V

New series starts Tuesday... I loved the movie (mini-series actually) and hated the series that came after.

This series is about the movie, so it should be better... with a recruiter like that, it would be hard not to be taken in :)

Tags: Laura Vandervoort, V, ABC, TV

HD

Got me a new 500gb Seagate today and currently installing/formatting it. Wish me luck (heh)

Lies, Damned Lies; Statistics

The Obama administration on Thursday slammed a report from The Associated Press alleging the government had overstated by thousands the number of jobs it has created or saved with federal contracts under President Obama's $787 billion recovery program.

The White House seized on an initial report from a government oversight board weeks ago that claimed federal contracts awarded to businesses under the recovery plan already had helped pay for more than 30,000 jobs. The administration said the number was evidence that the stimulus program had exceeded early expectations toward reaching the president's promise of creating or saving 3.5 million jobs by the end of next year.

But the 30,000 figure is overstated by thousands -- at the very least by nearly 5,000, or one in six, based on AP's limited review of some of the contracts -- because some federal agencies and recipients of the money provided incorrect job counts. The
review found some counts were more than 10 times as high as the actual number of jobs; some jobs were credited to stimulus spending when, in fact, none were produced.[link]

And these people want to run healthcare?

Bowling

Me and pops dropped to 2nd place in the bowling league, but we won them all last night and probably will be back in a tie for the lead.

Next week we bowl the guys that are currently in first (or tied with us) so we can get some separation [or lose some heh].

We've finally started bowling better, so maybe we've turned it around.

Weekend Sports Update

High School:

Austin lost a battle 31-24 to Buckhorn that sadly means no playoffs this year (no link)

College:

Tennessee outplayed Alabama, but lost on a blocked kick as time expired (my post)

Pro:

Dallas looked good and dismantled a previously 1 loss Falcon team that has playoff aspirations (37-21)

Mixed bag weekend; 2 losses and 1 win (won in fantasy league also, but meh) so not good, but all teams played hard and had a chance to win...

Tags: football, NCAA, Tennessee, Alabama, high school sports, Austin

Humor

I rear-ended a car this morning.
So, there we were alongside the road and slowly the other driver got out of his car.

You know how sometimes you just get soooo stressed and little things just seem funny?

Yeah, well I couldn’t believe it…. he was a DWARF!!!

He stormed over to my car, looked up at me, and shouted, ‘I AM NOT HAPPY!!!’

So, I looked down at him and said, ‘Well, then which one are you?’

And then the fight started…..

(from lolblog)

Tags: humor, lolblog

Football Update

Tennessee outplayed the #2 team in the country (Alabama, #1 in the AP) but it was still short (thanks to Ala blocking 2 field goals and the kicker missing another).

12-10 Ala and a great game. If Alabama doesn't fix their qb, LSU will own em heh

bleh

Tags: football, NCAA, Tennessee, Alabama

Fashion Group International’s Night of Stars in New York

Evan acudió este Jueves y acudió de pies a cabeza vestida de Gucci. Además, es posible que realize una campaña publicitaria para Gucci. Evan también hizo una campaña para MIU MIU junto a otras actrices hace años.

La verdad es que estuvo muy elegante y bastante guapa.

Football

Tennessee plays at Alabama tomorrow (3:30 eastern / CBS)

Going to be a rough game, our defense is good and I like their chances against the Ala offense. Their defense is great though and our offense is ... never know.

The line is 14 1/2 for Ala, take the points and go with UT


(Auburn plays LSU also)

Tags: Tennessee, Alabama, football, NCAA

Watchmen

Going to watch Watchmen tonight, heard its good, now to find out :)

Tags: Malin Akerman, Watchmen, movie, pod

Arrested

Someone should be ... shot for this one:

Springfield, Virginia resident Eric Williamson was arrested and charged with indecent exposure yesterday for failing to put on any clothes after getting up at 5:30 am to make some coffee. A woman and her 7-year-old daughter had cut across Williamson's front yard and saw him through his kitchen window.(Reason)

Can we now assume that every naked lady in her own home 'wants to be seen'? I think not

Criminal Arrest

I wonder if anyone in Hollywood will sign a petition to keep this guy out of the country:

Interior Ministry spokeswoman Sabine Hadad said Wednesday that Nelson, 59, was convicted last year in a California court on 52 counts of sexual abuse of minors and sentenced to 110 years in prison.(link)

Thanks to Interpol and Israel another scumbag will be coming home to rot.

