tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-135667252024-03-19T16:04:53.552-07:00Celebblog NetworkTim Worstallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13566725.post-26722637979751552142009-11-24T08:00:00.000-08:002009-11-30T11:19:45.328-08:00Yes, but which grill? Can I have two?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdDr9JMI6PG1wvAhqTuUKyllI0vbUQH052RIavNvVQ4nozGHYQQclNyrKlLTIfZtbJsiypAZP-uJXFpJQK57G4VIwE4MjkksrhOTZxeGRCXLKjQKMZoj-CFdn3VljHHtEM99PXHg/s1600/vikinggrill.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdDr9JMI6PG1wvAhqTuUKyllI0vbUQH052RIavNvVQ4nozGHYQQclNyrKlLTIfZtbJsiypAZP-uJXFpJQK57G4VIwE4MjkksrhOTZxeGRCXLKjQKMZoj-CFdn3VljHHtEM99PXHg/s320/vikinggrill.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407718425973434146" border="0" /></a><br />So this is one of the <a href="http://www.outdora.com/patio---pool-barbecues---grills-search-by-manufacturer-viking.html">Viking gas grill</a>. Pretty much the middle of the range option. And what I'm working on is which one of the range might be most suitable for us. Start from the point that we live in a warm climate, that while it's not summer all year even now in late November we'd quite happily cook and eat outside in the middle of the day (but not at night at this time of year). OK, so that's the first hurdle, erm, hurdled: we eat and cook outside for enough of the year that it's worth our making sure that we've got top end equipment to do so with.<br /><br />Now to the second issue: are <a href="http://www.outdora.com/patio---pool-barbecues---grills-search-by-manufacturer-viking.html">Viking grills</a> actually that top end equipment? Yes, clearly and obviously they are: they are pretty much what a commercial establishment might use. Made out of stainless steel (so no worries about their being out in the garden all year) and with 29,000 BTU in the burners (yes, this is a lot) the grill itself is capable of grilling just about anything. And yes, they're robust, they'll even put up with my less than careful handling.<br /><br />But now comes the decision about which one in the range to have. Do I want just a <a href="http://www.outdora.com/patio---pool-barbecues---grills-search-by-manufacturer-viking.html">Viking grill</a>? Just that, a 30 inch grill? Or might I want to have a larger grill, perhaps with a couple of side burners, as in the one pictured? Or should I go all the way to the top end for a massive 53 inch grill, the sideburners, an oven and even warming drawers? An entire standalone kitchen all on its own? Decisions, decisions, I know, it's a tough life. I have a feeling that the correct answer will come from (as so often happens) the wife. Should I be preparing to cook just for us, in which case the small grill, or am I to get ready to cook for passing armies? In which case the largest possible I would think.<br /><br />Anyone else know the answer?Tim Worstallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13566725.post-25617885634104058232009-11-24T07:36:00.000-08:002009-11-24T08:00:29.437-08:00RiboflavinRiboflavin is a vitamin, yes, Vitamin B2.<br /><br />OK, excellent, but is there anything else we can use Riboflavin to teach us? Well, actually, yes, we can. For we can use it as an estimation of how well educated Americans are.<br /><br />And here's how we can use Riboflavin to work this out.<br /><br />In todays Dilbert comic Dogbert decides that he's going to use Twitter. But he being Dogbert he decides that he's only going to tweet one word a day. And today's word is Riboflavin.<br /><br />Unh, hunh....what happens next? Yes, Riboflavin becomes one of the words that Google Trends tells us that tens of thousands are searching for as they desperately try to make sense of today's Dilbert strip. Not that you need to know what it means to get the joke.<br /><br />But it would indicate, however slightly, that Scott Adams is perhaps writing a little above his audience's reading grade. I mean, really, not knowing that Riboflavin is a vitamin: doesn't anyone read the back of cereal packets any more?Tim Worstallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13566725.post-82901241495249336042009-11-15T09:53:00.000-08:002009-11-15T10:05:00.434-08:00It's nearly greenhouse time!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlR5X_PF0S3pb7-iHdUTzTTPKJkAeqCnOexGJlLimrJgBWHlVRMaeqO1L2iLRI3GpX5h7weqaFFmIO-re_Ff_hd2lcLUt-TtC3SKNPt3Jb52ZSzGDU0ZS21aKmIO5Fzg3R6cSnMQ/s1600-h/gardengreenhouse.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 175px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlR5X_PF0S3pb7-iHdUTzTTPKJkAeqCnOexGJlLimrJgBWHlVRMaeqO1L2iLRI3GpX5h7weqaFFmIO-re_Ff_hd2lcLUt-TtC3SKNPt3Jb52ZSzGDU0ZS21aKmIO5Fzg3R6cSnMQ/s320/gardengreenhouse.