Archive for June 13th, 2005
Coingate Culprit Tries to Influence Rockets

The Toledo Blade reported today that Tom Noe, the man behind a missing $12 million Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation rare coin investment, has a history of trying to broker shady business deals. Apparently, while chairman of the Ohio Board of Regents, which, among other duties, coordinates and implements Ohio higher education policies, Noe decided to invest in a company founded by a University of Toledo professor and attempted to “improperly influence” the university. And the hits just keep on coming.

Wolverine Producing Wolverine

Finally a smart spin-off idea from Hollywood. Looks like Hugh Jackman will reprise his Wolverine role and produce a movie of the same name. With quite possibly the best backstory of all comic book heroes, this was a definite no-brainer. Here’s hoping they don’t water down what we saw in the comics.

Jackson Found Not Guilty on All Counts

May we all pause for a moment of falsetto singing, crotch grabbing, and moonwalking to celebrate yet another famous person’s defeat of the legal system. Let us sing, “hee-hee!”