Toe Tag Diary
May 18, 2011.
A Service of Kilgore Trout University
Harry & Cat Blue Meanie
Today – Harry R. Truman and his 16 cats were buried alive under tons of volcanic ash, mud and rock when Washington state’s Mount St. Helena erupted 21 years ago today. Amazingly, after surviving the sinking of his troop ship by a German torpedo and three marriages, Harry refused to leave his home on the side of the rumbling mountain – despite several months of pleas and warnings from local authorities concerned by growing evidence that the dormant volcano would soon blow it’s top. “If the mountain goes, I’m going with it,” Harry explained, shortly before he and his cats were buried beneath 150 feet of volcanic debris. Harry was one of 57 killed by the eruption that covered more than 250 square miles with volcanic ash in the Pacific Northwest.
Birthday Boy – The Blue Meanie, aka Brian Heffron, was born 38 years ago today in San Francisco, Ca. Best known as a rage-generating bad guy in the ring, fans were delighted when the Blue Meanie was badly injured In a pay-per-view free-for-all involving steel folding chairs during an Extreme Championship Wrestling match in 2005. The Blue Meanie was best known for using his Meaniesault and People’s Leg Drop to defeat his foes. During the height of his career, the Blue Meanie dated former porn star and professional wrestler Jasmine St. Clair who – along with her skills in the ring – earned an appearance on the Howard Stern show after setting a world record by having sex with 300 men in a 24 hours during the filming of Gang Bang 2.
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