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The Skinnygirl's Super Bowl
Tempted by your man's enormous, fattening Super Bowl spread? Well, stop gazing with envy as your man chows down and start grazing on some goodies yourself! 'Real Housewife of New York' and New York Times Bestselling Skinnygirl Bethenny Frankel shares her tips on how a Skinnygirl can work through a Super Bowl spread -- and enjoy a virtuous spread of her own at kick off!
To avoid the gorge and regret routine, Bethenny says it helps to treat Super Bowl Sunday as a "taste everything, eat nothing" day. Get your graze on, but do it mindfully. No gorging or bingeing.
Before the big party, have a 250 calorie good investment snack so you're not ravaging the buffet out of desperation. Some ideas:
- Edamame
- Handful of nuts
- Bowl of non-creamy vegetable or chicken soup
- Slice of whole grain bread with nut butter
- Whole grain pita with hummus
- Whole grain bread or English muffin with a few slices of turkey and Dijon
Drink Skinnygirl Margaritas or clear liquor cocktails with simply a tiny splash of the sweet. Use my Skinnygirl fix-ologist formula (found in her bestselling book, The Skinnygirl Dish!)and renovate your favorite fattening cocktails. Limit to 2 to 3 cocktails and be sure to drink water in between.
Super Bowl Recipes
Game-Time Zesty Baked Chicken Wings with Blue Cheese Dip
(Serves 8)
3 Tablespoons Olive Oil
1 Tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon zest
1 teaspoon finely minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Dash of cayenne pepper
16 chicken wings, each halved at the joint with the tip removed
1 1/2 cups whole-wheat bread crumbs
1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
6 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
Dip Ingredients
1 cup fat-free yogurt
1/2 teaspoon fresh, chopped parsley
1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon fresh lemon zest
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon fresh black pepper
1/8 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- Combine the olive oil, mustard, lemon juice, lemon zest, garlic, salt, pepper and cayenne pepper in a bowl and whisk together.
- Place the chicken wings in a gallon-size resealable plastic bag and pour the marinade all over them. Close the bag and marinate the wings in the refridgerator for 1 to 4 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking pan with foil and spray the foil with cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, combine the bread crumbs, Parmesan and parsley. Dip each wing in the bread crumb mixture to coat and place it on the prepared pan. Bake on the lowest oven rack for 30 minutes, turning the wings over after 20 minutes.
- While the wings are baking, combine all of the dip ingredients in a small bowl. Serve the wings warm with the dip.
Mock-A-Mole with Whole Grain Crackers or Tortilla Chips
Makes about 1 1/2 cups
1 avocado, peeled, pitted and mashed
1 cup cooked green peas
1/4 cup chopped fresh tomato
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro plus more for garnish
1 tablespoon chopped red onion
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
3/4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
Combine all of the ingredients in a large boal and blend with an immersion blender until smooth. Garnish with cilantro. Serve with tortilla chips, whole grain crackers and raw vegetables.
Healthy Tacos
Serves 4
1 lb lean ground turkey
2 teaspoons chili powder
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
4 whole wheat tortillas
1/4 heart romaine lettuce
1/2 cup shredded reduced fat cheddar cheese
1/2 cup shredded reduced fat monterey jack cheese
Skinnygirl sour cream (1 cup nonfat Greek yogurt mixed with 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice)
- Spray a nonstick skillet with cooking spray and put over medium heat. Crumble the ground turkey into the pan. Add the next nine ingredients and cook, stirring and breaking up the meat with a wooden spatula until the meat is browned. Set aside.
- Wrap the tortillas in a towel and heat in the microwave for 15 to 30 seconds. To serve, put the meat, tortillas, and toppings on serving plates. Everyone can make their own taco.
What are you waiting for, Skinnygirl? Dig in!
|Vivian Manning-Schaffel is Momlogic's East Coast Editor. She has written for Babble, Parenting, The Advocate, The New York Post, Business Week and a variety of other publications and lives and works in the heart of breeder Brooklyn with her husband and two kids. She authors two pop culture blogs: The Mad Mom and A Hag Supreme, and is on the web at vivianmanningschaffel.com.
