Found this photo on the news wire. What does this have to do with news you ask? The caption information is below.
"Uganda's police warned male bar-goers to keep their noses clean after a probe found a gang of robbers had been using women with chloroform smeared on their chests to knock their victims unconscious."
(AFP/File)
I guess if you're gonna get screwed over, this wouldn't be a bad way.
Since the Rams left Southern California almost 15 years ago I've lost my affinity for the NFL. Without a team to root for, it really is irrelevent to my life. Sure, I'll watch games and the Super Bowl, of course, but there's just no passion there. As much as some would like Southern Californians to adopt the San Diego Chargers as the region's team, I just can't bring myself to care enough. But after seeing these photos of Chargers' cheerleader Marlina Moreno, I may have to reconsider. (She's got a little bit of a Marissa Tomei thing going on in that first photo.) Remember to click each photo for a larger version of the image.
I know the Detroit Lions are thought of as being the team that always plays on Thanksgiving, but the Dallas Cowboys -- America's Team for crying out loud -- also should be included in the conversation. In honor of this, here are some images to celebrate the tradition of this great organization that should help you digest your gluttonous meal.
And my personal favorite:
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone out there. Hope you have a great day. Me, I get to be at work. Nevertheless, in honor of the holiday, here is a classic scene from "WKRP In Cincinnati" that you might remember.
Today's porrista pics o' the day from the weekend.
Here's a young lady who cheers for Monterrey:
This Cruz Azul cheerleader takes time out of her busy schedule for a posed picture: 
I included this one because when I first saw her, I thought it was Ana Ivanovic. Am I crazy?:
Here's Ana (with less makeup than the one above):
Everyone has seen the new TV ads for Guitar Hero. First there was the one with Kobe Bryant, A-Rod, Michael Phelps and Tony Hawk, which we discussed here a while back. And then there was the follow-up with Heidi Klum tapping into her inner Joel Goodson and looking waaaaay better that all those dudes jumping around. But who knew there was a Director's Cut of the Klum commercial? Apparently 2 million people on YouTube did, but I thought I present it to you here anyway.
First, here is the "censored" Heidi Klum spot:
Here's the Director's Cut:
This was from a while ago, but it's still amazing to watch. Oh to be young with nary a care in the world. That's all I will say other than this is a group of young girls watching the climax of the last "American Idol" when David Cook upset David Archuleta to win. Oh the reactions.
The Seinfeld episode "The Old Man" was on TV last night and I was reminded about one of my favorite scenes in the show's history. It was when Jerry went to go visit the man he had volunteered to spend some time with, Sid Fields, who is played by Bill Erwin. This is one of the funniest streams of dialogue the show ever produced, in my opinion, as Erwin totally nails the grumpy, paranoid old man character. Erwin, who will turn 94 on Dec. 2, last worked in 2006 on an episode of "My Name Is Earl" so we aren't sure how he's doing health wise these days, but we certainly hope he's still going strong. He began working as an actor in 1941.
This is a really cool version of the song "Stand By Me," which I first became aware of when Ben E. King sang it during the movie of the same name some 20-odd years ago. This video features musicians from all over the world contributing to what is a beautiful outcome. The impetus for making this video was featured on Bill Moyers Journal on PBS though the director of the documentary, Mark Johnson, also has a website devoted to this project.
If you've been paying attention, you'll know that Southern California just went through its latest round of wildfires. Here's an interesting video of some classical musicians, who were on their way to Riverside for a performance, driving perilously close to the fire that jumped the 91 Freeway. For more details go to this link at LAist.com, where this video was originally spotted.
On an older, cached version of her Wikipedia page, it stated that Jackie was engaged to former NFL player John Kidd, who had a 15-year career as a punter. But the most recent version of Jackie's page, which at the time of the publishing of this report was last edited on Nov. 17, has since removed the paragraph about her being engaged. Hmmm. The mystery deepens. Kidd's Wikipedia page, incidentally, makes no mention of any engagement to Johnson and the last time it was edited was Sept. 12. so it probably never had any mention to begin with. Our crack staff here at EM (OK, me) went to the KCAL/KCBS archive of Jackie's weathercasts and covered the period from Oct. 10 through the present, watching every single one of Jackie's reports (you don't have to thank us for the sacrifices we make in the name of enterprise journalism). What we found was that Jackie wore her ring through the weathercast of Oct. 27, which you can see at this link. But when we watched the weathercast of Oct. 28, which you can see at this link, the ring was gone.
