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LAURA AND PRESTON ARE NO LONGER IN CONTENTION TO WIN THE GREATEST AMERICAN DOG ON CBS. IN A SHOCKING TWIST, TRAVIS STOOD UP FOR BETH JOY AND BELLA STARLET IN FRONT OF THE JUDGES, AND LAURA'S FATE WAS SEALED. BUT IS THAT HOW IT REALLY HAPPENED? DID LAURA STAND ALONE? IS J.D. REALLY A SUPER INTENSE TRAINER? WOULDN'T IT BE A BETTER SHOW IF AMERICA DECIDED, INSTEAD OF THOSE SNOOTY JUDGES? CLICK THE PIC TO HEAR OUR CONVERSATION!
STEVE LUKATHER FOUND SUCCESS AS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE BAND, TOTO. NOW, HE'S STRIKING OUT ON HIS OWN WITH A SOLO CD CALLED EVER CHANGING TIMES AND A SOLO TOUR. HE CHATS ABOUT HIS MUSIC, HIS LIFE, HIS SON AND WHY THEY'LL NEVER DO A REALITY TV SHOW.
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My friend Jay and I have conversations about music all the time. I find that on my own time, I listen to either music that is current or new OR one of my favorites from the early 90s. I really like stuff from the "Alternative" genre. I have been having fun giving the boy old CDs from my 90s collection, like Better Than Ezra, Matthew Sweet, Live and Oasis. He has a pretty good ear for picking out the tunes on his guitar too! This is one of my favorites from BTE!!
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My Minutae:
Favorite 80s song: In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel
Fave Mix Artists: Peter Gabriel, Sarah McLachlan, REM, The Fray, Counting Crows, Toad the Wet Sprocket, The Bodeans
On my iPod:
      New music from Death Cab for Cutie. Oh wonderful day! I'm digging Narrow Stairs so far and using it to illustrate to my son that listening to an entire CD, start to finish, is a dying skill. REM has some very fresh stuff on Accelerate. We love Seal and his new CD, System. We're comedy hounds, and when we need a laugh, it's Frank Caliendo or Mitch Hedberg nearly every time. Caliendo Squares is THE best. And, Big Blue Ball comes out June 10. I'm getting every advance single I can from iTunes, until then. The Whole Thing from Peter Gabriel is haunting and addictive!!!
In the 80s: I liked the layered fashion look with lace and buckles and the big hair pulled back from the face, like Madonna or Molly Ringwald in Pretty in Pink. I think the 80s had some great TV, but I especially liked Beauty and the Beast, Hill Street Blues and NBC News Overnight.
Favorite Childhood Memory: I had a magical trip to Disney World with my Mom the year after it opened in Orlando. There were still miles and miles of orange groves, before the park was developed. The whole state of Florida smelled like oranges to me.
Food: I like it! Nothing beats a good pizza. I also like off the farm sweet corn and heirloom tomatoes with mozzarella cheese and basil. I dig breakfast meat and good coffee.
      I'm Reading: I am in full on Stephen King mode right now. It started with Duma Key, which was fantastic. In listening to some of his interviews and podcasts, I learned that everyone went crazy over Lisey's Story. Some say it might be his best book ever. Well, I'll just have to see about that. I'm not sure why I wasn't that jazzed to start it, when it came out. I was thinking it would end up like a Rose Madder or Gerald's Game. Maybe it was the cover? And, I'm continuing to listen to audiobooks, unabridged, while I work out. It's very cool.
I'm still reading The Picture of Dorian Gray, getting that sent to me via email in installments. I got quite a few books for Christmas. At this moment, I can't believe how many books I have started. I've been a one book start to finish gal until recently. Wonder if I'll ever finish any of them? But, I am enjoying them all. The Looming Tower is so interesting. And, Wonderful Tonight is great light reading, while I'm putting the baby to bed. I still haven't picked up The Road by Cormac McCarthy again. It's so brutal! But, I want to finish it, and I will.
