"Well, you made a long journey from Milan to Minsk. Rochelle. Rochelle. You never stopped hoping, now you're in the Pinsk. Rochelle, Rochelle"

While watching the "Seinfeld" episode which featured "Rochelle, Rochelle: The Musical", I realized that "Beaches" is a movie I've never seen (or wanted to see), but it certainly gets trashed a lot. "Wind Beneath My Wings"...Ugh. Bette Midler...Nah. How did a babe like Barbara Hershey (who is now 60, yikes) get in that one?

I checked on IMDB and man, she was not in a lot of successful fare. Before "Beaches", she was in "The Last Temptation of Christ", not too far removed from "Hoosiers" and "Tin Men". After "Beaches", I only recognize "Falling Down", "Swing Kids" (it's the war, baby, let's dance), and "Return to Lonesome Dove". I find that shocking. Of course, she'll never top her "Harriet Bird" role in "The Natural".

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If you haven't seen Chad Johnson's show on the NFL Network, try and catch it. It's one of those "In Their Own Words" programs and I laughed quite a bit.

Charges finally came down in the Duke Lacrosse case. Something happened, not sure if it was a crime, but something is going on here.

Looks like Tom Cruise had his Placenta Alfredo today. The best joke was from "Countdown" where the graphic read the baby was 20 inches, which was "one third the height of her father".

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Watching the Tribe on STO, a couple of things jumped out. The picture on the digital broadcast was awful. "Regular TV" was OK. The Orioles defense in the sixth inning was the worst we've seen since Kansas City dropped fly balls to hand us a win last year. And Orioles pitcher Chris Britton was the sweatiest pitcher I've seen since Doc Gooden. BTW, the Indians won, 15-1.

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47 Across: Saxophonist Parker (7 letters) Answer: Charlie