Yesterday, I went to my towns Traffic Safety Committee meeting. It was very informative. I always have concerns for pedestrian safety because, well, I’m often the pedestrian! It’s great that our town has started the Stay Alive Drive 25 campaign to teach parents and teens about the importance of driving 25 mph. Apparently, a child who is struck at 25 MPH has a 90% chance of surviving while a child who is struck by a car at 35 MPH has a 10% chance of living. A scary statistic to think about the next time your racing around town trying to get from point A to point B, you could make a fatal mistake.
My town is littered with “Keep Kids Alive, Drive 25” signs. Here’s a website where you can purchase these signs: KeepKidsAliveDrive25.org
In Theaters:
Saw III
Catch a Fire
Running with Scissors
Babel (Limited)
Death of a President
Shut Up & Listen (Limited)
World Series Update:
Game 4 Recap
Tigers 4 10 1
Cardinals 5 9 0
W: Adam Wainwright (1-0)
L: Joel Zumaya (0-1)
Game 5
First Pitch: 10/27 @ 8:19 PM/est on Fox
Stadium: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO
Scheduled Pitchers:
Tigers: Justin Verlander (0-1)
Cardinals: Jeff Weaver (0-1)
Cardinals lead the Series 3-1
Braves Update:
Hitting coach, Terry Pendleton has taken his name out the running for the Washington Nationals’ managerial opening. This comes on the heels of Joe Girardi’s announcement that he would not pursue that job. Pendleton is expected to stick with the Braves for the 2007 season.
NASCAR Update:
It’s off to Atlanta we go as the Truck and Cup Series will be racing at one of the fastest tracks on the Schedule. Only 48 points separate leader Matt Kenseth from fifth place Jeff Burton and only 99 points from Kenseth to eighth place Kasey Kahne, who has won six races this year including the March race at Atlanta.
Bass Pro Shops 500 Qualifying: Friday 10/27/06 @ 7 PM/est on Speed
Bass Pro Shops 500: Sunday 10/29/06 @ 2:30 PM/est on NBC
NASCAR Notes: Juan Pablo Montoya will make his Busch Series debut at Memphis on Saturday…According to Speed, AJ Allmendinger, who announced earlier this week that he will be racing for Red Bull Racing in the Nextel Cup Series next season, was dropped from his current Champ Car team and will not race at the Series finale on November 12th. Instead, Forsythe Racing will replace Allmendinger with 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner, Buddy Rice. Allmendinger will attempt to qualify for the Cup race for Red Bull at Atlanta on Friday.
Giants Update:
Even though the Giants have made it past their difficult opening stretch, they cannot let their guard down against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday. After starting 0-4, the Bucs have won their last two games; including last weeks win against the Philadelphia Eagles.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers v. New York Giants: 1 PM/est on Fox
Giants Notes: Michael Straham is one sack away from breaking Lawrence Taylor’s official sack record for the Giants…Tiki Barber will take on his brother Rande for possibly the final time this weekend…LaVar Arrington has been placed on injured reserve after tearing his Achilles tendon against the Cowboys last Sunday…Osi Umenyiora is listed as doubtful for Sunday’s game against the Bucs while Plaxico Burress is listed as probable.
Random Quote: “L.T.’s still the greatest. There will never be another L.T. I don’t care what I do, I can never replace anyone like that. I’m just lucky enough…to be where I’m at.” – Michael Straham via Metro
Around Sports:
Baseball
Sources are speculating that San Diego Padres manager, Chris Bochy will be moving up the California Coast to San Francisco to take the Giant’s open managerial spot. Bochy took the Padres to the NLDS this season where they lost to the St. Louis Cardinals.
Basketball
Houston Rockets center, Dikembe Mutambo (gee, how old is he) got into a verbal spat with a “fan” who allegedly yelled racial slurs at him. Mutambo was able to control his emotions unlike Ron Artest, but vowed to “go straight into the stands the next time” if he was fined. Please David Stern, fine him! (via foxsports.com)
Football
Number 10 Clemson was upset by Virginia Tech 24-7.
Big Ben Roethlisberger has a pretty strong head or maybe he’s just stubborn, but either way, Ben looked good in practice on Thursday taking most of the snaps. Roethlisberger suffered a concussion on Sunday, his second in four months. Coach Bill Cowher is still reluctant to guarantee Roethlisberger the starting job on Sunday against the Oakland Raiders.
Well, at least T.O. is happy about the Dallas Cowboys quarterback change from Drew Bledsoe to Tony Romo. Others on the team including owner Jerry Jones are not so convinced. I guess we’ll have to see when the Cowboys take on the Carolina Panthers on NBC’s Sunday night game.
Hockey
With their 3-0 win over the New York Islanders on Thursday, the Buffalo Sabres stay an unbeatable 10-0.
Around the World:
According to the AFP, there’s an obesity drug that can help diabetics. Is that by reducing the excess weight that can compound the effects of diabetes, because that’s kind of obvious.
Popo in my Crib News:
Snoop Dogg was arrested on Thursday at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, CA on suspicion of possessing marijuana (which I thought he gave up) and a hand gun. Nice. This comes on the heels of the whole police baton incident. Watch out Snoop, because the popo are on your tail!
Celebrity Tid Bits:
Nicole Richie is undergoing treatment to gain weight although her rep insists it’s not to treat an eating disorder but rather to treat the symptoms that are preventing her from gaining any weight, like not eating enough. But once again, this is not for an eating disorder. Got it? Good, because I don’t.
TV note: Las Vegas premieres Friday at 9 PM/est on NBC
Speaking of NBC, they will move 30 Rock and Scrubs to Thursday nights beginning November 30th replacing the overrated game show, Deal or No Deal. The night begins with My Name is Earl and The Office in their regularly scheduled time slots and will then be followed by Scrubs and 30 Rock. ER will continue to air during the 10-11 PM/est hour.
Eonline is reporting that NBC has ordered three more scripts of its critically acclaimed drama, Studio 60. ABC has also ordered additional scripts of The Nine, Men in Trees and Help Me Help You. Just a little reminder, Men in Trees in on tonight at 9 PM/est on ABC.
Rascal Flatts was added to the list of performers for the 2006 American Music Awards on November 12th. They’ll join other country performers, the Dixie Chicks and Carrie Underwood as well as Beyonce and the ever classy, Pussy Cat Dolls.
He may be retired but that doesn’t mean he’s slowing down. Garth Brooks released a new single last year “Good Ride Cowboy,” and he also married country superstar Trisha Yearwood. Now, according to allaboutcountry.com, Mr. Brooks is starting his own official website, garthbrooks.com. I hope he doesn’t post weird poems like Britney Spears and Rosie O’Donnell.
Happy Birthday Shout outs go to former STP frontman and current Velvet Revolver singer, Scott Weiland (39) Duran Duran hottie, Simon Le Bon (48) as well as former NASCAR driver Dick Trickle, and current NASCAR crew chief Tommy Baldwin, Jr.
Also celebrating a birthday this weekend is Julia Roberts.
It’s been fun blogging with you,
Kate
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