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404390555054734146" border="0" /></a>As all of you regular readers know we're renovating these houses down here and are close to finishing the actual houses. What happens next is of course that we work on the gardens and part and parcel of this is looking at <a href="http://www.outdora.com/lawn---garden-greenhouses.html">garden greenhouses</a>. For what is a garden without its greenhouse? It's as essential a part of the package as the lawn, the patio, the barbecue and the flower beds: although it doesn't necessarily contribute all that much to those. What it does contribute to is the vegetable and salad plot.<br /><br />Wifey (make that my long suffering wife perhaps) grew up helping with such things as the <a href="http://www.outdora.com/lawn---garden-greenhouses.html">garden greenhouse</a> and the potting shed. She's very keen, now that we have our own garden, to get back to doing so (interesting how the habits of childhood come back in middle age, isn't it?) and has had me preparing the soil for her spring adventures into growing our own food again. There's three reasons she want's to do this: the first being that she simply likes doing so. The second being some vaguely green feeling that providing more of what we eat ourselves is good for the planet. I'm not entirely convinced by the logic there but of course defer because of reason one, thinking reason two not all that important.<br /><br />But the real reason for the interest in <a href="http://www.outdora.com/lawn---garden-greenhouses.html">garden greenhouses</a> is that we are used to regional specialties from other regions than the one we find ourselves in. And that means that it is much easier to grow them ourselves, as treats if you wish, than it is to try and track them down through stores. Yes, I know, in this day and age of modern supermarkets that sounds like a strange thing to say but it is true: you don't get pig's ears and chitlins in Boston Safeway and the same is true of many regional spices and salady bits etc.<br /><br />So, we'll just grow our own.Tim Worstallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13566725.post-27887941230063366122009-11-04T10:18:00.000-08:002009-11-04T10:23:12.753-08:0010 bodies found so far.The <a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-14795-Page-One-Examiner%7Ey2009m11d4-Anthony-Sowell-now-were-up-to-10-bodies-found">Anthony Sowell</a> case continues to horrify.<br /><br />To recap, last Thursday cops went around to Sowell's house with a search and arrest warrant over a rape allegation (and he was already a convicted rapist who had served his time). He wasn't there so they searched the place and found three dead (and decomposing) bodies.<br /><br />They catch him a few streets away and then search the house again on Saturday and find another three bodies. Then they searched the garden yesterday and they found four more: that's right, they're up to 10 bodies found so far.Tim Worstallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13566725.post-43607642958491437862009-11-04T10:07:00.001-08:002009-11-11T10:16:39.496-08:00How I love these things<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcILGSd0_LFYTD7Tzr2NEplWiDSlRgxApgQotrVeZkhfIJ5neXTGAdfTUlS-INK8UksrAXLZE_hDxXNG1GvLF0g2nZ05DXkv0DYsbr7UxffNELMvX3FvFSvSP_SHgXG1fYngjJZA/s1600-h/patioheater.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 110px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcILGSd0_LFYTD7Tzr2NEplWiDSlRgxApgQotrVeZkhfIJ5neXTGAdfTUlS-INK8UksrAXLZE_hDxXNG1GvLF0g2nZ05DXkv0DYsbr7UxffNELMvX3FvFSvSP_SHgXG1fYngjJZA/s320/patioheater.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400311849623300754" border="0" /></a><br />How I love these things, a <a href="http://www.outdora.com/patio---pool-patio-heaters.html">patio heater</a>, outdoor heaters in all their shapes and forms. This might sound a little odd for someone who lives in a warm climate but then most who don't live in a warm climate seem not to understand that they're usually only warm in the daytime. But the time the sun has gone down and the wind starts to come in off the sea or down off the mountains it can get pretty chilly while you're sipping that first adult beverage of the evening. Definately by the second, anyway.<br /><br />But that isn't why I have such a love affair with outdoor heaters, so much so that if it were legal I'd marry a <a href="http://www.outdora.com/patio---pool-patio-heaters.html">patio heater</a>. No, last year I spent the winter on a contract in London, England. There are two things everyone knows about England: that the weather is terrible and that they have these fabulous things called pubs. And indeed, just like every other visitor to the country I made sure that I stopped off soonish for a visit to a real olde English pub and a pint of that olde English beer. Which was wonderful.<br /><br />But the bit that hasn't quite yet hit the airwaves about England is that you cannot smoke in a pub. Not even a little bit: which means that to do so you have to go out into that terrible English weather and freeze while doing so. Until, that is, you work out which pubs have that life saving outdoor heating technology like the one pictured.<br /><br />And yes, I spent all winter in London and yes, I'm sure the reason I didn't come down with hypothermia is because I did work out which pubs had such <a href="http://www.outdora.com/patio---pool-patio-heaters.html">outdoor heaters</a>.