1. Mint green is not flattering on everyone. Yes, it’s amazing that there is a madam Speaker of the House, but mint green? Really Nancy, you clashed with your surroundings. There was a reason Dick Chaney didn’t change his tie to match your outfit. He was trying to do you a favor. Maybe you should have changed your suit to match his tie. The green just washed you out on TV.
2. Apparently not everyone realized this was going to be televised. I’m talking to you Ted Kennedy; did you enjoy your nap?
3. The Mullet is back! I didn’t learn this because Billy Ray Cyrus is going to be on “Dancing with the Stars” Season 4. No, I learned this from looking at Hillary Clinton last night, positioned right behind Barrack Obama…hmm very interesting…
4. Dikembe Mutumbo is an American Citizen. And here, I thought that he had to have a visa to play basketball. Silly me.
5. The President, ain’t too proud to beg, y’all. “Our country is pursuing a new strategy in Iraq and I ask you to give it a chance to work," Bush added, “Please, please, pretty please, I’ll give you whatever you want. Who wants to throw a party at my place? Dick Chaney can make quite a cosmo…” (cbsnews.com)
NASCAR Update:
More rules changes were announced, this time it involved the past champions provisional. The provisional can only be used six times this season in the Nextel Cup Series. In the Busch Series, a similar cap on the provisional allows past champions to use the provisional once every eight races. In the Cup Series it can be used consecutively or just enough to allow Dale Jarrett to get his Toyota Camry into the first five races which use the 2006 points to determine the top 35 teams which are guaranteed a spot in the race.
Kevin Harvick criticized Teresa Earnhardt, calling her a “deadbeat owner.” In more shocking news, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. actually defended his stepmother telling reporters that she has had to deal with a lot of off the track stuff that people don’t really hear about.
Sad news…Washington Redskins coach and owner of Joe Gibbs Racing, Joe Gibbs, announced that his grandson Taylor has been diagnosed with Leukemia. The two-year olds father is J.D. Gibbs who heads JGR.
Around Sports:
Baseball
Yankee Stadium will host the 2008 All-Star game.
Robinson Cano has given up his #22 for #24, just in case Roger Clemens decideds to come back to the Yankees next season. (AP)
Basketball
Dwane Casey has been fired from his head coaching position with the Minnesota Timberwolves after only a year and a half.
Tennis
Porhando Gonzalez upset second seated Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open on Wednesday.
“Wrestling”
Sad news…Scott “Bam Bam” Bigelow has died at the age of 45. A funeral service will be held in his hometown of Neptune, NJ. (AP)
Around the World:
A 77 square foot “studio” is for sale in London’s Kngihtsbridge neighborhood for $335,000. The closet sized apartment currently has no electricity. On the plus side, it’s in walking distance to Hyde Park and Harrods. Although if you shopped at Harrods a lot you might have to invest in a storage cite to put all of your goodies. (AP)
A bill in Washington state would allow well behaved and leashed dogs into bars across the state. You know they invent dog beer, so they’ve got to have a place to drink it. (AP)
Popo in my crib news:
After calls for Israeli President Moshe Katsav to step down due to impending rape and abuse of power charges, Katsav has taken a leave of absence. Katsav is being accused by four woman but has maintained his innocence. Watch out Moshe, because the popo are on your tail! (AP)
Mike Nifong, District Attorney for Durham County and former prosecutor in the Duke Lacrosse case has been charged with “ethics violations for his conduct” in the case. I guess he went to UNC. Watch out Mike, because the popo are on your tail! (abcnews.com)
Separated at Birth:
Celebrity Tid Bits:Tmz.com is reporting that “singer/actor” Brandy caused a December 30, 2006 car accident that killed one person. Brandy reportedly, did not notice the 2005 Toyota in front of her was slowing down and rear-ended it which caused the 2005 Toyota to hit the car in front of it and then slid across the street and was hit by another car. The driver of the Toyota was killed. Brandy however was uninjured. Lucky her. As of this post, no charges have been brought up against the I Still Know What You Did Last Summer star.
TV ALERT: An all new episode of “Friday Night Lights” airs tonight on NBC at 8 PM/est.
Happy Birthday shout outs to Mischa Barton (21), Tatyana Ali (27), Mary Lou Retton (39) and Neil Diamond (66).
It’s been fun blogging with you,
Kate
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