We here at CIV are really glad that President Bush was able to negotiate Hurricane Gustav down to a Category 2 storm before it hit the Louisiana coast. Lord knows that the entire Gulf coast - of course devastated Hurricane Katrina - was extremely happy to see that Bush was able to find a diplomatic resolution regarding this hurricane.
Seeing as he took the blame for Katrina hitting New Orleans, we figured we’d also give GW some props when a natural disaster actually lessens in impact and then does not directly hit the Big Easy.
As we watched the opening round of the US Open tennis tournament last night, we noticed that during each commercial break there was an ad for the “E.D.” pill, Cialis.
We couldn’t help but think of what Jenny Gump might say about this… “Women’s tennis and Cialis go together like peas and carrots. ”
As we tuned into the Olympics last night, we saw what everyone saw: NBC’s dream scenario of the women’s beach volleyball final… in the pouring down rain.
As we watched the unstoppable May/Walsh combo running around soaking wet in the little bikinis, we couldn’t help but wonder two things…
–Why wasn’t this being shown on USA?
–And why weren’t we taken to commercial break by Rhonda Shear, telling us we’re watching “USA - Up… All night!”
***And don’t you dare try to tell us that there was never a movie shown on the USA Up All Night series that did not the exact scene of bikini-clad women playing volleyball in the rain. Maybe it was in Sizzle Beach, USA or perhaps Malibu Bikini Shop or maybe even Student Bodies.
Surprisingly enough, we have recently learned that there is an organization out there more worthless that the NCAA. Really, there is. Who? The International Olympic Committee. The IOC rules with an iron fist, no doubt. Unfortunately, the Committee’s motto - “a day late and a dollar short” - allows for that iron fist to usually swing and miss.
The latest example is better than we ever could have imagined. Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian was not happy that the judges scored against him in a semifinal match. He won the bronze medal in his next match. But, after the medal ceremony on Thursday, Abrahamian took off his medal, dropped it on the podium, and stormed off.
Cue - the IOC! This awesome, heady crew stepped in just in time - on Saturday - and stripped Abrahamian of his bronze medal. Nooooooo! How crushed must Abrahamian have been to have his medal stripped two days after he left it on the podium??? Read the rest of this entry »
We have enjoyed the Olympic swimming events as much as everyone else. And as we watched the Olympic swimming events of last night, we heard the Dan Hicks, the commentator for NBC, make what we thought was an outrageous claim about gold medalist Ryan Lotche. He stated, “You won’t find anyone more laid back than Ryan Lochte.”
Really? An Olympic gold medalist? You can’t find someone more laid back than this guy? But after some further research, we think that claim from Hicks may be true.
We came across an obscure interview from 1999 in which screenwriter Joel Coen made the following claim: “When writing The Big Lebowski, we modeled the character of ‘the dude’ after swimmer Ryan Lotche.”
Game, set, match for Dan Hicks and his hyperbole. That comment really tied the broadcast together.
***As a side note, nothing in the above post is true, other than the absurd comment from Dan Hicks.
We were unaware of the fact that Britney Spears was in Australia this week.
The Magician’s Alliance — which has been remarkably silent for the last two years — is back in the news this week as they are coming to the defense of aspiring magician Jim Piculas. Recently, Mr. Piculas was fired from his substitute teaching job at Rushe Middle School in Land ‘O Lakes, Fla. Why? Because he was accused of wizardry after performing an illusion for his class where he made a toothpick disappear. ***
For more on this actual story, check here.
At least that’s Elizabeth Hurley’s story.
In a London Times interview highlighted in this article, the (quite attractive) “actress” is quoted as saying: “Shooting bikinis is now my life, which, as you can imagine, is unmitigated hell.” Ms. Hurley went on to state: “I can’t think of anything worse in the world than another bikini shoot — and I’ve got two next month. It’s unbearable, and I bring it all on myself. I’ve got nobody else to blame. It’s literally torture. If you get a photographer you don’t know, of course, you think, ‘Oh God.’ But if you signed on for the gig, sadly, you have to go and be jolly in a skimpy white bikini. So I now rely on nice photographers, and a bit of retouching.” (We added the italics for our favorite segment.)
Now, the only question is… where do we start ripping into