Super Bowl XLI is this coming Sunday, February 4th, 2007. I don’t care about the game. I don’t know anything about the teams that are in it (the Colts and the Bears). But I enjoy the commercials, and am really looking forward to them this year. Here’s a little taste of what got me so excited, Kevin Federline style: More Nationwide and K-Fed fun HERE You can find official Super Bowl XLI news and information HERE Fun facts about Nationwide: The...  Read More »

I’m so excited about this bit of news. The Recording Academy has announced that The Police will perform together at the Grammys this year – 23 years after breaking up due to conflict within the band. Best known for hits like “Roxanne” and “Every Breath You Take,” The Police are Grammy winners themselves, five times over. They last performed together when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in 2003. The band, made up of...  Read More »

Last night was the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. Nothing too exciting this year; in fact, I found the end to be fairly anti-climatic with Annette Benning simply saying, “Goodnight.” The two things that made my jaw drop the most were when Eddie Murphy thanked Tracey Edmonds for, “making everything right,” when accepting the award for supporting actor for Dreamgirls, and when Chandra Wilson of Grey’s Anatomy referred to Isiah Washington as...  Read More »

*We owe the phrase “wet your whistle” to English pub goers long ago who would blow a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic mugs when they needed a refill. *We also owe the phrase “mind your Ps and Qs” to English pub patrons, who drank Pints and Quarts of ale. When the drinkers got out of hand, the bartender would shout, “Mind your pints and quarts and settle down!” *4,000 years ago in Babylon, it was a custom for a bride’s father...  Read More »

This contest goes right along with my obsession with bathrooms. The “Pimped Out John Sweepstakes” is Roto-Rooter’s best idea ever! The sole winner will receive a bathroom fit for multi-tasking gods, complete with a flat-panel TV, DVR, Xbox, laptop, iPod, speakers that double as the toilet paper holder, a kegerator, and of course a state-of-the-art toilet. The winner will be announced on April 25th, which – and I’m sure the Roto-Rooter marketing...  Read More »

UPDATE: Winning speeches were selected on February 22, 2007. …so many worthy entries that picking just one winner seemed as churlish as Judi Dench’s role in Notes on a Scandal. So the staff at NPR.org picked five winners, along with a few runners-up, and recorded them reading their entries. … winners captured the spirit of the nominees’ characters, if not always their accents. The speeches were limited to 200 words, about the length of an Oscar...  Read More »

This has to be the funniest “pot calling the kettle black”* story I’ve seen in a while. According to MSNBC, Star Magazine is reporting that Kevin Federline wants Britney Spears to go to rehab – for the sake of the kids. Uhhhh……..where does K-Fed get off telling Britney to shape up? Let’s ponder the ridiculousness of that for a moment. In the magazine’s report, Kevin Federline states that he has tried “every possible angle” to get Britney...  Read More »

My dear friend Nora is a bit of a hero. She is full of passion and compassion, determination and drive, spirit and soul. She does things that most of us probably could, and would, never do ourselves. She is in love with a great guy and they have an awesome daughter. Which makes sense since Nora totally kicks ass. And now, you too can get to know this wonderful human. View her photos and read her blogs as she travels through war-torn Palestine. Twice a year,...  Read More »

- Leonardo DeCaprio, Best Actor for Blood Diamond “I’m honored to receive this nomination from the Academy – especially in a year full of such worthy nominees. … I am also thrilled for Djimon [Hounsou], Mark [Wahlberg] and Marty [Scorsese] who are all so deserving of this recognition.” – Peter O’Toole, Best Actor for Venus “If you fail the first time, try try try try try try try again.” (Peter has been nominated for multiple Oscars...  Read More »

The nominations are in. Here is a short list of the “big ones”. Noticeably absent from Best Picture is Dreamgirls, which many “in the know” thought would be nominated for sure. Looks like they’re not as “in” as they thought. Best Picture: -Babel -Letters From Iwo Jima -Little Miss Sunshine -The Departed -The Queen Best Actor: -Leonardo DeCaprio for Blood Diamond -Ryan Gosling for Half Nelson -Peter O’Toole for Venus -Will Smith...  Read More »