Favorite Reads: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, The Stand by Stephen King, The Gunslinger series by Stephen King, Black House and The Talisman, Harry Potter series by JK rowling, Voyager by Diana Gabaldon, The Year of Janie's Diary.
First Car: Awwwww, yeaaaahhh! I drove a 1973 periwinkle AMC Gremlin. Very distinctive. It had a Pabst Blue Ribbon gear shift and a foot shaped gas pedal.
Sports: I love to golf, and wish I could do it more. It always makes me feel good to be on a course. I used to be quite the softball and volleyball player. I like to watch college basketball and anything my son is involved with, especially cross country.
And One Time, at Band Camp: I was the Drum Major of the Syracuse University Marching Band, so taking the field for the first time in my senior year is a great memory.
Movies: Braveheart, The Princess Bride, To Kill a Mockingbird, Desk Set
Famous People: I'd like to meet Stephen King, Peter Gabriel or Lance Armstrong. If we're talking "ever," I'd like to chat with Mary, Abraham Lincoln, Katharine Hepburn, and Jim Thorpe.
Brush with Greatness: I don’t know about greatness, but I’ve met quite a few famous people. Probably my best story is the time I got to be on the David Letterman Show during his “Brush with Stupidity” segment. People recognized me from that for years! I am going to see if our MIX webmaster can put a stream of that on the MIX website. Please check back.
Please Support: The Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation and The Colon Cancer Alliance. Both my parents died from colon cancer. A few years ago, I participated in a 40 mile walk over two days for the effort. People don’t like to talk about it, but it’s important. Please get yourself checked, if you're over 35!
Personal:
I'm a Parma girl. For me, “Home” is where my family is. I have been married since 1987 to Frank. We met in college. We have two sons, one's a teenager and one's a baby, so life is interesting! Also taking up space in the house, our crazy keeshond, Boo, and three cats. Puella and Clio are approaching 20 years old! Sabrina is a newer addition waiting to move up in our little food chain.
I used to love to travel, still do, but there's no time. My favorite place in the world I've been so far is Scotland. I also love Montreal, Canada and the Mount LeConte in the Great Smokey Mountains, but there are many more places I do want to see. My dream would be driving around in a nice RV with the family and going from National Park to National Park.
I received a great education at Syracuse University. I’m a staunch supporter of The Orange, and not just because I got the best man there. I’ve worked in radio and television since 1984 doing news, sports, weather and as a radio personality. I count my blessings every day. I'm an entertainment junkie. I love music (good thing, right?), movies, television, books, theatre, magazines, newspapers. There's just not enough time in the day to absorb everything that's going on! But I try.
I'm proud of my Scottish heritage. I'm a big sports fan. I like to geo-cache and play board and card games and check out new restaurants. |
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"I live in America, Staying alive, we'll make the prime..."
Thursday 08-21-2008 2:23am ET
Another late night in Beijing. Ahh, but I'm starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel, and I did get to fast forward through the ridiculous gymnastics gala. I don't have time for that nonsense! I have medal games and matches and heats to watch!
Usain Bolt is the new Michael Phelps, seemingly effortlessly breaking records that many thought would never be broken. He took the gold medal in the 200 meters last night, and he barely broke a sweat. Unfortunately, he's not from the USA. The real drama, though, came after the race. A guy from the Netherlands appeared to get the silver, and three Americans were all neck and neck for the bronze, with Wallace Spearmon getting the early call. But then, officials disqualified him for crossing into an adjacent lane. And THEN, after US official protested, officials really examined the video and DQed the guy from Holland, as well, so the other two Americans got silver and bronze. Walter Dix, who first appeared to get fifth, didn't seem happy to get the bronze, because he didn't feel he earned it. I'll bet the guy who finished sixth would take it!
