Paula Dean & Ham in the Face

This video of Paula Dean getting hit in the face with a ham cannot be any funnier! I have nothing against Paula Dean, and love that she was able to laugh it off like a true professional.

Paula, maybe that ham was getting its revenge!

I heart Tony Gonzales

It's really important for fellow football players to support PETA's initiatives. I love that Tony Gonzales is sticking it to Vick and other animal abusers by using his celebrity to bring attention to the atrocities of wearing fur. Go Tony! I'll root for you any day.

https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=2575
While you are at it, sign the anti-fur petition, and you'll never wear fur again.

Wanna be startin' something

Today I stepped in a big, juicy wad of gum, sitting in the blazing hot sun on the sidewalk where I picked up a City Paper to use as padding for a package I was about to send. "Bleeping Bleep!" I yelled, angry, fuming for the next thirty minutes as I could feel my shoe stick ever-so-slightly to the sidewalk below. In line at the post-office I could faintly smell sweat mingled with peppermint chewing gum. "Bleep!"
When I stepped into the office my co-worker told me, "Farrah Fawcett is dead." Heartbroken, I mused, "I guess stepping in gum isn't so bad."
Later, at my other job, my friend was looking at a blog that said Michael Jackson was dead. No Way! I said, but sure enough he's gone too. Walking home I saw a candlelit vigil in Rittenhouse Park, and I was wondering if it was for Farrah, Neda, or Michael Jackson.
I still have that gum stuck to my shoe.

Nutrition tips from a beached whale

This morning on Rachel Ray, beached whale Winona Judd gives nutrition tips. I'm sorry, but if someone with two chins is giving you tips on how to eat healty, run, as fast as you can, to the nearest salad bar.

Is she or isn't she?

As my partner cozied up in bed late last night, he whispered in my ear, "Jennifer Aniston is pregnant with John Mayer's baby!" My dreams were filled with thoughts of espionage and when I awoke the question still remained. Is Jennifer Ansiston finally going to be a mom? I trolled the scroll on CNN while watching the morning news, and searched People's daily headlines, but to no avail. Sure I found some unreliable sources that claimed it as fact, but until E news or People tells me so the question still remains: Is she or isn't she?

tooting my own horn

Tonight on the Green Network, Miley Cyrus was talking about her "eco-friendly lyrics" to her new song!? I mean, I guess it's cool that she's influencing all these young teeny-boppers to be environmentally conscious and all, but the girl works for Disney! I told you the Green Network was lame.
Eco living is quickly becoming a really crazy insane trend that is catching on like rapid fire, which is great but we know how trends go. People turn their backs on it, they move on, the trend fades to ridicule. Which is what I wish would happen to Miley Cyrus.

The new Green channel and why it irks me

The new Green Channel on cable TV launched about a month ago ...have you seen it? In theory, its a great concept. People showcasing their green products, builders explaining how to better your home, celebrities showing you how to be green. Entourage star, Adrien Grenier has his own show, "Alter Eco", where he pals around with a bunch of hip LAsters, showing products in local eco-stores, meeting local gardeners who can tell you how to build a compost in your backyard, all while having a hip cool approach to life that only celebrity can bring. yawn... Bored yet?
My favorite cookbook author, Rene Loux has her own show, where she consults with other hip celebrities and tells them how to be green. I love her cookbooks and recommend them whole-heartedly but OMG if I hear the word "green" one more time from her lips I might hurt someone. On a particularly recent episode Rene meets up with her "friend" Alice Cooper and tells him how he can be green on the golf course. First of all, I really don't buy into their artificial friendship and secondly, isn't being green and golfing polar opposites? Aren't golf courses artificial green spaces where once thrived natural wildlife habitats which have been torn down and turned into luxury golf courses where mostly rich, wealthy people waste much of their time? I recommend the John Sayles film, Sunshine State, for those unaware of this fact. So, what did she tell him? "Wear bamboo or organic cotton, use these golf-tees made out of corn, use these recycled golf balls. Well, some of her advice is nice,. I mean bamboo fabric is awesome, but all in all golfing tears down eco-cultures, destroys communities and displaces wildlife, all which we need if we are going to continue life on earth. So take that for some honest advice, Alice. Lastly, a vegan like Rene should at least sneak in a few words about snacks on the golf course and pump up her books!
The Ed Bagley show, "Living with Ed" is the saving grace of the Green Channel. Ed Bagely has been doing his own thing for years, installing solar panels on his roof long before it was chic, riding his bike in LA where everyone opts for a hybrid instead of using their own two legs. He's the real pioneer, the others are just marketing goods. Oh and did I mention that Emeril Lagasse has his own show? Ugh serioulsy, a carnivorous meat eater telling me how to be green. puh-leeese.

