hard to read…
  - and you needed to turn the book upside down.
  - And read f’ all y’all.
  - Parents are apauled.
  - The school issued a replacement book for those that want it replaced.
  - The book went up on ebay for HUGE amounts of money
  - And even though an apology was issued by the kid that did it so he could graduate, when he stepped on stage to get his deploma, the croud went wild.
  - WHy now?
  - It made national news.
• 6.   govdeals (WES)
  - Website where you can bid on government auctions to sell their old stuff.
  - - Generally, old cars, computers, and office equipment.
  - - I checked out local auctions and they were generally crap.
  - - The office chairs interested me, but they were “1 lot” and I’m not sure how many chairs are in a “lot”
  - - - I bet it’s a lot.
  - Why now?
  - - I can’t prove it, but I’m sure that news programs are trying to get people to watch them by purporting to find ways people can save money.
• 3.   get out of dodge (BOB)
  - A colloquialism meaning “let us take our immediate leaving together”
  - - One source I sought indicates this rather likely source for the phrase:
  - - - Many westerns were set in Dodge City, Kansas, most notably Gunsmoke
  - - - - After having been defeated, a band of bad guys might be commanded to “get the hell out of dodge”
  - Why now?
  - - On WWTBAM!
  - - - Big ups to my boys over at gameshownewsnet.com for taking up the game show recap mantle
  - - - For $8,000: The phrase “get out of Dodge” is commonly believed to refer to a city in what U.S. state? A) Arizona, B) Texas, C) Kansas, or D) Nebraska
  - - - - Contestant asks the Expert, who can only offer a guess, saying Nebraska
  - - - - - She then calls her friend; he’s sure that it’s Kansas; he’s right!
  - - - - - - She goes on to win $25,000

• 1.   new york state of mind lyrics (BOB)
  Related Terms: 7.summer of 69 lyrics; 3.cupid lyrics; 2.fly like an eagle lyrics
  - Why now?
  - - Don’t Forget That Fox Will Cancel Your Show Even If It Remains Popular Enough To Top The Googles
  - - - It’s time once again for your Volcanic Lyrics Recap, courtesy this time of Game Show Kingdom at Blogspot:
  - - - - $100,000, Rock, Bryan Adams, Summer of ‘69, 9 missing words: had the choice, yeah, I’d always wanna be there; contestant used two words help and made the right choice
  - - - - $200,000 Piano Players, Billy Joel, New York State Of Mind, 9 missing words: movie stars in their fancy cars and their limosuines; contestant used her backup singer and got it correct
  - - - - $350,000, 1960s, Sam Cooke, Cupid, 10 missing words: your arrow fly straight to my lover’s heart for me; contestant knew this one
  - - - - $500,000, Steve Miller Band, Fly Like An Eagle, 9 missing words: shoe the children with no shoes on their feet; contestant walked away with $350,000
  - - This will apparently be our last Lyricism, unless the show comes back in syndication

…just to name a few.

SHOW NOTES

• 10.    invisible touch lyrics (BOB)
  - It’s time once again for Don’t Forget to Decant Your Aged Wine
  - - The only volcanic lyric this week is Invisible Touch by Genesis, from the 1986 album of the same name
  - - - How pathetic am I?  I did that from memory.
  - - - - There are better songs on the album, notably Land of Confusion and Domino
  - - - - - But the pop hook is undeniable
  - - Other trending lyrics:
  - - - Rock and Roll All Night by Kiss
  - - - Help Me Rhonda by the Beach Boys
  - - - It’s Not Unusual by Tom Jones
  - - Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any details on the actual show or contestant

• 1.    schroeder s cat (WES) I totally thought this was the cat and toast theary. -Sam 6/15/09 8:46 AM 
  - Schroeder is a Peanuts character.
  - - He’s the one who plays the piano.
  - - He does not own a cat, or at least it was never mentioned in the strips.
  - Erwin Schrödinger is a famous quantum physicist.
  - - He also did not own a cat, or at least it’s not mentioned in any of the articles on Schrödinger that I have ever read.
  - - Schrödinger’s Cat though, is a famous thought experiment by him.
  - - - Erwin, not the piano playing Peanuts character.
  - - - It is also a friend of the show, but I’m not going to copy it.
  - - - In the experiment, a cat is placed in a box with a vial of some deadly substance. A hammer is placed above the vial and hooked somehow to a geiger counter surrounding a single atom of some substance with a very small half-life.
  - - - - Wait the half-life of the substance, and the cat is, according to quantum mathematics, both alive and dead, 50% of each.
  - - - - When you open the box to observe the cat, the 50/50 dead/alive cat collapses into one state or another.
  - - - This thought experiment has several issues, including the definition of “Observation” and the fact that most people who hear about it think it’s horrible that Schrödinger would do such a thing to that poor, imaginary cat.
  - - - - The cat is immaterial. Death is immaterial. It could have been a paint gun shooting a bullet against the wall of the box.
  - - - The critiques of the thought experiment notwithstanding, quantum entanglement is a very real phenomenon and there’s no way around that. Just because we are not smart enough, yet, to figure it all out doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.
  - Oh, why now?
  - - I have no clue, but I’m going to guess based on the search term that whatever TV show it was on, it wasn’t written on the screen.

