SATURDAY 28 March 2009

 

 

                               

 

     March 29th, 2009

                       

 

Some Birthdays Today :

1981 Julia Stiles (actress)
1954 Reba McEntire (country singer)
1948 Dianne Wiest (actress)
1944 Ken Howard (actor)
1924 Freddie Bartholomew (actor)
1923 Thad Jones (musician, bandleader, composer)
1921 Dirk Bogarde (Derek van Den Bogaerde) (actor)
1915 Jay Livingston (composer)
1912 Frank Lovejoy (actor)
1899 August Busch (beer magnate)
1890 Paul Whiteman (bandleader)
1483 Santi Raphael (artist)

 

           

Julia Stiles

Born

Julia O’Hara Stiles
March 28, 1981  (age 28)
New York City, New York

Years active: 1996 – present

Recent Work:

2006 The Omen Katherine as Thorn 
2007 Raving (Writer & Director) 
  The Bourne Ultimatum  as Nicolette ‘Nicky’ Parsons 
2009 Gospel Hill as  Rosie  – awaiting release
The Bell Jar as  Esther Greenwood – pre-production
Cry of the Owl as Jenny –  post-production

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              by

          Chrissy

 

 

  and an old-fashioned

      Boop by me

 

 

 

  Betty Boop Tidbits

  The last "Betty Boop" cartoons were released in 1939,

 and a few made attempts to bring Betty into the Swing Era.

In her last appearance, "Rhythm on the Reservation" (1939),

she drives an open convertible labeled, "Betty Boop’s Swing Band",

while driving through a Native American reservation, where she

introduces the people to swing music and creates a

"Swinging Sioux Band."

 

The Betty Boop cartoon series officially ended with one more

1939 entry, Yip Yip Yippy, which was actually a Boop-less one shot cartoon.

                           ………..More Betty Boop Tidbits in the next issue of TNT……….

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                   NUMBERS
11 drivers to have raced in the first five events of the Sprint Cup

season but have yet to lead a lap. Notable on that list are Jamie

McMurray, Casey Mears, David Ragan and Brian Vickers.

 

758 laps led by Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 18 Cup starts at Martinsville,

the most by an active driver who is winless at the track

(and second to Allison). Earnhardt has nine finishes in the top 10,

all sixth or better. He has one second-place finish—last October—

among his eight top fives.The next race in the Sprint Cup Series

is Sunday at Martinsville  VA. (end of numbers)

 

Since rain cancelled the qualifying trials on Friday, Sprint Cup lineup

will be by driver points, placing Jeff Gordon in the pole position.

 

Short track racing is full of excitement and I’m ready to cheer my guy,

#14 Office Depot Chevy Driver Tony Stewart, to his first win in 2009.

 

 

 

             

 

Reportedly Amber Heard is the lucky actress to take every woman’s

dream job: Playing a romantic interest for Johnny Depp’s character

in a movie. The two will star together in Rum Diary, a film adaptation

of the Hunter S. Thompson novel of a love triangle in the tale of a

washed-up, hard-drinking journalist named Paul Kemp (Depp)

in 1950s Puerto Rico.
Heard will play Chenault, the free-spirited girlfriend of a fellow

journalist who cheats on him with Kemp, trying to convince

him to run away with her.

 

 

 

                         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                      More Meringue

                      Add one tablespoon of water per
                    egg-white to increase the quantity of
                 beaten egg-white when making meringue

 

 

 

               

                 INTERPOL
Formed in 1924, the International
Criminal Police Organization has come
to be known best by its cable designation,
"Interpol." With its world headquarters in
St. Coud, a Paris suburb, Interpol is, to the
casual observer, an admirable effort:
cooperation among the police of various nations
to apprehend criminals, control drug traffic
across international borders, and similar activities.
To the surprise of many, however, Interpol is a
private organization to which law enforcement
agencies of over 100 nations belong and pay
annual dues. Its position and growth have
stemmed entirely from the support of these
police around the world, whence comes the
mistaken belief that Interpol is a legally
constituted international agency.

 

 

 

 

              

Extreme Veggie Scrambled Eggs

"A variety of veggies combined
with eggs make a great start to the day."

PREP TIME  10 Min 
COOK TIME  15 Min 
READY IN  25 Min 
6 servings

INGREDIENTS
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
1/4 cup chopped onions
1/4 cup chopped green bell peppers
6 eggs
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup chopped fresh tomato
1/4 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

DIRECTIONS
Heat olive oil in a skillet or frying pan
       over medium-high heat.
Add mushrooms, onions and peppers;
       saute until onions are transparent.
In a mixing bowl, beat together eggs
    and milk.
Add egg mixture to vegetables;
        stir in tomatoes.
Cook until eggs are set.
When eggs are almost done,
        mix in cheese.

Serve immediately.

 

 

Greek Scrambled Eggs

   PREP TIME  10 Min 
  COOK TIME  5 Min 
  READY IN  15 Min 
  SERVES 3

INGREDIENTS
1 tablespoon butter
3 eggs
1 teaspoon water
1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
salt and pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS
Heat butter in a skillet over
   medium-high heat.
Beat eggs and water together,
   then pour into pan.
Add feta cheese, and cook,
   stirring occasionally to scramble.
Season with salt and pepper.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wealth, after all, is a relative thing,
since he that has little, and wants less,
is richer than he that has much,
and wants more. –Colton

 

 

 

 

      BLING

         

 

      Countdown to Easter 
                   14 –Days

                     Until

                  Sunday,

       April 12th, 2009-

 

 

 

 

 

                 

                    All women become like their mothers.
                              That is their tragedy.

                                 No man does.
                                  That’s his. ~~Oscar Wilde

 

 

 

 

    

                    

 

 

 

 

 

Old Wives’ Tales

Coffee stunts your growth.

           False.

Coffee won’t affect growth,
but too much caffeine doesn’t
belong in a child’s diet.
Excess caffeine can prevent the
absorption of calcium and other nutrients.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                  

        

        Thanks to Charley K for sharing this memory of 1950s I Love Lucy

 

 

 

 

 

 

                           

             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                             STOP!!!  Watch This!!!! 

 

 

 

 

                                

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHRASE OF THE WEEK

      ‘skeleton in the closet’ 

               Meaning

A secret source of shame, potentially
ruinous if exposed, which a person or
family makes efforts to conceal.

               Origin

The phrase ‘a skeleton in the closet’ was
coined in England in the 19th century.
Since then the word closet has become
used primarily in England to mean
‘water closet’, i.e. lavatory – a possible
hiding place for a skeleton I suppose,
but not one with much potential.
The English now usually use
‘a skeleton in the cupboard’,
with ‘skeleton in the closet’
more common in the USA.

‘A skeleton in the closet’ undoubtedly
originated as an allusion to an apparently
righteous person or family having a guilty
secret waiting to be uncovered.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have A Wonderful Day, Friends!

 

BiGG HuGGz!