It also was gone on every other weathercast after the 28th (believe me, we watched them all). Jackie was on vacation from Oct. 10-19, so we don't know if perhaps that's when things started to go sour (if indeed, that's what happened) with the punter. She wore the ring on six consecutive weathercasts after returning from her break and then it abruptly stopped. So although there is no confirmation from the parties involved and the only real thing we have here is what we can observe circumstantially, those of us who are fond of Miss Johnson can cling to the notion that she's out there free again waiting (and perhaps a bit in need of some consolation as well) for one of us (not me) to sweep her off her feet. So have at it. If you'd like to see Jackie's full archives (of weathercasts that is) and give yourself hours of visually stimulating entertainment, you can type her name into the search area in either of the links above or go to the part that says "category" and you will see that Jackie has her own listing there as well. The webmasters at KCAL/KCBS sure know what they're doing and where their bread is buttered.Maybe it's the high altitude of Denver or the beauty of the modern innovation that is slow motion, but this has got to be one of the best videos to ever be created from what was supposed to be an innocent brief, live commercial spot during an NBA game. I love what the announcer says as the shot moves from the dancer to the bench.
I originally saw this video on SportsByBrooks, one of the best sites out there IMHO, and if you want to read more about the said cheerleader, click this link.
A friend of mine sent me this video and I have to say I think the kid did it on purpose. Watch it and see what you think.
Now, the reason I say he did it on purpose is because if you notice his immediate reaction isn't to see if the injured player is OK, but rather he goes off looking for the ball. I have to think that if this were totally innocent he wouldn't have cared about the ball. Basically, he was annoyed that the defensive player was standing in his way and he made sure to send a message.
Return of the BOW? Well, this qualifies, but just barely I think. As much as I hate the Celtics, I can't say Kevin Garnett's reaction was completely out of line. But then again, I don't think Andrew Bogut did anything on purpose and maybe you wonder if it was someone else besides Andrew Bogut whether Garnett would have reacted the way he did. If you're forgotten what a BOW is, go to the top of this blog and do a search for "BOW" and see what comes up. Perhaps you can figure it out from there, but I ain't providing a definition.
The latest installment of our popular feature.
For some reason, this porrista from Rayadas de Monterrey seems a bit shy when she notices her picture is being taken:
Another Rayadas de Monterrey porrista. Is this the same one we saw the other day? That day the information said she cheered for Tigres. But does it really matter?
Here's one for Tecos. What does the word mean on her shirt?
A near-melee took place in last night's game between the Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets. It started with Matt Barnes of the Suns dipping his shoulder into Rafer Alston of the Rockets with Alston eventually coming back after Barnes to stand up for his manhood. It quickly devolves from there with Steve Nash stirring things up. The best part was seeing Shaq play the part of the fee-fi-fo-fum giant (or maybe doing his best impression of Godzilla) and push his foes out of the way one by one as if they were mosquitoes.
For some reason, the song "Let's Duet" from the movie "Walk Hard" has been in my head lately. This movie cracked me up when it came out and perhaps because it's on cable now (and the fact that Jenna Fischer is in it) is the reason why I've been humming the song and singing it to myself at 3 in the morning this whole week. Anyway, the lyrics of this song and the double entendres that abound are the best, but get your minds out of the gutter. This version below has the words on the screen though it's not the entire song.
This is the entire song:
Here is a live performance with SNL's Kristen Wiig (who, for the record, I'm starting to enjoy and appreciate the more I see of her). John C. Reilly, who plays the fictional Dewey Cox, is really talented.
So my dream is to karaoke this song with my wife, but I've been having a hard time convincing her, so if there are any takers out there let me know.
We're getting closer. Remember a while back when I wrote a post about this phenomenon of athletes jumping into the air, crashing into each other with their chest or other body part to celebrate a play or big shot or touchdown or whatever? The gist of that post was that there was a time coming soon when an athlete is going to land awkwardly, blow out a knee, wreck and ankle and miss the season over something so silly. Well, like I said at the beginning of this rambling: We're getting closer (though I hope the Lakers aren't the ones to fall victim to this).
