Congratulations to Red Wing Great Nick Lidstrom, whose #5 jersey will be hung from the rafters tonight before the Wings game against Colorado at the Joe. His Jersey will join fellow Red Wing Legends: Steve Yzerman - #19, Terry Sawchuk - #1 (Goalie), Alex Delvecchio - #10, Ted Lindsay - #7, Sid Abel - #12 & Gordie Howe - #9.
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Twitter is still buzzing about John Travolta's botched pronunciation of Best Supporting Actress Idina Menzel at the Oscars. Travolta has apologized and said he "won't get caught with his pants down again."
- Which is gonna make things a lot more difficult during his weekly "Scientology Probe".
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Crimea's Parliament has voted to join Russia.
- Opposition party leaders Bullwinkle T. Moose and Boris Badenov voted against it.
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A Russian group has nominated Vladimir Putin for a Nobel Peace Prize.
- It'll look great on the mantel next to his "Joseph Stalin Goodfellow Award".
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On this date in 1836 a small group of Texans were overrun and killed by 3000 Mexicans in a battle for The Alamo.
- The guys down the block at Hertz and Avis fared much better.
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In a trailer for her new reality show, Lindsay Lohan says she often feels like a prisoner.
- That's probably because she often is.
- But the feeling passes as soon as her lawyer bails her out of jail.
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Meanwhile a Miami judge ruled that the jailhouse video of Justin Bieber relieving himself must be censored before for it can be released to the public.
- They have to blur out the Cheerio in the toilet bowl that Justin was using as a target.
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The NY Times has apologized for spelling someone's name wrong 161 years ago.
- 60 Minute's reporter Morley Safer graciously accepted the apology.
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A Pew Poll found that the word American's most associate with Hillary Clinton is "tough".
- And the word American's most associate with Bill Clinton is "Sexytime!"
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Have a great day and I'll see you back here tomorrow with a brand new Podcast! (#113).
-Dick