A Beautiful Shooting Star and a Cartoon Smile
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Why Women Lie!
One day, when a seamstress was sewing while sitting close to a river, her thimble fell into the river. When she cried out, the Lord appeared and asked, "My dear child, why are you crying?" The seamstress replied that her thimble had fallen into the water and that she needed it to help her husband in making a living for their family. The Lord dipped His hand into the water and pulled up a golden thimble set with pearls. "Is this your thimble?" the Lord asked. The seamstress replied, "No" The Lord again dipped into the river. He held out a silver thimble ringed with sapphires. "Is this your thimble?" the Lord asked. Again, the seamstress replied, "No." The Lord reached down again and came up with a leather thimble. "Is this your thimble?" the Lord asked. The seamstress replied, "Yes." The Lord was pleased with the woman's honesty and gave her all three thimbles to keep, and the seamstress went home happy. Some years later, the seamstress was walking with her husband along the riverbank, and her husband fell into the river and disappeared under the water. When she cried out, the Lord again appeared and asked her, "Why are you crying?" "Oh Lord, my husband has fallen into the river!" The Lord went down into the water and came up with Mel Gibson. "Is this your husband?" the Lord asked. "Yes," cried the seamstress. The Lord was furious. "You lied! That is an untruth!" The seamstress replied, "Oh, forgive me, my Lord. It is a misunderstanding. You see, if I had said 'no' to Mel Gibson, you would have come up with Tom Cruise. Then if I said 'no' to him, you would have come up with my husband. Had I then said 'yes,' you would have given me all three. Lord, I'm not in the best of health and would not be able to take care of all three husbands, so THAT'S why I said 'yes' to Mel Gibson." And so the Lord let her keep him. The moral of this story is: Whenever a woman lies, it's for a good and honorable reason, and in the best interest of others. That's our story, and we're sticking to it. |
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Jesse Jackson Turning White?
 Jesse did so in a single gulp and then exclaimed, "That tasted like bullshit!" The doctor replied, "It was, Jesse. You were a quart low." |
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On Being Pregnant
A couple just started their Lamaze class and they were given an activity requiring the husband to wear a bag of sand to give him an idea of what it feels like to be pregnant. The husband stood up and shrugged saying, "This doesn't feel so bad." The instructor then dropped a pen and asked the husband to pick it up. "You want me to pick up the pen as if I were pregnant, the way my wife would do it?" the husband asked. "Exactly," replied the instructor. To the delight of the other husbands, he turned to his wife and said, "Honey, pick up that pen for me." |
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TV Review: Fox's Skating With Celebrities-Second Night
My review on the premiere of this new "celebrity-doing-something-with-a-professional-something-to-revive -a-flaggin-career" was posted on 1/22/06.
Although a bit tongue-in-cheek, I have enjoyed this show and like it better than its counterpart, ABC's Dancing With the Stars, in some respects. Both shows show a "celebrity" moving fluidly around a surface of some sort with another, more professional partner. The Fox show features celebrities on ice, ABC has celebrities on the ballroom floor. Both involve pretty outfits, competition, handsome hosts and judges.
Skating With Celebrities does not have audience call-in though I originally thought that was the case. After this second show in the series, with one out of six contestants now eliminated, I understand the scoring system is a running balance of judge's points for artistic impression and technical merit. Each week the team with the lowest balance in points added from all routines to date will be eliminated.
On to my critique, such as it is.
Each week a new ice-skating move is required. In addition, each week the music will be of a specific genre. For the premiere show, the novice ice-skaters had to do three spins. In this second show in the series, the celebrities had to perform synchronized footwork for at least 1/2 the rink. The music for this second show was from the 70's. If you think "disco" you would be right.
First up were celebrity Kristy Swanson and her partner. Swanson had the lowest score of the premiere week although all the scores were very close. I thought Swanson's performance was much better than her performance in the premiere show and indeed the judges awarded the team a 25.2 for technical and a 25.5 for artistry. Bringing that team's total toa 98.2 for the first two shows.
Next was Bruce Jenner, a former Olympic champion, a brave 55 years old and claiming bad knees. I rather like this fellow although I doubt he will win. I like him because a)he's my age and b)I remember him from his famed Olympic days.
I thought Jenner and his partner's routine was very good, quite fluid. One judge commented snidely that Jenner was "not in the same shape as the 70's", an understatement. Jenner and his partner scored a 49.0 total for this night's routine, bringing their score to a 97.8 cumulative for both nights.Jillian Berberie was the third celebrity performer. Barberie is very pretty and seems to know a lot about ice-skating. She and her partner scored the highest on the premiere show. In the pre-routine vignette, Barberie was said to have a groin injury. But the show went on.
I did note that Jillian's professional skating partner carried her around a lot during this routine. Even so, Jillian did her turns nicely and to my unpracticed eye, she looked very professional. One judge loved her footwork while another found the performance "disappointing".
Berberie and her partners scored a 50.4 for this night's performance bringing their cumulative score to 102.2.
Next up was celebrity Deborah Gibson. They performed a 70's disco routine complete with the BeeGees in background and a hip 70's hairstyle for the male of the duo. I thought the choreography for their routine was exceptional. One judge pronounced the routine "okay" while another termed it "very smart".
Deborah and her partner scored a total of 48.3 points bringing their cumulative to 96.3.
The final performance was by former child star Todd Bridges. For his routine he sported a happening Afro hairstyle, the black hairstyle of hip during the 70's. My initial thoughts were that Todd was really an awkward skater and then, boom, the big drama of the second night in the series, Todd fell down!Well it was bound to happen what with a bunch of admittedly inexperienced skaters suddenly charged with the execution of spins and fancy footwork. It still surprised me when it happened.
Bridges and his partner scored a 47.9 for this routine, bringing their cumulative total to 95.6.
Todd and his partner were eliminated during that second night of the series.
The remaining contestants now include:
Same as the premiere night of the series, Jillian Berberie still carries the highest score, both cumulative and for both individual nights of competition.
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