Redskins beat the Cowboys woooo, Paul Newman, Project Runway

The Emmy award winning Amazing Race made its debut last night.  They began at the LA Coliseum and took a flight to Salvador, Brazil.  The first couple eliminated were the bee-keeping hippies Anita and Arthur.  For a full recap go to cbs.com.

Lee Wray checked out the new Desperate Housewives and everything is five years in the future.  I'm not buying it.  No, I didn't watch it.  But it smells of an I've been dreaming Dallas twist. 

Even though everyone except for Miss Congeniality is sick, it was nice to see that the Redskins could still pull off a win over the Cowboys.  Hail to the Redskins. Hail Victory.  Hail to the Redskins.  Fight for all DC.  You know, if Jim could just stop calling the Cowboys America's team.  Ridiculous.  As far as I'm concerned, the Redskins have won the Super Bowl.  They beat the Cowboys.  They may never win another game this season.  They probably won't.  But it doesn't matter.  They beat the Cowboys.  Life is good.

Heather Locklear was arrested for DUI over the weekend.  She was released on $5,000 bond.  It wasn't alcohol that was causing her strange behavior but some controlled substance.  She had been seen driving back and forth over a pair of sunglasses then getting out and stumbling around according to the witness who called 911. 

The amazing Paul Newman passed away at home Friday due to lung cancer.  He made many incredible films.  You may know his voice most recently as Doc Hudson from the animated Cars.  Lee Wray and I agreed, our favorite Newman films are The Sting and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.  Click on the imdb.com link on my page and look him up.  You can rarely go wrong with a Newman film.  Or his pineapple salsa.  He was a great actor and a charitable man.

Maggie Lundholm stopped by to talk about a luncheon this Saturday regarding foster care.  If you ever entertained the thought about being a foster parent, or mentoring a child, this is the time to get some information.  It's from 11am-1pm at Collegeside Church of Christ with lunch from Stroud's and it's free.  Call 646-3048 if you need to know more about it. 

A New York judge has just issued an injunction that will temporarily halt Lifetime from airing Project Runway after five seasons on Bravo. Bravo parent NBC Universal sued Runway producer The Weinstein Co., alleging it had the right to match any competing offer for its top-rated series.  Lifetime was to have aired a sixth season of the show starting in November, but recently pushed back the premiere to January. It now appears the show's future on Lifetime will await the outcome of a meeting next month at which a potential settlement could be discussed. 

A patient treated for agonizing abdominal pain received this surprising news in the hospital's paperwork: "Based on your visit today, we know you are pregnant." Surprising indeed for 71-year-old John Grady Pippen. The staff at Curry General Hospital in Gold Beach gave the retired mechanic and logger the ridiculously happy news this month, along with some pain pills.  Hospital administrator William McMillan says an errant keystroke caused the hospital's computer to spit out the wrong discharge instructions for the grandfather.

Choose Your News

ANOTHER WAY TO GET A JOLT FROM YOUR COFFEE
It wasn't just the caffeine that gave an Iowa woman an extra jolt after she had her morning coffee. It was also the bat she found in the filter. The Iowa Department of Public Health says the woman reported a bat in her house but wasn't too worried about it. She turned on her automatic coffee maker before bedtime and drank her coffee the next morning. She discovered the bat in the filter when she went to clean it that night. Health officials say that the bat was sent to a lab but that its brain was too cooked by the hot water to determine whether it had rabies, so the woman is undergoing treatment.

 

A MYSTERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITION
A report out of Australian claims a woman is blind three days out of every six because her eyes involuntarily shut and she can't open them -- a mysterious medical condition that has puzzled doctors. Natalie Adler, who experts believe may be the only person in the world with this condition, said she has had this medical predicament since she was 17. She is now 21. Doctors from the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital said Adler's condition was baffling and they don't have a diagnosis. One says the medical condition blepharospasm, which causes an involuntary closing of the eyes, could be used as a reference but that it did not explain why Adler's eyes closed on such a regular schedule.

 

or DRIVING WITH PETS

Hollywood celebrities can continue to drive with animals nestled in their laps. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is vetoing a bill to fine motorists $35 for sharing the driver's seat with lapdogs or other animals. Republican Assemblyman Bill Maze says the practice is distracting. He introduced the bill after seeing a woman driving with three dogs on her lap. Schwarzenegger says he's signing only bills that are quote "the highest priority for California." And a lapdog ban isn't one of them.

Slanguage Language Quiz

BLACKBERRY JAM

a)  dance move involving a lot of foot stomping

b)  slowdown caused by people looking their blackberries

c) two day growth of beard

B--especially prevalent in big cities