I just finished allowing the federal government and the IRS to peek into my business as they so love to do.  The only people worse than them is Google.  I figure in just a few years Google will take over the entire earth and make information slaves of us all.  But that’s a topic for another day.

Each and every time I file a tax return I become moody, disrespectful, and rebellious and today is no different.  I’m not motivated to do do much else so you will be inundated with a truckload of useless crap.  I haven’t done this for some time so all complaints will be trash-canned.

Here goes nothing . . . .

• The first name of of TV detective Lieutenant Columbo was Phillip.
• The Flintstones lawyer who never lost a case was called Perry Masonry.
• Rita Hayworth’s real name was Margarita Cansino.
• Spencer Tracy said he would only take the part of the Penquin in the Batman TV series if he were allowed to kill Batman.
• Sylvester Stallone used to sweep the lion cages in New York’s Central Park Zoo to pay his way while trying to break into acting.
• Sean Connery once worked as a coffin polisher.

Are you captivated yet with this stream of meaningless nonsense. Don’t get up and walk away because I have a few more tidbits.

• After Harrison Ford’s brief 1966 appearance as a bell-boy in Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round he was told, “Kid, you aint got it.”
• Johnny Mathis dubbed Miss Piggy’s singing voice in The Muppet Movie.
• Liquid Paper was invented by the mother of Mike Nesmith of Monkee fame.
• Don McLean’s song “American Pie” is not named after the plane in which Buddy Holly died – the plane had no name, only a registration number: N3794N.
• Popeye’s girlfriend, Olive Oyl, wore a size 14A shoe.
• The Muppet Show was banned from TV in Saudi Arabia because one of it’s stars was Miss Piggy. Pigs are forbidden to Muslims.

And in keeping with the upcoming tax day . . .

Americans Use Sixteen Thousand Tons of Aspirin Each Year.