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Punch Drunk Hangover 10.01.07: Your Brews, My News
Posted by
Bren Oliver
on 10.01.2007
Monday has arrived and with it comes the Punch Drunk Hangover, your quick reference guide to news related highlights from the past week coupled with unfiltered opinions from the Shep Shepard of 411Mania's MMA Zone - Bren Oliver. Always attempting to deliver a more palatable concoction than raw eggs and tabasco sauce, the Hangover should hopefully offer up a "hair of the Nog" to anyone needing a quick MMA fix for the after-effects of this past weekend. Read ahead for commentary on the futures of Chuck Liddell's belly, Roger Huerta's face, Forrest Griffin's forehead, and Cro Cop's schnozz!
It seems as though football, both collegiate and professional, took a page from MMA's 2007 Almanac this weekend. While there was a fairly significant Mixed Martial Arts event on Saturday night in Hef's backyard, the fights went off as planned for the most part while the land o' the pigskin was rocked with upsets Friday to Sunday. I'll leave gridiron reflections to the experts like Peter King, so let me instead turn to the subject upon which this Zone is built and act as your "Monday Morning Quarterback" in review of the past seven days in MMA.
We're still three weeks away from the next UFC event but, as always, the newswire has been buzzing with morsels of information both confirmed and speculatory. In fact, I guarantee the upcoming week will provide similar stories regarding potential fights being made, signings from every corner of the globe, and at least one positive drug test result from the CSAC.
I write the above comment in jest but, as the great Super Heavyweight Homer Simpson once said, "It's funny because it's true." The number of laughs the remark induces may be up for debate but the reality of California's consistent findings is as serious as a heart attack. Or, in the case of the master of D'oh and doughnuts, as serious as four simultaneous ones.
Last week the California State Athletic Commission released information stating a drug test for Kazuhiro Nakumura showed use of marijuana. The PRIDE star was making his debut at UFC 77 in Anaheim. He's not the first fighter to test positive for pot and he won't be the last. If Mixed Martial Arts is genuinely interested in cleaning up the sport they need to address the subject of marijuana use. It is by far the most common drug found in the system of MMA fighters (at least per past CSAC and NSAC results). For every isolated case of the use of an anabolic agent there are at least 4-5 cases of a fighter familiar with both the Thai Clinch and the Thai Stick. I don't think smoking a joint is necessarily beneficial to a fighter immediately prior to stepping into the ring, but I definitely can see how it might assist an individual when it comes to dealing with anxiety related to fighting or the wear-and-tear of training. In that sense I believe it's fair to say pot
be "performance enhancing". Let's hope the MMA community figures out a way to address the issue, especially when it comes to the CSAC, before any of the sport's credibility goes up in smoke.
On to the Hangover we go. Remember, as always, the news report will feature my commentary and be immediately followed by Bobby Fabulous' weekly underground gossip rag. You're also welcome to send feedback/questions/rumors to the email address provided at the bottom of this column.
The following medly of items were reported between September 24th, 2007 and September 30th, 2007:
According to media outlets, "El Matador" Roger Huerta will take on "The Carpenter" Clay Guida as the main event of The Ultimate Fighter 6 Finale on December 8th. Huerta is coming off a win over Alberto Crane at UFC 74 while Guida is coming off a split decision victory over Marcus Aurelio on the same card.
As we all know, nothing is official until it's announced by the UFC and even then it sometimes isn't reliable (at least when it comes out of Dana White's mouth). That being said, I certainly hope this rumor holds true. Huerta and Guida are Top Fifteen Lightweights. Whoever wins will propel himself into the Top Ten as far as I'm concerned. This would be the first test for Huerta as far as a contender in the division. Leonard Garcia and Alberto Crane are both talented in different ways but they, as all of Roger's opponents have been, were stepping into the Ocho-sided ring for the first time when facing him. Guida has fought some of the top 155 pounders in the UFC, impressing whether in victory or defeat and always offering a difficult task to whoever stands opposite of him in the ring. It might be apropos to say "The Carpenter" is tough as nails. His skill level is much higher than anyone Huerta has faced to date.