<br /><br />OK, OK, marrying one might be going too far but I have one which I sit under with my wife but I've not quite yet had the courage to tell her of my feelings for the heater. Could be a little fraught if that got out.Tim Worstallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13566725.post-21584762655597364932009-09-02T04:07:00.000-07:002009-09-02T04:10:43.923-07:00Those High School songsYes, we know, High School Musical is incredibly popular. The two TV shows, the movie, even the upcoming movie is already popular.<br /><br />But it does have to be said that it's not so much the plots of the acting that make it so, it's the music. That's what Disney does so well with its various franchises, after all.<br /><br />So, just in case you're interested, here's a link to the <a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-14795-Page-One-Examiner%7Ey2009m9d1-High-School-Musical-and-the-songs">High School Musical songs</a>.<br /><br />They're all there, all the ones that made it to the soundtracks, and there's information on who sung them and so on. If you're looking to a guide to the music there it is.Tim Worstallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13566725.post-7825554538537836672007-06-25T08:49:00.000-07:002007-06-25T08:52:47.350-07:00Our Favourite Katie Holems SiteYes, we've found it now, our favourite <a href="http://freekatie.blogspot.com/">Katie Holmes</a> site. In fact, it's one of our sister ones. Dedicated to bringing you all you want to know about your favourite celebrity.<br /><br />There's a section on <a href="http://freekatie.blogspot.com/2007/06/katie-holmes-and-tom-cruise-wedding.html">Katie Holmes</a> and her marriage to Tom Cruise.<br /><br />There's also news reports, photos and videos: even a video news feed to bring you the latest information.<br /><br />If you're looking for information on <a href="http://freekatie.blogspot.com/">Katie Holmes</a> it's the must see place, so why not click through to see what there is?Tim Worstallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13566725.post-54660283168698949222007-06-17T07:46:00.000-07:002007-06-17T07:49:08.969-07:00Circumcising the BabbieSo, what do you think about it? Most men simply wince when the subject of <a href="http://timworstall.typepad.com/timworstall/2007/06/circumcision_le.html">circumcision</a> comes up but it's something ofan important subject now.<br /><br />There's good evidence that it reduices the liklihood of getting HIV as well as a number of other diseases and cancers. So maybe it should just become routine?<br /><br /><br />The usual argument on hteother side is that it reduces sensitivity and thus sexual pleasure. But if you think about it, reduced sensitivity will lead to longer sex, thus more total pleasure.<br /><br />So maybe <a href="http://timworstall.typepad.com/timworstall/2007/06/circumcision_le.html">circumcision</a> is a good idea for that reason alone?Tim Worstallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13566725.post-16018290068252200912007-06-03T09:56:00.000-07:002007-06-03T10:00:25.076-07:00Wannabee ActorsYou really do want to go and have a look at this post on <a href="http://timworstall.typepad.com/timworstall/2007/06/perry_caravello.html">Perry Caravello</a>. Seriously, the things people will do to try and get into the movies.<br /><br />At some point surely he realized that he was being taken for a mug?Tim Worstallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13566725.post-67142371587125493612007-05-16T10:46:00.000-07:002007-05-16T10:47:36.747-07:00Rustam DzhumaliyevSomething of a pity <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL0724966720070508">this</a>:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">A Russian fugitive evaded arrest and became a minor celebrity by masquerading as a U.S. citizen hitch-hiking across the country for a record attempt, the state security service said Monday.</span><span style="font-style: italic;" id="midArticle_byline"></span><span style="font-style: italic;" id="midArticle_0"></span> <p style="font-style: italic;">Unsuspecting national television stations broadcast reports on an attempt by the man, who spoke only in English and wore an orange bandana, to claim a place in the record books by crossing Russia with no money or travel documents.</p><span style="font-style: italic;" id="midArticle_1"></span> <p style="font-style: italic;">But despite the publicity, he was not recognized.</p><span style="font-style: italic;" id="midArticle_2"></span> <p style="font-style: italic;">He was finally picked up by police after being spotted loitering at a university in the Volga river city of Samara, over 8,000 km (5,000 miles) from his native Primorye region, on Russia's Pacific coast.</p><p>Managing to get 5,000 miles and still getting picked up? Bad luck, eh?