DWTS — Week 2

This week, I had to record Dancing with the Stars (Season 10) because of work. I think I liked watching that way better, I could fast forward over the teams I don’t like and the commericals.

Well, I was a little disappointed that Kate Gosselin and Tony Dovolaniare still on the show!! I would have loved to see Tony quit because of Kate! And Tony doesn’t seem the type of person to lose hie temper while teaching someone how to dance. Isn’t her 15 minutes of fame over with??

I guess Shannen Doherty and Mark Ballas were the next of the teams to go. I think she was better than Kate and Pamela Anderson.

I think Buzz Aldrin and Ashly DelGrosso will be on for a couple of more weeks, just because Buzz is a national icon. And Len Goodman always says something nice about him.

So far my favorite teams:

• Evan Lysacek and Anna Trebunskaya
• Nicole Scherzinger and Derek Hough

The trams that I would love to see leave are:

• Kate Gosselin and Tony Dovolani
• Jake Pavelka and Chelsie Hightower — there is something about jake that I don’t care for. He reminds me of  the female version of Kate.
• Chad Ochocinco and Cheryl Burke — Chad really loves himself doesn’t he?

Looking forward to recording the show and then watching it again next week!

Side Note:

At the end of the show, Mark Ballas said since he was hurt and if the would have made it to the next round that his dad, Corky Ballas would have danced. I would have loved to see Corky out there on the dance floor again.

Favorite songs of the night:

“Shake a Tail Feather“—Ray Charles

“I’m Still Standing“—Elton John (You need to check out the video to this song. Bruno Tonioli is in it. I couldn’t find the video, but here is a link to some pictures.)

Vote for my cousin, Austin M.

I saw this on my cousin’s Facebook page and I wanted to pass it along. If you have a minute, could you vote for my little cousin, Austin M.

2010 Custest Baby Contest

Name: Austin M.

What is on my iPod…

Here are some more songs that are on my iPod:

• “The Best” by Tina Turner

I have Tina Turner’s Best of CD and this song is on. It’s one of my favorite songs by her. Video

• “The Anniversary Song” by Al Jolson

I was watching an episode of “Cold Case’ and they were featuring music from the 40’s and that lead me to find songs from the 40’s to add to my iPod. One of them that I found was “The Anniversary Song”. This is such a pretty song.

• “Somewhere over the Rainbow” by Sam Harris

I remember watching “Star Search” when it first came on TV. Sam Harris was one of the contestants on the first season of the show. His version of this song is one of my favorites.

Thanks YouTube for having it on your site — Sam Harris sings Over The Rainbow (1984)

 

 

 

 

 

• “Vacation” by The Go-Go’s

 

This is my second favorite by The Go-Go song (“We Got the Beat“). I remember when I saw the video on M-TV (when they played videos) and it looked like they were having fun. Video

• “Any Day Now” (1982) by Ronnie Milsap

I have a couple of Ronnie Milsap songs on my iPod and I really like this one. The song was written by songwriters Burt Bacharach and Bob Hilliard in 1962. Even Elvis Presley covered the song in 1969. Video

Words

I got this e-mail from my friend, Rita the other day. And you know how I feel about chain e-mails… who creates them and how do they get around to people. So of course, I need to do my part and share it with others.

Thanks for sending it to me, Rita!

Words

The Real Meaning of Words

Love

Sorrow

Rescued

Pain

Compassion

Divine

“Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass…it’s about caring and loving your relatives and friends while you can touch and see them,and they are still among us.

Earth Hour

I am going to do my part, how about you?

While I was surfing the web, I read about Earth Hour and thought that this was something I could do. Usually I poo-poo on the whole recycling thing. But while I was reading about Earth Hour, I thought of all the applianaces and equipments that I have in my room alone!

So this Saturday, I am going to unplug everything for an hour. So for those who read my blog, I challenge you to do the same. What’s an hour??

Get Involved: Earth Hour

Earth Hour is an annual event that allows people around the globe to come together and show their support for an environmentally responsible future. At 8:30 p.m. local time this Saturday, March 27, people all around the world will turn off the lights in their home for one hour. This show of environmental solidarity will start in New Zealand and cascade all the way to Hawaii over the course of the day. Nearly one billion people turned out for Earth Hour 2009 – involving 4,100 cities in 87 countries on seven continents. Just turn out your lights at 8:30 this Saturday night to join the movement!

To learn more about Earth Hour, visit www.myearthhour.org/home.

Check out some of the icons and landmarks worldwide will turn off their lights for Earth Hour:

• Eiffel Tower, Paris
• Piccadilly Circus, London
• Empire State Building, New York
• Colosseum, Rome
• Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro
• Willis Tower, Chicago
• Leaning Tower of Pisa, Pisa
• Big Ben, London
• Sydney Opera House, Sydney
• Space Needle, Seattle
• Niagara Falls, Niagara Falls
• Gateway Arch, St. Louis
• Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Sign, Las Vegas

Come on everybody, let’s do our part!

Hello Mars

I thought this was an interesting article I saw on MSNBC.com.

As hard as I try, rarely do I see the planets or the constellations. Plus, where I live, Von Ormy, Texas, I am convinced that the Chupacabra is out there waiting for me when I go out and look at the stars!!

So, I’ll be brave and take a picture of watch I see in the skies tonight.

By Geoff Gaherty

Starry Night Education

Wed., March. 24, 2010

On Thursday night, many people may look up at the sky and ask, “What’s that bright star next to the moon?”

The answer for Thursday night is Mars, but that answer changes night by night as the moon travels along the ecliptic, the path that the sun, moon and planets follow across the sky. If you ask the question again on March 29, the answer will be the ringed planet Saturn.

