My bee stings did not translate into any super powers, so it's back to normal. Yesterday, Best Friend and I attended "The Lake House". Four other people decided to forego a pretty day and attend this flick, so it gave us lots of room to gawk at Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. Her Keanu reaction was more of a "Take your shirt off, get naked" kind of thing. My Sandra reaction was more of extreme sighing when she appeared onscreen. Until the one scene where she had to run out to help an accident victim and I said, "Omigod, she has a fat ass." I believe an early Keanu comment of mine was met with an elbow, so I had to pick my spots regarding his appearances.

As for the movie, come on. When you mess with the time continuum, you better have some villians running around. I think the villian in this one was the "magic mailbox" which allowed these letters to be sent back and forth through time. Lemme see. Sandra is a single doctor who lives in Chicago, but her social life is so bad, she plays chess with her dog? Yikes. And Keanu is an architect who keeps finding it difficult to live up to his father's impossible standards. Whatever. Anyhow, they send letters back and forth, have a chance meeting, and realize they are made for each other, but can't seem to figure out how to meet again. Jeezy creezy, have they ever heard of e-mail or Ma Bell? Overall, it was not so good, and I grade it "Return to Sender".

Meal of Links

Friday night, we headed over to Velocity for some chow. This is the old Giovanna's, which was the old something or other and on and on. Had a lobster BLT that was really good.

A 62-year old gives birth. Fast forward ahead eight years to the father-son sack race. They ain't winning.

Adam Carolla cuts Ann Coulter no slack for calling late to his show.

World Cup Photo of the Day






















Forza Shakira!

Exercise Yard

The World Cup ended today with the Italians winning and the French surrendering. With the dreaded Penalty Kicks. Italy probably deserved it, as they proved to be the most consistent team in a very inconsistent tournament. But the highlight of the match was Zidane, the French star, headbutting a guy in the chest, getting red carded, and effectively ending his international career on the most sour of notes.

Zidane with the wrong kind of header



Don't know what words were exchanged before the headbutt, but I assume they were choice. To all those kids out there, don't headbutt an opponent. BTW, the World Cup Trophy is 36 cm high, made of solid 18-carat gold and weighs 4,970 grams. I believe it is the world's most expensive sports trophy.

Huge crowd at the Old Angle once more today. Vespas parked outside, most people rooting for Italy, and a bunch of guys who were loud but were chanting throughout. Chants ranging from "Ole Ole Ole Ole" to the Tomahawk Chop to "USA! USA!" when they showed Bill Clinton. They immediately followed that with the brilliant "Blowjob! Blowjob! Blowjob!" chant. Great atmosphere, proving once again, you must watch major soccer tournaments with a crowd.













Roma is on fire, as "Hand me that flare." is uttered extensively this evening. "I hate fuochi d'articifio." uttered extensively locally.

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None, it's the World Cup Final...as if you didn't know.