<br /></p>Tim Worstallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13566725.post-25002112148500838792007-04-17T10:26:00.000-07:002007-04-17T10:27:34.919-07:00The Best Ringtone Service"Ringtones are surely among the Top features that somebody can download from the net. I found a very cool site while searching for free Ringtones. GoldRingtone.com is the best site to download <a href="http://www.goldringtone.com/">free ringtones</a> without restrictions. The information mail I received from the site says that the database is updated with new Ringtones every week. I decided to test it and download some ringtones (Rihanna’s Unfaithull is cool) and it works just fine.<br /><br />This site give us the opportunity to download <a href="http://www.goldringtone.com/browse-mp3-ringtones-1-1.html">free mp3 ringtones</a>, <a href="http://www.goldringtone.com/browse-real-tones-6-1.html">free real tones</a>, midi ringtones, wav tones etc. Besides you can choose which carrier you like. There are <a href="http://www.goldringtone.com/">free cingular ringtones</a>, <a href="http://www.goldringtone.com/">free sprint ringtones</a> etc. So, you can have tones from every carrier. The ideal site for your favourite mobile music is here.<br /><br />enJoy!!Tim Worstallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13566725.post-26655653407971135992007-03-18T10:50:00.001-07:002007-03-18T10:50:43.783-07:00Larry King Surgery<p>The veteran journalist and TV star Larry King is recovering <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN1624742820070317">from surgery</a>:</p> <p><em>Veteran CNN talk show host Larry King had surgery on Friday to clear an artery blockage but plans to return to work on Monday to interview U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama, the network said.</em></p> <p><em>King, 73, emerged from the scheduled operation without any complications and was alert and talking to his staff by the afternoon, CNN spokeswoman Bridget Leininger said.</em> <p><em>"He was actually already giving orders to us for Monday," she said.</em> <p><em>The operation, called a carotid endarterectomy, removes plaque that can build up in a patient's carotid artery, a blood vessel that supplies the neck and head.</em> <p><em>The procedure was performed on King at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Leininger said.</em> <p><em>"Larry is doing great and he is excited to be back on the air Monday night with an interview with Sen. Barack Obama as we mark the fourth anniversary of the Iraq war," CNN said in a statement.</em> <p>Wish him well.</p>Tim Worstallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13566725.post-75382069165088600322007-03-05T05:18:00.000-08:002007-03-05T05:22:57.035-08:00Instant Credit CardsOne of the terribly frustrating things about applying for credit, whether it's a loan or more directly a credit card, is the wait. The time they take to mull over your application and then let you know whether you've been accepted or not.<br /><br />It's also something of a pain trying to work out exactly which credit card you should apply for. There are so many different offers, with different interest rates, fees, cashbacks and so on that you can get entirely lost trying to work it all out.<br /><br />Fortunately there's a solution to both problems. <a href="http://www.cardfusion.com/showcategories.php?showcat=inst_appr">Instant credit cards</a> are those that are approved immediately, online, when you aply for them. If you click through that link you'll be taken to a site which is a comparison engine for credit cards. You decide which of he various possible features are the most important for you and the system will then guide you to the offer which best matches your needs.<br /><br />It's a very clever little application actually and well worth a look.Tim Worstallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13566725.post-50797704690565705252007-03-05T05:15:00.000-08:002007-03-05T05:18:00.463-08:00Kate Moss and Pete Doherty MarriageKate Moss and Pete Doherty are said to be in a rush to get <a href="http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/mtvuk/news/05032007/kate_and_pete_to_wed_asap">married</a>.<br /><p style="font-style: italic;"><b>Kate Moss</b> and <b>Pete Doherty</b> have revealed they want to tie the knot as soon as legally possible.</p> <p style="font-style: italic;">Supermodel Kate said after last week's <b>NME Awards</b> (March 1), "I just want to be with my boyfriend. He's wild, crazy, but he's cool."</p> <p style="font-style: italic;">And Pete added, "We want a special wedding and we want to don't want to do it here, there's too much sh*t here. Somewhere small and out of the way would be cool. We can't wait, it will be beautiful."</p> <p style="font-style: italic;">Meanwhile, Kate said the pair's life is not as crazy as it's painted in the tabloids, and that once hitched they'll live a life of domestic bliss.</p> <p style="font-style: italic;">Talking to the News Of The World, she said, "I can't understand all in the interest in us any more. I'd rather be at home with him. We don't go out much."