June 7 2009  (SUN)

• NOT VOLCANIC ENOUGH
  19.    shrek the musical (Won a Tony I’ll bet)
  18.    god of carnage (#10)
  17.    alice ripley (Actress, won a Tony)
  16.    thairath carradine photo (From previous week. We’re not doing it again)
  15.    george m cohan (Big musician, probably mentioned at the Tonys)
  14.    hank baskett (Married to Kendra Wilkinson, she’s in a new TV show)
  13.    what i did for love (Song from A chorus Line? At the Tonys?)
  12.    lucy arnaz (Daughter of the famous duo, probably won a Tony)
  11.    rock of ages (Broadway Musical, won a Tony probably)
  10.    yasmina reza (French Playwrite, won a Tony for #18)
  9.    elvis and annabelle (2007 movie, probably won a Tony)
  7.    wwe extreme rules live stream (Yeah like we’re gonna draft this)
  6.    john perry (Rear Admiral, on Dateline NBC)
  5.    next to normal (Won a Tony)
  3.    karen olivo (Won a Tony)
  2.    jerry herman (Won a Tony)

• 8.    idle hands (WES)
  - 1999 movie starring:
  - - Devon Sawa (Best known for… this movie apparently)
  - - Seth Green (Best known as the voice of Joker in Mass Effect. And you may remember him from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and some Mike Meyers movie. But nothing else. At all. He’s a very obscure actor)
  - - Elden Henson (Best known, by me, as Lenny in the movie Butterfly Effect. He’s the guy who went mental in almost every reality.
  - - Jessica Alba (Best known for being the only reason I took this topic)
  - In the movie, Sawa’s character’s hands become posessed or something, and go on a murderous rampage that continues well past their dismemberment.
  - - The movie is listed as a comedy/horror movie.
  - - I may check it out.
  - Why now?
  - - I’m sure it was playing opposite the Tonys or something, on some channel. Nobody’s fessing up to it though.
  - Picture of Ms Alba in the show notes.
• 4.    ron silver (SAM)
  - Actor and political activist.
  - Born 1946 in Ny Ny.
  - I had never heard of him.
  - But I don’t really remember names…so I don’t count.
  - In many many films as either an actor or producer.
  - None of which I have heard of.
  - Also a broadway star person.
  - I bet that is a surprise.
  - Why now?
  - He passed away from a battle with cancer eariler this year.
  - He was honoured at the tonys.
  - In their memorial service.

• 1.    angela lansbury (BOB)
  - FOTFTWE 3/27/09
  - Disemvoiced Body 2?s favorite actress
  - British actress
  - - Born in 1925
  - - Well known for her work on Stage, Screen, and Idiot Box
  - - - Murder She Wrote
  - - - Bedknobs and Broomsticks
  - - - The Manchurian Candidate
  - - - Mame
  - - - Sweeney Todd
  - If the picture to the right is to be believed, she was smoking hot in her youth
  - Why then?
  - - We’ll get to that in a minute
  - Why now?
  - - She won a Tony award
  - - - It’s her fifth at age 83
  - - - Best Performance By a Featured Actress in a Play
  - - - - For Blithe Spirit which was the Why Then

June 8 2009 (MON)

• NOT VOLCANIC ENOUGH
  15.    seventeen.com/havaianas (A type of flip-flop. They’re giving them away)
  14.    lark voorhies (Lisa Turtle in Saved by the Bell. Doing a reunion show)
  12.    dry soda (Healthy pop, probably $4 a bottle)
  11.    farm town (Facebook game, it was down and everybody freaked)
  9.    iphone 3g s (New Apple Kool-Ade)
  8.    carradine body pic (STOP IT)
  7.    weeds season 5 episode 1 (Because Pirate Bay sucks, let’s try Google)
  6.    lenawee county (Michigan, a man was found dead there)
  5.    love146 (Non-profit Org trying to end child sex trafficking)
  4.    pine state biscuits (Oregon is the Pine State. You can guess the rest)
  3.    discoverthenetworks.org (Conservative website about liberals)
  2.    david carradine death photo thai (No! Stop it!)

• 13.    velvet ant (BOB)
  - Actually a family of wasps, Mutillidae
  - - Their wingless females do resemble ants
  - - The “velvet” refers to their hair, which may be red, black, white, silvery or golden
  - - Known for an extremely painful sting
  - - - A joke about their venom being strong enough to kill a cow has lead to an alternate common name, Cow Killers
  - - Mostly nocturnal and more common in desert areas
  - Why now?
  - - Not a clue
  - - - One single trend spike at 6pm Google Standard
  - - - Related topics don’t make any sense
• 10.    john kenney (SAM)
  - THe long and short of it is the rock did it.
  - So I totoally thought this was the Kenedy that killed the girl with a golf club in the 70’s…Martha something.
  - It’s totally not.
  - This is a deep sea fisher that was having troubles with his neighbours.
  - After a boundry issue that went thru lawyers back and forth for over a year.
  - Until John decided to dump a 1 tonne bolder mostly on his neighbours property.
  - And when they bitched…he killed them.
  - Well…he Sentenced to 20 years to life.|
  - Why now?
  - The story of this argument aired on Dateline tonight.

• 1.    houston dome (WES)
  - NOT a new sports arena for the Astros or Texans.
  - - This is a proposition to actually dome the city of Houston.
  - - Well, downtown Houston.
  - - The dome will cover 21 million square feet in area.
  - - - About a 3/4 square miles.
  - - - About 2 square kilometers.
  - - - 583,000 square fathoms.
  - - - 6/100ths of a square league.
  - Apparently, the cost to build the dome and maintain it is comparable to the cost to clean up all the environmental garbage the city goes through every year.
  - - And after a few years it will save money.
  - Why now?
  - - It was on an episode of Mega Engineering on the Discovery Channel.
  - - - They made no mention of what it would be like living in a giant greenhouse in Texas would be like.

