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Friday, July 21, 2006 

Odds and Ends

Posted by: Denelle

Ok, so the "ends" is really just the end of the work week (yea Friday) but I do have a few other random thoughts and links for you (hence the odds).

Yesterday was the 37th anniversary of the moon landing. Interestingly enough, I didn't see this even mentioned anywhere on the net, a friend had to point it out to me. But in honor of this great American achievement I have found the perfect way to celebrate - with your very own astronaut suit! It's available in adult and children's sizes and I have to admit that I think this would make a great gift for anyone who is really into outerspace/NASA/Star Trek (ok, maybe that's streching it)/etc.

Celebrity news is particulary slow this week - unless you care (and I don't) that 1) Paris Hilton may or may not have hacked into Lindsey Lohan's Blackberry and sent mean messages to all of Lindsey's friends (like Paris has the brain power to accomplish that) or 2) that Tori Spelling may or may not be pregnant. I'm still waiting for pictures of Suri Cruise (still no sightings after 3 months??? come on, and Lisa Remi's "convenient" baby sighting is just too unbelievable even for words) but I guess in the meantime I'll have to content myself with making my own Suri.

One comment that I left out of my ESPY recap was my surprise at seeing Oksana Baiul on the red carpet. I haven't seen or heard anything of her in years (since that whole drunk driving accident she had) so I just assumed she'd faded into the black hole that is post-gold medal figure skating. Even her showing up on the red carpet I sort of shrugged off as a fluke until I turned on the tv the other night and saw her on ABC's Master of Champions as a celebrity pannelist. Guess it just goes to prove that reality tv can revive the career of almost anyone.

Oksana now (courtesy of ABC.com) and then.

The horrible heat here in NY has finally broken and so I'm hoping to be able to do more than just sit infront of my a/c this weekend. Here is hoping the best for you as well.