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the sexy natalie portman
I love Natalie Portman. I do think she is the sexiest actress right now (sans her Star Wars involvement, which were terrible.). Imagine my surprise when I hear “Nude vide of Natalie Portman?” Of course I had to check it out.
Okay folks. Jesus. Calm down. So she bared a little derrier and a full-body nude profile. Not very porn at all, though still beautiful. You do have to bare through the 12 minute short video by Wes Anderson. She’s so damn hot!
You can download the video from itunes.
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Haven’t watched television in, maybe, a year? This show, however, has me interested, and I may just turn on the tele this week. Or most likely, I’ll wait for the DVD release (which will take me 3-4 months to watch. Yeah, Netflix loves me.). [via Amy W.]
Thanks, Amy, for the tip.
The Return of Dancing
By Jim Cyr
America had a love affair with “dancing” in the 1920s, 30s, 40s and 50s - the Broadway musical had its Golden Age, and so did the Movie Musical …
In the 1960s “reality” and the paradigm shifts of society made dancing seem “trite” “contrived” and the public’s appreciation for dance went the way of the Dodo through the 80s and 90s into the 21st Century.
Oh, sure, there were a few “exceptions” (Saturday Night Fever, Footloose) but for the most part clunkers like Can’t Stop the Music and Xanadu were the rule and the disappearance of the Variety Show from the TV schedule meant that dancing had fallen ‘out of favor’ in the public eye - heck, even the Academy Awards fazed out the big production dance numbers that were once the hallmark of the broadcast ceremonies.
A couple of years ago - in this day and age of “reality” TV (and with the runaway success of American Idol) - ABC took a chance with B, C, and D list celebrities and launched the no-budget show “Dancing With The Stars” - shortly thereafter came “So You Think You Can Dance”
Each season of both shows has “upped the ante” CONSIDERABLY - so much so, that I was utterly blown away by the QUALITY of the dancing and the choreography on last night’s season premiere of Dancing With the Stars.
The dances are considerably longer than in the past and the demands far greater - sure, some of the “stars” are pretty obscure, but they are working hard to deliver the dance - it shows and makes for VERY entertaining television.
Even MTV spent last weekend rerunning this summer’s So You Think You Can Dance (and, yes, I ended up watching most of it again (in between football and baseball) - it was that good !!)
hey, luke foslien...
I’ve seem to have lost track of my buddy, Luke Foslien, who recently moved back to Minnesota. I wonder if I can reach him via Google search. I suppose it all depends on if he regularly searches on his own name or not.
Hey, if you get this post… Will you give me a shout?
That poor Rob Lowe
Once a villain, always a villain. Poor guy. I do give him credit for laughing at himself.
After killing an Iowa state bird during a charity golf game in Iowa, Rob Lowe confessed, “That’s unbelievable. Who comes here and kills the state bird? Only me.”
I thought this story was kinda funny until I pulled up the image of this cute little goldfinch, the Iowa state bird. First of all, that’s some shot! Bird is tiny. Secondly, only a born villain could kill this pretty little thing by accident. Seriously! That’s just bad joo-joo.
story via Lime.com
photo via birdwatchersdigest.com
measuring distraction
A University College London scientist recently developed a way to measure distraction. The purpose is to improve work environments and hiring practices. A bus driver, for example, can’t be too distracted all the time. Apparently people who are easily distracted get into more auto accidents. It also shows that interesting work stimulation will create less distraction. Not sure I needed the test to agree with this one.
Now to why I am posting this. The test involves long questions, of course. Like this one…
“How often do you find you accidentally throw away the thing you want and keep what you meant to throw away – as in the example of throwing away the matchbox and putting the used match in your pocket?”
Not sure about you, but it took me three attempts to finish reading it.
via gizmag
age + language
I just read some of my previous posts, and oh boy, what happened to my English? (Well, it didn’t help I pulled an all-nighter for a deadline.) (And I was a bit delirious by the time I did those posts.)
Aside from this incident, I’ve noticed that my English skills are declining with age. However, my Vietnamese isn’t getting any better… Please…forget about my French. What French?
So what does this mean? Gibberish at old age?
Oh yikes.
READERS COMMENTS (1)
05.2.2007 | 
J
i just curse more and more with age.
the world is mine
This song reminds me so much of 80’s “new wave” rock. The guys are cuter though. And smarter too. The video is filled with them surrounded by strippers. I’m sure that’s pretty much every boy’s dream of a good time.
Oh, and then he gets to every girl’s dream by ending the video with a passionate kiss with the down-to-earth, clean, collegiate beauty.
via Small Plates
READER COMMENTS (1)
04.15.2007 | JF
Thanks for stopping by! I’ve been on a David Guetta kick this weekend. You should check out his other tracks: love don’t let me go & just a little more love.
tibetan personality test
This is a great little time waster, one of the better ones out there. Since I grew up with lots of myths around the meanings of animals, color, and numbers, this test was somewhat believable and valuable. I would challenge only a few results, but in general, it translates well.