June 9 2009 (TUE)

• NOT VOLCANIC ENOUGH
  12.    mlb draft tracker (#10)
  11.    jason trawick (Dating Britney Spears)
  10.    mlb draft 2009 tracker (It was draft day)
  9.    freeourhealthcarenow.com (More people mad that Obama is destroying our country)
  8.    david carradine death photo thai newspaper (Hurry, think of something else to search for tomorrow so this STAYS IN THE SEARCH TERMS FOREVER)
  5.    i do now i don t (Website for a pawn broker. For your old wedding crap)
  4.    raymond fuentes (First draft by the Red Sox)
  2.    jon voight (Actor, at RNC. You should listen to him because he’s an actor)
  1.    slade heathcott (First draft by the Yankees)
• 7.    dota 6.60 changelog (BOB)
  - DotA in this case stands for Defense of the Ancients
  - - It’s a custom add-on scenario for the RTS game Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
  - - - In particular, this is an adaptation of the original called DotA Allstars
  - - - - Current lead developer goes by the name of IceFrog
  - - - It’s been called the most popular free, non-supported game mod in the world
  - - - - I’m assuming that means that Counter-Strike is supported
  - - - - - Regardless, it has become a staple of the RTS world, earning a place in tournaments and influencing subsequent studio-developed games
  - Why now?
  - - Version 6.60 was released
  - - - And there’s, coincidentally, a list of changes; a log, if you will, that accompanies it
  - - Looks like the maintainers brought in a trend blitz to draw attention to it

• 6.    megan fox black dress (WES)
  - American actress and hottie.
  - - With a horribly disfigured thumb.
  - - - If you call “Slightly different than typical” “horribly disfigured”
  - Why now?
  - - At the premiere of Transformers 2: The Electric Ooo-Aah-Ooo, she wore a slinky black dress.
  - - - Captain, can I have money for a slinky dress?
  - - If you think there won’t be a picture in the show notes, you have never listened to this show. Um, make with the picture posting -Bob 6/15/09 5:14 PM 
• 3.    north brother island (SAM)
  - In the opposite direction from South Sister Island.
  - I tried to find it on Wes’ shower curtain…but couldn’t.
  - Ok. So my joke just got a little funnier.
  - It is north of South Brother Island.
  - Both are located in the East River between the Bronx and Rikers Island.
  - We all know from Law and Order that Rikers Island is a bad prison to be in.
  - I love the fact that when we don’t want to deal with people we exile them…ie to North Brother Island when Small pox broke out in the 1850s.
  - Was home to Typhoid Mary for 20 years until she died there in 1938.
  - Turned into a rehab house in the 1950s and closed in the 1960 due to staff corruption et.
  - Why now?
  - History Channel is doing a series on Life after People.
  - In this one armed and defenseless, one of the topics is the mysterious uninhabited island just outside of Ney York.
  - That’s prim realistate right there people.
  - rats and all!

June 10 2009 (WED)

• NOT VOLCANIC ENOUGH
  20.    joe montana (I said Joe Montanya! His son is playing for the Washington Huskies now)
  19.    china brezner (Used to date Shia The Beef)
  18.    nick brown real world (Person from the show, now a “big” “star”)
  17.    mlb draft 2009 results (They happened)
  16.    kate cooper (Singer for the band An Horse, Unknown why now)
  15.    johnny palermo (Actor, died in car accident)
  14.    john w gates (Industrialist, promoted barbed wire at the turn of the last century)
  13.    el salvador vs honduras en vivo (#7)
  11.    contessa brewer (#4)
  10.    duke bainum (Honolulu city council member, died at 56)
  7.    honduras vs el salvador en vivo (goooooooooooooal!)
  5.    sidney greenbush (Star of Little House, may have murdered her husband?)
  4.    john ziegler (Pundit, got in big on-air fight with #11)
• 12.    macao (BOB)
  - One of two “Special Administrative Regions” of the People’s Republic of China
  - - Hong Kong is the other
  - - It’s an area on the western side of the Pearl River Delta, bording Guangdong province on the north and the South China Sea in the east and south
  - - It was both the first and last European colony in China
  - - - Portuguese traders first settled in the region in the 16th century
  - - - - And it was turned over to China on December 20, 1999
  - - - - - It currently operates with a high degree of autonomy and has assurances that that will continue until at least 2049
  - Why now?
  - - The government of Macao ordered one million doses of vaccine for the Swine Flu
• 6.    carrie prejean playboy (WES)
  - Pre- or Post-jeans is fine. Thank you.
  - - Actually, she’s about the opposite of my type.
  - - Including her human rights views.
  - - Such as the right to be married even if it’s not with someone of the opposite sex.
  - Why in the past?
  - - She said gays shouldn’t be allowed to marry.
  - - People said she should step down or be kicked out.
  - - The Donald, who owns the company that runs the event, said that she could keep her crown.
  - Why now?
  - - The Donald fired her.
  - - - Not for her comments.
  - - - She’s become such a proponent for limiting the rights of people she doesn’t understand, she’s been shirking her duties as a walking sexual innuendo.
  - No picture in the show notes. Just imagine a totally vanilla bleach blonde California girl, and make her a little skinnier and dumber looking.
• 1.    james von brunn (SAM)
  Related Terms: 9.william cohen; 8.janet langhart cohen; 3.holy western empire; 2.holocaust museum shooting
  - an 88 yr old neonatzi coward.
  - According to his family.
  - White sepremist that has enforced his views on his family for years by violence.
  - Now moved onto new people to enforce his views on.
  - Went to a holicost museum in Washington DC.
  - And just walked in and shot a 36 yr old guard.
  - Unfortunatly Stephen Johns died at the sceen.
  - THe other guard on juty critically shot Von Brunn in the face.
  - He remains hospitalized, but will be getting life in prison if he makes it out.
  - Why now?
  - THe shooting was today.

June 11 2009 (THU)

• NOT VOLCANIC ENOUGH
  16.    megan fox thumbs (They’re unusually large. So is her penis)
  15.    mac clause (It’s a banking term of some sort, BofA is hoping it will save them)
  14.    carrie prejean playboy (From previous day)
  13.    lakers vs magic game 4 (Someone won)
  12.    virtual globetrotting (#6)
  11.    irving plaza (The Jonas Brothers are playing a free show there)
  10.    b girl (woman hired by a bar to get patrons to drink more. On “Mean Girls”)
  9.    nivea hamilton (R&B singer, pregnant with a lil’ Lil’ Wayne)
  8.    jillian barberie (”Good Day LA” host, on Howard Stern)
  7.    chastity bono (Sonny and Cher’s daughter, wants to be their son)
  3.    johnny palermo photo (Actor, died in an 8-car crash)
  2.    david carradine death scene photo (I give up)
  1.    demi moore bush (Apparently mentioned on tosh.o)
• 6.    tiger woods hawaii house (WES)
  - This is one of those topics that I picked because the rest of the topics were worse.
  - - Tiger woods has a house.
  - - - In Hawaii
  - - - - Someone took pictures of the house and put them online.
  - - - - - That’s IT.
  - - In more interesting news, Tiger Woods 2010 has just been released.
  - - - I don’t know if I’ll buy it right away, but I suspect I will eventually.

