Author Archives: caster

Beauty Queen Mouths Off… Is Promptly Ordered to Pay $5 MIL For Defamation

If you haven’t read about the beauty queen who claimed the Miss USA contest was rigged click here. I’m not sure who co-signed the loan on this beauty queen’s mouth… but they’re probably second-guessing that support now. “You see, what … Continue reading

Posted in Celebrities, Events, News | Tagged , , | 8 Comments

Syracuse Picked A Winner

Though Lobshots is a SoCal-centric sports blog, sometimes a compelling story allows for geographic expansion.   In this case… expansion to a cold, drab city 3000 miles east northeast of San Diego, where personal character is hardened and purified by long … Continue reading

Posted in Basketball, March Madness | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Move Over, Toonces…

Fido, feel like going for a walk?   No?   You’d rather drive?   Here’s the thing.  I love fresh ideas.   Here’s an extremely fresh one… made particularly fresh by its utter ridiculousness.  New Zealand SPCA, to increase abandoned-dog awareness, is training … Continue reading

Posted in News | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

If You Thought This One-of-a-Kind Camaro Was Offensive…

Yep.  It is a one-of-a-kind.  As you’d expect, a car this loud draws equally loud opinions.  Regardless of which side of the Art v Garbage, racial-firey debate you fall, it’s the designer’s response I enjoyed.   After several venomous comments on … Continue reading

Posted in ART, Cars | Tagged , | 6 Comments

Battle on the Midway – Lobshots Style

That. Click to enlarge that… an incredible aerial. Our view? It’s right here. So, the atmosphere of Sunday’s Battle on the Midway between Syracuse/SDSU made up for an otherwise sloppy game.  The wind, at 10-15 mph, clearly affected SDSU perimeter … Continue reading

Posted in Basketball, NCAABB | Leave a comment

An Obituary To Strive For…

“He seemed bathed in golden sunlight…”  Alright, not a bad opening line, obit or otherwise.   If that is written about me… by someone else… gotta say…I’d feel I did something right.  You would too, lemon. Socrates apparently said “the unexamined … Continue reading

Posted in Feel Good Freshness, News | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Let’s Get Political — Political — I Wanna Get Political

Hey, get off that fence and back to your jobs, Yemenese dudes.   No jobs?   Ok, well, then back to your normal activities.  Beating, marginalizing, and repressing women, right?   Calm down…I’m 10% kidding.  But, why are you smashing/destroying, setting fires, and … Continue reading

Posted in Politics | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Horton Hears a “Booooo!”

So last weekend, a little Padres baseball staycation weekend, hosting SF Giants.   I decided on Horton Grand Hotel, not because it’s on the same corner as Fluxx, rather its general Gaslamp proximity.  That and the Victorian Era hotel seemed to … Continue reading

Posted in Entertainment, News | Tagged , , , | 17 Comments

Soda + PS3 + Peanut Butter + Crockpot + Gatorade = Felony

Another edition of… “So that happened…” Compliments of the greater Syracuse, NY area. Croghan, NY—A 28-year-old woman faces a felony charge after she threw multiple items, including a jar of peanut butter, a crock pot insert, and a Play Station … Continue reading

Posted in News | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

Federal Court confirms: Stephen Baldwin is no Ray Kinsella

So that happened. Couple of Hollywood heavies… in federal court.  Stephen Baldwin claimed Costner cheated him on a business deal.  Costner says nope, and defends his reputation in court. Here’s a more likely scenario… Costner DID cheat Mr. Baldwin, then … Continue reading

Posted in Celebrities, News | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment