FAREWELL

No one says "good bye" quite like John Denver and The Muppets:

Look mom!  No hair!  

I can guarantee none of you have ever seen me like this before.  I must have been at least 15 myself the last time I saw my nipples naked-- not even a wiry strand or two.  Don't worry.  I made sure to adequately document the momentous occasion.  

I don't think I've ever had one of these either, not even in the 90s:

If only my hair were darker, I'd have one of these all the time:

Then the big guns came out:

It'll take an underground railroad to cross my new Mason-Dixon.  Do you have a ticket?

In case you're wondering just why I look like an albino xoloitzcuintle, today is the day I get cast.  

Live.  

Five hours under silicone and I need your help.  

Contribute to sculptor Cameron Stalheim's "Colby as 30ft Merman" project HERE.        

RICK SANTORUM, COMMUNIST?

Rich Santorum has been called a lot of things, but communist?  According to the Italian weekly magazine Oggi, Rick's political aspirations run in the family, but not in ways you might imagine.  Santorum often likes to tout his grandfather's battle against fascism in Italy, but leaves out a few convenient details.  Pietro Santorum fled to the United States in 1925, the same year Mussolini began using the title "Il Duce".  The reason?  The Santorums were "ultraliberal leftists" according to Oggi.  Several family members who remained in Italy went on to serve as pillars in the Italian Communist Party.  Many of Rick's homophobic and pro-life policy positions don't sit well with the 83 year old matriarch of the family, Maria Malacarne Santorum, " To take a stand against homosexuality or to oppose divorce is harmful.  Principles count, but in politics one must have the capacity to be open-minded."  One family member took an even stronger tack, reminiscing about the days when high ranking Communist Party officials would visit the family home, "There are Santorums who would roll over in their graves to hear [Rick's] rhetoric.".

Add that to the froth Rick.  For more, check out the Daily Beast.