Gwyneth Relates

Remember a few years ago when Gwyneth Paltrow came out and openly admitted she was macrobiotic? (ahh the horrors!) Remember when she had the Chinese Cupping all down her back with an-open backed dress? (I've done it, it's awesome and I can totally understand why she wanted to show that off, that's a lot of stagnation!)
Well, Gwyneth has long been viewed as kind of an enigma in Hollywood, she's a bit quirky a bit off, kind of new age, experimental and eats weird stuff. Well, not anymore, Gwyneth has returned to eating fish and dairy and admits she has unhealthy vices. Read the article here: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20200197,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines
I'm kind of disappointed. I can take or leave most of her movies, though I liked Sliding Doors and Sylvia, she really stood out as someone in Hollywood that didn't give a shit, someone I could relate to, not that I'd given it much thought beyond today, someone kind of in tune with herself. I think it's because she had kids. Kids change people, they tend to eat more sugar and more junk food, in general, I mean I don't have statistics to back it up, but it's a well-founded theory based on the vast array of parents I've come to know over the years. A dietary observation, if you will.
Anyway Gwyneth shows off that she's normal, kind of, in this article and I'm really disappointed that she eats dairy.

vegans on tv

I'm excited about the increased presence of vegans in the media. Marilu Henner has been making the rounds this week, promoting her stint on Donald Trump' "Celebrity Apprentice". Last night she was on Jimmy Kimmel and also on Jay Leno earlier in the month. Henner is probably best known for her role in the sitcom, Taxi, but most recently she has been working the health food circuit, publishing more than 7 books on healthy living. What I like most about Henner, is that she hardly ever uses the word "vegan." Instead she concentrates on health, which opens more ears ( and pocketbooks!). The word health is a welcome one, while the word vegan, indicates a strict lifestyle most people don't even want to begin to understand.
Henner publicly embarrassed Jimmy Kimmel last night, explaining his puffiness around his eyes is due to too much cheese and dairy and that the fat gullet around his mouth and chin was evidence of too much meat.
Keep your eyes peeled for more appearances on television by Marilu Henner. She's a fireball, must be pushing 60 and looks fantastic. If women need further impetus to become vegan, take a look at Henner for inspiration.

sports, drugs and the law

Can anyone please explain to me why the government in so involved with sports and steroids? Why are we tearing down our heroes? Who do young people have to look up to any longer? Admittedly, I'm not a sports fan and quite frankly thought they all did steroids. I guess I can understand the Olympic athlete, Marion Jones and her tumble to the big house. She lied and has to go to jail. Scooter Libby lied, but he got pardoned by our president. hmmph. But a woman who begs the court to spare her jail sentence, saying she's suffered enough, turns a blind eye to her pleas.
I just don't get what the purpose of destroying our heroes is. I grew up in a family of Boston Red Sox fans, I can't imagine what my brother thinks about his hero, Roger Clemens, and the allocations that he did steroids. So what, it's a game. Big deal. If you want to take athletes down a notch, pay them less. Give them less endorsements. Make them invisible, don't place them on a pedestal. Our heroes are cheats, liars and drug users. Next time you catch your friend cheating at pool, sue them! That's what we do here in America.
Who do we have to look up to then? Certainly not many celebrities, few athletes and you can forget about our nations' leader. We are so busy tearing down reputations of others that we've forgotten what really matters. We are a nation run by dishonesty, fueled by cheats and over-ruled by the courts.
Maybe Clemens can get a job on American Gladiator, (season 2 started last night) because it's quite obvious that man with a head the size of two watermelons is obviously on steroids. Normal humans just don't look like that.

The use of steroids themselves is not illegal. Apparently Mary J. Blige, Madonna, and Wyclef Jean are just a few celebrities that use steroids for their performances. Do we now undervalue them for this? I want my money back for that Madonna show in Madison Square Garden last year. I didn't pay good money to watch a pop star all 'roided out prance across stage. Oh wait, yes I did. That's exactly what I paid for, to be entertained. When do we start letting humans be humans. Our expectations of greatness only encourages less-than-stellar behavior for fears of disappointment.

And why don't we care about, say....hockey players. Why aren't they being attacked. Because, silly, they hardly make any money, garner few fans and are really low on the general publics' radar.

I just think it's pathetic. We are willing to take away so much when all we wanted in the first place was to be entertained.