#4 on the Dashtacular Dozen, Scarlett Johansson, and #3 on the Lucky Bastard list, Ryan Reynolds, tied the knot over the weekend in a very small ceremony.  Evidently, my invitation was lost in the mail...








Montegranaro Premiata booted Shawn Kemp off the team after he failed to return to Italy in a timely fashion.  Kemp issued a statement about the decision and it was picked up by dozens of web sites today.  However, as a special exclusive to this blog, Shawn was gracious enough to give an additional statement:

"Hurricane Ike really did a lot of damage to my Houston home and I don't hold anything against the management of Montegranaro Premiata.   They have a team to run and I respect their decision.  By no means is this an end to my career and I am now even more devoted than ever to making an NBA roster this season.  I firmly believe that I can play twenty to twenty-five minutes off the bench for half the teams in the league right now.  Just look at the back up power forwards and centers for the Milwaukee Bucks.  You're telling me that I'm not better than Dan Gadzuric, Malik Allen and Francisco Elson?  Please." 
 






A few months ago I joked about John McCain selecting Stacey Dash as his running mate.  Well, as it turns out I wasn't really that far off the mark.  Dash and Sarah Palin are about the same age, height, weight, and intellect.   Palin possesses more "executive" experience having been mayor of Wasalia and now governor of Alaska.  However, Dash's twenty plus years in Hollywood give her the advantage as far as memorization skills are concerned.   When it comes right down to it, Dash may have been a better choice because of her superior ability to memorize the answers and scripts given to her by McCain and his campaign staff... 







Several members of my family are hardcore conservatives who firmly believe that Bush & Co. have done a "helluva job" during the past eight years.  How they can think this is beyond my comprehension, but so be it.   One of these CCC's (card carrying conservatives) is my sister-in-law and she is very fond of talk show host Sean Hannity.  In fact, she is so smitten that there is a life-size Hannity Fathead on her bedroom ceiling.  Interestingly enough, my brother hasn't taken it down yet so I'm beginning to wonder if he doesn't share her unwavering affection and enjoy gazing up at Sean on a daily basis...







The current financial debacle isn't entirely Dubaya and the Republican's fault.  Former My Shit Doesn't Stink Award (MSDS) winner, Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats are certainly culpable as well.   Come on Nancy, the clock is ticking and it's time to rally your fellow crooks...er...congressmen tout suite.