Who's this schlub, and why is he in the middle of my Olympics blogging? I figured you'd had your fill of Michael Phelps' Mom, Debbie. Maybe you'd like to see the sire of the "greatest Olympian of all time." Fred Phelps lives in Baltimore, just down the road from Michael, but hasn't talked to him at all during this incredible Olympic run. He and Debbie divorced in 1994. He's remarried. I'd be pretty surprised if he wasn't watching a lot of NBC last week.
And, he's probably still watching NBC, to see scenes like this! Misty May Treanor and Kerri Walsh did not lose this week. The faced a tough challenge from the Chinese yesterday, but they prevailed, for a second gold medal in Beach Volleyball. I'm not sure I'd be compelled to watch as much, if it wasn't for how much I enjoy watching these two girls. They've been together forever and appear to be so close. The appear to love their sport. They appear to love their fans. After their win, they hugged almost everyone in the venue, which was packed, despite a driving rainstorm at the beginning of the match. I was concerned about the white suits! Then, Misty poured some of her Mom's ashes in the sand again, as she did in Athens. I was waiting for that, and I cried. And then, through their sheer exuberance of winning, they still did a great and energetic interview where they said they still love to play, but they want to think about the games of the future, so they're both going to concentrate on starting families with their respective husbands. And, I'll bet they succeed at that, as well. Great stuff. Let's do an early tally...
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The Chris Collinsworth feature on the girl from South Africa who competed in the Women's Open Water Swim was very moving. But for me, the saddest thing was seeing the post diving interview with little Haley Ishimatsu. She was absolutely beside herself for not making the finals. And, she was trying so hard to keep it together and say the right things and be brave, but she's a little girl whose dream was just shattered. I just wanted to hold her and let her cry it out.
Have you ever seen something so bizarre that it shook you for the whole day? On my way in to work yesterday, I noticed a police car driving fast in the middle lane behind me, lights flashing. As it went by, the baby noticed it did not have its siren on. I tried to explain what "stealth" is. A little farther ahead, we saw three or four police cars barricading a driveway. Two officers were talking to a guy in the driveway, and one was walking back toward his cruiser with the biggest rifle I have ever seen in my life. And, it wasn't like a Daniel Boone rifle, it was like black and automatic and frightening. I have no idea what was going on, but it stuck with me!
And just for fun and for music fans, thanks to Dave from Akron for sending along this link, find out what was the #1 song on the charts on the day you were born. Or, I guess you could check the date of your anniversary or graduation or whatever. This is kindof cool for class reunions. Click here to enter the date.
"Leave me alone, let me go home, I wanna go back and start over..."
Wednesday 08-20-2008 12:10am ET
This summer, for us, has been all about celebrating the fresh fruits and vegetables of the season. We've been at the farmers' market every weekend and trying to structure our menus around what's ripe each week. It's been challenging and fun and delicious! Unfortunately, it's hard for me to get the boy and the baby to incorporate many of the fruits and vegetables into their personal diets. They'll TRY something, but we've had weeks where there was more than I'd like leftover. I love berries, but you can only eat so many anti-oxidents a day, you know?? So, I've been trying tried and true recipes from my Grandma's menu file. We're currently having a taste test. What's better? Fruit Crisp? Fruit Cobbler? Fruit Buckle?
I had a bunch of fresh berries and a bunch of peaches that I needed to use. So I cored and cut up six or seven peaches in a greased French White quiche pan. Then, the little baby felt he needed to add his personal touch to the dish, so he got to arrange blueberries and blackberries.
We didn't really measure, we just put in enough to cover the bottom of the dish. I didn't want it bubbling over while baking in the oven. By the way, at this point, the oven is pre-heating to 375 degrees. While I was cutting up the peaches, the baby was stirring 2/3 cup of brown sugar, 1/2 cup all purpose flour, 1/2 cup quick cooking oats, 1/3 cup softened butter, 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon and a quarter teaspoon of salt.
