August 14, 2004

Mr. Roboto

Another new fashion craze that I simply do NOT understand: The new Prada tote with robot appliqués.

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Give me an "N"...

University of Florida's cheerleading coach is being fired after giving the squad permission to wear sexually explicit T-shirts at a cheerleading camp.

Gene Moore says he was unfairly terminated for allowing squad members to wear the shirt that listed ``Ten Reasons to Cheer Naked.'' He was fired after the University Athletic Association received complaints.

--Oh come on! They fired him over a T-shirt? That's ridiculous!

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August 13, 2004

Quiz Fun

What do you remember from school? Take this quiz and find out.

Whoo hoo...I was 10/10.

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Ugsville


How many of us have been in a wedding and had to wear a hideous dress that we'll never wear again? I sure have. Well if you have too, this site is for you!

It totally cracked me up!

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Baggage Theft

Three screening agents for the Transportation Security Administration were arrested yesterday at La Guardia, and one was arrested on Friday at Kennedy, on charges that they stole items from luggage set up by investigators conducting a sting operation.

After many passengers - including Chevy Chase, Joan Rivers and Susan Lucci - complained of missing items over the past six months, investigators set up the sting, a law enforcement official said yesterday.

--I've had pretty good luck with that. I've had a bottle of perfume stolen, but that's it.

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Luck on the Ladies

How happy am I that the ladies and I were in Florida and Key West LAST week? YIKES!

Some highlights of the trip:

--Drag show mentioned in previous post--met the oldest drag queen in Key West
--Stayed at a very cute bed and breakfast in Key West that had a continental breakfast and poolside happy hour every night
--Great seafood
--Got to see Jaime's awesome new house in Atlanta (and got to see her, too)
--A hilarious game of drunken charades played on a rainy afternoon
--Walks on the beach
--Various bar exam bitching
--Outlet mall shopathon for work clothes
--Had my first taste of port wine
--Caught up on trashy magazines and bad TV
--Had a bird poop on me while in the pool (at least I could rinse it off easily)

It was a GREAT time!

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August 12, 2004

I'm BAAAAAACK!

Greetings everyone! I'm back from my much-needed vacation. I'm now well-rested, well-fed, and well tanned.

Thanks to EVERYONE who guest blogged while I was away. You did an absolutely FANTASTIC job. I owe you BIG time!

I'm still trying to emerge from the unpacking, etc. More entertaining posts to follow.

I did manage to see a fabulous drag show while I was in Key West. Would HIGHLY recommend attending one if you haven't been to one.

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Dicey Proposition

Andrew Dice Clay Reality Show?

Loudmouth comic Andrew Dice Clay is getting ready to shop around a reality show that could star him, his wife and ... his girlfriend.

"I'm not the greatest husband - I've got a girlfriend," he told us. "It doesn't really please my wife, but then if I was looking to please her I wouldn't have a girlfriend."

Won't his wife be shocked?

"I mean she knows about it, and I guess she's okay with it. Plus my kids like both of them," he said.

Clay (who's performing at the Laugh Factory on Saturday) says he wants to give viewers something they can "really hook into, with characters they can care about for a long time." He hasn't found a taker yet but plans to approach the cable stations within the next year. We're thinking the Family Channel might pass.

If a man is married and has a girlfriend - - it doesn't please the wife, but she accepts it - - how many men do you think would have and keep the girlfriend?

This guy has his cake and is eating it too.

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August 11, 2004

Disorderly Conduct

86-year-old Mike Wallace Arrested Tuesday for Disorderly Conduct

Wallace was getting carry-out on Manhattan's Upper East Side Tuesday evening. His driver had the car double parked outside the bar and grill where Wallace is a regular, and 2 taxi inspectors began questioning the driver. As Wallace exited the bar and grill, he allegedly approached the 2 inspectors in "an overtly assertive and disrespectful manner."

After being asked 3 times to step aside, Wallace reportedly lunged at one of the inspectors. He was then handcuffed and taken to a police station where he was issued a summons for disorderly conduct.

