Paint Me A Birmingham
Craig Ferguson heads to Birmingham, Alabama on Sunday for a pair of shows at the Stardome Comedy Club, as he continues this week’s leg of his Live Comedy Tour.  Upon arriving in Biloxi, Mississippi on Saturday, Craig tweeted:

Woke up in Biloxi MS with a hangover. Odd. I stopped drinking nearly 20 years ago. Maybe latenight truckstop Moon Pie is the culprit. #code

Let’s hope he washed it down with an RC Cola, the drink famously paired with Moon Pies across the South. Later, he added:

http://twitpic.com/8a1asf If you ever need alone time I suggest the gym in a large casino. #latenighttruckstopmoonpieguilt

After working out, he tweeted a single letter, followed by an explanation:

X // Oh. I seem to have accidentally tweeted the letter X. Please accept it as a kiss. You too ladies.

And just before Saturday’s show, Craig retweeted an audience member’s observation and quipped:

“@Danimal76: Someone is walking around with a bunny puppet at the @CraigyFerg show.” Good grief! Not another one. They’re breeding like..oh

Scottish Silliness
The Scottish press is at it again, this time in the Scottish Sun newspaper. They use a very deceptive headline, not based on any facts or quotes, designed to catch attention that is not substantiated in the article.  The rest of the article is mostly decent, expect for a few incorrect or incomplete facts, about Craig’s sister Lynn Ferguson.  Upon reading the article, Lynn tweeted:

Gags. What gags? @craigyferg Since when did you start using gags? http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/scotlandfeatures/4075918/Lynn-Ferguson-Its-no-surprise-my-brother-Craig-cracked-America-I-wrote-most-of-his-gags.html

There was another, much better article on Scotsman.com previewing the television special Lynn is narrating about the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.  Thanks to the RSA’s @NancyInTampa and @CozyHobo for the link.

Steroid Hearings
Craig holds court as Senator Howell Thurston, as he investigates steroid use in baseball:

Video courtesy: RoQu3tO

Holidays and Birthdays
Saturday, January 21st is National Hugging Day, as well as the birthday of George Orwell, Benny Hill, Jack Nicklaus and Placido Domingo.  Sunday, January 22nd is Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day, and is the birthday of August Strindberg, Ann Sothern and Lord Byron. Here is perhaps Lord Byron’s most famous work:



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She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellow’d to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o’er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.

And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all
A heart whose love is innocent!
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