But here in Kentucky, we also produced Trevor Runyon, whose overnight grocery party for one would make Barney Stinson rethink his criteria for legen…wait for it…

A Mount Washington ValuMarket manager found an odd scene when he opened up the store on Monday morning. Little did he know, but he was gazing upon one of the most epic parties one could ever throw for himself.

Here’s a brief list of everything Trevor Runyon reportedly did on Sunday night, according to WAVE 3 News:

• Used (note, used, not necessarily consumed) 57 cans of Reddi-Wip whipped cream.
• Cooked and consumed 6 steaks
• Smoked an untold amount of cigarettes
• Ate an untold amount of shrimp
• Ate at least part of a birthday cake
• Peed himself and found replacement clothes
• Fell asleep in the rafters of the store

Apparently, Runyon was able to sneak into the grocery store at closing time on Sunday. He’s been taken into custody, after the fire department was called to get him out of the rafters. That’s one nitrous party for the books.

…DARY.

And he live-tweeted the whole thing.

This, combined with the bevy of news coverage, led Rand Paul to gain an incredible amount of Twitter followers.

But just how many followers has he gained since yesterday? Over 40,000, actually.

TwitterCounter showed just over 96,000 followers for Senator Paul on Wednesday before the epic filibuster began. And as of the writing of this article, Paul has just over 140,000.

If you want to raise your influence on social media, it appears that a two-day filibuster isn’t a bad idea.

Thank you to my colleagues in the House & Senate, and to all the Americans who stood w/ me tonight in support of preserving civil liberties.

— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) March 7, 2013

Back in 2007, Steve Jobs tapped Corning to build a strong, yet thin glass for the iPhone 1. Corning had six months to develop a solution, which would evolve into Gorilla Glass. “This glass is pretty strong it can take keys. It’s damage resistant. It can take keys it can take some drops,” according to a Corning spokesperson. Around the time Jobs called, the Corning plant in Harrodsburg was struggling to remain open, suffering the effects of the great recession. Another Corning employee adds, “Late 2008 and into 2009, the world experienced a real crisis. So we were extremely fortunate at that time to have a new business, Gorilla, that was growing and could really help this plant stay viable.”

Now Corning supplies LCD screens to over 30 different manufacturers, and recently announced its Gorilla Glass 2 at CES 2012:

Corning states that it seeks to protect its patented, globally popular Gorilla Glass ingredients. There aren’t many places better to hide high technology than in rural Kentucky – the constitution of the panels can now join Colonel Sanders’ Original Recipe as a well-kept regional secret.

Hat tip to CNN.

The Kentucky event will be held on May 29, from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm at The Henry Clay event space in Louisville, Kentucky. At the event, business owners can get help building an Intuit website, obtain a customized domain name, and get free online tools and training – all free for a year. After the free year is over, business owners can continue using both the domain name and Intuit web hosting for around $7 per month. Laptops will be provided at the event, or attendees may bring their own.

Pre-registration for the Louisville, Kentucky event is currently available. Business owners can sign up for three different sessions throughout the day which cover topics including building the free website, how to grow a business online, and how to promote a business online.

As Google points out on the Get Your Business Online website, having a web presence is vitally important in 2012. They cite statistics showing that although 97% of consumers look online for local products and services, 71% of Kentucky businesses do not have a website. Take a look at this video Google has prepared that shows just how easy they are making it to get online and leave a comment below if you plan to attend one of the events or tell us how your business has grown since going online.

It’s probably not a good idea to siphon gas from anyone’s car. Not only is it a crime, but it’s also just a crappy thing to do to somebody. But let’s say you’re going to steal some gas. In that case, it’s probably not a good idea to steal it from a police officer. Ok, I understand if you have to steal it from a cop. But if you do, I would strongly advise against putting a photo of the act on Facebook.

I’ll take a pause for your inevitable facepalm.

According to The Smoking Gun, 20-year-old Michael Baker is facing charges after he stole gas from a Jenkins, Kentucky police car. The evidence for the crime was found on his Facebook page. The official complaint reads as follows:

The above defendant unlawfully: Committed the offense of Theft by Unlawful Taking <$500 when he stole gas from a Jenkins City Police Cruiser with the intent to deprive them thereof valued at less than $500. Defendant posted a picture of the theft on Facebook.

And there you have it. Baker told a local news station that it was all just a joke:

“We was just standing there and thought it would be funny to take a picture and then post it on Facebook,” he said. “I mean, if we was going to steal gas, we wouldn’t put it nationwide on Facebook. We don’t steal anyway, but we’re sorry. I got a little bit of gas, I ain’t gonna lie, but not much. I couldn’t get much. I tried, but there wasn’t much in it.”

The photo has been deleted from Facebook, but will live on thanks to some screencaps (as you can see above). But Baker is still talking about the arrest, saying he just got out of jail on Tuesday.

“Yea lol I went to jail over Facebook,” he says in the comments. “Yea lol u would just have to seen it it was funny as hell tho.”