I wouldn't be surprised if this fight is put off until the December 29th PPV card in Las Vegas. My gut feeling is Dana White will want to promote a bout with Welterweights on the Ultimate Finale 6 to match up with the show's designated weightclass. Zuffa also likes to stack the traditional New Year's PPV so it makes sense to put Sports Illustrated coverboy, Huerta, on a deep card when the fight against Guida should definitely deliver another standard Lightweight Division "UFC Fight of the Year" candidate.
The following is an excerpt from an interview that Chuck Liddell's trainer John Hackleman had with TheFightNetwork.com:
"[Chuck has] already said he'll be back in the gym next Monday," said Hackleman, who has coached Liddell for 16 years. "He's going to fight again, hopefully as soon as possible, maybe in December. We're looking at 'Shogun.'"
I would be very interested to hear about what Chuck did in the Gym last Monday. Watch tape perhaps? I guarantee he wasn't running around or training. After the beating his ribcage and legs took from Keith Jardine's shin-bone he was lucky to be walking with a limp let alone preparing for his next fight. I'd actually like to see a rematch with "The Dean of Mean" at some point before Chuck retires. I ultimately think the judges' decision boiled down to about seven seconds of the fifteen minutes in the fight, specifically the ticks on the clock involving Jardine's fist giving Liddell a case of rubber legs. Beyond that I felt the fight was very even.
The best thing Dana White can do for Mauricio Rua and Chuck Liddell is have Joe Silva work on putting together some good stylistic match-ups. It's important to offer marquee fights but 2007 has shown us it's also important to build your superstars. Liddell needs to get back to fighting someone who prefers to take it to the ground as opposed to stand. Rua needs to heal from his injury, get himself in top notch shape, and take a step down in competition to acclimate himself to the cage. After another two fights I would put him against a name opponent.
MMA powerhouse Bodog Fight has signed on to become a Presenting Sponsor of three upcoming Strikeforce promotions, including the first-ever mixed martial arts event to be held at the world-famous Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, California on Saturday, September 29.
A "Presenting Sponsor"? That's the equivalent of an "Assistant to the Manager", isn't it? Bodog has never impressed me outside of landing Fedor for a night. Strikeforce on the other hand is no joke in the American MMA game. Ultimately this pairing on any level is good news. The best thing that can happen to this sport we love is for smaller promotions to keep getting in bed together, as they have been under the ProElite banner, and for the group to function as an alternative to the UFC. Competition tends to bring out the best in all parties involved. Look at Major League Baseball, the National Football League, and the NBA - all three major sporting entities have roots similar to the path we're presently seeing in MMA (relating to the AL/NL, AFL/NFL, CBA/NBA).
The following salary information was reported by the CSAC. It does not include money from PPV bonuses or promotional work:
Keith Jardine ($14,000) def. Chuck Liddell ($500,000)
Forrest Griffin ($44,000) def. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua ($150,000)
Jon Fitch ($44,000) def. Diego Sanchez ($22,000)
Lyoto Machida ($50,000) def. Kazuhiro Nakamura ($20,000)
Tyson Griffin ($24,000) def. Thiago Tavares ($9,000)
Rich Clementi ($24,000) def. Anthony Johnson ($5,000)
Jeremy Stephens ($6,000) def. Diego Saraiva ($3,000)
Christian Wellisch ($14,000) def. Scott Junk ($4,000)
Matt Wiman ($16,000) def. Michihiro Omigawa ($5,000)
These numbers are always fun for a few reasons. First, they don't necessarily reflect the amount a fighter took home from the event, because they lack bonuses relating to PPV buys or specific fights. For example, Tyson Griffin and Thiago Tavares each took home an additional $40,000 for "Fight of the Night". It used to be $10,000 for such a prize so it's good to see the figure expanding. It's definitely a shame if Keith Jardine made the same money beating Chuck Liddell as Christian Wellisch did defeating Scott Junk. Secondly most UFC guys are on multi-fight contracts where they're making a flat rate regardless of the competition faced. By the way, if someone wants to total the amount Zuffa has spent on the 2007 losses of Chuck Liddell, Mauricio Rua, and Mirko Cro Cop I'll be glad to post it in next week's column. Let's just say it's at least a small villa in Tuscany...