• 5.    prickly shark (BOB)
  - A rarely seen, bottom-dwelling shark in the Pacific Ocean
  - - Distinguished by a small second dorsal fin and thorn-like scales
  - - Lives at depths of 11 to 425 meters (That’s 35-1500 feet) and can be found in submarine canyons
  - - Its usual food is bony fish and other sharks
  - - - But will also eat octopus, squid, and mermaid’s purses
  - - - - Which are the egg cases of cat sharks
  - Why now?
  - - One was captured and held briefly in captivity
  - - - Only the second time one has been held in captivity and the first it was exhibited
  - - - - If you were at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in the span of a few hours, you might have been able to get a glimpse
  - - - - - It was not faring well in the tank, so it was released back into the Pacific
  - - The captured animal was male, 6′8″ long, and 189 pounds
• 4.    jamie czerniawski (SAM)
  - WOOT.
  - yet another name I have absoutly no idea how to pronounce.
  - Former Miss Teen New Jersey.
  - And reality star of wife swap in 2006.
  - Why now?
  - OUt on bond after slashing her hubby with a kitchen knife.
  - In apparent self defence.
  - Wonder if the tattooed freak show stand in wife looks better now?

SHOW NOTES

May 30 2009 (SAT)

• NOT VOLCANIC ENOUGH
  7.    nba finals tickets (They’re now on sale)

• 9.    el salvador vs jamaica en vivo (BOB)
  - It appears to have something to do with some crazy game called futbol
  - - Which, perversely, they actually play with their feet
  - Why now?
  - - El Salvador played Jamaica in a friendly tuneup match ahead of their World Cup qualifier against Mexico
  - - - This took place in Washington, DC’s  RFK Stadium
  - - - - Where another kind of football, played with the hands often takes place
  - - - - RFK has apparently become a second home for the El Salvador national team
  - - - - - They played four matches there last year
  - - Oh, and en vivo?
  - - - That’s espanish for “in life”
  - - - - Which I’m guessing is used in the same fashion that we refer to “live” coverage of an event
• 3.    johntv.com (WES)
  Related Term: 8. johntv
  - Oklahoma-based website.
  - - Video vigilante Brian Bates
  - - He goes up to people in cars who are picking up hookers, and films them.
  - - And then posts them on Youtube.
  - - - Which is just awesome.
  - Why now?
  - - I have no idea.
  - - - Even his website is down.
  - - - Probably profiled on some TV show or something.

• 1.    susan boyle last performance (SAM)
  Related Terms: 6.susan boyle final performance; 5.britains got talent winner; 4.britain s got talent live feed; 2.susan boyle britain s got talent finale
  - Well hopefully this is her last google!
  - The final was last week, and as we found out then…she didn’t win.
  - However, the publicity of her “make over” the bad press and the internet pools got the best of her.
  - Apparently getting a wax, haircut and colour is now a complete makeover.
  - Oh and some new clothes.
  - So why now?
  - So after getting second place and pretty much doing a demented strip tease on the stage…
  - She checked into a prvate hospital suffering from exhaustion.
  - Ashton and Demi are waiting for her health to improve before flying her out for their anniversary…and paying her #300k lbs to sing for them.
  - That would make me hurry up and get better.

May 31 2009 (SUN)

• NOT VOLCANIC ENOUGH
  12. susan boyle hospitalized (From exhaustion)
  10. desperately seeking susan (Crappy 80s Madonna movie)
  9. scott roeder (Related to #4)
  8. dj and the fro (New animated show, “Beavis and Butt-head for the Millennial generation”)
  6. paul mcdonald (Retired football player, uknown why now)
  4. george tiller (Abortion doctor, murdered by pro lifers. Sweet irony)
  3. new moon trailer official (All that emo vampire goodness)
  2. the hills season 6 trailer (They do that?)

• 13.    ford raptor (BOB)
  - And here I was expecting an interesting new vehicle from Ford
  - - Shame on me
  - - It’s just a F-150 truck with some sporty trim and a big engine
  - - - Specifically, a new 6.2 liter Boss engine
  - - - - Intended to compete with the larger engines available from competitors GM and Chrysler
  - - - - - Or whatever they’re called this week
  - - - - - I think by still owning their own company, Ford has successfully competed with GM and Chrysler. -Wesley 6/8/09 5:36 PM 
  - Why now?
  - - There’s news that Ford has produced a full-length film
  - - - Titled “Raptor - Born in Baja”
  - - - - A documentary about the development of the truck, which will debut on June 23
  - - - - - The truck itself will be in showrooms in July at an MSRP of $38,995
• 11.    molly bish (SAM)
  - That is bitch with a hairlip.
  - Actually all jokes aside…It’s a Sam topic.
  - That is code for dead chick.
  - 16 yr old lifeguard who went missing in 2000 from Warren Mass.
  - Side note, why does eveyone abbreviate Mass as Mass not Ma?
  - she was dropped off at 10am by her mum for work at the local swimming hole.
  - 20 mins later the first people showed up.
  - All of molly’s things were layed out, but there was no MOlly.
  - after 3 hours the police claimed she walked off to be with her friends.
  - When non of her friends had heard of her, they then claimed she drowned.
  - 3 years late a piece of her clothing turned up.
  - A few more years later someone remembered a bathing suit they saw in the woods.
  - These woods are less than 5 mins from the beach.
  - And the same area a 10 yr old’s remains were found.
  - They found enough bones to confirm Molly had been killed.
  - And since her first aid kit was open, assume the perp just simplly asked for a bandaid.
  - Why now?
  - 48 hours- Unsolved mysteries.
  - Still unsolved.