LoL

Cannes Film Festival 2005 - 'Down In The Valley' premiere

Football

Tennessee has an off week this week, so no game (Dallas does also in the NFL); but there were plenty of good games in the college ranks.

Kentucky had not beaten Auburn since 1966 (stretch of 16 games, they don't play every year) and that streak looked to stay intact this year. Auburn got the early lead but couldn't stop the 'vaunted' Kentucky run game :) After a late touchdown put Ky up 21-14 (with a little over 3 minutes left in the game), the defense held Auburn out and celebrated the win.

Ohio State looked like a Big Ten team in a bowl game... but they were playing Purdue and you only get to mess up so many times before it bites ya. 26-18 Boilermakers

Virginia Tech has been making a lot of noise this year; they lost game 1 to Alabama but have been crushing people ever since. Losing your 1st game to a highly rated team won't hurt you on the way to the National Championship, but losing a 2nd game to Georgia Tech will. GT 28 VT 23

Tags: Kentucky, Auburn, Ohio State, Purdue, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, football

The Conspirator (2010)

Robert Redford tiene un casting de asesinos para ''El Conspirador" está basado sobre las consecuencias del asesinato del presidente Lincoln.
Tom Wilkinson, Evan Rachel Wood, Kevin Kline and Alexis Bledel will join James McAvoy y Robin Wright Penn están en el drama, el cual está siendo financiado por American Film Co.
El rodaje comenzó el lunes en Savannah, Georgia.

Wright Penn interpreta a María Surratt, la única mujer que interviene en la conspiración para matar al presidente, y McAvoy interpreta a Frederick Aiken, el héroe de guerra asignado a defenderla. Wilkinson interpretará a Reverdy Johnson, el ex procurador general, que como senador de EE.UU. es el mentor del joven abogado y simpatizantes de Surratt. Wood interpreta a la hija de Anna, y Kline interpreta al secretario de guerra de Lincoln Secretario, Edwin Stanton. Bledel interpreta a la esposa de Aiken, Sarah Weston.

Justin Long también interpreta un papel.

Redford está produciendo con Robert AFC Stone, Webster Stone y Brian Falk y Greg Kingsgate Films Shapiro. Wildwood Enterprises, Bill es el productor ejecutivo de Holderman.

James Salomón escribió el guión.

más imágenes de Evan en el set:


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Socialized Idiocy

Idiotic Story of the Day:

A West Yorks farmer has been slapped with a £150 fine for keeping a cow in a darkened barn and therefore failing to 'meet the psychological needs' of the bovine.

Ronald Norcliffe, 65, was nabbed under the Animal Welfare Act in August 2008 when operatives from Kirklees Environmental Health department and the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) visited his Scammonden farm on a tuberculosis test mission.(link)

Poor cow :( Now I wouldn't keep a cow in a dark barn without a good reason, but did they ask the cow what it thought of the situation? Just as likely as fining a man for failing to meet the 'psychological' needs of a bovine eh?

The barn (dark at that!) was where the farmer planned on keeping his cow and its calf during the winter (cold ya know) and the people who know better(^TM) didn't think that was a good idea.

Tags: Socialized Government, idiocy, UK

Year One

Just watched Year One. Decent movie, funny and stupid (why do they all have to be stupid). Jack Black and Michael Cera star in it (along with June Diane Raphael and Juno Temple [Olivia Wilde is a princess in it).