Can't you just see Wallace lunging at one of these guys? Those crazy 86-year-olds think they can do whatever they want. Wallace later called the owner of the bar and grill to let him know he was safely at home eating his meatloaf. No word yet on whether 60 Minutes will be doing an in depth investigation of the incident.

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It's A Nurse-In

Breastfeeding Moms Hold 'Nurse-In' at Starbucks

More than two dozen mothers staged a breastfeeding "nurse-in" at a Starbucks Corp. store in Maryland over the weekend in an effort to get the world's largest coffee shop chain to adopt a policy allowing breastfeeding in all its U.S. stores.

Lorig Charkoudian, who organized the event, said on Tuesday that she began her quest a month ago when she was nursing her 15-month-old daughter at the store in Silver Spring, Maryland, and was asked by a Starbucks employee to cover up with a blanket or breastfeed in the bathroom.

She protested and, after eventually reaching the regional vice president, got Seattle-based Starbucks to recognize a Maryland law that allows mothers to breastfeed their children in public.

Starbucks spokeswoman Audrey Lincoff said in a statement that the coffee chain "quickly apologized for her negative experience" and reminded employees at its Maryland stores to comply with the law.

Charkoudian argues that Starbucks should have gone a step further and allow breastfeeding at all its 5,882 coffee shops in the United States.

Her child is 15 months old? How long is a child breast-fed?

I remember seeing a television a while back and a woman was breastfeeding her toddler and someone who was looking on said, "If the kid can chew steak it's time to stop breastfeeding".

I digress.

I don't think there is anything wrong with a mother breastfeeding her child in public - - However, call me a prude, I think it is appropriate to have a bit of tact about it.

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Photos Into Stamps

New Service Turns Photos Into Postage Stamps

You don't have to be a dead president to make it onto a U.S. postage stamp. Your picture or even your dog can now be on an official U.S. postage stamp.

A new service from Postage.com allows users to create stamps with their own photos. Postage.com CEO Ken McBride said you can use a picture of just about anything or anyone -- within reason.

McBride anticipates the Photostamp service will be popular for holiday cards and invitations. A sheet of first class photo stamps costs about $17 -- or about twice the usual 37-cent stamp.

It's a cute idea - - but I think I spend too much on postage at .37 cents a stamp - - let alone double that. It could be fun to do though for special occasions.

Do you wanna be a stamp?

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August 10, 2004

The Donald

Trump in Casino Debt Deal

Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts Inc. said key bond holders had agreed to take the company into voluntary bankruptcy and restructure its $1.8 billion in debt to get a $400 million capital infusion.

CSFB's DLJ Merchant Banking Partners III will co-invest $400 million with Trump and take a majority stake.

Trump will remain chairman of the company, which owns four casinos, including the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, and has been seeking for months to restructure its debt.

Trump himself will invest $55 million in the new company with CSFB and $15.9 million in notes. He would also receive land in Atlantic City and his real estate firm would get the right of first offer to serve as contractor for new development.

The restructuring will cut the company's annual cash interest expense by about $110.2 million.

I remember reading about this and must say I'm impressed that he pulled this deal off - - but then "The Donald" knows the "art of the deal".

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August 09, 2004

Fay Wray

Fay Wray, Beauty to Kong's Beast, Dies at 96

Fay Wray, an actress who appeared in about 100 movies but whose fame is inextricably linked with the hours she spent struggling helplessly and screaming in the eight-foot-hand of King Kong, died on Sunday night at her apartment on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. She was 96.

I think I'm going to have to rent the movie - - because I don't really remember it that well except for the clips in other films of KK with Fay in his hand.

What a long life she lived - - we should all be so fortunate.

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August 08, 2004

Security - - Anyone?

Paris and Nicky Hilton's Home Burglarized

Police confirmed Friday they were investigating a burglary at the Hollywood Hills home of Paris and Nicky Hilton.

Us Weekly magazine quoted an unnamed Hilton family member who said the burglar took off with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, jewelry and personal items.

Another unnamed source told the magazine that a laptop computer, several designer purses, video tapes and photographs of Paris Hilton with ex-boyfriend Nick Carter were also taken.

