Baby Watch

Last night, Jennifer Garner of Alias fame let it slip that she was going to have a baby girl and this got me thinking about something that bothered me about famous people and their pregnancies. It seems the more famous the woman the less likely the baby is carried to full term. Now this is pure speculation on my part but the last few famous women who have announced that they are having babies and announced a due date have had the kids at least 2 weeks before the date previously announced. And the kids are usually smaller than normal babies. Can I back this up with solid statistics? No, but I certain of this point. Look at Britney's pregnancy. All the press reports said the baby was due late September, early October. Yet, baby Federline came sliding out on September 15th. Same with Julia Roberts (she maybe had an excuse because of twins). So why do these women possibly endanger their own children. I am convinced they are driven by an egomaniacal need to always look good. And let's face it, having kids can be bad for ones figure and flawless appearance. The fact that having babies before the due date is bad for the child probably escapes them. Besides, they are rich and famous, the kids will be fine. Now all of this is not to say that they will be bad parents. I don't agree with this at all. I am sure that the children will be loved just as much as another kid. Well, except for Britney. Anyone else think that this kid is just another fashion accessory to her. She and her husband have about 47 brain cells between the two of them. I give her 3 months and this kids will only ever see his nanny.

In other news, House is starting to become one of my favorite shows. And did anyone catch the season premiere of Lost? It was awesome.

Perogy Power is getting married this weekend. How exciting. I hope there is Ukrainian food at the reception. Hopefully I will have a photo to post next week. Good luck to Perogy and his lovely bride to be.

Yanks/Sox this weekend. I am stressed.

VK out!

NFL Quick Thoughts

Morning sports...

1 The Bengals are the real deal.

2 What has happened to the Indy offence? The D is carrying the team.

3 Flood or no flood, the Saints are sinking fast.

4 Griese looks like the QB Denver always thought he was.

5 Ronnie is looking like the future of the Miami running game.

6 I hate Steve Smith, he destroyed my fantasy team. And Jimmy Smith, huge catch against Jets.

7 Best running team in the NFL? The Falcons, no question

8 The Yankees won again. Has Bernie Williams played his last game in NY? I sure hope not.

More later.

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Angelina...

Brad and Angie are creating quite a stir down at the Mall. I guess people were not allowed to take pictures of the happy couple. If a person got caught they would be permanently banned from the mall. How does the mall enforce this? Do they use the surveillance crew from a Las Vegas casino? Maybe Big Ed Deline? Ridiculous. I firmly believe that celebrities should be entitled to their privacy when they are out in public. At least Canada is not as caught up in the Cult of Personality phenomena like the US.

In sports news, the Yankees have retaken first place in the east. I hope this continues but I am a little stressed about next weekend when the Yanks play the Sox. It could be a dogfight to the end.

TV premiere week got off to a good start. Las Vegas and CSI: Miami were great. Prison Break continues to shine. Arrested Development was as funny as ever and I also watched a show called Kitchen Confidential. I am not sure how long it will last but it was damn funny. SVU was okay and the premiere of NCIS was not that good. I found it a little weird.

Tonight I am going to go home and watch the first Lost episode of the season. I lent the DVD for season one to Thursday Morning QB and he has watched 16 eps in two days. Been there.

Finally, I would like to comment on the $400 being given to each Albertan by King Ralph. I don't agree with the payment as I feel it is shortsighted but I will certainly cash the cheque. Eastern Canadians are bitching and moaning about this. To them I say, "shut it". For years, Ontario and Quebec were the dominant provinces and they never wanted to share. Well, now that the shoe is on the other foot all we hear is "boo hoo". This windfall of oil money will not last forever but let Alberta enjoy its time in the limelight. The control of federal government will always be controlled Ontario and Quebec so we westerners will always play second fiddle.

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Thank Goodness

With all the hurricane and war worries, it is so good to see that Tyra Banks has her priorities in order. And I quote "I'm tired of this rumor. It's something that's followed me forever," the supermodel said Tuesday on "The Tyra Banks Show." I know I feel that the weight of the world has been lifted from my mind now that I know. What's next? Is she going to admit she doesn't have many brain cells?

Fall TV Preview

This is probably my favorite time of the year. NFL is back, baseball is coming down to the post season and the new TV season starts. Every year I invest my time into a series only to see it get axed by the network. Which of the following will be cancelled? Not sure but these shows are what I will be watching this fall (the new shows are bolded):

Sunday Night

Simpsons - duh
West Wing - Hopefully it continues to improve like the end of the last season. It has struggled.
Desperate Housewives - I liked the show at first but I found it became repetitive. I will try ti again for a while but I suspect I will tire of it.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Cool show and Chris Noth is coming back as Det Mike Logan.
Rome - See my previous posts.

