A date with Dynamite Jack
My cubicle neighbor at work just finished serving on the eight-person trial jury in this case involving a Des Moines truck driver who says he was cheated out of nearly $10,000 by Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino in nearby Altoona. It's a colorful case. Said colleague claims that she was not the lone holdout in the jury room. In either case, she missed Taco Day at work during March. There's your lawsuit.---
Last Thursday, the heir of the Tonight Show, Conan O'Brien appeared as a guest on the show opposite the outgoing Jay Leno. Slate's Troy Patterson described it as "a blip of inside-showbiz awkwardness." Alas, the Youtube clip has been removed.
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Moises Alou's conscience has finally gotten the better of him. The former Cubs outfielder admits he wouldn't have caught the Steve Bartman ball in 2003.
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Former Democratic Presidential Candidate Mike Gravel may have just become the first-ever Libertarian for universal health care.
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We're headed to the New Orleans Jazz Festival at the end of this month, and between now and then, I'm loading up the Netflix queue with movies that take place or are themed in the Crescent City. So far we've got "A Streetcar Named Desire," "Blaze," "Pretty Baby," "Angel Heart," "The Cincinnati Kid," and Spike Lee's HBO doc "When the Levees Broke." Any other suggestions?
posted by CM @ 8:21 PM
7 Comments:
"Down By Law"!!
I've got "Music in Exile", a post-Katrina documentary in my new netflix que.
"The Big Easy"
Featuring my future wife Ellen B.
"The Big Easy"
Featuring my future wife Ellen B.
Ellen B. is also in "Down by Law"
Ahh, Ellen Barkin; Just sumpin' about that lady, make a brother woo! woo!.
What might that "sumpin' be? Her eyes? Her mouth? Her body? Ellen Barkin IS red hot. I've already seen "The Big Easy" so I didn't have it in the queue, but I've seen a couple of the other movies also so that's a poor excuse.
"Down By Law" I'm adding. I'd never heard of that one.
All that you mentioned and that smile of hers. Dare I say, I think she just might be my #1.
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