Renato "Babalu" Sobral was fined $25,000 on Monday by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for excessively maintaining a submission hold on opponent David Heath at UFC 74
Baba-booooo! Okay, so I understand the fine, and I am not condoning Sobral's behavior against David Heath. I just think the UFC messed up releasing Sobral. He took a major financial hit from both the NSAC and the UFC for his actions. In the NFL a five-figure fine might not mean much but in Mixed Martial Arts it proves a point. Very few fighters are pulling down major cash (as evident in the commentary above this segment). The extended submission didn't even catch bad press on any mainstream news outlets. Sobral is an exciting fighter with tremendous talent. He also brings personality to the table in a sport where charisma counts for a lot. Keeping Babalu around, even suspending him as an alternative to termination, would have kept depth in the LHW division and given Shogun a chance to avenge a loss.
After some uncertainty due to visa issues, Hector Lombard (11-2-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will be permitted to enter the U.S. to take on welterweight contender Karo Parisyan (17-4 MMA, 7-2 UFC) at UFC 78.
Always good to hear Parisyan has a fight on the horizon. He's often lost in the depth of the UFC's Welterweight division. People tend to forget he was in line for a title shot before succumbing to an injury and losing his place in the shuffle. The loss to Diego Sanchez hurt him but it wasn't as if he got his ass kicked in the scramble-fest. His tooth on the other hand...well, knee'd and not kicked if we're being specific. Still, Karo is both an elite combatant and a top shelf personality. He's the kind of fighter who you want to see fight whether or not you like him. I don't know much about Lombard except that he's in for a rough night come UFC 78.
The UFC's latest marquee addition, Wanderlei Silva, a former teammate of Rua's, is the leading name to be mentioned following Griffin's upset of Rua. The possibility of that fight, however, appears to be questionable.
Silva was expected to face Chuck Liddell on Dec. 29, but that was before Liddell was defeated at UFC 76 by Keith Jardine. On his website Monday, Silva stated that he now wants to fight Griffin after Griffin defeated his friend Rua in Anaheim.
Griffin, who specifically asked for the fight with Rua, suffered a large cut on his forehead during the fight, however, and required stitches to close the wound. Because of the injury, a fight between Griffin and Silva on Dec. 29 may not happen either.
The UFC has planned on Silva debuting on the late December event in Las Vegas.
"It kind of would, yeah," said Griffin about a December date with Silva being too soon. "I'd love to fight him if I didn't have a giant hole in my face right now.
"We were in the hotel lobby and I was doing an interview with someone and they're like 'Wanderlei just said he wants to fight you' and I was like 'Right now, really, right now? He wants to fight me? I know he's a Chute Boxe guy, but right now?' And they were like no, no, no … in December."
I would love for this match to happen but I don't think Griffin will be ready to fight come December. Rua's elbow casted the killing curse on Forrest's forehead leaving a mark rivaling Harry Potter's scar. If Griffin vs. Silva does somehow come together for the December card it needs to be for the #1 Contender to "Rampage" Jackson's Light Heavyweight belt. The other option for Griffin, in my mind, is a rematch with Jardine for the honor in early 2008.
Fresh off his victory over Din Thomas at Fight Night XI, Kenny Florian announced his future intentions earlier today:
"As I am committed to becoming the best 155 in the world, next week I will resume my training. Although, I won't be taking time off from training, I will be taking time off from fighting. Most likely, I will be fighting sometime early next year (probably February) and look forward to another challenge."
