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Tuesday, February 09, 2010
"I Guess It Just Shows That Billboards Work"
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune has the latest on that strange George W. Bush billboard on I-35 in Minnesota -- the one with just his photo and the caption "Miss me yet?"
Is the billboard pro-Bush, anti-Bush, or just a gag? Nobody knows. The caption sounds somewhat pro-Bush, but the photo of Bush in goofy-grin mode seems to lean the other way.
The sign was "put up by a group of small business owners -- who want to stay anonymous --because they felt Washington wasn't listening," according to the billboard company. The company spokesman was glad to add, "I guess it just shows that billboards work."
Read more.
Posted by Mr. Holznagel at 10:09 AM0 comments 
Brooklyn Decker Sports Illustrated Cover: PHOTO
Brooklyn Decker is the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover girl for 2010.
The shot was taken last year in the Maldives, the chain of 1100+ small islands in the Indian Ocean. The capital city of the Maldives is, perhaps appropriately, Male'.
Brooklyn Decker is 22 years old and 5'10" tall. This is Decker's fifth appearance in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue; her first was in 2006 and she's been in the issue every year since.
It's been a banner year for Decker: besides getting a ton of work, she also married tennis pro Andy Roddick last April.
See more photos of Brooklyn Decker >>
(Cover image: Walter Iooss, Jr. / Sports Illustrated)
Labels: Brooklyn Decker, Sports Illustrated
Posted by Mr. Holznagel at 5:03 AM1 comments
Monday, February 08, 2010
11 Fans Turn Out to Greet Colts
It sounds like a headline from The Onion.11 fans turned out to cheer Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts as they returned from losing Super Bowl XLIV.
Labels: Peyton Manning, The Super Bowl
Posted by Mr. Holznagel at 7:31 PM0 comments
Rep. John Murtha Dead at 77, Two Days After Setting Longevity Record
Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha has died at age 77. He had been suffering from an infection after gall bladder surgery.Just two days ago Murtha became the longest-serving Congressman in Pennsylvania history. He took office in 1974 and was reelected 17 times.
A Vietnam War veteran as a Marine, John Murtha was a "master of pork barrel politics" and an ally of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
More from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Washington Post.
Labels: Celebrity Deaths, John Murtha
Posted by Mr. Holznagel at 12:17 PM0 comments
Betty White and Abe Vigoda for Snickers
Abe Vigoda lives!
Trash-talkin' Betty White is the real star of this Snickers ad from Super Bowl 2010, but the Vigoda moment caps it. Good sports all around. Well played, Snickers!
Labels: Abe Vigoda, Betty White, The Super Bowl
Posted by Mr. Holznagel at 7:47 AM0 comments
Leno, Letterman and Oprah: Yes, They Sat Together
Dave, Jay and Oprah really were all together on the same couch.Labels: David Letterman, Jay Leno, Oprah Winfrey
Posted by Mr. Holznagel at 7:40 AM0 comments
Sunday, February 07, 2010
"All That Was Missing was Austin Powers"
The New Orleans Times-Picayune smacks The Who.[Pete] Townshend is starting to show his age. He was late to the microphone on the first chorus of "Pinball Wizard," and didn't sound particularly good once he arrived. He left much of the guitar work to his son Simon, the second guitarist in the band. Townshend finally busted out his trademark electric guitar windmill on "Baba O'Riley," an anthem that still sounds epic.(As as commenter points out there, Simon Townshend is actually Pete's younger brother -- by 15 years. Pete was born in 1945, Simon in 1960.)
Gotta give Pete and Roger Daltrey points for being up there at age 65, in any case. Daltrey turns 66 next month.
New Orleans won the Super Bowl, by the way, 31-17. Manning face!
Labels: Pete Townshend, Peyton Manning, Roger Daltrey, The Who
Posted by Mr. Holznagel at 7:11 PM0 comments
What Did Sarah Palin Have Written On Her Hand?
What did Sarah Palin have written on her "palm pilot" last night?
"Energy...
So reports the Huffington Post.
Labels: Sarah Palin
Posted by Mr. Holznagel at 3:14 PM1 comments
Sarah Palin's Cheat Sheet is Her Hand
Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin likes to make fun of President Barack Obama for being articulate -- at this week's Tea Party Convention she referred to the president as "a charismatic guy with a teleprompter."
The oft-repeated jokes about the Barack Obama's use of teleprompters have always been interpreted as a criticism of the president's lack of substance. As the above video shows, however, it could be that Palin's issue isn't so much with the president, as with the modern technology of teleprompters.
As you can see, Governor Palin likes to go "old school" when it comes to speaking in public, foregoing fancy electronics in favor of the kind of cheating the Founding Fathers surely intended.
[Update: close-up of the hand]
Labels: Barack Obama, Sarah Palin
Posted by Mr. Hehn at 10:11 AM10 comments