<br /></p><p><span style="font-style: italic;">The pair have even decided on a best man. Pete's old </span><b style="font-style: italic;">Libertines</b><span style="font-style: italic;"> band mate </span><b style="font-style: italic;">Carl Barat</b><span style="font-style: italic;"> has revealed he's the lucky bloke.</span></p><p>Important news I hope you'll agree. I expect that they and their drug habits will be very happy together.<br /></p>Tim Worstallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13566725.post-41885373370888092952007-03-05T05:12:00.000-08:002007-03-05T05:15:32.458-08:00Anna Nicole Smith: Finally BuriedAnna Nicole Smith was finally buried on <a href="http://www.actressarchives.com/news.php?id=4375">Friday</a>:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><div style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.actressarchives.com/annan/" class="link">Anna Nicole Smith</a> may have finally been buried on Friday afternoon, over three weeks after the TrimSpa model and Playboy Playmate died at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, but not only is her story far from over with paternity battles yet to be determined, but the resting place of the larger-than-life figure has become the number one tourist hotspot in the Bahamas. </div><br /><div style="font-style: italic;">The New York Daily News spoke to a cab driver who tells them that the tourists who get off cruise ships in the Bahamas don't want the local flavor as much as they want to see the grave of <a href="http://www.actressarchives.com/annan/" class="link">Anna Nicole Smith</a> - "Everybody wants to see this. People are getting off the cruise ships, and this is where they want to come. The tourism board...can't buy the kind of exposure they had here the last few weeks."</div><br /><div><span style="font-style: italic;">TMZ reports that it's not just cruise ship riders with good timing, but that some people have already booked tours to the Bahamas just to visit the grave of </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.actressarchives.com/annan/" class="link">Anna Nicole Smith</a><span style="font-style: italic;">. They note that on Saturday, Larry Birkhead - the former lover of Anna Nicole and the alleged father of Dannielynn, her five month-old daughter - was at the Bahamas airport waiting for a ride back home and even posed for a few pictures with tourists.</span><br /><br />Now all we have to look forward to is the unedifying fight over who gets the kid's money: that's why so many men are claiming to be its father.<br /></div>Tim Worstallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13566725.post-73075494833595609002007-03-05T04:54:00.000-08:002007-03-05T05:01:30.322-08:00Business Credit CardsSo, just how do you work out which is the best <a href="http://www.cardfusion.com/showcategories.php?showcat=business">business credit card</a> for you to use?<br /><br />There are hundreds, if not thousands, of issuers, all with their own different angles and offers for you to consider. Do you need to have the lowest interest rate possible? Or are fees and charges more important for you? Or do you want to be able to have zero interest balances, or transfer balances from another card?<br /><br />Perhaps the thing that is most important for your business is the ability to track spending? A proper report each month of what was spent when and where?<br /><br />Fortunately, you can in fact do this the easy way, simply by clicking through the link above. There you will find a comparison engine. Decide which of the various available features are indeed most important to you and then it will guide you through which offers actually meet your requirements.<br /><br />A very decent little site and gadget actually, extremely helpful.Tim Worstallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13566725.post-55225460803016994192007-03-05T04:42:00.000-08:002007-03-05T04:44:38.645-08:00Britney Spears, Robbie Williams and Simon CowellSomehow you just knew that this Britney Spears story would bring a comment from Simon Cowell. He also manages to have a go at Robbie Williams in <a href="http://www.pr-inside.com/cowell-blasts-rehabbing-spears-and-robbie-r59087.htm">the process:</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Music mogul </span><a id="KonaLink0" target="_top" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.pr-inside.com/cowell-blasts-rehabbing-spears-and-robbie-r59087.htm#"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204) ! important; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; position: static;color:#0000cc;" ><span class="kLink" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 204); color: rgb(0, 0, 204) ! important; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; position: static; padding-bottom: 1px; background-color: transparent;">SIMON </span><span class="kLink" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 204); color: rgb(0, 0, 204) ! important; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; position: static; padding-bottom: 1px; background-color: transparent;">COWELL</span></span></a><span style="font-style: italic;"> has blasted troubled stars BRITNEY SPEARS and ROBBIE WILLIAMS for checking into rehab, insisting they have no idea of what hard life really is.