Happy, Happy Birthday to my beautiful wife, Gail. We met when she was 15 and I was 16. (Hard to believe we're already in our 40's!) Time flies when you marry your High School Sweetheart... a woman who just keeps getting more and more Incredible every year. Here's to the center of my Universe! 

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100 human brains, preserved in jars of formaldehyde, have disappeared from a lab at the University of Texas. 

- Police say this type of occurrence is extremely A. B. Normal. (Courtesy of one of my all time favorite movies, Young Frankenstein).

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Physicist Stephen Hawking is warning that Artificial Intelligence could end mankind. 

- But "Artificial Boobs" will likely outlast us all.  

- By "Artificial Intelligence" he's referring to your "Fake Facebook Friends" who actually believe you want to see pictures of their cat dressed up as Flo from the Progressive Insurance commercials. 

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Retailers say that 127 million Americans made credit card purchases on "Cyber Monday". 

- And 127 million hackers used those same credit cards to buy big screen TV's on "Totally Terrific Tuesday". 

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A restaurant has opened in Abu Dhabi that uses roller coasters to bring customers their food. 

- Critics gave the food a big thumbs up.....and....then...an even bigger thumbs....DOOOWWWNNNN!

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Burt Reynolds is auctioning off 600 personal items because of financial trouble. 

- One is the Golden Globe he won for "Boogie Nights" and the other 599 are Toupees. 

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A female Indian game show host was slapped by a studio audience member for wearing a short skirt. 

- Apparently they play "Jeopardy" a little differently over there. 

- In a related story...a female contestant on India's "Wheel of Fortune" was arrested for buying a vowel without a male family member's permission. 

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Madonna appears topless in this month's edition of Interview Magazine. 

- Ho Hum. 

- You know the Christmas Season has officially begun when Madonna dusts off the old snow globes. 

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Have a great day and I'll see you back here Thursday! 

-Dick