Monday Night

Arrested Development - Funniest show on TV. If you have not seen it, watch it.
Prison Break - Love this new show, could be the new 24. See previous posts.
Las Vegas - See Vegas Sam, nuff said.
CSI: Miami - This is my favorite CSI. Caruso is the best overactor since Shatner.

Tuesday Night

Rescue Me - Great stories and good acting.
Over There - New Iraqi war show from Bochco (NYPD Blue). Violent but poignant.
Commander In Chief - This is new and I may only watch it once. It looks like it could be interesting.
House - I had never watched it until the season premiere this past week. I may have to watch this instead of Commander in Chief. It seems pretty good.
NCIS - I did not watch it last season but watched the summer re-runs. Good stories and a great dynamic between the leads keeps bring me back.
L&O: SVU - I have watched it for 6 seasons, can't stop now.

Wednesday Night

LOST - My favorite new show from last year. In fact, I watched the whole season again on DVD during my holiday. Ask me to lend the DVD to you, you won't regret it.
Invasion - I am sucker for Sci-fi so I will see. Threshold (on CBS) was better, see Friday night list for more on Threshold
Law & Order - Still entertaining after all these years.
E-Ring - Like Commander in Chief this show will get one viewing. I suspect that this show will be cancelled before Xmas.

Thursday Night

The OC - You all know how I fell about this show.
Alias - Last season was pretty good but I have concerns. Garner is knocked up and still a spy? WTF?
CSI - I am not the biggest fan of this show but I love Vegas. Gotta watch.
ER - This show pisses me off every season. It keeps getting worse and worse, yet I keep watching it. I guess I just hope it will get better someday. Unlikely, this will probably be the last year for it.
Night Stalker - This will likely be cancelled but I kind of like spooky shows.

Friday Night

Numb3rs - Like NCIS, I did not watch this last year but caught it during the summer. This is probably the smartest show on US network television.
Threshold - I watched the two hour series premiere on Friday night and it is excellent. Aliens, spooky story and a hot lead actress. I am not sure if the premise is sustainable over time. I would hate for this show become like V. Check it out.
Bernie Mac - Bernie Mac is hilarious and this show is pretty entertaining.

Saturday Night

Nothing except SNL. No Tina Fey for a while so no VK until she is back.


As you can see, I like my TV. Thank good for VCR's and PVR's. Let me know if there something you watch that is good and I am not watching it.

VK

NFL Quick Thoughts Pt2

1 Culpepper looked horrible.

2 Leftwich could be the toughest QB in the league

3 Houston could be the worst team in the AFC.

4 Cadillac is the real deal.

5 Harrington may have finally run out of time.

6 Brady finally showed he is human.


The afternoon games should be fun!

NFL Quick Thoughts

For the morning games...

1 I think I may have been wrong about Minny

2 The Colts D is waaay better

3 Peyton Manning is trying to hard

4 Maybe Big Ben is better than I gave him credit for.

5 Two weeks in and what team could be the best in the AFC? Bengals?

6 McNabb to Owens. Are they talking yet?

7 SF really stinks even though they won last week

More later

VK

By Request - Week One NFL Analysis

Oakland 20 NE 30

This game was pretty good. Randy Moss made some great catches but yet again NE has been able to win. Tom Brady is probably the most efficient QB in the league. The Oakland O-line is weak. Could Robert Gallery be overrated? I certainly believe so. NE misses Johnson and Bruschi.

NY Jets 7 KC 27

Yikes. Several publications have the Jets contending for the SuperBowl. I believe Chad Pennington had 5-6 fumbles. This can not be blamed on poor arm strength. This is just plain bad football. I know that KC has upgraded their D but is this domination a sign of things to come. I don't see. Is there a better one-two RB tandem than Holmes and Johnson. Wow. The best offense in the NFL continues to look strong.

Seattle 14 JAX 26

I did not watch mush of this game but from I did see that Hasselbeck stunk it up. For Seattle to be a contender, their QB needs to maintain a measure of quality play. 2 TD's are good but 3 INT's and 1 Fumble will not do it. On the Jax side of the ball, the ageless wonder Jimmy Smith looks great. It looks like Leftwich might be the real deal.

Cincy 27 Cle 13

Could the Bengals be the real deal? Well, if this game is any indication, they are. Carson Palmer looked excellent and Rudi ran wild. Granted this came against a team which I am not sure I even know one player (KWII not withstanding) but I see good things. I like the Bengals schedule as well. I may have to rethink my rankings of the Bengals in the North. One of the friends of this blog, bengals4ever, had problems with his NFL Ticket this weekend and almost missed the game. Now that would have been funny.