The movie centers on Zed and Oh getting kicked out of their village (hunter/gatherer village) and embarking on a journey to see the end of the world (or not).

They find Cain and Abel, slave-traders, Hebrews and finally the city of Soddom. They rescue their friends, save the day, etc...
Ok, it's not that good, but it was funny.

Tags: Year One, Jack Black, Michael Cera, June Raphael, Juno Temple, pod

..y definitivamente aquí está la prueba

Como dije ayer Evan se encuentra en Savannah rodando su nueva película (toda la info en la actualización anterior)
esta es una foto en el set, y como veis, vuelve a ser morena. Se acabó su strawberry hair, pero como sabemos esta profesión implica cambios de look constantes, yo igualmente la veo bien con todos los colores que se ponga.

vídeo en el set, aparece Evan brevemente: http://scottishactors.blogspot.com/2009/10/day-2-on-conspirator-set.html

subiré más info acerca de este proyecto tan rápido como salgan nuevas noticias.

NCAA View of Alabama

Ouch

According to documents released Tuesday, the NCAA in responding to Alabama's textbook appeal called Alabama a "serial repeat violator" with an "abysmal infractions track record" and an "extensive recent history of infractions cases unmatched by any other member institution in the NCAA."

I'm a SEC guy and love to see the conference win the NT every year (almost), of course I don't actually like every team and have hated Alabama since I was little :) I don't actually hate them anymore (the one good thing from the BCS?) but that doesn't mean I can't poke fun at them from time to time [most of the fans I know around here are big Roll Tide people, so this just makes it all the better].

Evan Rachel en ''The Conspirator''?

Evan está en Savannah para filmar el drama histórico, El Conspirador. Producido por Robert Redford, y protagonizada por James McAvoy. Robin Wright Penn fue inicialmente emitido en la película, pero hay rumores de que está siendo reemplazado. Evan se rumorea que actuará en el papel de Anna Surratt, la hija de María Surratt, un co-conspiradora en la muerte de Abraham Lincoln.

Swine Flue Update

It's getting bad out there :(

Don't Poke Me!

Police in Hendersonville, Tennessee have obtained screen grabs of the victim's Facebook page showing evidence of the poke, according to the local newspaper The Tennessean.

Jackson, who lives in Hendersonville, faces up to a year in prison and fine of $2,500 if she is found guilty of breaching the protection order. She is due to appear in court later this month. (link)

Kind of a silly article, but if you're not supposed to contact someone, I guess poking on Facebook would be contacting them. Although you can't do anything but 'poke' with that feature and afaik it can be blocked, I really see no reason for the police to be involved in this one. Of course I'm not involved in this (even if it's close to me) so I don't really have a say in it.

Tags: Facebook, news, Hendersonville

3X Bloggers

Started a new blog roll (on the side bar there) click if you want to join :) [3x is for 30-something bloggers, but anyone can join if they want to]

Sports update for this weekend (since it's a holiday, raining and I got nothing):

Austin in the rain defeated Sparkman 10-7.

Tennessee (with an offense) killed Georgia 45-19.

Dallas (with little offense) had to goto O/T to beat the winless Chiefs 26-20.

But 3-0 for me this weekend is a good weekend (my fantasy team got killed though, heh)

Tags: 3X bloggers, sports, football, Tennessee, Dallas, Austin

Football

I was almost prophetic last week when I said that the last quarter was the most important thing (the fact that Crompton looked like a quarterback). The momentum of that little run carried over this week and Tennessee destroyed Georgia.

The first-year coach got some help from Jonathan Crompton, who passed for a career-high 310 yards and threw for four touchdowns.(link)

The game wasn't as close as the 45-19 score; the UGA special teams got a touchdown and safety and the defense got a TD off a tipped pass.

Otherwise the Tennessee team played outstanding and now get a week off to prepare for the murderous trip to Alabama (Bama 22 Ole Miss 3)

Tags: Tennessee, Crompton, football, NCAA

Football

UT vs Georgia today in Knoxville. Both teams are coming off hard losses (Georgia with a controversial loss due to the 'excessive celebration' penalty and UT with the fact that they have no O) and both will be looking to rebound.