• 1.    eminem mtv movie awards (WES)
  Related Terms: 7.eminem leaves mtv movie awards; 5.eminem bruno
  - It’s sad that I had 8 topics to pick from and this was the best.
  - - But I refuse to talk about emo vampires, abortion doctor murders, 80s madonna movies or a cartoon entitled “dj and the fro.”
  - - - So here we go.
  - Eminem is a rapper. I’m sure you know who he is. If you don’t, you don’t care.
  - The MTV Movie Awards are a show, on MTV, where they give out awards for movies.
  - - The awards are nonstandard, and include things such as best kiss, best fight, and best WTF moment.
  - - They’ve also got some typical awards like best movie.
  - - The awards, this year, were overrun by the emo-vampire, buffy-wannabe movie Twilight.
  - - - Which I saw. I won’t go so far as to say it’s total, complete utter crap, but it’s AT BEST just plain old crap.
  - Why now?
  - - In a totally unscripted moment, a flamboyant fashion reporter named Brüno flew in, on wires and in an angel outfit, to present the award.
  - - Something went horribly on-script and Brüno crashed into Eminem, so that the former’s bare butt was in the latter’s face.
  - - - Picture in the show notes.
  - - Eminem, as if on cue, freaked out, stormed away and never came back.
  - - - Later, he admitted it was a gag.
  - - - - But then people thought he was just saying it was a gag to save face.
  - - - - - Twilight still sucks.

June 1 2009 (MON)

• NOT VOLCANIC ENOUGH
  19. gm plant closings (Yeah, the fundamentals of the economy are strong)
  18. pravda english (You can apparently read the newspaper in English?)
  16. lance stephenson arrested (For sexual assaut)
  15. tallulah bankhead (Valerie Harper is playing her in “Looped”)
  14. i m a celebrity get me out of here 2009 (Related to #3)
  12. james cameron avatar (New game at e3)
  11. eminem leaves mtv movie awards (From Previous Day)
  10. e3 live stream (In case you want that)
  9. halo reach (New video game, at e3)
  8. pearl jam backspacer (That’s their new album name)
  7. g4 (They’re streaming e3, so if you want to c2 times the stuff, check out their a1 broadcast)
  6. choco taco (Conan O’Brien said it on his first night as Tonight Show host)
  5. giants stadium seating chart (The Boss (Bruce!) is playing there)
  4. kim kardashian engagement ring (It’s as big as her… finger)
  3. spencer pratt (Got out of “I’m a celebrity, get me out of here!”)
  1. left 4 dead 2 (Video Game, at e3)
• 17.    kate gosselin birthday (SAM)
  - Jon and Kate + 10 million.
  - Oh sorry, that is just how much is up for grabs in the divorce.
  - Give it all to Kate. She will need it to put the 8 thru college.
  - So it was apparently kate’s birthday.
  - And the tabloids claim she was alone.
  - Well as alone as you get with 8 kids, family and a TV crew.
  - Oh hang on.
  - Her birthday was in March.
  - And Jon just happened to go out of state to be with friends.
  - Including a 23 yr old teacher that was a little more than friendly.
  - Why now?
  - The scandle from march aired tonight.
  - So when the do get divorced will the show stop?
  - Seriously?

• 13.    star wars the old republic (BOB)
  - Holy fuck
  - - Go watch the trailer for this game.  Do it now.  We will wait
  - - - Holy fuck, right?
  - - It’s an MMO set in the Star Wars universe during the Old Republic before the near-extermination of the Sith
  - - - If only George Lucas had hired these guys to do his movies
  - Why now?
  - - They totally debuted the thing at E3
  - - - Holy fuck
• 2.    project natal (WES)
  - New(ly announced) product from Microsoft.
  - - Xbox-360 controller
  - - Essentially a camera that records your every movement and translates it into the movement of your avatar.
  - - It looks pretty cool.
  - - It can purportedly recognize your face and load your profile.
  - - - And tell, if it doesn’t recognize your face, at least if you’re male or female and load a default avatar for you.
  - - Most criticisms of the device are that you can’t play every game with them.
  - - - How would you manage your inventory in Mass Effect, for example?
  - - - Essentially, these are all the same questions that people had about the Wii, four years ago.
  - - My main concern is that it’s a Microsoft product and it’ll probably break every 6 months.
  - Why now?
  - - They had a demo of it at E3.

SHOW NOTES

May 23 2009 (SAT)

• NOT VOLCANIC ENOUGH
• 3.    john mayberry (WES)
  - Ex-baseball player
  - - 1st baseman for various teams.
  - - Slugger (i.e., he got many home runs)
  - - Or his son.
  - - We’re talking about the son here.
  - Outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies
  - - Started this year in the major leagues.
  - Why now?
  - - Got his first hit in the majors.
  - - - A 3-run homer.
  - - - - And everybody was like OMG HE’S LIKE HIS FATHER OMG OMG OMG
  - On the 31st he was sent back down to the minors.
  - - Acause he’s young and all. Not acause he sucks.
• 2.    machida vs evans video (SAM)
  Related Terms: 5.ufc 98 live stream; 4.ufc 98 results
  - MMA crap.
  - Machida koed Evans.
  - Machida got the belt.
  - Why now?
  - Who cares.
• 1.    will barrow (BOB)
  - A device for transporting heavy loads
  
  - - Generally possessed of a single wheel and dual handles for leverage
  
  - Wait, what?
  
  - - He’s a collegiate Lacrosse player
  
  - - - Born in 1986 in Queens, NY
  
  - - - - Was a Sociology major at the University of Virginia
  
  - Why now?
  
  - - Well, he done killed his dumb self last November
  
  - - - No one is sure why
  
  - - - But why now now?
  
  - - - - His former team made the semifinals
  
  - - - - - Oy

May 24 2009 (SUN)

• NOT VOLCANIC ENOUGH
  20.    indy 500 results (They happened)
  19.    indy 500 (It happened)
  18.    jeremy shockey (Football player, got so drunk he had to go to the hospital. You go, man)
  17.    resveratrol supplements (See #9)
  16.    susan boyle memories youtube (#12)
  15.    machida vs evans video (From previous day)
  14.    sirtris (Related to #9)
  13.    yellow ribbon (Google had it on its logo, unsure why. Troops?)
  12.    susan boyle memory (Came back to BGT or becasue people were forgetting about her)
  10.    jim nabors (FOTS from our first episode, sang at Indy 500)
  9.    resveratrol (FOTS, cancer “cure” drug)
  8.    goldbase.be (Gee another facebook scam)
  7.    homage clothing (Clothing store, dunno why now)
  2.    duvin (Autoskip, Google Missile)
• 4.    lowesracing.com (SAM)
  Related Term: 6.lowes racing
  - It’s race day on the lowes race track!
  - And Lowes have a race car racing.
  - I just don’t understand nascar.
  - Give me a grand prix and a shoemarker driving and I’m happy.
  - Why now?
  - They announced a website.
  - Where fans can write their comments for military members.
  - And Lowes are honouring the military with their team car also.
• 3.    trends research institute (WES)
  Related Term: 11.trendsresearch.com
  - The new name for Volcanicast.
  - - No
  - It’s a… well… and institute that researches trends.
  - If you can believe their website, they have predicted:
  - - 1987 stock market crash
  - - Fall of the Soviet Union
  - - This years’ tax revolts
  - - the coming “Greatest Depression”
  - - - AKA GDII
  - - And apparently they are never wrong because I can’t find a list of their predictions that have not come true.
  - - - Or a statistical analysis of how often they are right or wrong.
  - - - Or analysis of how accurate they are.
  - - - - i.e., did they say “Republicans will suddenly not want to pay taxes if a Democrat is in the White House”?
  - - - - Or did they say “People will come up with lame “Tea Party” ideas that ineffectually protest taxes that are about as high as they’ve been for decades.”?
  - - - - Or did they say “People don’t like taxes”?
  - - A quote on the website from Gerald Celente, the Institute’s founder, is “Innovation is going to be the key in the 21st century.”
  - - - Which is awesome because after the innovation-free 20th century, we could use some progress.
  - Why now?
  - - The snake-oil salesman was on Fox and Friends.
  - - - Probably talking about how Obama is ruining the country.
  - - - - In really vague terms.
  

• 1.    helio castroneves tax evasion (BOB)
  Related Term: 5.castroneves trial
  - Brazilian motor racing driver
  - - 34 year old veteran of the Indy and CART open wheel series
  - - Winner of two previous Indianapolis 500s, the series’ signature event
  - - - Also a recent winner of Dancing with the Stars
  - - Was on trial recently for tax evasion
  - - - He won there as well, eventually receiving acquittal or dismissal on all counts
  - Why now?
  - - He won his 3rd Indy 500
  - - - FOWP Danica Patrick finished in 3rd place

May 25 2009 (MON)
I would like to put in a topic that was completly underseached but should be here:
Free boob jobs offered to nurses at Prague clinic
- Yep. They are offering free plastic surgery if you sign a 2 year contract to work at the hospital. -Sam 6/1/09 3:44 PM
I guess Sam’s going to Nursing and German Language classes. -Wesley 6/1/09 7:14 PM 

• NOT VOLCANIC ENOUGH
  18.    tomb of the unknown soldier (Should be plural, but hey)
  17.    duvin (Google Missile)
  16.    fab five texas cheerleader scandal (Were they all naked?)
  15.    jon and kate plus 8 official website (You people all suck)
  13.    medium finale (No spoilers)
  12.    mike tyson daughter (4 years old, died)
  11.    ncaa baseball bracket (Oooh! Sam! Brackets!)
  10.    kathy coleman (Original Land of the Lost actress, in the new movie in a small role)
  9.    mark crotts (Murderer, on some TV show about murderers)
  8.    e. stanley kroenke (Wrestler)
  7.    radium f (Former name of the element Polonium. Final Jeopardy)
  6.    allyce beasley (Actress, was in Medium)
  5.    alvin york (Famous soldier from WWI)
  4.    spread heads (Condiment dispensers, apparently gross?)
• 3.    george boiardi (BOB)
  - Famous canned pasta chef
  
  - Wait, what?
  
  - - He’s a collegiate Lacrosse player
  
  - - - Damn, that sounds familiar
  
  - - - - Born in 1981
  
  - - - - He was a History major at Cornell
  
  - - - - - He was actually also the great grandson of Ettore Bioardi, founder of Chef Boyardee
  
  - - - - - - Which makes me feel slightly bad about leading off with that joke
  
  - - - - - - - But not enough to change it
  
  - Why now?
  
  - - In 2004, he was killed during a Lacrosse game after being struck in the chest by a ball
  
  - - - The official cause of death was never released due to family request
  
  - - - - But in similar cases, a rare syndrome called commotio cordis can occur where cardiac arrest is induced by blunt trauma to the chest
  
  - - But why now now?
  
  - - - He was mentioned during Lacrosse finals on the teevees
  
• 2.    what did jon gosselin do (WES)
  - Jon Gosselin got famous for impregnating his wife 4 times per session.
  
  - - On average.
  
  - - - In case you don’t know, he’s the “Jon” of the hit realicrap show “Jon and Kate Plus 8″
  
  - Why now, though?
  
  - - He had an affair.
  
  - - - Or he didn’t, and just slept over at a woman’s house that wasn’t his wife.
  
  - - - I could not actually care less. I am only typing this because I am required to for the show.
• 1.    susan boyle 2nd performance (Sam)
  Related Term: 14.    susan boyle site youtube.com memories
  - SHe might be back, but she has a little less eye brow hair and looks a little more polished.
  - She performed another song…but for this performance she went back to her origional.
  - It was the finals of Britain’s got talent.
  - Why now?
  - It aired…and she didn’t win.
  - A bunch of dancing kids did.
  - so she started showing her arms, and her legs, including a high thigh on the TV.
  - Just bow out gracefully and go away.

