I came across another Buy-One Get One Free coupon, this time for TCBY. Keep in mind, it is their coupon and their rules of use apply…BigJock.com is just the site that is spreading the word!!

http://www.glamour.com/images/sweeps/tcby.pdf

So the Russian president, Vladimir Putin has been seen around the ‘net without his shirt, cruising through a stream in Siberia. So?

My philosophy is that if you’ve got it, flaunt it. Maybe he was doing a David Hasselhoff gut-suck, but for a 54-year old guy, he looks like he has a pretty good personal trainer.

Th fallout from this spread, both for and against, is expected, and likely planned. Now if we can only have our 2008 presidential candidates pose topless, who would do the best? Hillary Clinton, topless? Maybe contest to narrow things down. Hmmmm….Barack Obama versus Rudy Giuliani; Hillary versus John McCain and John Edwards against Michael Bloomberg.

Contestants can take off their shirts, give a few poses, and BigJock.com will set up a voting system to see who wins. Granted, it won’t be scientific and probably not too accurate, but it sure would be fun….Edwards looks fit….Obama looks like he needs a few hot pastrami sandwiches to fill out some…Hillary always wears loose-fitting blouses, so you can’t really tell…Rudy has eaten the sandwiches….and I can’t say anything about McCain….war hero, and all….plus I’ve been taught to never speak ill of senior citizens.

Any thoughts or any pictures, please post away!

As I mentioned in my earlier post I attended the Santa Clara County Fair last weekend.

Making my way through the exhibit halls I saw the booths for the San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose Police Department. Each booth had stickers and coloring books for the kids, and job application information for potential recruits.

Just across from the SJPDfolks was a booth selling wallets, purses and other “designer” items from Coach, Gucci, Chanel and LV. Knowing full well a Chanel bag costs several hundreddollars - not $15, I had a pretty good idea it was less than legit.

So, again me being a good citizen, I politely asked one of the uniformed SJPDbooth-jockeys if he realizedhis neighbor was hawking fake goods. He looked over in that direction, giving a response while chuckling, “Ya know, lots of people like that stuff.”

At the next booth, there were two uniformed Santa Clara County Sherrif deputies, that I posed the same query to. Their response…”You’d better call Customs, it’s not our job.”

Maybe they are correct…who cares? Bootleg music, DVD andcomputer software, who does it hurt? Fake autographed sports memorabilia and licensed Sponge Bob stuff. So what.

Hello, Chuck Reed, mayor of San Jose. Your city, your cops, your citizens. Just wanted you to know.

Santa Clara County Fair Organizers claimed the Fair would cease to exist if they didn’t at least break even this year. So, me being a good citizen, I decided to check it out.

My opinion? Cancel the damn thing.

Why? OK, first off, $8 to park + $8 to get in. $24 off the bat. Overpriced lousy food that I could get at the San Jose flea market on Berryessa; vendors that sell nothing of relevence that are also flea market regulars; overpriced games…and thugs. Lots and lots of thugs. $75 later, I walked out with a tiny stuffed bear.

If they were attempting to attract families, couplesor upstanding citizens, they failed miserably. I saw very few couples, and even less families. Mostly it was groups of individuals wearing some sort of clothing that could be considered gang-related (color-coordinated hats, shirts, etc.) with body art on necks, backs and hands.

Is there anything wrong with this? Maybe not. Am I being prejudiced in any way? Possibly. But since I have been around this environment myself in a “past life” I know who likely is and who likely isn’t associated. Of course you cannot judge a book by its cover - but, if you don’t want to be judged, don’t look the part.