The country and the experts are all taking Georgia (they have a QB) but it should be a good game. Our defense is good enough to win the game if the offense can keep from making mistakes and stay on the field long enough to get the D a breath on occasion.


Other games: (1) Florida at (4) Lsu , (3) Alabama at (20) Ole Miss, (17) Auburn at Arkansas

Take Florida, Alabama and Arkansas with the points.

Tags: Tennessee, Georgia, football, NCAA

Vampires

Video Games - E3 2009 - Attack of the Show

From Ace's ONT.

Tags: humor, Ace of Spades, vampires

Weekend!

Tags: pod, lil bit

Peace

Barak Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize... further proof that it is indeed a political prize instead of actually honoring peace.

The only peace he has brokered in the world was during the 'beer summit' and we're not actually sure how much of a war that was before he stepped in.

The man who has accomplished nothing has now won an award that means nothing.

Edit: New info from JWF tells me that the nomination for the Nobel is February 1... so the O can't even claim the beer summit in his list of 'peace' accomplishments.

Tags: President Obama, Nobel Peace, nothing

Vroom

Tags: pod

True Blood; season 3

Aunque Evan no será regular en la tercera temporada de True Blood, aparecerá de nuevo como la reina Sophie Anne.
El personaje de Evan compartirá muchas escenas el próximo año con el rey vampiro de Mississippi (Denis O'Hare).

No hay más noticias, esperemos saber más cosas pronto!

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Movie Time

Watched Showgirls yesterday. It's amazing how you can forget just how bad a movie is until you see it again. I didn't make it until the end so I don't even remember that part. And I use to think that Elizabeth Berkley was a good actress ...

Tags: Showgirls, Gina Gershon, Elizabeth Berkley

Bowling

I stunk it up again; first game started well, then sucked (still not used to the wood lanes and their less-hook ability). Second game started the same then...

the knee popped (again). So pretty much my style is out, can't take the pain and don't want to seriously mess up the knee (anymore than it is) and ruin my softball for next year so... terrible game again.

Game 3; I switched to a style that I could not use in Florence (synthetic lanes that hook a lot) and with the wood lanes, the hook was smooth, not jerky. One bad ball (split) but 9 good ones got me a 232. Maybe I've finally figured something out.

(Pops bowled awful also, we probably will got 2-5)

Tags: bowling

Climate Porn

How can you tell it's the biggest lie in government?

...far below the 25-40 percent cuts by then that the U.N. climate panel and developing countries say rich nations should support to avoid dangerous climate change.[emp added LN]

Simply read that sentence and remember that China (the #1 'bad' producer would be exempt.

If any of these people were serious about climate change (heh) then they would be attacking all countries, regardless of wealth in an effort to stymie the flow of 'global warming emissions'.

Nature

Tags: pod

Rapist Still in Jail

In 'other' world news today, Roman (drugged and anally raped a 13 year old) Polanski is still in jail after the Swiss denied his attempt to get out. [There is still the matter of the criminal court upholding the recommendation, but the Swiss are usually very good at upholding treaties.]

Polanski was accused of plying the underage girl with champagne and part of a Quaalude pill during a modeling shoot in 1977, and raping her. He was initially indicted on six felony counts, including rape by use of drugs, child molesting and sodomy.

He pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of unlawful sexual intercourse. In exchange, the judge agreed to drop the remaining charges and sentence him to prison for a 90-day psychiatric evaluation.(link)

Nice leade eh? That's paragraphs 14 & 15, not para 1. Although the article is nicely written and leaves only small things out, the habit of putting the 'good stuff' so far down is annoying. Most people don't tend to read all of articles (whether online or in print) so it's easy to do this and misinform almost everyone. Whether the writer(s) did it or an editory, I don't know, but it's not honest.