The Tiger Withdraws

By dfunzy on 5/9/10 2:57pm
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Tiger WoodsTiger WoodsItem  from the Associated Press -- "Tiger Woods could be in for some more time on the sidelines after withdrawing from the final round of The Players Championship with a neck injury." See the video.

"He was supposed to be on the ninth hole at The Players Championship. In another stunning twist for someone whose life used to be so predictable, Woods withdrew suddenly with neck pain that he fears might be a bulging disk. Woods was so frustrated that he slammed his golf shoe to the floor while taking questions from three reporters. 'I've been playing through it,' Woods said of pain he first felt before the Masters. "I can't play through it anymore.' "

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Betty Rocked; The Writers Did Not

By dfunzy on 5/9/10 3:25am
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I tuned in 11:30 last night, Saturday, May 8 and watched the Saturday Night Live Mother's Day special hosted by Betty White, with musical guest Jay-Z.  First the consensus of the fans reaction to the show, via Twitter -- "Betty White Rules!",  "Betty  White effin rocks!", "Betty  White kicked SNL'S ass! Best SNL ever!!!!!!!!"Betty WhiteBetty White

Now for my reaction to the show: Off the top, I don't see why Jay-Z was the musical guest. His music just didn't fit the theme. Even his second song, "Forever Young," which at the end, like an afterthought, he said was a tribute to Betty White, convinced me that scheduling his appearance was somebody's afterthought. That song is his latest standard. I've seen it better performed, elsewhere by him, featuring his wife Beyoncé.

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Betty White, SNL, Tomorrow Nite

By dfunzy on 5/7/10 12:35pm
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Betty WhiteBetty WhiteThis afternoon the net is buzzing again about the 88 year old  Betty White, veteran comedy star, whose work, NBC PR people remind us, spans seven decades. Twitter is tweeting in over time with reminders from fans to tune in tomorrow night, May 8th,  at 1l:30 PM to NBC, to see what fans are hoping is going to be a "legendary" Saturday Night Live Show, hosted by Betty White, with musical guest Jay-Z. The show will be SNL special Mother's Day episode. In many ways, it is a "command performance." The suits at NBC and SNL are giving the fan what we demanded, via Facebook and Tweeter, to see Betty White on SNL. Betty White will be joined on the show by SNL vets Molly Shannon, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch, Maya Rudolph and Ana Gasteyer. Fans are demanding that the SNL writers write Betty White some good jokes. Millions of fans, including myself, are looking forward to this show.

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Little Girls Gone Wild

By dfunzy on 5/5/10 1:21pm
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Kim KardashianKim KardashianWhat's hot in the US this afternoon is unbelievable. Little tweens and teens gone wild and mean, all because Justin said he liked Kim. More than liked her, said that she was his girl friend. And --

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Leno A Big Banana

By dfunzy on 5/2/10 3:54am
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Jay LenoJay LenoLast evening May 1st, a Saturday night, Jay Leno performed live at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. A gig  where he had a chance to look good before the airing of this Sunday evening's "60 Minutes" show, with a segment featuring Conan O'Brien, saying not so nice things about him. This morning, there's a clip on the net of excerpts of Leno's  monologue/dinner speech. The jokes are the usual 'Tonight Show" material, pokes at President Obama, at the Republicans, at RNC Chairman, Michael Steele,  and at the political climate in the capitol. The jokes start a little slow then toward the end there are a couple of zingers.

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Didn't Get It Done

By dfunzy on 5/1/10 3:27am
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What's happening to Tiger Woods? He missed  the cut at the Quail Hollow Championship. Distractions? Trying too hard? The number 1 golfer in the world had a disastrous day yesterday at what had been seen as a warm up tournament for the next major.

The Tiger scored a dismal 79, yesterday. It was as if an impostor had taken Tiger's place on the course -- with three straight bogeys on the back nine. Well, even the greats had an off day. Babe Ruth had days when he struck out, and Muhammad Ali  went to the canvas on the rare occasion. So the Tiger took an early exit from a tournament?

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Women On Submarines

By dfunzy on 4/30/10 5:25am
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Well, welcome to the 21st century. The Navy, after careful considerations, years of study, has decided to lift its ban on women on submarines. I think the re-runs of "Star Trek: Voyager"  starring Kate Mulgrew as the female captain, Kathryn Janeway, as a lead character, may have added to this decision. Of course, I could be totally wrong. A fictional starship is not a sub, but in the world of the movies and in the literature of the popular culture, they share a lot of the same plot themes. And America is living in a Star Trek world.

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Dorothy Height, An American Icon

By dfunzy on 4/29/10 11:30am
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Dorothy HeightDorothy HeightWe owe our freedoms as Americans to those  among us who are the fighters for  civil rights, for civil liberty, for justice and for human rights. We owe our freedoms to those who choose to protest,  to work for improvements, better conditions, in our country, rather than to accept things as they are. More important than the founders, for the continuation of our freedoms, are our contemporaries. One of our great contemporaries was laid to rest today. She was a fighter for all that which makes America good. Her name was Dorothy Height. She was 98 years old.

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Sandra Bullock: Moving On

By dfunzy on 4/29/10 6:25am
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Sandra Bullock seems to be getting it right,  moving on with her life. The media  is not now filled with stories of her telling folks that she wants to take a baseball bat to cheating husbands. She's filed for divorce and is adopting the kid, solo  --  the kid who she and her soon to be ex had planned to adopt together. A new life and a new kid! She is taking about motherhood not cheating husbands --said, "she's going full speed ahead on motherhood. A life is a life. Whether or not it came from your body should be secondary, in my opinion." BTW the kid is from New Orleans and is name after Louis Armstrong.

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TheTiger Chasing Jack Nicklaus

By dfunzy on 4/28/10 11:52am
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The Masters at Augustus National is behind him. The first major of the year and no win. The five month lay off had its affect. Three other majors await this year,  when he has a chance to close the gap between himself and Jack Nicklaus, and maybe next year  to tie and to go ahead, for the record, as the all time greatest golfer with the most wins at the majors. Prepping for the next major, a stop at the Quail Hollow Championship, Tiger Woods first regular PGA Tour event this season..Today, Wednesday, 28th of April,  the Tiger faced the media, said he was ready to play golf, and will he able to deal with any hecklers if there are any.  Today the fans the gallery greeted him with applause. He is still the best player in the game. And like the Tiger said at his press conference, a video clip is below, "fans over the years have been great" to him.  The Tiger is a man on a mission.

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