A lot of awesome things happened in the world this week. As a public service, I’ll run through all of them. Let’s begin…

Thank you, Lord

It has now been 635 weeks since a movie starring Pauly Shore has been released nationwide to theaters. Let that soak in for a moment. If life ever gets you down, think about this and smile.

So long, New Coke. We hardly knew you

Velvet Revolver, my favorite musical group, has broke up. Scott Weiland, the lead singer, apparently had difficulty playing nice with other members of the band. “Wait, how is this awesome,” you’re probably asking. Because it means the Stone Temple Pilots‘ summer reunion tour (note: STP is Weiland’s prior band and my favorite band growing up) is now very likely a permanent reunion (or as permanent as a rock group can be).

I liked Velvet Revolver, but the truth of the matter is I liked them because they sounded a lot like Stone Temple Pilots. Now, I no longer have to accept imitation STP. I can enjoy the real thing again. It’s like when Coca-Cola brought back Classic Coke. Exactly the same, in fact.

The ocean called

Last night, while getting takeout from a Chinese restaurant, they put out a fresh batch of fried shrimp just as I walked up to the buffet. I don’t believe fried shrimp is technically Chinese food, but I didn’t care. Good is good.

They call me “Mr. Glass”

Baseball season is back! My Atlanta Braves have stumbled out of the gate, but they’ll be fine. Starting pitcher Mike Hampton is another matter. After missing the previous 2 1/2 seasons due to various injuries, Hampton was set to make his comeback Thursday night in Atlanta. That was until he pulled his left pectoral muscle while warming up. The Braves placed him back on the disabled list today, although they say the injury is “minor.”

Whoever had “zero” as the number of pitches Hampton would throw this year before getting hurt again, you won the office pool.

For crying out loud, Mike. Samuel L. Jackson in the movie Unbreakable was less injury prone than you.

I hope Hampton doesn’t read this and try to leave me a nasty comment… he’d likely dislocate a finger while typing.

Kudos to you, sir. And kudos again.

The week, as far as “spreading the awesome that is SKOS to others” goes, was a great one. A woman of impeccable taste, Wendy Boswell, featured SKOS at About.com and then left me a comment stating that I’m “cute.”

The must-read Free Money Finance blog featured four original “fake news” stories of mine on April Fools Day (read them here, here, here and here).

Color me curious, but I wonder how many of my regular readers actually read my articles at Free Money Finance? Don’t let the “personal finance” angle fool you: three of the four articles are as funny and entertaining as anything I have ever written. The other article is crap, though. It displeases me, so I have shunned it.

If you haven’t read them, go read them. You’ll love them. Well, except for the one.

That’s everything awesome that happened in the world this week. Did I miss anything?

Humor-blogs shuns the nonbeliever.