We just had a great conversation with a close business friend and found out that we’re going to SuperBowl and enjoying from a certain celebrity’s private luxury suite!! So stoked to say the least! Can’t reveal which celebrity just yet, but let’s just say we’ll be rocking out. Hell ya!

Anyone else going?

As if we didn’t already know, Tom Cruise is officially a creeper. Now he’s making craziness propoganda or “promotional videos” for the Church of Scientology of which he is their most prominent member. Absolutely nothing against Scientology so we’re not even going into that… just pointing out exhibit B of what a big ton of money can sometimes do to a person (exhibit A is Britney Spears if you were wondering)

RA as in the sushi bar and restaurant, not raw as in the delicious way that sushi is prepared, although both are fitting here. RA is a Phoenix staple when it comes to dining out for sushi and is expanding faster than you can say “side of eel sauce, please.” A Phoenix Business Journal article announces RA’s 18th restaurant to open and its 1st mid-Atlantic location. RA is a Scottsdale-based company so it gets big respect from us locals - does 6 years living in Phoenix, make us a local yet?

http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/01/14/daily16.html?surround=lfn

This schmuck (Yiddish word of the day) was so close! He was attempting to jump from the 86th floor observation deck of the Empire State Building in New York City. But what i don’t get is why would he die if they don’t let him go? Anyways, imagine the awesome story the non-English speaking tourists have to go home with. I bet the guy comes back a second time and jumps without a chute for failing at something so damn simple. Haha. 

Checkout the writeup on the top 40 Yiddish words you should be familiar with. Pay special attention to # 5, 9, 13, 17, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33 and 39. They will come in handy when conversing with the chosen peeps.

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-yiddish-handbook-40-words-you-should-know/

LOOK AT THE CREEPY TELEMARKETER IN THE BACK

We know you’ve heard about the famous DO NOT CALL REGISTRY which essentially helps to eliminate telemarketing calls during dinner time or any other damn time. President Bush signed it into law in 2003 and ever since there’s been silence to our ears.

Ever wonder where you go to register a phone number? www.donotcall.gov

Fun little exceptions to the law: you can still receive calls from political organizations [how else can presidential candidates raise $500 million], charities [you know, the funny sounding ones like The Fraternal Order of Matriarchal Police Veterans], those conducting surveys [”hello maam, time for the 10 year census checkup… first question, are you white or black or other?”], companies which you have an existing business relationship with for up to 18 months after your last purchase unless you say stop [”on May 3rd, 2005 you bought a pair of panties from us, would you like us to ship you another?”], and bill collectors [gotta love that call at the dinner table with your family overhearing]

- every tuesday we will feature another ridiculous story of laughs and deceit at the hands of someone within the iconic network or a legendary story that we were told and must repeat -

CYRUS H. & JONNY GLUCKERS

 Title: PINK BUTTERFLIES

This week’s Prank Wars story comes to you directly from deep inside the offices of ICONIC…

So one of the main things that comes with the territory of doing what we do for a living, is having to set aside time each day to make some favors happen for close friends and valued business associates. Sometimes it’s as small as landing an interview for Friend A at Place B… sometimes as medium as scoring some tickets to Andrea Bocelli… and sometimes as big as getting a good rate on a private jet to Vegas. This prank war has to do with a small favor we were doing for ICONIC’s very own Cyrus. All the guy wanted was a quick ICONIC phonecall to a hotel for a great rate on New Year’s Eve. And what do i do? Take the opportunity to ef with Cy a bit!

Cyrus: What’s our corporate code?

Jon: We don’t have a corporate code at that hotel.

Cyrus: Ok, so what do i use when i call in?

Jon: We’re using R_____’s code.

Cyrus: Which is???

Jon: “Pink Butterflies”

Cyrus: Jon, i don’t appreciate this! This is not the day to ef with me!

Jon: Seriously! “Pink Butterflies” is the code. I had to use it a couple of days ago. Just trust!

Cyrus: I will quit if this is some shenanigans!!

[ten minutes later, a bbm - blackberry messenger - comes in]

Cyrus: I quit.

Jon: HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA… you know i have to post this on the blog for thousands of peeps to enjoy!

Cyrus: Don’t you dare… i can ruin you with what i know!!

Jon: I’m a citizen now… there’s nothing you got on me…

Cyrus: Ugh!

MORAL OF THE STORY KIDS: If it’s too stupid to be true, it probably is!

until next Tuesday… the end.

 

Today, Congress began its public examination of the latest and greatest in pro baseball’s ’steroids era.’ The greatest (in the bad sense) is that clean-as-a-whistle Roger Clemens is the headline accused who will probably never recover from the accusations… goodbye Hall of Fame! If you remember, Congress held similar hearings in March of ‘05 which is where Mark McGwire was forced to tesitfy and came across as a bumbling idiot who refused to deny that he used steroids in the past. Outcome, you ask? A guy who was once considered a first-ballot Hall of Famer was passed up in 2007 during his first year of eligibility receiving only 23.5% of the vote (75% is required to be inducted into the Hall of Fame); it will probably take 10 years or 10 ballets for McGwire to get inducted if he gets in at all. 

The latest is the shocking Mitchell report that took 20 months to put together and became public a few weeks ago. An independent group headed up by well-respected Former Senator George Mitchell did the digging and came up with a 409-page report that names 88 professional baseball players as being charged with using steroids or drugs. You have probably already heard the big names of the accused, but let’s recap a few:

Roger Clemens… Barry Bonds… Jason Giambi… Juan Gonzalez… Andy Pettite… Gary Sheffield… Troy Glaus… and so on

Check out a complete facebook of those accused: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/12/13/sports/20071213_MITCHELL_FEATURE.html

THE ‘STEROIDS ERA’ HAS TRICKLED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OUR BELOVED PETS! IT IS REPORTED THAT DOG JUMPING HAS BECOME SO COMPETITIVE THAT THE COMPETITORS THEMSELVES ARE SNEAKING INTO PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LOCKER ROOMS AFTER HOURS AND RUBBING UP AGAINST EXPOSED STEROID-FILLED NEEDLES… ABSOLUTELY SHAMELESS! Haha. Seriously though, this is a real dog with superdog muscles… Who’s the big dawg now?!

A 16-year-old Aussie kid has some serious chutzpah while getting interviewed by a gorgeous Aussie anchor ( plus 3 points for the accent, she’s a 13!) for throwing a 500 person party while his parents were gone on vacation. The talk definitely took a turn for the best near the end. Best line of the interview: “i have, everyone has, they love it!”