May 26 2009 (TUE)

• NOT VOLCANIC ENOUGH
  19.    sonia sotomayor biography (She ate a baby’s head)
  18.    mike tyson’s daughter (She’s dead)
  16.    the last tournament (Poem by Tennyson, probably on Jeopardy)
  15.    taysha valez (World’s youngest billionare at 27)
  14.    mike tyson s daughter dead (From previous day)
  13.    judge sonia sotomayor (See #11)
  11.    sotomayor (Obama’s first pick for supreme court justice, because you just know they’ll find a reason not to approve her)
  10.    exodus tyson pictures (I’m going to ASSUME you want pictures of her BEFORE her death)
  7.    rodney rogers (Ex-basketball player, injured in ATV accident)
• 6.    prop 8 decision (WES)
  Related Terms: 20.california supreme court prop 8 decision; 17.proposition 8 ruling; 12.california supreme court; 8.california supreme court prop 8
  - Let’s just jump to the Why Now?
  - - The California Supreme Court decided that within the borders of the state, homosexuals are not humans and are therefore not deserving of the same rights as the rest of us.
  - - - The Government should either stay out of the marriage game COMPLETELY or afford the EXACT same provisions to EVERY pair of human adults who want to be married.

• 4.    icosahedron (BOB)
  - A 20-sided polyhedron
  - - With a shape familiar to any pen-and-paper RPG player
  - - - Which of course is likely anyone who’d listen to this show
  - - One of five Platonic solids
  - - - Which love other solids, but not romantically
  - - - - Actually, it describes a convex polyhedron that is regular
  - - - - - Meaning all angles are equal in measure and all sides are the same length
  - Why now?
  - - Most likely WWTBAM
  - - - But again, I’m unable to confirm
• 1.    cop without a badge (SAM)
  Related Terms: 9.danielle staub ex husband; 5.danielle real housewives of new jersey; 3.kevin maher; 2.danielle staub
  - It’s a book.
  - That is apparently hard to find.
  - Unless you look on amazon.com
  - Written by Charles Kipps.
  - Apparently about a true story of a conman turned cop informant.
  - Why now?
  - It apparently may or may not have a mug shot of Danielle Staub.
  - Who seems to be the only one not kinda semi linked to possible mob activity.
  - In the reality TV show the Real housewives of New Jersey.
  - I thought NJ was the garden state.
  - I guess we just figured out why their garden grows so well.
  - It’s the fertilizer. 

May 27 2009 (WED)

• NOT VOLCANIC ENOUGH
  20.    danielle staub (Previous day)
  19.    manchester united vs barcelona 2009 time (What is that in EDT?)
  18.    is love alive lyrics (Song, on a lyrics show I bet)
  14.    uss vandenberg (See #9)
  13.    cop without a badge danielle mugshot (Previous day)
  12.    uefa champions league final 2009 live (Pretty much explains it)
  11.    thermite (Bomb ingredient. Unknown why now)
  10.    myron rolle (Projected 2010 first pick for the NFL, did well somewhere)
  9.    sink the vandenberg (They’re creating an artifical reef out of it)
  8.    kari byron pregnant (Mythbuster, and yes she is)
  7.    chynna phillips (Meow)
  6.    dame edna (Cross-dressing comedian. Tickets on sale now)
  4.    cop without a badge (Previous day)
• 3.    george strait (BOB)
  Related Terms: 17.garth brooks; 16.george strait tv special; 15.troubadour
  - American country music artist
  - - Referred to as the King of Country
  - - - But slightly less weird than the King of Pop
  - - His career spans 38 albums and 34 years
  - - - He’s ranked behind only The Beatles and Elvis Presley with 22 platinum and 4 gold albums
  - - He was named Artist of the Decade in 2009 by the Academy of Country Music
  - - - Which sounds like one of them elitist learnin’ things
  - Why now?
  - - He was on the CBS television network
  - - - At the ACM Artist of the Decade All Star Concert
  - - - - Yeeeeeeeehaw!
• 2.    pequot capital (SAM)
  - Pequot Capitol Management inc.
  - Started by Arthur Samberg in 1999.
  - By 2001 had over 200 employees.
  - Is a hedge fund company.
  - Since I have no idea what that is…I don’t even know what funds means…I never have any..I’ll try to understand and then explain.
  - So heads up…this might turn into a cricket story.
  - So…trusty Wikipedia states that a hedge is: line of closely spaced shrubs or trees planted and trained to mark a boundry or area.
  - and a fund is proividing  money for a transaction, project person or business.
  - So to me that means a loan from bob for trees to make a living fence.
  - However…a hedge fund is a type of fund or loan that is started in one market in an attempt to offset an obligation in another market.
  - I’d give you an example….
  - If I actually understood any of this.
  - So this one day…at cricket camp..
  - Why now?
  - The dude was being held accountable for insider trading last year.
  - And is being forced to close this hedge fund thingie.
  - That was apparently doing well, but with the times, can’t keep ofsetting the losses.
  - I think it’s like taking out a bet that something will loose, and you get paid if infact it looses. Like taking on the bet the Calvs would loose this series, even though they were the best in the league.
  - But that would be an example…which I can’t give, because I don’t get it.
  - Next!
• 1.    spin gym (WES)
  Related Term: 5.forbes riley
  - Stupid workout tool that will be adorning attics, basements, and garages for the next several decades, and landfills thereafter.
  - - It has nothing to do with “Spinning Class” which is one of the lamer named workout activities.
  - - - If you don’t know, Spinning Class is code for riding exercise bikes, and paying someone to ride theirs in front of you.
  - - I could find no actual description of what this “Spin Gym” thing is, which is funny because of the why now.
  - Why Now?
  - - It was on Pitchmen.
  - - - They did a crap job of pitching it, apparently, because NOTHING on the trends page is about the device.
  - - - I did see one picture of someone using it, and it looks like a sideways yo-yo that I presume spins as you move your arms in and out.
  - - - Can I go back to talking about Jon and Kate?

