Archive for December, 2006


Girl-Crushing On Kathleen Parker

NATIONALLY-SYNDICATED COLUMNIST IS WHO WE WANT TO BE WHEN WE GROW UP FITSNews - December 31, 2006 - We totally loved Kathleen Parker's column this morning. Witty, flirtatious, mildly-irreverent and (as usual) exceptionally well-written, it was everything a good column should be, of course in all

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Adopt-A-Pet This New Year

SAY HEY TO MAY, A BASSET HOUND-BEAGLE MIX WHO NEEDS A NEW HOME FOR THE NEW YEAR FITSNews - December 31, 2006 - Say hey to May. She's an adorable Basset Hound-Beagle mix who absolutely loves playing with kids and other dogs - and vegging out in front of the television, too, of course. She's a beautiful

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NFL Playoff Scenarios Hurting Our Heads

LOOKS LIKE PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY BUT OAKLAND RAIDERS STILL IN THE HUNT TO MAKE PLAYOFFS FITSNews - December 31, 2006 - Somebody get us some aspirin. Or better yet two of those Advil Liquigel capsules. We tried to figure out the NFL playoff picture earlier today and all we got was a splitting headache.

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Saddam Hanging Video Morbidly Fascinates

AMERICA SEEMS TO GET OFF WATCHING ITS ENEMIES DIE, AND HEADLINE OF THIS POST MAY OR MAY NOT BE WRITTEN IN IAMBIC PENTAMETER FITSNews - December 31, 2006 - Apparently, a goodly number of our colleagues in the blogosphere are tripping over themselves to post video clips of the Saddam Hussein execution.

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John Edwards Flaps His Arms Too Much

NEWEST OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE NEEDS TO RATION EXHAUSTING ARM GESTURES FITSNews - December 31, 2006 - Conducting a Google photo search of Democratic Presidential candidate John Edwards is exhausting business. Seriously, his arms are flapping all over the place in so many different pictures

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Some Rare Praise for Shrub

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES PUTS OUT A THOUGHTFUL AND ARTICULATE STATEMENT ON A MAJOR WORLD EVENT FOR A CHANGE FITSNews - December 30, 2006 - The worst thing about a major world event occuring is that Shrub (a.k.a. President George W. Bush) usually puts out a statement giving his opinion about whatever

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Miss Tennessee Has Pretty Eyes

SHE ALSO SINGS, HELPS ABUSED CHILDREN AND ISN'T OUT PARIS HILTON-ING IT UP ALL THE TIME FITSNews - December 30, 2006 - Since we've written so much about beauty queens drinking underage, using illegal drugs and basically whoring it up all the time, we figured we should also tell you about one who isn't

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Hussein Hanged, Etc.

FORMER SHOTGUN-WAVING DICTATOR GOES TO GALLOWS FITSNews - December 30, 2006 - Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was hanged at dawn for crimes against humanity along with his half-brother Barzan Ibrahim and former Revolutionary Court judge Hamad al-Bandar. Hussein, who was responsible for the death

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Gamecocks Win, Tigers Lose

AND SIC WILLIE IS OBVIOUSLY NO TRAVIS BELL WHEN IT COMES TO TAKING PICTURES FITSNews - December 29, 2006 - What a night in Memphis. South Carolina pulled out a dramatic 44-36 victory over the Houston Cougars to capture the Liberty Bowl Championship and finish the 2006 season with an 8-5 record. Clemson

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It’s Not Tony Romo And Carrie Underwood But …

ANOTHER COUNTRY MUSIC DIVA IS DOING HALFTIME SHOW AT LIBERTY BOWL IN MEMPHIS TODAY FITSNews - December 29, 2006 - We're going to level with you ... the only reason for this article is we wanted to write another headline with Tony Romo and Carrie Underwood in the title. Seriously, like half the Western

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Gameday At The Liberty Bowl

GAMECOCKS LOOK TO CONTAIN KEVIN KOLB - WHO APPARENTLY DOESN'T THROW INTERCEPTIONS FITSNews - December 29, 2006 - First of all, there are easily 13,000 Gamecock fans in Memphis for today's Liberty Bowl, another impressive showing for South Carolina's football program. Then again, there are also tons

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Michael Vick Is Just Keeping It Real

FALCONS QUARTERBACK USES JERRY MAGUIRE EXPRESSION TWICE IN SAME SATELLITE RADIO INTERVIEW FITSNews - December 29, 2006 - Atlanta Falcons' quarterback Michael Vick is our hero. First off, he called it like he saw it immediately following the Falcons' 10-3 loss to the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, saying

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