I went back to cut the butter into the powdered mixture. It really shouldn't be totally incorporated, because I like the clumps of butter to melt into the fruit, while it's cooking. You may or may not want to sprinkle some lemon juice over the fruit. We did not. Then, dump the powdered mixture over the fruit, spreading evenly.
Bake for about 30 minutes, until the topping is brown and crisp, and the fruit is bubbling. Let it cool quite a bit, before you serve, because there's nothing worse than burning your tongue on hot fruit!!
There are a couple of schools of thought on serving the Fruit Crisp. Some people really like a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Some people really like to pour some cream or milk or even creme anglaise over the desert. I prefer a dallop of whipped cream. Now, that's what I call a fruit serving!!!
I'm so proud of the women from the United States of America. The water polo team is headed to the gold medal game. The basketball and softball teams can't be stopped. The volleyball team won a huge game to make it to the gold medal match, knocking off top ranked Italy. They've excelled at rowing and fencing. I was so hoping my little Shawn Johnson would be able to get one gold medal for herself. And, I realized while watching the balance beam competition why I like her more than Nastia Liukin. It's a totally subjective thing, because normally, I'd like the elegance of Nastia's performances. But, when I saw Shawn's parents watching her routine, I figured it out. She's like us. Her parents are schlubby midwestern people like us. She doesn't train with a father who won gold medals of his own. Shawn's parents had to second and third mortgage their homes to keep their sweet daughter's dream alive. And she nailed her balance beam to get a gold, and I thought her little body was going to burst with happiness. It was beautiful.
I'm not sure how I feel about his story, but you can help feeling great for little Henry Cejudo, who won gold in freestlye wrestling at about 122 pounds. He was overcome with emotion. And, so was I, when I found out that when he got to the Olympic training center, it was the first time he ever slept alone, because his brothers and sisters were all crammed together. His parents are undocumented aliens from Mexico City. Actually, it's just his Mom now, with his six siblings in Los Angeles, working all sorts of factory and janitorial jobs to make ends meet. It's the first gold for the USA in wrestling at the Beijing games.
 I think we've seen the peak of flavored iced teas. But, I am always willing to try something new to see if it can possibly be better than the ginseng one I like from Arizona Tea or the Assam from Honest Tea. Here's your chance to check out Sundance Organic Life Tea, and if you sign up, they say you'll get other cool stuff. *shrug* Click here to get your Sundance Organic Life Tea.
"Where does the answer lie? Living from day to day..."
Tuesday 08-19-2008 2:18am ET
I don't like showboating. With a few notable exceptions, I never have. I always loathed players like Pete Rose and Terrell Owens. And already, in the Olympics coverage of track and field, I'm seeing a lot of that. I don't like it. Usain Bolt might be terrifically gifted, but when you're in the Olympics and you're looking around in a semi-final where you're blowing everyone away, as if to say, "Where is someone to challenge me??" I can't be a fan. I also didn't like that Russian pole vaulter they spent so much time on last night.  However, I was quite pleased with Kerron Clement, Bershawn Jackson and Angelo Taylor!! They swept the Men's 400m Hurdles and conducted themselves with class. I especially like Bershawn Jackson. He's the one they call Batman. He seems very sweet. Also at the track, I've enjoyed watching the Steeplechase. That looks grueling! And, I'm becoming a big fan of Lolo Jones. She's a doll.
 One of the biggest upsets came in the Women's Discus. Stephanie Brown Trafton got third in the US Trials and ended up whipping one huge heave that earned her the first gold medal in the event for the United States since the 1930s!!! You didn't see her dancing around, beating her chest, spinning the discs on her fingertips! Likewise, the American women are creaming their competition in softball, but they're not trying to disrespect anyone. USA Women's soccer is playing in the gold medal game, I'm excited about that. But, I guess the USA Baseball game against China got all kinds of ugly, with pitchers hitting batters, managers getting thrown out. Sounds like it started when the USA started running down China catchers at the plate. It happened twice, and things disintegrated from there. Yikes. The USA won, but a few guys got hurt. I didn't watch the game. I don't know, I guess I feel like I can see baseball any time. Like tennis. It's on all the time, does anyone care any more??? I'm happy Venus and Serena won gold, and they did seem genuinely excited about it, but... bleah.
