The True “Rain Man” Dead at 58

Kim Peek, the true “Rain Man” is dead at the age of 58.

Fran Peek, Kim’s father, said he had a major heart attack Saturday morning and was pronounced dead at a hospital in a Salt Lake City suburb.

Kim was a savant with a truly remarkable memory.He could recall facts and figures at a remarkable pace. His motor skills, however, were so lacking; he could not dress himself. He was the inspiration for the 1988 movie, Rain Man,” that won four Academy Awards.

“Rain Man” writer, Barry Morrow, met Kim at a convention and the writer was so impressed with his ability to retain everything he heard that he wrote the script based on Kim. Dustin Hoffman won the Oscar for best actor for his portrayal of Kim and the movie won best film.

Fran Peek said his son was every bit as amazing as Hoffman’s portrayal of him. He said, “It was just unbelievable, all the things that he knew. He traveled 5,500 miles short 3 million air miles and talked to nearly 60 million people–half have been students.”

As Peek grew older he was classified as a “mega-savant” who was a genius in about 15 different subjects including history, geography, sports and music. He had reportedly committed over 9,000 books to memory.

The true “Rain Man”, dead at 58, is survived by his father.

Create Christmas Scents With Homemade Spice Molasses Cookies

Create Christmas scents with homemade spice molasses cookies. They are easy, delicious and your whole house will smell of holiday spices. I found the recipe for you on the Nestle Very Best Baking site. The sweet molasses flavor with cinnamon and cloves will make these cookies a holiday favorite. 

  http://www.verybestbaking.com/recipes/detail.aspx?ID=29916

Create Christmas scents with homemade spice molasses cookies and create memories at the same time. Enjoy!

Cledus T. Judd Sings Parody of Tiger Woods “Tail Tale”

Cledus T. Judd sings parody of Tiger Woods “tail tale” on Youtube.

It didn’t take long for comedian Judd to rework the Buck Owens hit, “Tiger By the Tail” into “Tiger By the Tail (The Tale of Tiger Woods)”. Judd sings about Tiger using double entrendres and a chorus that notes Tiger’s wife Elin Nordegren “beat Tiger all to (h-e double-hockey-sticks).”

Judd said, “What got my attention first off on this story was Tiger Woods is worth hundreds of millions of dollars and he’s messing around with a gal who works for Perkins. With his kind of money, I’d at least gone for somebody a little classier…like a third shift manager at IHOP.”

Here’s the video of the parody. What do you think?

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