October 20, 2006

Last night I watched The Office. I have totally gotten used to Jim in Stamford and even warmed up to a possible Jim and Karen coupling (or Kim as I like to call it), but then they go and change things up with the final two minutes of the show and now I’m all JAM, JAM, JAM. How good was pretzel day? I want pretzel day at my office. Oooo, sweet pretzels…

In Theaters:
The Prestige
Flags of Our Fathers
Flicka (which I’m going to see tonight!)
Marie Antoinette

MLB Update:
National League Championship Series

St. Louis Cardinals v. New York Mets
Game 7 recap
Cardinals 3 6 1
Mets 1 4 1
W: Randy Flores (1-0)
L: Aaron Heilman (0-1)
S: Adam Wainwright (2)

So now we move onto the World Series!

St. Louis Cardinals v. Detroit Tigers
First pitch: Saturday, October 21, 2006 @ 8:05 PM/est on Fox
Stadium: Comerica Park

World Series Notes: As if I needed another reason to watch the World Series (first two are that the Yankees and Mets will not be in it…) Bob Seger and Anita Baker will sing the national anthem during the first two games in Detroit. Here’s hoping for a game 6 when (cross your fingers) Kid Rock sings it! Although it probably will only go to four games…Did you see the National League this year?

P.S. How excited am I that the Mets lost. Hey, I love the Braves!

NASCAR Update:
We are off to Martinsville this weekend, another wild card race for our Chasers. Martinsville is the smallest track the Cup Series races on at just over a half mile. It’s known for beating and banging and people getting run over. Oh yeah, and some great verbal bar fights. I miss the days when you could reach out tag somebody, but now you get fined for that! Oh well.

Subway 500 Qualifying: Friday @ 3:30 PM/est on Speed
Subway 500: Sunday @ 12:230 PM/est on NBC

NASCAR Notes: AJ Allmendinger will race in the Red Bull car at Atlanta instead of Bill Elliot. Elliot will instead race in the #37 R&J Racing car…Speed reporter Ray Dunalp has been suspended for one week after he made some questionable remarks on Trading Paint. Dunlap is most recognized for his work as a pit reporter for the Craftsman Truck Series races on Speed.

Giants:
Are you ready for some football? The Giants will take on their divisional rivals, the Dallas Cowboys on Monday Night Football. The Giants come off of an impressive win against the Atlanta Falcons last week.

New York Giants v. Dallas Cowboys: Monday @ 9 PM/est on ESPN

Around Sports:
Baseball
Even though they were swept by the A’s in the ALDS, the Minnesota Twins are still pretty high on their manager, Ron Gardenhire. So high that they gave him a two year contract extension that will keep him in the Twin Cities until 2009. Funny, the A’s fired their manager after they were swept in the ALCS. Interesting…

Football
FYI, it’s ok to go to football stadiums this weekend, turns out the whole threat thing was a hoax. Thank goodness. No one messes with my football tailgating plans, no one!

Golf
Justin Rose was one stroke away from a record 59. Instead he had to settle with a 60 and a four stroke lead at the Funai Classic Thursday.

Random Quote: On this week's pop culture grid by si.com both Shaun Phillips of the San Diego Chargers and Lito Sheppard of the Philadelphia Eagles had the same answer to the question "Favorite TV Show," Flavor of Love. Sadly, I might agress, although totally season one over season two.

Popo in my Crib News:
About a month ago, backup punter for that football powerhouse, University of Northern Colorado, Mitchell Cozad stabbed the starting punter, Rafael Mendoza. On Thursday, Cozad was charged with attempted murder and second degree assault. If convicted, Cozad could spend 48 years in jail where hopefully he will be the starting punter for the other inmate’s sake. Oh wait, just saw a picture of Cozad, looks like it’s better for him to continue to be the back-up punter. Watch out Mitch, because the popo are on your tail!

Around the World:
The Dow closed over 12,000 yesterday. Now just where is this money coming from? How can I get a piece of it, because there are these really cute Burberry shoes I am in love with which would go great with that Marc Jacobs Hudson bag I’ve been salivating over.

LA residents who recently lost their only country station will be happy to know they will be able to listen to the sweet country music once again. AM station 540 has changed its format and will now play contemporary country music. New York and San Francisco remain the only markets without a country station. Thank goodness for CMT, GAC (which I still don’t get) and satellite radio!

Celebrity Tid Bits:
Brody Jenner confirmed to people.com that he and The Hills star Lauren Conrad are “seeing” each other. Go team LC!

Grey’s Anatomy star, T.R. Knight has confirmed to people.com that he is gay. I watched Grey’s last night and it doesn’t change my opinion of his character. He’s still adorable and I kind of still want him with Callie.

Maybe T.R. could date former American Idol contestant, R.J. Helton who also confirmed that he is gay. Both gay and both have first names composed of initials. I think we found a love connection!

Congrats to Jack & Jill star, Jamie Presley who announced her engagement to DJ Eric Cubiche. The My Name is Earl star has had quite a year with a hit TV show and that Emmy nod. I don’t know, upgrade/downgrade from Simon Rex and Kid Rock?

Happy Birthday shout outs go to John Krasinski, Snoop Dogg (35) and Tom Petty (56).

It’s been fun blogging with you,

Kate