Here’s a cool new contest from CBS. If you had 15 seconds to tell the world whatever you wanted to, what would you say? Limited time only. Winners will be announced Super Bowl Sunday, so hurry! Registration for the 15 Seconds contest is free. Would-be hopeful are being asked to submit 15-second videos to YouTube.com through the CBS.com website – or on YouTube.com directly, as long as participants read, accept and follow the complete rules. The...  Read More »

These may be valid only in California, but I thought they were worth sharing anyway. I don’t know why new traffic laws aren’t advertised more, but they’re not. Probably so the government can make more money on tickets. But that’s just my theory. 1. Unlawful use of the carpool lane – the 1st time is $1068.50 (NOT the $271, currently posted on most highways). The 2nd time is double that at $2137.00. The 3rd time it’s tripled,...  Read More »

The world lost another pioneering singer/songwriter today (1.19) when Denny Doherty, a founding member of The Mamas and The Papas, died after a short undisclosed illness. He passed away at his home in Mississauga, Ontario near Toronto, at the age off 66. The Mamas and The Papas were a Grammy winning folk/rock group off the Hippie Era, known for such classics as “Monday, Monday” and “California Dreamin’”. The band also included the late Mass Cass...  Read More »

*Each king in a deck of cards represents a great king (ruler) from History: Hearts – Charlemagne Clubs – Alexander The Great Spades – King David Diamonds – Julius Caesar *The San Francisco Cable cars are the only National Monuments that are mobile. *“Tom Sawyer” was the first novel ever written on a typewriter. *Intelligent people have more copper and zinc in their hair. *On average, there are 61,000 people airborne over the U.S. every hour. *It...  Read More »

It was only a matter of time, really. I mean, is anyone actually surprised? In case you haven’t heard, Lindsay Lohan has officially entered rehab. Around 2:30pm yesterday she checked herself into the Wonderland Center* for treatment. I wonder if they have a Mother/Daughter program Lindsay can do with your mom. From what I hear, Dina could use some help too. Although I wish Lindsay Lohan the best, I’m certainly not going to hold my breath until she’s...  Read More »

The Golden Globe Awards were last night on NBC. Congratulations to all the winners. You are now one step closer to Oscar. The winners are… MOVIES Best Picture, Drama — Babel (Is it just me, or is Brad Pitt getting old?) Best Actress, Drama – Helen Mirren for The Queen Best Actor, Drama – Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland Best Picture, Musical or Comedy – Dreamgirls Best Actress, Musical or Comedy – Meryl Streep for The Devil Wears...  Read More »

Today is Martin Luther King Day. I wish the non-violent revolutionary was still here on Earth. We could really use him right about now. What would he have to say? About the war in Iraq? About sex on TV? About all the race related violence that is sadly still prevalent? …Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro...  Read More »

Garden moles have now joined the animal revolution. It is being reported that a 63-year-old man in Zingst, Germany was killed last Thursday after electrocuting himself on a high-voltage cable meant to rid his garden of moles. But I think that’s just the cover story. I think the man, a retired construction foreman, was indeed trying to install the 380-volt cable and metal ground spikes in order to kill the moles, however, I think the moles got wind of his...  Read More »

In light of the upcoming three-day weekend, I thought I would share with you a wonderful new service from AAA. Thanks to the national automobile club, drivers can now look up the gas stations along their travel route, avoiding, hopefully, being one of the 2.5 million people who run out of gas and need a roadside fill up from AAA. AAA’s free online mapping tool, TripTik, now has the ability to find the nearest and cheapest gas for about 100,000 U.S. locations...  Read More »

It’s British Invasion 2007! Soccer superstar David Beckham has signed a $250 million dollar five-year contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy. His current contract with Real Madrid will expire at the end of June. Before that, he was captain and key member of Manchester United. In a statement released Thursday, Beckham said, “I am proud to have played for two of the biggest clubs in football and I look forward to the new challenge of growing the world’s...  Read More »