Last night’s “Dancing with the Star’s Result Show” ended as I expected – bye, bye Jerry!  I know he was relieved too.  He did say that keeping him on the show was “cruel.”  Actually, Jerry it was cruel and unusual punishment for viewers as well.  But I must admit, he did have moments of glory and looked like he could dance, especially with the Waltz. 

The four stars that are left are Monique Coleman, Emmitt Smith, Mario Lopez and Joey Lawrence.  Monique better be careful or else she will be leaving next week.  She really needs to kick it up a notch otherwise the final three will be an all Boys Club. 

Now the competition really becomes harder and I can’t wait until next week’s show to see how the stars perform.  Just three weeks left – any predictions?  I’m sticking with my last prediction of Mario and Emmitt as the final two. 

Until later,

Linda

Last night was filled with dances by the last remaining five couples on Dancing with the Stars.  For the first time, Dancing with the Stars will be adding up last week’s scores to this week’s scores and weeding out the last place couple.  After last night’s performance, I think it will be a very hard decision to make even for the viewers.

The five remaining stars, Emmitt Smith, Jerry Springer, Monique Coleman, Joey Lawrence and Mario Lopez all danced their hearts and feet off. 

Ballroom Dances

The stars danced their first routine to ballroom dancing.  Jerry Springer danced a Fox Trot.  Actually, this time I think Jerry did a good job.  He was keeping up and had fun.  Monique danced a Quick Step with her partner and it looked really good.  Emmitt danced a waltz and it was awesome!!!  He nailed it, he was light on his feet, looked very sophisticated and like I said was awesome.  Mario danced a Fox Trot and there were some shades of Gene Kelly in his routine – I liked it.  Joey also danced a Fox Trot to a Gene Kelly favorite, “Singing in the Rain” but he didn’t have the flair that either Gene or Mario did with this dance.  He needs to smile more and look like he is enjoying himself.

Latin Dances

With the ball room dance completed the stars moved onto the Latin dances.  Here is where poor Jerry fell flat on his face.  He looked awful.  Once again a man of his age should be stirred not shaken!  Monique danced the Pasa Doble and was acceptable, I wasn’t crazy about her dancing but she did all right.  Emmitt was smokin’ to the Mambo.  What an outstanding performance! Right now he is my favorite to win this competition.  Mario danced the Jive and once again did a great job, but it seemed that the judges were giving him marks as if he was a professional, I don’t think that’s very fair.  Finally, Joey danced the Mambo and did a great job – but he has to smile more when he dances.  He looks as though he is concentrating too much and not having any fun.  Lighten up Joey!

Tonight will be the Results Show.  I think I know who may be going home – don’t you?  Jerry, Jerry, Jerry!

Until later,

Linda

Okay folks, we have only two more weeks of trash politics to get through before Election Day on November 7^th.  I cannot take anymore of these trashy commercials that only have negative comments about candidates.  One political candidate can’t be trusted because… the other is sleeping on the job…another “just doesn’t get it.”  So what do these politicians stand for?  What can they do for us?  Trash each other?  Give us a “better deal” or make our lives better?

I remember the Presidential election of 2004 and all you heard was negative T.V. ads.  I was hoping the mid-election would be better, but no, the trash and negativity still continues.  What ever happened to the “good old days” when a candidate put out ads that said who they are, what they stood for and why they were the best candidate all around?  Now both sides – Democrats and Republicans – cannot seem to come up with a good political ad that tells who they are and what they stand for and what they “promise” us they will do.

Every ad tries to sell us on the other’s dirty laundry.  I’m totally disgusted.  But it won’t stop me from voting in two weeks.  Because I believe that every person has the right to vote and express their opinion.  Ever since I was able to vote, I have never missed an election.  Now I don’t do primaries because I consider myself Independent so I wait until each party sorts out who they want to run and then I make a choice.  I really feel it is the Independent voters who really make the right choices because we are not bound by any party rules or regulations to blindly vote for one particular party. 

I also take ballot issues very seriously and that’s why I vote.  If a ballot costs me money, I want a say in it – either yea or nay.  I have my “blue book” in hand and will read all the ballot issues carefully, make a list and mark down my decisions on each one.

Voting to me has been a tradition handed down to me by my grandmother who was part of the suffragette movement nearly eighty plus years ago.  I remember her telling me that it was important for me, as a woman to vote, because of all the women who fought hard to give us the right to vote.  That’s another reason why I vote.

Two weeks and counting down until all of this nonsense is over, I can hardly wait.

Until later,

Linda

Over the weekend I took my six year old granddaughter to see the first feature movie from Sony Pictures Animation “Open Season” rated PG. While this is no Disney movie, the actual pictures on the screen weren’t too bad to view. The movie is a computer-animated film with lots of three-dimensional effects and detail. Now I really don’t want to express my opinion of the film because I am an adult and the last cartoon I saw, with my granddaughter, was “Finding Nemo” which I thought was really great. So I questioned my granddaughter to get her movie critic opinion. This is what she said,

She thought the movie was sad. I asked her why? She said because the bear wanted to go home and was having a hard time getting home. I asked her if she thought it was funny. And she said, not really. Some parts were funny. She liked the part when Boog, the bear, had to go to the bathroom. You see he was raised in a garage and had toilet facilities so he didn’t know where to go when he was out in the woods. His buddy the deer, Elliot, told him to go wherever he wanted to. So Boog found a log and all of these bunny rabbits were watching him and told him that the log was their home. But she thought the funniest part of the whole movie was when Elliot told the rabbits to step back because the beer needed to take a cr_p. Well you get the picture, a potty joke that no 6 year old could resist. She also liked the porcupine who kept saying “my buddy,” because you see porcupines don’t have many friends. She just loved the way the porcupine said it.