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> The AMERICAN IDOL judge recently visited an impoverished nation and after witnessing the horrific conditions people were forced to live in, he believes Spears and Williams' problems pale in comparison.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Spears is currently in Promises in Malibu, California following months of hard-drinking and partying, while Williams is seeking treatment for an </span><a id="KonaLink1" target="_top" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.pr-inside.com/cowell-blasts-rehabbing-spears-and-robbie-r59087.htm#"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204) ! important; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; position: static;color:#0000cc;" ><span class="kLink" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 204); color: rgb(0, 0, 204) ! important; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; position: static; padding-bottom: 1px; background-color: transparent;">addiction</span></span></a><span style="font-style: italic;"> to painkillers at The Meadows clinic in Arizona.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Cowell says, "This whole thing is a total indulgence. Britney and Robbie need to get a grip.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> "I don't know what's going on in </span><a id="KonaLink2" target="_top" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.pr-inside.com/cowell-blasts-rehabbing-spears-and-robbie-r59087.htm#"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204) ! important; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; position: static;color:#0000cc;" ><span class="kLink" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204) ! important; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; position: static;">Britney's</span></span></a><span style="font-style: italic;"> head but my attitude is I couldn't care less. She should go back and live with her mum for six months.</span>Tim Worstallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13566725.post-9344450351490812982007-03-05T04:38:00.000-08:002007-03-05T04:42:12.753-08:00Britney Spears Suicide StoryThe Britney Spears suicide story is all over the papers today, right around the world. There are some though who don't actually <a href="http://www.laist.com/archives/2007/03/04/did_britney_spears_claim_to_be_the_anti_christ_then_scrawl_666_on_her_head_and_tried_to_hang_herself.php">believe it</a>:<br /><p style="font-style: italic;">Someone is desperately trying to get our attention. </p> <p style="font-style: italic;">Either it's Britney Spears who allegedly tried to hang herself after writing 666 on her forehead and running through the halls of Promises rehab in Malibu, or it's the news agency who is spreading these rumors.</p> <p style="font-style: italic;">Personally we don't believe the story because Britney's "friend" reportedly says that the rehab center doesn't know what to do with the allegedly wild pop princess, which is unreal because we doubt any rehab institution worth its thousands of dollars a week wouldn't know how to handle freaked out celebs.</p> <p style="font-style: italic;">But it's a slow news day and it's always fun to Photoshop people's heads into Eddie from Iron Maiden's body, plus if it's true you'd be mad at us for not telling you - as you should be. </p><blockquote style="font-style: italic;">The ordeal began when she terrified staff by writing the number of the beast on her head and running around the clinic screaming, "I am the anti-christ!" <p>"The clinic people just didn't know what to do," a friend claimed.</p> <p>The pop star then tried to hang herself with a bedsheet was but was found before she could hurt herself. - <a href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21325065-2,00.html">News.com</a></p></blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;"> Maybe Brit will cover Maiden's "Runnin Free" on her next cd?</span> <br /><br />It is indeed worth pointing out that the story orginally appeared in hte News of the World (not the most reliable source) and quoted a "friend".Tim Worstallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13566725.post-84994719134164184262007-03-05T04:24:00.000-08:002007-03-05T04:29:08.935-08:00Credit CardsWe all of use face something of a problem when we try to work out which of the multitudes of credit card offerings out there is actually the best for us. There are hundreds upon hundreds, if not thousands, of issuers and all of them have a slightly different set of things that you can have.<br /><br />Zero interest balance transfers, longer repayment periods, cahsbacks opportunities perhaps, even a percentage of the money going to a charity. Or even some of them compete on the interest rates you are charged, or the fees payable.