We all remember the "Wassup Guys" from those Budweiser commercials that were popular at the turn of the century. Those guys became a pop culture phenomenon and you couldn't go anywhere or get together with your own friends without someone inevitably doing their own version of the commercial. It became quite the cottage industry and the Wassup Guys appeared on televsion and radio shows and even in some movies. With their 15 minutes long over, they decided to get together for a reunion of sorts, but it's better if you just watch this instead of me trying to explain it. The video, which came out on YouTube a few days before the Election, starts with the original commercial in case you've forgotten.
Don't know why, but at work tonight we started talking about the old "Man Show" that used to be hosted by Adam Carolla and Jimmy Kimmel, and the subject soon turned to those videos of the Man Show boy. If you've never seen him, watch the videos below (there are more than these; just wanted to give you a sample). Some classic and very balls-of-steel stuff for what was a 12-year-old boy when he started.
Selling beer on the corner:
Trying to pick up on college girls:
Breaking news late Wednesday afternoon regarding one of of our favorite actresses, Salma Hayek. It seems that in a recent interview with Style magazine, the luscious Latina actress admitted that she is addicted to breastfeeding. Here's what she said:
"I'm like an alcoholic. It is like, I don't care if I cry, I don't care if I am fat, I am just going to do it for one more week, one more month, and then when I see how much good it is doing her and I can't stop."
There's got to be some outpatient treatment somewhere for this addiction. And no, that was not a cue for all you "concerned" men out there to offer your services.
Joe Scarborough, the host of the popular "Morning Joe" program on MSNBC recently suffered a case of potty mouth by uttering "fuck you" during a discussion about Barack Obama and speculation about his staff appoinments. What's great is the expression of the guy on the split screen when Scarborough says it, as well as the efforts his staff makes at trying to point out to Joe what he just did. Apparently, Scarborough was totally oblivious that he actually used the work "fuck" and seemed genuinely surprised when it finally dawned on him.
The one negative from Election Day was the ridiculous passage of Prop. 8 in California. It made me ashamed to be a resident of what is supposed to be one of the progressive, open-minded parts of America. Guess I underestimated the amount of vast wasteland that can be found the farther away you get from the ocean. Keith Olbermann had a recent commentary on MSNBC about the Prop. 8 issue and I couldn't have said it better myself.
It only took him until he was lame-duck president, but George Bush finally admitted he has some regrets, including the "Mission Accomplished" banner that served as the background for one of his speeches on that naval ship years ago. But does anyone, for even one second, believe that Bush didn't mean for this to be construed by others that he thought the war in Iraq was over? Is he that delusional that he thinks that explanation would fly?
Scouring the internet to bring the constant variety of sports, here is the latest installment of the Porrista Pics O' The Day. These first two are porristas from the Mexican soccer team Tecos.
Here are two from the soccer team Tigres. Have a Coke and a smile:
If you're a Lakers fan, you've noticed that fan favorite Luke Walton, in the midst of a five-year, $30-million contract, hasn't been playing much -- it's quite a numbers game with these deep Lakers these days. Walton's teammate Jordan Farmar made sure to make note of it. And on top of it, it's always good to see a UCLA guy put an Arizona guy in his place.
The tennis season is winding down and this week the women are in Doha, Qatar for the WTA championships. Of course, Ana Ivanovic is there, though ailing, but here are some photos of the lovely French Open champion during a news conference promoting the event. Since then, however, Ana has lost twice under the round-robin format, so it's clear she needs to take time off, get healthy and return for the Aussie Open in January.
Here is Barack Obama's speech after he was declared the winner of the presidency of the United States of America.
On the night of the election, Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett made a subtle show of support for Barack Obama:
Steve Francis of the Houston Rockets, on the other hand, made his feelings a bit more obvious:
I've been sick the last four days and out or sorts so I apologize for not posting anything. Anyway, we've finally reached Election Night and we can only hope for the outcome that we have been anticipating. Here is a video of Bruce Springsteen stumping for Barack Obama a few days ago in Cleveland (Hello Cleveland!) singing "The Rising."
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