{"id":14663,"date":"2012-01-22T03:15:04","date_gmt":"2012-01-22T03:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/?p=14663"},"modified":"2012-01-23T03:14:49","modified_gmt":"2012-01-23T03:14:49","slug":"craig-ferguson-birmingham-thurston-byron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-birmingham-thurston-byron\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"Paint Me A Birmingham<\/strong><\/span>\"\"<\/a>\r\nCraig Ferguson<\/strong> 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<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Upon arriving in Biloxi, Mississippi on Saturday, Craig tweeted:\"\"<\/a>\r\n

Woke up in Biloxi MS with a hangover. Odd. I stopped drinking nearly 20 years ago. Maybe latenight truckstop Moon Pie is the culprit. #<\/s>code<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\nLet’s hope he washed it down with an RC Cola, the drink famously paired with Moon Pies across the South. Later, he added:\"\"<\/a>\r\n

http:\/\/twitpic.com\/8a1asf<\/a> If you ever need alone time I suggest the gym in a large casino. #<\/s>latenighttruckstopmoonpieguilt<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\nAfter working out, he tweeted a single letter, followed by an explanation:\r\n

X \/\/ Oh. I seem to have accidentally tweeted the letter X. Please accept it as a kiss. You too ladies.<\/p>\r\nAnd just before Saturday’s show, Craig retweeted an audience member’s observation and quipped:\r\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153@Danimal76: Someone is walking around with a bunny puppet at the @CraigyFerg show.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Good grief! Not another one. They’re breeding like..oh<\/p>\r\nScottish Silliness<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\"\"<\/a>The Scottish press is at it again, this time in the Scottish Sun<\/a> 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.\u00c2\u00a0 The rest of the article is mostly decent, expect for a few incorrect or incomplete facts, about Craig’s sister Lynn Ferguson<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 Upon reading the article, Lynn tweeted:\r\n

Gags. What gags? @<\/s>craigyferg<\/strong><\/a> 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<\/a><\/p>\r\nThere was another, much better article on Scotsman.com<\/a> previewing the television special Lynn is narrating about the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.\u00c2\u00a0 Thanks to the RSA’s @NancyInTampa<\/strong> and @CozyHobo<\/strong> for the link.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nSteroid Hearings<\/strong><\/span>\r\nCraig holds court as Senator Howell Thurston, as he investigates steroid use in baseball:\r\n\r\nVideo courtesy: RoQu3tO<\/span>\r\n<\/object>\r\n\r\n
\"\"<\/a>

Lord Byron<\/p><\/div>Holidays and Birthdays<\/strong><\/span>\r\nSaturday, January 21st is National Hugging Day<\/a>, as well as the birthday of George Orwell<\/a>, Benny Hill<\/a>, Jack Nicklaus<\/a> and Placido Domingo<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Sunday, January 22nd is Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day<\/a>, and is the birthday of August Strindberg<\/a>, Ann Sothern<\/a> and Lord Byron<\/a>. Here is perhaps Lord Byron’s most famous work:\r\n
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She walks in beauty, like the night<\/span><\/em>\r\nOf cloudless climes and starry skies;<\/span><\/em>\r\nAnd all that’s best of dark and bright<\/span><\/em>\r\nMeet in her aspect and her eyes:<\/span><\/em>\r\nThus mellow’d to that tender light<\/span><\/em>\r\nWhich heaven to gaudy day denies.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n

One shade the more, one ray the less,<\/span><\/em>\r\nHad half impaired the nameless grace<\/span><\/em>\r\nWhich waves in every raven tress,<\/span><\/em>\r\nOr softly lightens o’er her face;<\/span><\/em>\r\nWhere thoughts serenely sweet express<\/span><\/em>\r\nHow pure, how dear their dwelling-place.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n

And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,<\/span><\/em>\r\nSo soft, so calm, yet eloquent,<\/span><\/em>\r\nThe smiles that win, the tints that glow,<\/span><\/em>\r\nBut tell of days in goodness spent,<\/span><\/em>\r\nA mind at peace with all<\/span><\/em>\r\nA heart whose love is innocent!<\/span><\/em>\r\n[\/stextbox]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Craig enjoys a Southern treat, works out and makes ’em laugh in Biloxi, then makes his way to Birmingham, the Scottish press mess up again, Senator Howell Thurston runs a hearing, plus the weekend’s holidays and birthdays.<\/p>\n

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