The Massachusetts native deserves some time off. Three fights in five months is no joke even when you go 3-0 as Florian did in his bouts against Dokonjonosuke Mishima (4/5), Alvin Robinson (7/7), and Din Thomas (9/19). There are a ton of great opponents in the Lightweight division who will be available when Kenny returns in 2008. Personally I'd love to see him face Joe Stevenson or Tyson Griffin. Din Thomas also deserves a rematch whenever he's healed from his knee injury.
Nick Diaz has been hospitalized with a severe staph infection that he contacted a few days prior to his EliteXC fight. He was admitted to the hospital when he arrived in Las Vegas to watch his brother's fight. He has been on an antibiotic IV since Tuesday and will probably remain so through the weekend.
The waning moments of 2007 are around the corner and something as simple as "staph infection" continues to plague gyms across the nation. We can transplant hearts, stop cancer, and clone animals, but we can't find an alternative to Lysol. Nice. Get well Nick Diaz! Your friends at "N.O.R.M.L." wish you a blazing fast recovery!
UFC.com has officially announced Josh Burkman (19-4) vs. Forrest Petz (18-4) for UFC 77: Hostile Territory. UFC.com has also confirmed that Alan Belcher (10-3) will be fighting Kalib Starnes (10-2-1) at UFC 77 (on October 20th).
UFC 77 looks to be a decent card. I'm intrigued by Rich Franklin's attempt to avenge his facial deconstruction at the hands, and kees, of Anderson Silva. Who won't be jacked the first time Silva attempts to lock Franklin up in a Thai Clinch? I also like Brandon Vera taking on Tim Sylvia. I'm a little worried Vera might be hesitant to throw after such a long layoff, and we all know Sylvia's no workhorse in the Octagon, so it certainly has the potential to be a tentatively contested three-round snoozefest. Still, I have faith in Brandon's earlier fighting style which calls for lots of striking and a great ground game for a Heavyweight. Burkman should dominate Petz. Belcher vs. Starnes should be very competitive. Still, I'm unsure of how far either man can go in the UFC Middleweight division which isn't saying much considering how thin it is. Speaking of 185 pound fighters, there's also talk of Jason MacDonald facing Yushin Okami at UFC 77. If this goes down I look for Yushin to dominate. I don't believe the slick Canadian, MacDonald, will be able to deal with Okami's strength in the same way he had trouble against Rich Franklin (and other fighters have had against Okami).
Matt Hamill posted the following on his website (in reference to a rematch with Michael Bisping):
"While training for UFC 75 I developed a knee issue. My knee would lock up whenever I bent it past parallel. I was able to work through it and wanted to wait until after UFC 75 was over to get it taken care of… The day after I returned from UFC 75 I had a consultation with one of the best orthopedic surgeon's in the country… It was a relatively minor arthroscopic procedure. I was diagnosed with a partially torn meniscus. This is why my knee was locking… I am happy to say that on 9/20/07, I underwent successful arthroscopic surgery to remove the torn piece of the meniscus. I am feeling better already and began my 2 to 3 weeks of rehab before going back to full time training. The UFC did offer the rematch in November which I would love to take, however it's just too close and I don't want to rush it. I did tell the UFC that I would be ready by late December and would love to do it in Vegas on 12/29."
Everyone wants to be in Vegas for New Year's Eve apparently. If Hamill's doctors clear him to fight, and he really wants to face off against the UFC's UK poster-boy in December, then I'm all for it. I seriously doubt Michael Bisping will turn down the opportunity to attempt a better showing than he did in his
questionable win at UFC 75 as long as he's also healthy. This would be a good bout for the Ultimate Finale 6 card given the feud between both men dating back to their stint of TUF 3.
Chute Boxe fighter Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos confirmed that he would return on Dec. 1 to the Cage Rage promotion. He has signed to fight Golden Glory fighter Paul Cahoon.