Chicago 7 Wash 9

Yuck. No comments other than I see that Mark Brunell is starting for Wash this week. Does this mean the Patrick Ramsey era is over? Almost makes you wish for the Danny Wuerffel era. And yes, I am fully aware that Wuerffel was arguably the worst draft pick ever made in a fantasy football draft. Who took him?

NO 23 Car 20

Most uplifting game of the week? Probably. However, there is no way Carolina should have lost this game. Carolina lost Kris Jenkins for the season. This is bad news for Panther fans. NO did not look that good but somehow got the field goal with 3 seconds left to win. Next week they play a home game at Giants Stadium. Why can't they play in San Antonio?

Ten 7 Pitt 34

I was wrong about this game. I figured Ten might even be able to win. Willie Parker is probably the best 3rd stringer RB in the game. Tennessee looked bad and when your star for the game is a mediocre TE like Ben Troupe then you know you have not won.

Hou 7 Buf 22

This game showcased the Bills defense and new QB JP Losman. Both looked pretty good. David Carr did not. When will Houston fans start looking for a more dynamic QB? The expansion honeymoon is quickly coming to an end.

TB 24 Min 13

First of all, I must preface this by reminding the faithful readers that I have predicted that Minny will win XL this year. That being said, they had better pull it together. Now I know that this is only week one but c'mon. They lost to TB at home in the dome. Culpepper looked brutal. TB on the other hand was made to look awesome but the Minny D. Cadillac had a great game. And the other Alex Smith looked great as a rookie TE.

Dal 28 SD 24

Are the 'Boys for real? Nope but they did pull one out. Let's see SD play this bad with Gates back and maybe we will see the end of Martyball. Bledsoe threw 3 TD's, maybe the Tuna is Drew's magic elixir.

Den 10 Miami 34

What the hell is this? The second worst team last year rolls over Denver. Could it be we have all overrated Denver? Yes, I think we have. I am now officially a Jake Plummer basher. He sucks. Bring in Van Pelt!! This defense was supposed to be great and yet Miami scored 34. Wait, I think they just scored again. To quote the Indian Assassin,"Gus Frerotte is a God". Now I am not sure about that but maybe he can hold this team together.

This was sent to me by a friend of the blog. Thanks to Paydirt:

SUPER BOWL XL by: The Mush Ninjas (jolyan)

A few things that would help the Dolphins get to this year's super bowl.

1. 27 Pittsburgh Steelers come down with the ebola virus at the same time.

2. R. Williams gives up weed for steroids and someone ships him the whizzanator.

3. Brady, Manning, and Holmes all plan a mid-season trip to Bermuda - plane never heard from again.

4. Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, Chris McAllister, and Dion Sanders all start the XFL2.

5. Gus Ferotte changes his name to MAX POWER and buys a bionic arm for 6 million dollars.

6. They get to play Denver 16 straight times in Pro Player Stadium.

7. The Buffalo Bills are forced to either play OJ Simpson or forced to play "Whose that bringing home the sunglasses?" with OJ Simpson. One or the other.

8. Jacksonville decides to rest Leftowhich for the 2005 season and start the first woman ever to play in the NFL.

9. Quit worrying about how good the Browns and Titans looked in the late 90's.

10. If the first 9 really happened, I would take the Dolphins at home against the Bengals 60% of the time.

STL 25 SF 28

So the worst team in the league last year beat a contender. This score is not even indicative of how well the SF defense played. They were on the field for over 40 minutes. I hate the Rams more than SF so good for them. The number one draft pick did not play.

Ari 19 NYG 42

I did not watch this game at all but I see that Arizona actually led 13-7 at the half. I still think Arizona will be a contender in the West. Of course, a pee-wee football team could contend in the NFC West. Eli's stats don't look impressive. Special teams won it for New York.

GB 3 Det 17

Is Brett done? We may have seen the beginning of the end. He did not appear to be even interested in playing. And I don't blame him. He has had a crappy couple of years in his private life`and now his best receiver is out for the year. I say Brett should walk away proud and not look back. Detroit won in spite of Harrington. Rookie Mike Williams caught a TD. Wrong Williams, Joey. Throw it to Roy and help my fantasy team out.

Indy 24 Bal 7

Indy has improved their D and made Boller look foolish. Of course, that is not hard but the D pressed nonetheless. Actually, Boller was knocked out of the game by a Larry Tripplett sack. Anthony Wright will start the next game. The Kyle Boller experiment could be reaching its end. Even though the score was 3-0 at the half you just knew the game was already lost for the Ravens. Peyton came out and lit up the Ravens D for 24 points. I don't think 15-1 is out of the question for a Colts record this season.