I asked her if there was anything in the movie that scared her and she said no. Quite frankly, I don’t believe she came away thinking hunters were bad guys. But what we couldn’t figure out was at the end of the movie when Boog was flinging bunny rabbits all around as if they were snowballs.

So there you have it, a no thumbs up or thumbs down from a six year old, just an “okay” movie. I asked her if she would want to see it again and she said “No.”

My recommendation is that if you have a five year old or maybe nine or ten year old, they’ll probably would enjoy eating pop corn and candy and drinking soda for about 1 ½ hours more than watching the movie. Nice try Sony Pictures Animation for your first film but you need to get a better story line and keep out those “potty jokes” otherwise us adults won’t be inclined to take our kids and grandkids. As far as I’m concerned “Open Season” is closed for the Season.

Until later,

Linda

Last night’s Dancing with the Stars Results Show ended with no results! Because of Sara Evans departure last week, the producers decided not to eliminate a star. That means another excruciating week watching Jerry Springer pretending to dance. How much more of this can we take?

So here’s the deal, the show will keep the voting results from this week and add the votes for next week’s dancing competition and the couple with the lowest score will leave. What is the probability that two weeks score will bump a favorite couple out of the competition and we are left with a final four that includes Jerry Springer? The thought of that happening gives me nightmares!!!

Jerry has a problem learning one dance; can you imagine him trying to learn two dances? It seems that even Jerry was disappointed with the show’s results. During the show he was saying his good byes and waving bye to the camera. I beg the producers and voters – Let Jerry go!!!

This season’s show has produced some very talented stars that can dance or at least give it all they’ve got. Next Wednesday night we’ll get down to the final four, I just hope it is Emmit Smith, Mario Lopez, Joey Lawrence and Monique Coleman. If Jerry makes it to the final four, I won’t believe in the authenticity of the results of this show. I guess I will just have to watch Survivor Island and believe in the results of that show more.

Until later,

Linda

I was a little disappointed that Dancing with the Stars didn’t bring back Willa because of Sara’s sudden departure, but as the saying goes – “the show much go on!” But last night’s show seemed all over the place to me. I think they were trying to do the samba, rumba or jive but what in the world was Monique Coleman dancing? It looked more like a gymnastic routine to me!

Do you get the feeling that Mario Lopez may be headed towards winning? When Judge Len Goodman said that he is close to being professional, I knew then that sounds like an endorsement to me. But when you see who is left, I think Mario Lopez is the only one with real talent.

I love Emmit Smith. He shows a lot of versatility for an ex-football player. I would give him the prize for the most fun to watch and most entertaining person on the show.

Joey Lawrence performance last night was terrible. He was trying to look sexy dancing the rumba, but his facial expressions have got to change. He looks like he is trying to be sexy but can’t figure out how to, if you know what I mean.

Then of course there is Jerry Springer. What can I say? If I were Jerry I would say I’m dropping out of the competition. His dancing is neither entertaining nor close to professionalism. It’s like watching the dancing pink elephants in the “Dumbo” Disney movie. That was cute but Jerry isn’t. It is down right awful. Go home Jerry and continue with your talk show antics.

Finally, the segment with Sara Evans was boring and non-essential. Let’s all move on.

Here is my prediction on the last two stars standing on the show – Mario Lopez and Emmitt Smith.

Until later,

Linda

I’m sure you all heard the news about Sara Evans quitting the show “Dancing with the Stars.” Just last week she not only quit the show but also quit her husband. According to All Headline News it reports: “No more playing games. A “Dancing With The Stars” contestant recently bailed out of the ABC hit show because of a sudden divorce battle from her womanizing husband.”

I’m sorry to hear about Sara Evan’s impending divorce as well as her decision to quit the show. If her husband’s actions are as claimed, then she is smart to get rid of the bum! Sara may not have been the most talented dancer but she was improving weekly. But as demanding as this show is and with her singing commitments, anyone could understand her decision. Good luck Sara!

Do you think the show will bring back Willa Ford who was voted out last week? All that was reported in the All Headline News is that her sudden departure will be addressed on the show on Tuesday. Now what does that mean? Are they going to say, they are sorry too and move on with the dancing and voting and not give Willa Ford another chance? I would rather see Willa dancing disco instead of Jerry Springer.

I guess we will just have to wait until Tuesday to see what happens. This show is getting better than any daytime soap opera. This week’s show is definitely a must see.

Until later,

Linda

I’m not afraid of Friday the 13^th, just being optimistically cautious.  Of all the superstitions the number 13 is the most common.  You know the other superstitions, like don’t let a black cat cross your path or don’t walk under an open ladder.  Well as least the last one makes sense.  If someone is up on the ladder and drops something while you are walking under the ladder chances are pretty good you’ll get hit. 

But fearing the number 13 just seems ridiculous.  Did you know that many high rise buildings avoid numbering the 13^th floor?  Next time you’re in Las Vegas try to find a 13^th floor in a hotel.  Not going to happen.  Even airplanes don’t have a 13^th aisle!

As superstitions go, there is an upside to this one.  It says that people born on Friday the 13^th are considered lucky.  This reminds me of my neighbor’s son who was born on Friday the 13^th.  He was a normal rough and tough little boy.  One day he was out running around the house and ran into the street and got hit by a car.  We all thought he was a goner.  But he picked himself up and ran home.  Now that’s what I call lucky!  So maybe there is something to this after all?

I find that superstitions are based on beliefs or practices that result from either ignorance or fear of the unknown.  In this day an age with technology, especially the Internet, many myths, legends and superstitions can be explained or given a reason for what has happened. 

So I’m not afraid of Friday the 13^th!  At least I know that the day is almost over and nothing so far has happened to me – knock on wood!

Until later,

Linda

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