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  Some excellent selections out on DVD for you this week!! I love Frances McDormand. I think she's so under-appreciated. Here, she stars in Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day. She's a dowdy old maid who serves as an assistant to a brash young star, played by Amy Adams, who is always adorable. And the terrific Lee Pace from Pushing Daisies is also involved. Also out today, Recount. I'm sure you didn't see this in theaters, because it was only on HBO, but I heard it's one of the best films of the year. Recount stars Kevin Spacey, Bob Balaban, Eddie Begley Junior and so many more in the story of the Florida recount after the Presidential election in 2000. I was just so disgusted, I didn't pay that much attention to what was going on at the time. It's an interesting history lesson, with Hollywood liberties, of course.
  
Did you even remember they remade the 1980s horror film, Prom Night, in 2008? I was sad to see Brittany Snow starring, because I think she's quite talented. Jessica Stroup and Johnathon Schaech are likely victims. Did Jamie Lee Curtis also have a cameo? Ech, is it worth my time to look it up? Moving from horror to action, there's Street Kings. Keanu Reeves tries to play a tough LA cop. Forrest Whitaker, Chris Evans and Hugh Laurie show up. Reeves' character is trying to recover, after losing his wife, and he's framed for the murder of another cop. Of course, he has to clear his own name. The Scorpion King 2: Rise of the Warrior is a straight to video deal, "From the Producers of The Mummy" ... suurrrrrrrre. It's rated PG-13 for violence and some sexuality.
 
If you're parents of a kid of a certain age, get ready to rent or buy a couple of DVDs this weekend!! Remember that 3-D concert movie that totally sold out in theaters, as kids tried to pretend they actually had tickets to see Hannah Montana?? Now, you can play the show yourself at home. Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: The Best of Both Worlds Concert is out today. I remember when the concert tour was announced, I couldn't fathom the concept of Miley doing half the show in a character and half as herself. I get it now. And, from the land of all things Jonas, Camp Rock shot to DVD to strike while the iron is hot. The World of Disney is hitting the tween families hard this week!
I don't think I've ever been in to primetime soaps. I certainly don't watch The Hills and wasn't into Melrose or 90210. That's the vibe I got from Gossip Girl, so I never watched an episode. It's the hottest thing going, I'm so tired of hearing about it. I know many of the young actors by name, and I still don't know what it's about. Anyway, if you want to check it out, Gossip Girl, Season One, is out today. You can also get caught up on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, if you missed Season One. Dexter, Season Two is out. That's a show that a lot of my friends really like. I never started watching it, because I didn't have Showtime then. And, I'm not sure I could get behind a serial killer lead character. *shrug* Today, you can also get House, M.D., Season Four and Season Nine of Married With Children.
Aawwwwww, yeahhhhh. I think I've mentioned that I feel the new McDonalds Southern Fried Chicken Sandwich is fairly addictive. I only think about eating one a few times a day. So, it was with great joy that I noticed a coupon for a free sandwich, if you buy a medium or large soft drink, in my Parade magazine in the Sunday paper. There was a similar coupon for the Chicken Biscuit Breakfast Sandwich. If you get the paper and tossed the Parade, dig it out of the recycling and save that freebie. You can also click the sandwich above and fill out the form on the McDonalds site, and you'll get a coupon you can print off for a free chicken sandwich, when you buy a drink. It's got a little game where you can upload your face onto the Olympic athletes and make a fun little video. Remember the good old days when McDonalds had the Olympics game, and you got free stuff when we totally kicked the world's butt, like in 1984?? Good times. I ate many Big Macs that year! Hey, it can't be that bad, didn't you see Michael Phelps chowing down on the junk food immediately after his 8th gold medal ceremony??
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