| Lo Fun Fact #1 |
| "Lolita Files" is my real name. It is not a pen name, as incredible as that may seem. There are plenty of Files family members and people who have known me for years capable of validating this. As for the "Lolita" part, my mother named me after the movie based on Nabokov's book, although she saw or read neither. For as long as she lived, she had no idea there was anything sexual or seedy about being called "Lolita". |
| Lo Fun Fact #2 |
| I love fried chicken and fabulous shoes. If you ever want to get on my good side, send Popeye's or Mr. Chicken (my favorite spot in Cleveland) and a pair of
Christian Louboutins. |
| Lo Fun Fact #3 |
| Never show up unannounced or without a Pepsi (preferably Pepsi Jazz Caramel Cream). Better yet, how about not show up at all? |
| Lo Fun Fact #4 |
| I hate the telephone. Don't get mad if I don't call you. I don't call anyone. Don't call me asking why I don't call. Just don't call, okay? |
| Lo Fun Fact #5 |
| I love the internet!!! I love communicating through the internet!!! You can e-mail me and odds are I'll e-mail you right back (if I'm not in the middle of a major project). Makes up for my hangup about the phone, doesn't it? See, I'm not so bad after all!!! |
| Lo Fun Fact #6 |
| I can't stand IMing. Please don't IM me. You will get the cold shoulder. I don't like giving people the cold shoulder, so please don't put me in that position. |
| Lo Fun Fact #7 |
I have four five six wonderful, slap-happy dogs, a bird (some kind of dove/pigeon mix), and a cat, all of whom I love to pieces. If you meet me and ask me about my dogs, bird, and cat, we'll be instant friends. If you meet me and ask me why the f*ck I have four five six dogs, a bird, and a cat, see the above fun fact for how I will respond. |
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| Austria Takes One For Team Tookie |
| Tuesday, December 27, 2005 |
 In what has to be one of the most incredible "when we say we mean business, we mean business" stands on principles ever, the people of Graz, Austria---Arnold Schwarzenegger's hometown---have taken his name off the soccer stadium they renamed in his honor in 1997.
This thing is hilarious. Seriously. It's like a bad breakup. The kind that takes place on the street in the midst of a bunch of passing people. The kind where you  throw your cellphone at your ex and it bops him upside the head and he responds with some bitch-ass gesture like spitting on you and calling you the c-word. It's The War of the Roses, and neither Graz nor Arnie intends to go out like a punk.
It all started when Gubnah Ahnold refused to give recently-executed death row inmate Stanley "Tookie" Williams a stay of execution. Capital punishment, as it turns out, is illegal in Austria, and Graz's official slogan is "City of Human Rights." Hmmm. Maybe that's why Arnold left. Anyway, Arnold said 'no' to Tookie, and after that, it was on.
Per USATODAY.com:After Williams' Dec. 13 execution triggered a firestorm in Europe and reignited calls for Graz's stadium to be stripped of Schwarzenegger's name, the governor opted for a pre-emptive strike: A week ago, he dashed off a letter to local officials ordering his name to be removed and said he was returning an ornate ring of honor that Graz officials gave him in 1999. Once Arnold jumped bad, the Grazians, Grazielas, Gracias (f*ck, I don't know what to call them) jumped bad in return. And they were slick with it too... Late Sunday night or early Monday, authorities in the southern Austrian city unbolted the 20 letters spelling out the action star-turned-politician's name from Arnold Schwarzenegger Stadium. They timed the work to take advantage of the Christmas lull to avoid attracting attention "and keep the media from taking photos," a local city hall official who declined to be named told Austrian television. Bitch-ass cities and the bitch-ass dignitaries they honor (then dishonor). What I want to know is what are they going to do with all those giant letters they took off the stadium? Expect the world's largest Scrabble game---held in Graz, natch---to be announced some time this spring.
USATODAY.com - Schwarzenegger's name off of Austrian soccer stadium
Previously: The Lo Zone: Arnold Said "No"
New York Times: Gov. Schwarzenegger Denies Clemency for Crips Co-Founder |
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I just wanted to say that your picture on the left is positively gorgeous.
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Thank you, Glen! Happy Holidays. Thanks for checking out my blog. Don't be a stranger.
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I just wanted to say that your picture on the left is positively gorgeous.