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It has been a busy week for school shootings and there is another one to report. One man is in the hospital as a result of the Seton Hall shooting, an incident in which he shot himself. Seton Hall University is currently locked down as a result of the trouble.

The man has been identified as Anthony Papalia, 22 years old, of Aberdeen. He was on the campus visiting his girlfriend. What prompted him to shoot himself is a matter of speculation.

Papalia is currently in stable condition.

There are no other injuries to report.

Drinking chocolate is all the rage. For people who didn’t think that chocolate drinks were “chocolate-y” enough, Ghirardelli has introduced the ultimated Chocolate drink.

The concoction is made by melting Ghirardelli chocolate with milk.

Umm, umm….calories! If you can afford a zillion extra calories in your daily diet, then drinking chocolate is the way to go.

Scotty Doesn’t Know, Scotty Doesn’t Know…so don’t tell Scotty.

This is an all time classic from EuroTrip, with this special cameo by Matt Damon.

The Princess and the Marine are in the news today. “The Princess and the Marine” was a TV movie based on the real-life adventures of a U.S. Marine and a Bahrani princess.

American Marine Jason Johnson finds love with a local woman when he serves in Bahrain. The big problem with Meriam is that she is a member of the Bahranhi royal family and get be involved with the brash American.

Here is a clip from the Princess and the Marine from YouTube.

Blow Energy Drink is all the rage these days. The product is mainly known for its’ clever marketing campaign, which seems to be saying: “I love cocaine” by using the slang “blow” instead. So far the drink is selling like, well, uh an illegal drug.

Of course the drink doesn’t contain cocaine, just the whisper that it might. Instead it is loaded with taurine and caffeine, as are most energy drinks.

Blow Energy Drink. It’s hot this week.

So far baseball legend Roger Clemens has been able to skate on thin ice, and avoid any real trouble concerning performance enhancing drugs. But now charges are hitting very close to home.

Brian McNamee has testified that he injected Debbie Clemens five years ago when she was preparing herself for a Sports Illustrated swim suit photo shoot. Worse news for Roger Clemens, McNamee says the pitcher knew all about it.

McNamee testified during his Capitol Hill deposition Thursday that he injected Debbie Clemens at her husband’s direction, the Daily News said on its website, citing an unidentified Washington source.

Citing a source with knowledge of the testimony, Newsday reported that McNamee said he injected Debbie Clemens in the master bedroom of the Clemenses’ Houston estate and that he also testified that Roger Clemens urged his wife to take HGH because it would be good for her career as a fitness expert. According to Newsday’s source, McNamee said it took Clemens four days to convince his wife to take the drug, which is injected through the stomach, because Debbie Clemens was afraid of the effects. According to Newsday’s source, Debbie Clemens took HGH to prepare for the swimsuit photo shoot, in which she stood over her husband wearing a bikini.

Lawyers for Roger Clemens called McNamee a “liar.”

Pedro Martinez has been cockfighting. Now this would be a big deal to me, except I know that Pedro Martinez is from the Dominican Republic.

My cock is tougher than yours

Cockfighting is neither a crime nor taboo in the DR. In fact, it’s a national past-time, much like baseball is here.

People are always so quick to judge others based on their own morals and principals, but in this case, I can’t see the outrage.

Pedro Martinez cockfights. And YOU eat chicken wings. Quit being such a hypocrite. At least the rooster has a sporting chance to escape his fate. Not true with a chicken wing. So grow up.

Gung Hay Fat Choy! Have you ever heard anyone shouting out Gung Hay Fat Choy to you? Well, if you did, realize they weren’t calling you obese. Instead, they were wishing you a Happy Chinese New Year.

It is year 4706, aka the Year of the Rat, so be nice to rodents this year.

Even Google got in the act today. Here’s their Year of the Rat Logo. Check out the rats looking at the calendar.

I wish you all the best in 4706. Gung Hay Fat Chow!

HEHS. I can’t help but notice the large number of people Googling for “HEHS” today.

So, I think to myself, “what does HEHS” mean? It has to be txt-speak, of that I’m sure. It sounds like something the “cool kids” of Hoffman Estates would call their High School.

So why the upsurge in traffic for Hoffman Estates High School?

Luckily, I found the HEHS website, which said:

All District 211 Schools:

*

James B. Conant High School
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William Fremd High School
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Hoffman Estates High School
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Palatine High School
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Schaumburg High School
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Academy-North
* LEAP

will be Closed today,
Wednesday, February 6, 2008.
due to weather conditions.

So, there we have it. Kids at HEHS are taking the day off and looking for themselves on the Internet. The HEHS mystery has been solved.

Union University has been hit hard by the Tornado that ripped through Arkansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

So far, there do not appear to be any injuries. School officials had this to say.

“We currently have no serious injuries that we know of and rescue operations are still continuing,” Ellsworth said. “Many buildings sustained heavy damage.”

The Union University Web site is down and Ellsworth said the school is trying to find an alternate means for posting information. Currently Ellsworth said the school is working on an alternative means of trying to provide parents with information but that power was completely out on campus.

Here’s wishing the best for everybody at Union University. Hopefully all will be well and the damage is not too severe.