Burglars appear to have cut a window screen and entered the modest Hollywood Boulevard home. Hilton said she was renting the home and planned to move into one she had purchased next month that will have more security.

Maybe it's just me, but I wouldn't leave hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and jewelry in a house that doesn't have a great security system. OK, I wouldn't leave it in a house without a huge safe, lots of security and a more.

I'm sure they are heavily insured.

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The Duke Gets Stamp

Stamp to Honor Movie Hero John Wayne

He crossed "Rio Bravo" and "Red River." He fought at "Fort Apache" and on "The Sands of Iwo Jima." He was "The Quiet Man" and won an Oscar as Rooster Cogburn in "True Grit," but everyone knew him as the Duke. Next month, movie hero John Wayne will get his own postage stamp.

On Sept. 9, the U.S. Postal Service will release the 37-cent stamp, the latest in the Legends of Hollywood series. The first day of issue ceremony will be at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, and the stamps will go on sale nationwide the next day.

I can't say I've ever watched many John Wayne movies - - but I think this is kind of cool to be on a postage stamp.

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August 07, 2004

Kester the Jester

England gets first jester for 350 years

Nigel Roder has beaten six rivals by public acclaim to become England's first official jester for more than 350 years, succeeding Muckle John who lost his job when King Charles 1 was beheaded in 1649.

"This is a real job. He will have to amuse and provoke -- although failure to do so will no longer risk beheading," Tracy Borman, events director of English Heritage.

Unlike court jesters of old, Roder will be able to negotiate his salary, and his initial contract with English Heritage -- to divert the public from the tedious daily grind -- will run from March to October 2005.

What a job!

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August 06, 2004

Rick James

"Super Freak" musician Rick James Dies

Flamboyant funk music pioneer Rick James, a dynamic performer whose sensuous 1981 dance hit "Super Freak" came to embody the ruinous excesses of his colourful life, has died in his sleep of natural causes. He was 56.

James died at 9:20 a.m. on Friday in his home near Hollywood, a record label spokeswoman said.

He was one of my all time favorite funk musicians.

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Mayor in Stilettos?

Former Porn Star Ilona Staller Runs For Mayor

The star of 40 porn films and one-time Italian lawmaker said Friday that she plans to run for mayor of Milan.

Ilona Staller, widely known by her stage name, "Cicciolina," told The Associated Press she hopes to make Milan "an exciting place."

"Exciting is an ambiguous word, I know, that is why people like it," said the 52-year-old, who has been known to bare her breasts at news conferences.

Staller told reporters Wednesday that she is trying to collect 1,000 signatures needed to get on the ballot. If she makes it, Staller said she will run as an independent and use her "smiling, beautiful face" as a symbol.

If all of this weren't enough this is the same lady who offered to have sex with Saddam Hussein (many years back) if he would free foreign hostages.

We all know how well that worked out for her on "foreign affairs".

Who did her make-up? Tammy Faye?

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Nair Emergency

Guinness Book's Hairiest Man Has Ear Hair Removed to Hear

The world's hairiest man, Chinese rock singer Yu Zhenhuan, underwent ear surgery in Shanghai on Friday to remove hair that was impairing his hearing.

Doctors said Yu had complained of constant earaches and nausea and had lost one-third of his hearing.

Yu's body, save the palms of his hands and the soles of his feet, is covered with an average of 41 hairs per 1 sq cm (0.16 sq inch), a condition doctors term "atavism".

Before I sound completely shallow and without emotion I want to say that - Yes, I know this is a medical condition.

However - - (didn't you see that coming)?

However, are there not numerous hair removal products and procedures to get this under control?

Maybe it's just me - but I can't even stand when a man has hair on his back. I just think it needs to be dealt with.

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August 05, 2004

Man Pillow

This is kind of a cool yet silly idea:

SINGLE women in Japan have been offered the ultimate bedtime mate: he won't stay out late, he doesn't snore and he won't hog the doona.

Women of all ages have reportedly been rushing to buy their very own Boyfriend Arm Pillow - a snuggly alternative to the real thing.


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