<br /><br />So, with all of these differences, how do you work out which are the <a href="http://www.cardfusion.com/">best credit cards</a>?<br /><br />Click through that link for the answer, what you do is to use a comparison engine. First you go through the various options, deciding which are the most important to you. Then the engine itself will tell you which of the cards on offer best matches your needs.<br /><br />It's a very cute little idea and one that's extremely helpful as well as easy to use. Highly recommended.Tim Worstallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13566725.post-29966641255988851932007-02-27T09:08:00.001-08:002007-02-27T09:08:52.636-08:00California Driver Education<p>Certainly things have changed since I was there: <a href="http://www.drivereducationonline.us/california-driver-education.html">driver education in California</a> now requires that you take a state approved test before you can get your learner's permit. I am glad that wasn't in place when I took my California driver's test: I would never have managed to do what I did, arrive in the country and rent a condo, buy a car, get a licence, get the house furnished and everything insured in just 8 days.</p> <p>However, don't despair, there are simple ways to deal with the problem. One option is to get this program dealing with <a href="http://www.drivereducationonline.us/california-driver-education.html">driver education in California</a>. It's a state approved course, so it meets the rules, but the difference is that you can do most of the work at home. Once you've studied this, you can get your learner's permit. Now what is the value of being able to do this at home? Well, you can do it in your own time, at your own speed. There's no need for parents to ferry you off to classes at a particular time and that all just makes life so much easier.</p> <p>The second option for <a href="http://www.californiadrivereducation.us/">California driver education</a> is to look at that program, the virtual one. This is computer based and allows you to learn safe and effective driving techniques from your own room! You can simply log on when you want to and take parts of the course. Again, the value is that you can do this when you have time to, not working to the rigid timetable of organised classes. It's also true that we all learn more when we are the only student, not being distracted by those around us.</p> <p>Either or both programs will teach you in the way the law insists you must be, so that you can complete your <a href="http://www.californiadrivereducation.us/">California driver education</a> and get your learner's permit.</p> <p>After that, it's driving on the real roads to gain experience, and no one has quite worked out yet a simpler way to do that.</p>Tim Worstallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13566725.post-7916804574403938992007-02-25T09:16:00.001-08:002007-02-25T09:16:38.994-08:00Antonella Barba Nude Pictures!<p>Yes, we've been able to track down those famous nude pictures of American Idol's Antonella Barba.</p> <p>Actually, Antonella is not quite nude in the pictures, or at least that set of them that we're going to point you too. They're more cheescake than they are anything as raunchy as Playboy puts out. You'll probably see more flesh at Mardi Gras although, to be fair not flesh quite as good looking as that of Antonella Barba.</p> <p> </p> <p>The link to more from this photo set is <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/11047890.html#cutid1">here</a>.</p> <p> </p> <div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:7a46b6f9-17b2-47d4-b844-03b0d6560233" contenteditable="false" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px">Technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/antonella%20barba" rel="tag">antonella barba</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/nude%20pictures" rel="tag">nude pictures</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/american%20idol" rel="tag">american idol</a></div>Tim Worstallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13566725.post-51141880519289536502007-02-13T10:45:00.001-08:002007-02-12T08:12:20.289-08:00Anna Nicole Smith Video<p>Jeez, some people, there's a video out there of the medics working on Anna Nicole Smith's <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN0938507720070209">body</a>:</p> <p><em>Grainy video footage of paramedics working on the unresponsive body of Anna Nicole Smith turned up on the Internet and on German television on Friday a day after the sudden death of the former Playboy model in Florida.</em></p> <p><em>The brief video, shot by the Los Angeles-based Splash News and Picture Agency, captures Smith being wheeled on a stretcher on Thursday from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida.</em> <p><em>Paramedics can be seen pumping her body as she is lifted on to an ambulance. One paramedic is seen operating an oxygen pump. She was pronounced dead in the hospital but the cause is yet to be determined.