The other day, we got word that Van Morrison had a new addition to his family, a baby boy. Apparently it isn’t true, as somebody has hacked the Van Morrison website for a second time.

His managers are trying to find the culprit.

Mom always said to wear clean underwear…cuz you might get into an accident. Wonder what the mother of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab would say? Here’s the “explosive underwear” of the *alleged* Christmas day terror bomber of Flt 253 to Detroit. BUT..ladies..just because a man cries out “I’ve got a weapon in my underwear!”..doesn’t necessarily mean he’s a terrorist..he just might be dateless & desperate.

Now that they are winning again, more offers are sprouting up for a new arena for the Kings, as now nine different proposals exist.

Most are different offers at the same location. For example, there are two different offerings at the K Street Mall, and two at the Sacramento Rail yards.

An existing taskforce will hold an open house on Jan. 14 so you can review all of these plans for yourself. It’s not yet known where that may be held.

NEW YEAR’S:  Be The King Of The Bar

 You only have one chance to make a first impression, which is why you need to know how to make an impressive entrance into the bar this New Year’s Eve.

You’re going to be hunkered down at your favorite spot for several hours on New Year’s Eve, so you want the other patrons to know that you’re there to party and not just sit on a bar stool and complain about how much 2010 is going to suck.

Maxim can help you. According to the men’s magazine, how you enter the bar will determine what kind of night you will have. Haven’t you notice that whenever you walk into a bar, everyone turns to see who just walked in? They all do it. You want those people to say, “Now there’s a guy who’s here to have a good time.” Walking in with your head down as you make a bee-line for the bar will guarantee that you’ll have a boring night.

Maxim has a great idea. They suggest making friends as soon as possible. So how do you do this? It’s easy. Walk up to the bar and immediately buy everyone within earshot a beer. It’s going to cost you a lot cash, but you’ll make instant friends, and it will most likely ensure that you won’t have to buy another drink for the rest of the night.

It’s been a long time coming, but it looks as if the John Mellencamp Stephen King collaboration will surface next year. Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, will open in Atlanta in September and will feature a great cast, including Kris Kristofferson, Rosanne Cash, Sheryl Crow, Elvis Costello, Neko Case and boxer Joe Frazier.

49er fans… here’s your DVR/TiVo alert! On Christmas Eve at 5pm, NFL Network will televise for the first time since the original airing one of the most historic playoff games in league history…. the 1981 NFC Championship Game between the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers.   Joe Montana’s fourth quarter off-balance pass into the back of the end zone ends up on the fingertips of a leaping Dwight Clark. The Catch…. Is the moment that would begin the 49ers March to Glory.

This year my family and my staff from the Cafe Rock will be spending our Xmas day at my Grandpa’s farm.  Old Max Keller is so old now, this might be his last Xmas with us. We will celebrate the Holiday with a good old fashioned country Xmas..Grandma will bake a Xmas goose that Gramps shot himself…I think from the pond at Land Park..The barn will have a warm stove, a long table and a few piles of manure..the kids love that. We’ll play some touch football take a one horse open sleigh ride, well a goat actually, so we can only pull a few at a time. Gramps has been so generous allowing us to have Woodsquawk on his property every year. We are all going to make sure he has a great Xmas, we have a wonderful gift. I’ts a slide show of all the past moments of Woodsquawk

Steven Tyler has entered rehab to fight his addiction to painkillers, according to reports. The statement he and his camp have released also says that he wants to get back into the recording studio with Aerosmith.

“With the help of my family and team of medical professionals, I am taking responsibility for the management of my pain and am eager to be back on the stage and in the recording studio with my bandmates Joe Perry, Joey Kramer, Tom Hamilton and Brad Whitford,” he writes. “I love Aerosmith; I love performing as the lead singer in Aerosmith. I am grateful for all of the support and love I am receiving and am committed to getting things taken care of.”

Tyler, has had numerous injuries over the years, and likely will need surgery on his knees and feet.

I still can’t believe what I saw last night.  The “Comeback Kings”, trailing by 35 (that’s right, 35 points) in the third quarter somehow found a way to crawl back and shock the Chicago Bulls in Chicago.  Wait a second… the Kings don’t win on the road!   Now, they’ve done it twice  in a row.  Marcos Breton is right… “It’s fun to be a Kings fan again.” A day after his Bee article appeared… this unthinkable finish happened.  No, it doesn’t guarantee anything… but ain’t it fun to talk about at work?  If the Chicago Bulls aren’t in seclusion, they should be.