Such conjunctions of the moon and planets are regular reminders of how rapidly the moon moves across the sky.

Mars was in opposition to the sun on Jan. 29, when it appeared 14 arcseconds in diameter, one-120th of the diameter of the moon. Two months later, it is much farther away, and has shrunk to only 10 arcseconds in diameter.

This will be your last chance to get a good look at Mars until it approaches the Earth again in 2012.

The sky on these spring evenings presents a striking contrast between its western half, filled with the bright stars and constellations of winter, and its eastern half, with Regulus the only bright star. Mars sits in solitary splendor in Cancer, one of the most insignificant zodiac constellations, just above the plane of the Milky Way.

But there is much lurking beyond the dim stars of spring, for we are entering the realm of the galaxies. The constellation Leo alone contains five of the brightest galaxies in Charles Messier’s famous 18th-century catalog of deep sky objects.

When we look toward Leo, we are looking above the plane of our Milky Way galaxy at the depths of intergalactic space, unhindered by the clouds of dust and gas which fill our galaxy.

This article was provided to Space.com by Starry Night Education, the leader in space science curriculum solutions.

Wednesday Laugh

I got this e-mail from my friend Tameka and thought it was pretty funny.

BEST  LAWYER/INSURANCE STORY OF THE  YEAR  
DECADE, AND POSSIBLY THE CENTURY .

This took place in Charlotte North Carolina.  A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then insured them against, among other things, fire.
 
Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars, the lawyer filed a claim against the insurance company.  
 
In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost ‘in a series of small f ires.’

The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason, that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion.  
 
The  lawyer sued and  WON!                 ( Stay  with  me.)  
 
Delivering the ruling, the judge agreed with the insurance company that the claim was frivolous. The judge stated nevertheless, that  the lawyer held a policy from the company, in which it had  warranted that the cigars were insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure them against fire, without defining what is considered to be unacceptable ‘fire’ and was obligated to pay the claim.  
 
Rather than endure lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance company accepted the ruling and paid $15,000 to the lawyer for his loss of the cigars   that perished in the ‘fires’.

( Wait for it…..)  

 
After the lawyer cashed the check, the insurance company had him arrested on 24 counts of ARSON!!!   With his   own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case being used against him, the lawyer was convicted of intentionally burning his insured property and was sentenced to 24 months in jail and a $24,000 fine..  
 
ONLY IN AMERICA …..   NO  WONDER THE REST OF THE WORLD THINKS WE’RE NUTS

Check this commercial out…

I saw this commercial the other day and it made me laugh out loud. You have to check it out.

WINNER of the Nobody’s Gonna Lay a Finger On My Butterfinger Video Contest!

Watch the winning video of the “Nobody’s Gonna Lay A Finger On My BUTTERFINGER Video Contest ” by David M. titled “Butterfinger Phone App.”

I’m really not into physical humor (besides “Wipeout”) but this one was pretty funny!

DWTS (Season 10) — Week 1

Well, just finish watching Dancing with the Stars (Season 10) and I thought it was pretty good. Some of the stars seemed like they knew what they were doing and some… did Pamela Anderson look like she was on something or was it me?

I think Maksim Chmerkovskiy has finally found someone who is not going to cry when he yells at them in Erin Andrews.

And I think this was the first time that I saw Tony Dovolani dance with his shirt on. But I think he’s going to have competition on “who dances without their shirt on” with the newcomer, Damian Whitewood.

Not too sure about Brooke Burke yet. I was a nay-sayer of Samantha Harris for the past couple of seasons and wanted a change, but now??

Here is my breakdown of tonight’s show:

My three favorite pairs:

• Evan Lysacek and Anna Trebunskaya
• Chad Ochocinco and Cheryl Burke
• Nicole Scherzinger and Derek Hough

Who needs to go home first: Kate Gosselin and Tony Dovolani

Shirt vs No Shirt for Tony: 0 vs 1

Shirt vs No Shirt for Damon: 1 vs 0

Favorite Song of the Night: “Hungry Like the Wolf“—Duran Duran

I am looking forward to next week’s show. Now that they got the first one out of the way, maybe they will start having some fun.

DWTS – Season 10

Season 10 of Dancing with the Stars is Monday, March 22, 2010. And here are the “stars” and their dance partners participating this season:

Buzz Aldrin — Retired Astronaut and Ashly DelGrosso

Pamela Anderson — Former Playboy Playmate & Actress and Damian Whitewood

Erin Andrews — ESPN Sportscaster and Maksim Chmerkovskiy

Shannen Doherty — Actress and Mark Ballas

Kate Gosselin — Former Reality TV Star and Tony Dovolani

Evan Lysacek — Olympic Champion Figure Skater and Anna Trebunskaya

Niecy Nash — Clean House Hostess and Louis Van Amstel

Chad Ochocinco — NFL Wide receiver and Cheryl Burke

Jake Pavelka — The Bachelor Star and Chelsie Hightower

Nicole Scherzinger — Lead vocalist of the Pussycat Dolls and Derek Hough

Aiden Turner — All My Children Star and Edyta Sliwinska

Here are my early picks of the season:

Who I think is going to win: Evan Lysacek and Anna Trebunskaya

Who I really don’t want to win: Kate Gosselin and Tony Dovolani (sorry Tony, would love to see you finally win one, but not with Kate!)

The surprise team of the season: Chad Ochocinco and Cheryl Burke

Teams that might have a chance — Shannen Doherty and Mark Ballas and Erin Andrews and Maksim Chmerkovskiy

Because of my work schedule, I have to record Dancing with the Stars and rewind about a hours worth to catch it from the beginning. So I am looking forward to see how this season goes. And hopefully my early picks will do well.