This one’s a little personal to me, as Mr. Baker hails from my home state of Kentucky. But let’s be honest, people are doing a fine job making themselves looks like idiots on Facebook all over the place. A Florida man recently called 911 when his wife wouldn’t let him browse Facebook in peace. A Texas couple was arrested in February for bragging about vandalizing someone’s Jeep Wrangler on Facebook. Last year, some guy taunted police on Facebook, baiting them to find him. They did.

And the examples go on and on. As long as we have social media, it appears we will have idiots who get themselves in trouble with it.

“I’ll be taking my talents to the University of…” Nerlens Noel said yesterday, and then spun around to reveal “UK” shaved into the back of his head.

The 6’11″ center from Massachusetts is being heralded as the next Anthony Davis already. Noel wasn’t even included in the 2012 recruiting class a few months ago because of knee injuries which set him back a grade. Rather than wait for graduation another year, however, he pushed to reclassify to senior status. That’s good news for UK, as Noel went on to score 12.6 points, 3.9 blocks and 7.9 rebounds for Tilton Prep this season despite those knee problems.

Noel chose Kentucky over Syracuse and Georgetown, saying he talked it over with his mom and the two of them decided UK was the best fit for him. Not even a full 24 hours since his announcement, he has already won over our fans with his star potential…and that sweet, sweet high-top fade.

This guy has been waiting weeks to make a joke that thousands of people are making at the exact same time on the exact same medium:

And so on… I really don’t have time or inclination to put them all one here, and there is a limited amount of space i can take up with this article. Just search “Kentucky” and “vacate” on Twitter for more examples.

The whole “vacated wins” thing is complete BS, anyway. Calipari has never been implicated by the NCAA for any wrong doing, so what is the point? The NCAA says no rules are being broken, then takes away the wins without actually implicating the person that supposedly committed the violations. Knowing all the facts, they let a kid play and then decide he couldn’t play after the fact. I don’t get it. Dick Vitale said it best when he went off during a Final Four teleconference with ESPN.

This thing should have never been vacated –you talk about vacateschmacate. They can call it anything they want. They should be ashamed of themselves. They walked in on Memphis and sat there on three occasions and told the administrators flat up and down you can play Derrick Rose. Derrick Rose is eligible. We studied his numbers.

But I sometimes don’t think he gets his due as a guy that can do more than recruit. That man can coach. You can’t take three different teams like he has and do what he has done in three years, and you can’t win five consecutive years 30 games and not – like 30 games in terms of a season when he was at Memphis and all and not know how to coach. He can coach, but the guy across the way can coach, too.

Kelly, whose unique draw (other than his age) is the fact that he’s a software engineer, participated in a reddit AMA on Monday. AMAs (or Ask Me Anything) kind of work like crowdsourced interviews, where the interviewee can choose which questions to respond to.

This reddit AMA caught the eye of one University of Kentucky graduate. You guys probably know him more for his work with Google. “A software engineer running for US Congress…In Kentucky? Right on,” says Matt Cutts:

Kelly has lived in Lexington, KY for 20 years and is a graduate of the University of Kentucky with a degree in Computer Science. He works as a software engineer for a local company and also does freelance work.

He started off his AMA with this:

To save some time I’ll tell you I’m anti-NDAA, anti-SOPA/PIPA/internet regulation, anti-patriot act, anti-drug war, pro-legalization, anti-war, pro-marriage equality, pro-thorium, among a host of other things and my opponents support of these things is a big part of why I got into the race. While we on reddit may not agree on the details of everything, I think it’s important that most of us probably share the same goals and that it’s important to keep a civil discussion.

Kelly will be running in the Republican primary for U.S. Congress. Maybe Matt Cutts will do a little campaigning for him (if they match up on the issues, of course).

The topic is gaining widespread media attention, being featured in an article on USA Today.

Many are saying that it’s one thing to cheer for a team you used to coach, but it’s something else to openly disrespect the opposition, especially when you’re not a coach, you’re an ESPN sports analyst.

But the famed coach is no stranger to garnering media attention for his erratic behavior:

Knight does not hide his hatred of the the Wildcats or Coach Calipari.

Even after hearing Knight’s criticism, John Calipari has nothing but respect for the coach.

In a speech in Wabash, Indiana, he claims that Kentucky players don’t even go to class. At the time, Kentucky had the second highest GPA in the SEC.

Bobby Knight Drinking a Beer on Air

The rules of non-bias in sports commentary seem to not apply to Bobby Knight. He has played by his own rules since he was a coach. When throwing chairs and choking players becomes the norm, you can’t really expect common courtesy to enter into the picture.

Matt Jones at Kentucky Sports radio was one of the first to cover the story.

A Spokesman at ESPN issued a rare “no comment” to Knight’s refusal to utter the name of the team he hates.

Here are some reactions from Twitter:

Um, I suppose all is well, as there is now Trace Adkins and his bum kidney to save us.