May 28 2009 (THU)

• NOT VOLCANIC ENOUGH
  16.    la paz mexico (Town. Unknown why now)
  15.    howe caverns (You can tour them. Unknown why now)
  13.    billy crystal (On Leno, who’s getting ready to retire)
  10.    papyrus font (Terrible font)
  9.    spin gym (From previous day)
  8.    powerball numbers may 27 2009 (You won!)
  7.    sara jane moore (The woman who almost assassinated President Ford. Freed on parole now)
  6.    google wave (New thing from Google. I don’t quite get it)
  5.    latin for badge (Gotta be Jeopardy)
  4.    rodney rogers accident (Basketballer, now paralyzed after an ATV accident)

• 3. sun mingming (WES)
  - World’s 2nd tallest man currently
  - - Which makes him a LOSER
  - World’s tallest basketball player ever
  - - Which makes him a WINNER
  - 7′9″ Chinese basketballer
  - - Seeing him next to someone else reminds me of the technical wizardry they did in Lord of the Rings to make the Hobbits look smaller than Gandalf.
  - In 2005, doctors found a tumor in his brain that was limiting the release of testosterone.
  - - It was successfully removed and he got better.
  - That same year, he tried out for the NBA but was not accepted because he’s kinda slow on the court.
  - Why now?
  - - I don’t know for sure.
  - - He played in a game against Korea’s tallest basketball player, Ha Seung-jin, who is only 7′3″
  - - - So maybe they covered it when they weren’t talking about John and Kate or Susan Boyle
• 2.    kavya shivashankar (BOB)
  Related Terms: 18.laodicean; 17.derriengue; 14.gyascutus; 12.ophelimity; 11.guayabera
  - Thirteen-year-old junior high school student
  - - Will attend California Trail Junior High School in Olathe, Kansas this fall
  - Why now?
  - - She was on Who Wants To Marry a Fifth Grader?
  - - - Wait, what?
  - - - - Oh, she won the 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee
  - - - - - Which had words such as the ones in the show notes as related terms that I’m not even sure I can pronounce, let alone spell
  - - - - - - And I thought I had a pretty extensive vocabulary
  - - - - - - - The Bee was of course on TeeVee, or else it wouldn’t be on the trends
• 1.    we take the cake (SAM)
  - THis is a shop that fills mail orders for cake.
  - They can make pretty much any type of cake, any design.
  - Mostly mail order.
  - Business became a little tight for the NY business after 9/11.
  - Until it was featured on Oprah’s favourite things in 2004.
  - WHy now?
  - There was a show called Oprah effect.
  - Going on about how things change when Oprah gets involved.
  - Business boomed overnight when Oprah mentioned her fav cake and stuck it on her list.
  - The Oprah effect show aired tonight.

May 29 2009  (FRI)

• NOT VOLCANIC ENOUGH
  16.    mayim bialik (Titular character in #5)
  15.    lisa joyner (Married to Jon Cryer. No clue why now)
  14.    how tall is conan o brien (1 billion miles tall)
  13.    fan brands (Brand your outdoor cookware with your team’s logos. Dork)
  10.    hue hollins calls foul against scottie pippen (Wow that’s specific)
  9.    june carter (Johnny Cash’s wife)
  7.    lance broadway (Pitcher, traded)
  5.    blossom tv show (#16 was on “What not to Wear.” I presume they just showed an episode of Blossom)

• 4.    mark mcgrath (WES)
  - Oh holy geez.
  - - Lead Singer of the band Sugar Ray
  - - - Sometimes called Sugar Ray himself.
  - - - Like Hootie.
  - - - And Vanilli.
  - - Actually, he’s the ex-lead singer of Sugar Ray
  - - - They released their last album in 2003
  - - - Though they did a couple singles since then.
  - - - While not singing for Sugar Ray, McGrath had a lucrative career in Television:
  - - - - Hosted Extra!
  - - - - Hosted Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll
  - Why now?
  - - He’s the lead singer of Sugar Ray again!
  - - - Their new album, Music for Cougars, is going to be released in June.
  - - - If that’s the true name of the album, it’s actually kind of awesome. -Bob 6/1/09 5:42 PM
  - - - It is, and they said they just kinda used it because they couldn’t think of anything better.
• 3.    lana clarkson (SAM)
  Related Terms: 12.wall of sound; 8.barbarian queen; 6.phil spector
  - 40 year old actress.
  - Who was really a 40 year old waitress.
  - Who once stared in a cult movie in the 80’s called Barbarian Queen.
  - I wonder if it was like days of Thunder.
  - Well, there are whips and strageticlally placed leather straps.
  - Set in Roman times and being more amazonian woman saving the world.
  - And no Tina Turner…so not like days of Thunder.
  - Barbarian Queen 2 had nothing in common with the first one.
  - Except lana was tired naked to a rock.
  - It went straight to video…and I am sure straight to wes’s netflicks list.
  - back to being a waitress.
  - She was told by her manager that Phil Spector was an important man.
  - He is a music man and attributed to inventing the wall of sound type of recording songs.
  - He invited Lana to his home for “drinks”.
  - Was then seen by his driver with a gun in his hand and saying” I think I killed someone”.
  - Phil spent millions trying to prove that Lana killed herself with a single shotgun to the mouth.
  - in 2003.
  - His legal team walked away from him with it was a hung jury.
  - So he was tried again and sentenced to 15 yrs.
  - He is 69 and in poor health, so it was pretty much a life sentence.
  - And now he is broke.
• 1.    ventura highway lyrics (BOB)
  Related Terms: 11.any way you want it lyrics; 2.misunderstanding lyrics
  - Why now?
  - - On Don’t Forget To Mention That It’s Volcanicast’s Second Anniversary Show
  - - - Volcanic lyrics recap courtesy of nobody
  - - - - The volcanic songs were Ventura Highway by America
  - - - - - And Misunderstanding by Genesis