http://www.marlarhouse.com/wordpress Truth or Darren - Filthy Ain't Funny Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en People who complain they have no time to exercise may soon need another excuse.  Some experts say intense exercise sessions could help people squeeze an entire week's workout into less than an hour. Intense exercise regimens, or interval training, was originally developed for Olympic athletes and thought to be too ... http://www.marlarhouse.com/wordpress/2010/03/10/darrens-daily-dose-of-weird-news-march-10-2010/ Law enforcement officers in southwest Ohio were chugging down alcoholic drinks this week as part of a training exercise on how to give field sobriety tests. Several police officers and deputy sheriffs in Montgomery County volunteered to drink so colleagues could practice conducting the tests given to suspected drunk drivers.  ... http://www.marlarhouse.com/wordpress/2010/03/09/darrens-daily-dose-of-weird-news-march-09-2010/ Great show last night in Lakeland at Without Walls Central Church.  Had the privilege of sharing the stage with my buddies Joey I.L.O. , Steffon Vann, and Lakeland’s own Justin Fennell. I’d worked with Joey numerous times before – he just keeps getting funnier everywhere he goes.  If you’ve not had ... http://www.marlarhouse.com/wordpress/2010/03/08/collision-of-comedy-lakeland-florida/ Scientists at the Salk Institute in San Diego have created mice with human brain cells, to use in testing drugs for neurological diseases such as Parkinson's. But they say the mice are not remotely "humanized." They say the mice have only 0.1 percent of human brain cells in their heads, ... http://www.marlarhouse.com/wordpress/2010/03/08/darrens-daily-dose-of-weird-news-march-08-2010/ Wow, great Collision of Comedy show in St. Petersburg, Florida tonight!  TWO shows, actually.  Two SOLD OUT shows in fact! Joey I.L.O. was the headliner and he just destroyed the audience (that's a good thing in comedy by the way).  The audience at the end of the night was totally exhausted ... http://www.marlarhouse.com/wordpress/2010/03/07/tampa-update/ A British man tried to set a new world record by eating over 43 Brussels sprouts in one minute, but he could only get down 36.  ***MARLAR: On the bright side, he avoided eating seven Brussels sprouts! Are you concerned about these recalls? Toyota recalled due to accelerator and brake problems, ... http://www.marlarhouse.com/wordpress/2010/03/07/darrens-daily-dose-of-weird-news-march-07-2010/ Police arrested a South Bend man for drunken driving after other motorists reported their vehicles were struck by a hose from a gasoline pump dangling from the fuel tank of the man's truck. St. Joseph County Police say the 46-year-old man failed several sobriety tests.  ***MARLAR: Do you really need ... http://www.marlarhouse.com/wordpress/2010/03/06/darrens-daily-dose-of-weird-news-march-06-2010/ It's been a great first day in Tampa, Florida as I get ready for tomorrow night's sold-out Collision of Comedy shows at Northeast Presbyterian Church in St. Petersburg! This morning I had the privilege of being a guest on Spirit FM 90.5's morning show with Carlos and Abby.  It was a ... http://www.marlarhouse.com/wordpress/2010/03/05/hello-tampa/ An Indianapolis woman faces a theft charge for allegedly coaxing her 5-year-old daughter into stealing a woman's purse at a restaurant. According to a probable cause affidavit, a 24-year-old woman admitted asking her daughter to steal the purse Feb. 14 at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant. The woman allegedly told ... http://www.marlarhouse.com/wordpress/2010/03/05/darrens-daily-dose-of-weird-news-march-05-2010/ Why is it that when you’re trying to watch what you eat, everywhere around you there is food?  In most cases I’d say it was a mental thing, but that’s not true in this case. I’ve taken dozens of flights around the country in my career as a stand-up comedian, and ... http://www.marlarhouse.com/wordpress/2010/03/04/french-fries-in-a-metal-tube/