- It is
open season on 50 Cent and for a man who has been shot nine times and survived,
that’s an interesting proposition. Quite a few artists have taken aim at 50 of
late, but if you believe him, he’s shaking it off the same way he overcame
those nine burning slugs pumped into his torso so many years ago. His latest
foe is rapper Jay Electronica, who recently
squeezed off a few rounds of backhanded compliments about what 50 Cent used to
be. "50 Cent at once, he was a good rapper,” the Louisiana rapper
explained. "Right now he got the
potential to be a rapper, but he’s on some sucker sh*t…and we will slap 50 Cent’s
eyeballs loose out his scalp.” Someone should tell Mr. Electronica that
eyeballs aren’t in your scalp, but otherwise it was a solid attack. Or at least
it seemed to be until an Instagram exchange in which 50 Cent was asked about
Electronica’s comments. When one of his followers suggested that he hadn’t
responded to Electronica’s digital rage because he was afraid, 50 tried to
laugh it off. “who is that? I don’t even know a song from him. LMAO,” 50 Cent
wrote in response. Attacking other rappers who have accomplished more and have
more game than he does seems to be Jay Electronica’s M.O., as he has also
called out Kendrick Lamar. It definitely puts your name in the spotlight
for a little while, but maybe find a more original target than 50 Cent. He was
just in a battle of words with Meek Mill last year when the latter released the
song 'Gave 'Em Hope,' prompting 50 Cent to go off
on his rival via social media. Let’s just say there were feces-related emoji
used and that’s all we need to say. Oh, and 50 Cent also had a digital beef
with Drake, so the point is that 50 Cent is just a magnet for stray shots of
all calibers and types…………
- Will
pay in maple syrup, unlimited denim, a full digital copy of Bryan Adams’ back
catalog and round bacon. Need help carving our mullets. It’s the plight of
Norman Wells, Canada, an über-remote town in the
Northwest Territories – just south of the Arctic Circle -- where 40 or 50 below
zero for a week or two at a time and where the approximately 800 residents are
in desperate need of a hairdresser. “It’s been a long struggle for us,” said Nicky
Richards, the economic development officer of Norman Wells. “We just don’t have
anyone. It’s something that people down south don’t even ever think about
because they don’t have to worry about it.” Or because they know how to cut their
own mullets, but that’s beside the point. Ultimately, the manes of Norman Wells
are unkempt, overgrown and while a butter knife and upside-down bowl can help a
bit, the bottom line is that there is a pressing need for a good barber. Past
hairdressers have never stayed for long, toiling in a workspace in a local inn
that is outfitted with chairs, mirrors and a sink. As chance would have it,
that work space is currently available for lease and the potential customer
base numbers in the thousands thanks to the needs of neighboring towns.
According to Richards, the town has heard from a few interested people, but the
weather is a buzzkill for most. “Sometimes we will have a good 40 or 50 below
spell for a week or two at a time. So you’re either going to love it or hate
it, I suppose,” she said. Hate it sounds about right. Move to a non-frozen
corner of the world and maybe your odds for a decent cut will improve, Norman
Wells………
- Much
like the 9-to-5er who ditches work to attend the big game and gets caught by
his boss when he ends up on TV during the broadcast of said game, Buffalo
Sabres Evander Kane should have had a better plan. Unlike Terry from accounting
who got fired for skipping the big meeting and flaking on that important TPS
report, Kane won't be losing his job, but he’s still in hot water with his team
because he attended the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday in Toronto, overslept the
next day and missed practice. On the surface, his plan was solid. He helped the
Sabres to a 4-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche at First Niagara Center in
Buffalo, then smartly chartered a private plane to attend the All-Star Game at
Air Canada Centre. Unfortunately, being a professional athlete who’s highly
recognizable and going to a massive sporting event, he didn’t slip into and out
of the great white north unnoticed and when he missed practice the next day, it
didn’t take long to figure out why. "He slept in, called [GM] Tim [Murray]
and myself, broke a team rule," coach Dan Bylsma said. "We'll be
dealing with it internally, but he will not be playing in Ottawa. I'm
disappointed." You might be disappointed to be without a player who has been
strong of late, posting five goals in the past six games, but you just gave
this guy another day off after he took an unauthorized vacation and probably
spent the night at a good party or two before coming home. Granted, escaping
Buffalo is a fantasy of everyone living in Buffalo during the eight-month
winter in which the city is currently buried, but this wasn’t the best way to
make it happen………
- Also
wanted, it turns out, are people to spend their free time playing with goats.
This is decidedly more appealing than moving to the most frozen portion of the
tundra that is Canada to style the mullets of the locals and better still,
volunteering at a South Carolina goat farm also looks great on a college
application. Enter Possum Kingdom Kreamery in Belton, S.C., where the volunteer
opportunity of a lifetime has arrived. Folks are literally wanted to feed and
play with baby goats and owner Tanya Bryson and her husband run the
farm and because the goat harvest has been bountiful of late, they need a
little assistance to help keep their business running smoothly and boost
profits. “We've had 20 born so far and we're going to have close to 90 this
year,” Bryson said. They couple have been raising goats for eight years, but
their herd has grown too large to handle on their own. Oh, and don’t even think
about asking them to skimp on the personal attention for their moneymakers. “It
makes them a lot less shy if they're handled and a lot more cooperative and
things like that, so it's really good for them,” Bryson added. “It's just like
little kids, they need cuddling and playing and people to love on them.” Volunteers
are needed to help feed the goats three times a day and not really care about
being clean or staying out of the muck, mud and mire than are pretty much
inevitable on any kind of farm. Maybe if you’re lucky, you’ll get a discount on
some of the PKK products for sale by the farm, or perhaps you can sneak off
with your very own baby goat, since there are apparently a sh*t ton of them
wandering around………..
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