</em> <p><em>Splash said it had sold the rights for $500,000 to a buyer it declined to identify. The footage showed up on several Internet sites and on German's RTL TV channel.</em> <p>Oh well, at least they didn't team up with Paris Hilton to make it a necrophilia movie. <p> </p> <div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:7fe5517d-5ce6-4b50-bcbf-e87cd380850a" contenteditable="false" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px">Technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/anna%20nicole%20smith" rel="tag">anna nicole smith</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/paris%20hilton" rel="tag">paris hilton</a></div>Tim Worstallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13566725.post-46917581587312459772007-02-02T10:20:00.001-08:002007-02-02T10:20:42.272-08:00Penelope Cruz and Woody Allen<p>It looks like Penelope Cruz, Tom Cruise's ex-squeeze, is going to be in the next Woody Allen <a href="http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2007-02-02T174258Z_01_L02836294_RTRUKOC_0_US-WOODYALLEN-CRUZ.xml&WTmodLoc=EntNewsHome_C1_%5bFeed%5d-2">movie</a>:</p> <p><em>Oscar-nominated Spanish actress Penelope Cruz is to star in the new Woody Allen film, to be shot this summer in Barcelona, newspaper El Pais reported on Friday.</em></p> <p><em>Citing Cruz's agent, El Pais said the film was still without a title but that the sought-after actress would speak in Spanish and in English.</em> <p><em>Allen has shot two of his last features in London -- "Match Point" and "Scoop" -- and announced some time ago that he would film in Barcelona, without giving further details.</em> <p><em>His latest film, "Cassandra's Dream," starring Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell, has yet to be released.</em> <p>That's one role that can't be blamed on the influence of scientology and probably all the better for it. <p> </p> <div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:a73df7f8-c1e3-4181-94c1-9880b24a91d5" contenteditable="false" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px">Technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/penelope%20cruz" rel="tag">penelope cruz</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/tom%20cruise" rel="tag">tom cruise</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/woody%20allen" rel="tag">woody allen</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/scientology" rel="tag">scientology</a></div>Tim Worstallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13566725.post-14907673170212812692007-01-18T09:27:00.001-08:002007-01-18T09:27:33.875-08:00Art Buchwald Quotes<p>Here's some <a href="http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=newsOne&storyid=2007-01-18T165932Z_01_N18466103_RTRUKOT_0_TEXT0.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsArt-L1-RelatedNews-2">good ones</a> from Art Buchwald, the long running syndicated humorist who died Wednesday, aged 81.</p> <p> </p> <p><em>* "A bad liver is to a Frenchman what a nervous breakdown is to an American. Everyone has had one and everyone wants to talk about it."</em> <p><em>* "If you attack the establishment long enough and hard enough, they will make you a member of it."</em> <p><em></em> <p><em>* "It was a dangerous profession I had chosen ... because no one likes a funny kid. In fact, adults are scared silly of them and tend to warn children who act out that they are going to wind up in prison or worse. It is only when you grow up that they pay you vast sums of money to make them laugh."</em> <p><em>* "I just don't want to die the same day Castro dies."</em> <p> </p> <div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:886a7be0-b038-44f6-b21b-547588688fb4" contenteditable="false" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px">Technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Art%20Buchwald" rel="tag">Art Buchwald</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Washington%20Post" rel="tag">Washington Post</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/quotes" rel="tag">quotes</a></div>Tim Worstallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13566725.post-9935413698270353482006-12-11T03:44:00.001-08:002006-12-11T03:44:54.989-08:00Very Amusing<p>Over at the Celebblog there's a very amusing story about <a href="http://timworstall.typepad.com/celebblog/2006/12/kendra_jade_pic.html">Kendra Jade</a>.</p> <p>Apparently she's in a committed relationship but this doesn't stop her from leaping into bed with Kevin Federline. <a href="http://timworstall.typepad.com/celebblog/2006/12/kendra_jade_pic.html">Kendra Jade</a> and the K-Ferret an described as simply being friends who have sex a lot.</p> <p>I guess the thing is that if you work in that end of the film industry the definition of 'committed relationship' is rather different from the more usual one used out here in the real world.</p> <p>You know, if your living is made by appearing in sex videos then perhaps you have a different definition of sexual continence than other people?</p>Tim Worstallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.com0