Thursday, May 15, 2008

Away

There will be no postings on Thursday or Friday because I will be away at a conference...

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Alicia Witt - Is She Hot or Am I Missing Something?

The Is She Hot feature takes on its first redhead - Alicia Witt...at times that fire red hair looks carrot orange...but anyway you go, Witt is noticeable...

Big Red
Witt was born in Massachusetts in 1975...she was home schooled and earned her diploma at the age of 14...her love of acting led her and her mother to move to Hollywood...

Her big break came when David Lynch took Witt under his wing and put her in the series Twin Peaks...to this day, Witt considers Lynch her mentor...after Twin Peaks, Witt has bounced around in many roles...I first noticed her when she appeared in an episode of The Sopranos when she played a bitchy, but sexy, Hollywood producer...her latest role is on Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Det. Nola Falacci...I was unable to find out if she is hooked up with anyone or who some of her exes were...

My thoughts - I know she is frail looking and pale, but Witt is my favorite redhead...her photos are not the best and I expect most to give her a thumbs down...but to me, she is RED hot in my book...so this leads to the questions:
Do you think Alicia Witt is is hot?

If so, why doesn't she get the publicity?

Am I missing something?

Leave your comments

Monday, May 12, 2008

Bad Ass Hall of Fame - Frank Sinatra

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
The other night I was watching an infomercial selling DVDs of Dean Martin's celebrity roasts...today's television and movies stars have nothing on the legends of that era...more specifically, there were some bad ass men from that era...

That led me thinking to start recognizing these bad ass legends...to me, a bad ass is a tough guy - a man's man...someone who has that aura of respect...therefore I am creating a Bad Ass Hall of Fame...every now and them I will induct someone in this Hall of Honor...

The nickname of the first inductee says it all "The Chairman of the Board"...that is the best nickname of all-time...and Frank Sinatra was the baddest of bad asses...Sinatra died 10 years ago today, May 14, 1998...

Legend has it that Sinatra was buried in a blue suit with a flask of Jack Daniel's and a roll of ten dimes which was a gift from his daughter, Tina, along with a card that said "Sleep warm, Poppa — look for me"...the words "The Best Is Yet to Come" are imprinted on his tombstone...

Sinatra was someone who had it all - he could sing, act, dance, etc...and most of all, he partied hard...his song "I Did My Way" is a classic along with "Mack the Knife" and "New York, New York"...

Sinatra was also ahead of his times as he did not perform in clubs that excluded African-American people...

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Sunday Stories

In honor of Mother's Day, the Detroit Free Press has a series of stories about athletes and coaches in the state of Michigan and their moms...
  • Detroit Free Press


  • Mark Schlabach of ESPN.com writes how Tim Tebow spent his off-season in prison... "In the four months since Tebow became the first sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy, he has sought to spread his message of faith as far as possible. Winning college football's most coveted individual award has provided him with a broader audience." ...
  • Mark Schlabach


  • Bill Livingston of The Plain Dealer writes how LeBron James got his groove back... "With 1:52 left in the first quarter of a 108-84 victory over the Boston Celtics, a win that put Cleveland back into the series, James finally made a jumper, a 3-pointer, in fact. Before that, his only basket had been after he forced a turnover, on an uncontested, two-hand fast break dunk. The lead, however, was 27-8 at that point." ...
  • Bill Livingston


  • Matt Viser of the Boston Globe writes about the Celtics fans - are they bandwagon fans... "Uneasily mixed into the euphoria over the Celtics' remarkable season and the fervent hopes in this playoff run is the nagging sense that maybe Atlanta Hawks guard Mike Bibby was right: Maybe, as he said at the beginning of the prior playoff series, we really are a collection of "bandwagon jumpers." ...
  • Matt Viser


  • Mitch Lawrence of the Daily News writes that the Knicks made an error in hiring Mike D'Antoni... "But D'Antoni is not a good fit for these Knicks. Give D'Antoni a Hall of Fame point guard, a bunch of scorers who can get up and down the floor and find a good shot in seven seconds or less and he'll get you 57 wins out West, maybe 60 over on this side of the NBA. That record of success is nothing to sneeze at. He's a Top 10 coach today, easy. Just one question: When do those players start arriving at the Garden? When they finally get cap space in 2011?" ...
  • Mitch Lawrence


  • Jay Mariotti of the Chicago Sun-Times writes how the Bulls failed in not getting Mike D'Antoni as their head coach... "Mike D'Antoni lives only a few cacti, a couple of rattlesnakes and an estimated 200 yards from Jerry Reinsdorf. But what is proximity when an owner is cheaper than dirt? Reinsdorf couldn't strike a deal with his Arizona neighbor Friday, which only exacerbates the misery of his struggling franchise and prompts thought that he get out of the business before he buries pro basketball in Chicago." ...
  • Jay Mariotti


  • Joe LaPointe of The New York Times writes how Tiger Stadium sits empty since the Tigers left in 1999... "Since then, various plans for redevelopment have come and gone. The stadium sits empty. Late last year, the city auctioned mementos like grandstand seats, a dugout urinal, Al Kaline’s locker and the fence in front of the right-center-field light tower, hit by a Reggie Jackson home run in the 1971 All-Star Game. Last month, the city tentatively awarded a partial demolition contract for the stadium, which opened in 1912 as Navin Field." ...
  • Joe LaPointe


  • Jamison Hensley of the Baltimore Sun writes how new Ravens head coach John Harbaugh is stressing the team concept... "Harbaugh's philosophy is based on - as the sign that welcomes players into the locker room reads - "Team, Team, Team." ...
  • Jamison Hensley


  • Josh Dubow of the Associated Press writes how new Raider Darren McFadden is getting used to the NFL... "McFadden said Saturday he noticed the difference from college as soon as he was handed pens, a highlighter and a notebook with his playbook. McFadden gets to work with rookies this weekend before joining the rest of the team later this month." ...
  • Josh Dubow


  • Dan Pompei of the Chicago Sun-Times writes how the spread offense is finding its way into the NFL... "The Patriots made a living on spread offense concepts last year. Coach Bill Belichick has been taking yearly visits to Florida to talk offense with Gators coach Urban Meyer. And now others are starting to catch on." ...
  • Dan Pompei