Philly 10 Atlanta 14

Boy Mike Vick is fun to watch. He can't pass well but man can he run. McNabb made some questionable plays last night. I think we could be watching the demise of the Eagles. Nice pre-game action with two players being ejected. This was so exciting that The Indian Assassin called me in a state of giddiness to report the fights. It is good to see players fired up but lets fight it out in the trenches not during the warm-ups.

Well thats it. I can't guarantee I will do this every week as this took me an hour but I will try my best. Back to my vacation. More later.

VK

Vacation

I am on vacation for the next week. I will keep everyone up to date on what is going on. Let me know if you want me to rant on a particular subject.

VK

The OC

So Thursday night was the season premiere of The OC. It was pretty bad. I am a huge OC fan but the show seems to be losing its luster. Let's review where we left off last season. Trey was involved with Cocaine Girl (ah, Cocaine Girl) and up to no good. Marissa had been attacked by Trey. Summer and Seth were up to their stuff and Ryan was brooding. Anyways, Ryan found out that Trey had tried to rape Marissa and he was out for blood. Trey had a gun, Marissa and Ryan went to Treys and well, Trey ended up shot.

Fast forward to this season. Trey is in a coma. Oh no. The dreaded coma. Somehow, he had gotten his hair styled while in a coma. Episode rundown. Ryan feels bad. Goes to see Trey. Leave just before Trey wakes up. Trey awakens. Julie Cooper-Nichols finds out. Julie Cooper-Nichols goes to bribe Trey to say Ryan shot him, not Marissa. Trey tells police that Ryan did it. Ryan and the gang try to escape on Jimmy Coopers boat. Jimmy Coopers rats out the kids. Ryan gets arrested. Tears ensue. Summer and Marissa dress up as Candystripers (sigh, not Candystrippers). Marissa talks to Trey and gets him to tell the truth. The police release Ryan. More tears. Coopers are not happy. Seth is happy. Trey escapes from hospital and jumps the losercruiser to somewhere. Meanwhile, Kristen, enjoys rehab, befriends Seven of Nine, and doesn't want to go home. Apparently, she has no idea what is going on at home. Seven of Nine looks to be up to no good. Long glances at Sandy when he was at rehab visiting Kiki and such. As far as the shooting stuff goes, I don't know how the Newport Police solve crimes but the Grissom from CSI, Horatio for CSI:Miami, and Lt Dan from CSI:NY would have solved the shooting in ten seconds. Ever heard of a GSR (Gun shot residue) test? It would have determined that Marissa not Ryan had fired the gun and this whole episode would have been for not. Oh well. The OC is rapidly becoming 90210 which is okay with me. I liked 90210.

Great sports weekend. Yanks took 2 of 3 from Beantown, Colts hammered the original Colts of Baltimore and Kim Clijsters won the US Open.

I saw a couple of movies. Both not that memorable. One was Wicker Park and the other was Garden State.

More later VK

Did Someone Mention Vegas Sam?

For you, Perogy Power!

Good News and Prison Break

If you are not watching Prison Break on FOX, you are doing yourselves a disservice. Last night was the second episode and it was awesome.

The good news is that it appears anyone can make comments again. So that means you don't need to be a member of this blog. All you have to do is do the word verification. However, if the spam returns I will have to make this a members only page.

With the new TV season upon us, let me know what show (or shows) you are most looking forward to. I will do a TV show review as the premieres hit the air. So far, here is what you should be watching: Prison Break (FOX), Rome (MC), Rescue Me (Showcase) and Over There (History).

Oh yeah, I am on vacation against week. Good times.

VK

Do you know what time it is?

That's right, it is TARA Time! Enjoy!

2005 Football Season Predictions

Tomorrow is the start of the NFL season. Today I will posting my predictions for the season standings.

NFC North 1. Vikings 2. Lions 3. Packers 4. Bears
NFC South 1. Panthers 2. Falcons 3. Buccaneers 4. Saints
NFC East 1. Eagles 2. Cowboys 3. Giants 4. Redskins
NFC West 1. Seahawks 2. Rams 3. Cardinals 4. 49ers

Wildcards: Rams and Falcons
Champion: Vikings

AFC North 1. Ravens 2. Bengals 3. Steelers 4. Browns
AFC South 1. Colts 2. Jaguars 3. Texans 4. Titans
AFC East 1. Bills 2. Patriots 3. Jets 4. Dolphins
AFC West 1. Broncos 2. Raiders 3. Chargers 4. Chiefs

Wildcards: Patriots and Bengals
Champion: Colts

SuperBowl XL Final Score: Vikings 28 Colts 17

I know I am picking against my own team, but I must be realistic.

Let me know what you think. Post a comment!

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