Now to the Kristine criticism. There are two parts of this site I dislike. First is the Schindler’s List soundtrack. Pretty sappy and gets you all emotional before you even start the test. The second is the chain-mail guilt messaging at the end. Don’t these people know about blogs and social ranking sites? One post and you’re done with your chain email requirement. Chain-emails are so yesterday. But that’s not all. This guilt messaging really bothers me. Reminds me of my Catholic upbringing - “If you don’t do this, you’ll be damned.” I doubt this is the persuasive ways of the Dalai Lama. (Since we’re at it, my number was 7, so will 7 people take this test? That way my wish will come true.) (I wished for East’s hip dysplasia to heal with his holistic program, and I do not have to lose him.)
300
I can’t wait until this movie comes out in March 2007. I hope it’s as good as its trailer. Really great cinematography. Stills below are beautiful, don’t you think? Click link to see trailer.
nobel peace prize winner
Submitted by Brooke
Source SFgate.com
Yunus, Grameen Bank Win Peace Prize
- By DOUG MELLGREN, Associated Press Writer
Friday, October 13, 2006
Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank he founded won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their pioneering use of tiny, seemingly insignificant loans — microcredit — to lift millions out of poverty.
Through Yunus’s efforts and those of the bank he founded, poor people around the world, especially women, have been able to buy cows, a few chickens or the cell phone they desperately needed to get ahead.
The 65-year-old economist said he would use part of his share of the $1.4 million award money to create a company to make low-cost, high-nutrition food for the poor. The rest would go toward setting up an eye hospital for the poor in Bangladesh, he said.
The food company, to be known as Social Business Enterprise, will sell food for a nominal price, he said.
“Lasting peace cannot be achieved unless large population groups find ways in which to break out of poverty,” the Nobel Committee said in its citation. “Microcredit is one such means. Development from below also serves to advance democracy and human rights.”
Yunus is the first Noble Prize winner from Bangladesh, a poverty-stricken nation of about 141 million people located on the Bay on Bengal.
okay, you can have 'some' liquids on plane
Y’all can rest easy now. Looks like they (big brother) have decided to ease a bit on the no liquids rule. You can now carry a ‘few’ 3 oz bottles of liquids, inside clear ziploc bags, that have to be one quart or less. You’re also allowed to carry on a ‘few’ 4 oz. bottles of: saline, eye drops, non-prescription medication and personal lubricant (glad they know what’s really important). You’re also allowed to carry on liquid personal care items or drinks if they are purchased behind the security gate (good for those airport merchants!).As one interviewee puts it, “For people to remember that containers have to be 3 ounces or less, that plastic bags have to be one quart or less and that the bags have to have a zip top that’s closed.”
“It’s just ridiculous.”
Read the whole story from YahooNews.
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The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman cadles exploding like spiders across the stars… -kerouac
[from Brooke to me about me]
dmv ranting
Just when I had hopes for the DMV because of their easy online services, they go and do something so ridiculous that now they’re back on my bad list again. I do everything I can online, including renewing for my car registration. I went to their site last week… Oh Lordy, upon entering the site (DMV.org) they BLAST incredibly BAD music at you. I don’t know how it’s possible that they were able to out-blast what I had set on my computer and speakers. It played in conjunction with my itunes (I was able to hear my itunes playing in the background, as if it’s from the house down the block.). I literally jumped from my chair when this happened, and the sleeping puppies woke up completely startled, as if some marching band just entered the house. I’m sure the neighbors were startled too, as this was at 5am. In a state of panic, I tried to shut down the volume, but I couldn’t do it fast enough. You know why? I couldn’t find the on/off or volume control on their site. You know why? Because some moron decided to make it size 6 pt font (this article is in 12 pt font), white on blue (hard to see), somewhere in the middle of the screen (where you would never look first), and imbedded in an image (what the heck?).
Okay, I feel better now.
Quote of the day
Mac Davis as Maxwell in the movie North Dallas Forty, “…That’s not gross. Gross is when you kiss your grandfather goodnight, and he sticks his tongue in your mouth.”
survival
CAPTURED IN PHOTOS!
See the heart-wrenching story about one snail’s trail to freedom. Photos clearly show her determination to survive as she abandons her homeland due to devastation from chemical warfare, commonly referred to as the Sluggo Attack.
Photo credit to Cynx on Flickr.com.
More wisdom from Scott Adams
SECRET SOCIETY… I also dream of one day being invited to join the secret cabal as an apprentice puppetmaster. I wouldn’t qualify based on my net worth, so I’d have to hope there was a Dilbert fan in the group. Dilbert fans are unpredictable, so there’s some chance he’d just want to extract the carbon from my body and keep it in a locket. The puppetmasters probably have a machine for just that purpose. But it’s a chance I’m willing to take…
interesting trend here...
So here are the percentages of people in the US who read a daily newspaper.
1964 80.8%
1980 below 70%
2005 51.6%
Hmmm seems the less people read newspapers the more successful the Republicans become. Anyway it will be interesting to see if the internet can reverse this.
submitted by Alex
random thought... #6
There is a very fine line between ‘hobby’ and ‘habit’.
the simple iq test
Oh, it felt like taking the darn SAT in high school. I don’t know why I take these things, especially before morning coffee. I don’t think it’s fair they don’t allow handicap points for a.d.d.
It’s pretty fun, but your brain will hurt. I finished it with 7 minutes left, which means I panicked. Words of wisdom. Pace yourself and allow yourself enough time. (By the way, I can’t tell if this is a legit test or not.)
Hey, if you get the ‘genius’ score, will you write and let me know? Thanks.