I suggest people who aren't familiar with Evangelista Santos get their hands on a few of his fights. His epic brawl against Melvin Manhoef is a goot starting place. He's not the greatest Mixed Martial Artist, suffering from both a general lack of strategy and conditioning, but he's the kind of guy who fights to either knockout his opponent or end up face-down himself. "Cyborg" also has a very unique look. It's almost as if he stepped out of a "Street Fighter" game or perhaps a Don "The Dragon" Wilson movie.
Former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes says he will likely fight no more than "two or three" times in the UFC before retiring from the sport.
The comments were made in a teaser for the third episode of "The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra," the latest installment of the Spike TV reality series. Various media outlets received an advanced copy of the season's second episode, which contained the teaser.
Now that I've seen the tease a few times courtesy of repeated airings of TUF on Spike TV I'm not so sure I believe Hughes is referring to actual retirement from the Octagon. It comes off to me as being in the context of Hughes telling a story about something earlier in his career. I get the impression it's a case of clever editing by the production staff. I guess we'll all have to tune in this week to find out, i.e. another reason to believe it's an editor's trick.
If Matt Hughes was to retire after a few more fights it would be interesting to see who his final opponents would be. Georges St. Pierre and Matt Serra are the obvious selections. Perhaps BJ Penn or Jon Fitch in the third slot? Actually, given Randy Couture's retirement and then return to glory (plus subsequent annointment to god-like status in the MMA community), it might just be the kind of scenario Matt Hughes' ego has dreamt up for himself.
In speaking with a representative with American Top Team, 411mania has learned the latest on Din Thomas and his injury situation. Din faced Kenny Florian on September 19's UFC Fight Night on Spike TV, losing by rear-naked choke after sustaining an injury while shooting for a takedown.
After having an MRI, doctors have determined that Din tore his meniscus, bruised his femur, and stretched his ACL. Din is currently set to have surgery in two to three weeks.
The talk is that Thomas is going to miss four months as he rehabs from the injury he sustained at Fight Night. It's always a shame to see a fighter go down for an extended period of time. Din is one of the sport's good guys, both entertaining in and out of the cage. Hopefully his recovery goes off without a hitch and he's back in the Octagon doing "The Chills" dance after a win.
J-ROCK, which is Kazuhiro Nakumura's management team issued a press release on Thursday firing back at the California State Athletic Commission. The company released a statement on behalf of Nakamura, denying that he was guilty of using marijuana and that they are appealing the ruling. They want a drug test re-examination and are considering the current ruling a mistake.
It's come to the point where fans are expecting at least one positive drug test result when an event takes place in California. It's a comment on both the state of Mixed Martial Arts and the CSAC. I like how the standard suspension time for a fighter testing positive for marijuana is approximately four months. Just about the time guys usually take to prepare in-between fights. Nice how that works out, isn't it? I suppose there's a possibility some supplement Nakumura uses during training might possess THC (the active ingredient in marijuana), especially given the looser rules he's used to training under in Japan. I just don't see Kazuhiro sparking up a doobie and mellowing out to some Pink Floyd...
The Ultimate Fighting Championship® today announced that it held the number one selling sports DVD in the nation for the fourth week in a row, as reported by Nielson Videoscan week-ending September 16, 2007. UFC 69: SHOOTOUT, which took place April 7, 2007 at the Toyota Center in Houston, went straight to the number one position in its first week out. UFC 68: THE UPRISING has held the number two spot for the last three weeks after holding the number one spot previously for two weeks.
I'm not surprised at all. Is there really any other competition besides World Wrestling Entertainment? Steroids, Speedos, and hot-dog oil with a pre-determined finishes or real, action-packed bouts between exceptionally skilled athletes where anything can happen.....hmmm....which one to choose...
American Top Team, one of the premier mixed martial arts camps in the world, recently announced the addition of Yves Edwards to their team. Edwards has fought all over the world for a number of promotions including both the UFC and PRIDE.
It's good to hear Yves Edwards is still out there competing. He may be somewhat polarizing, but Edwards is always entertaining and one of MMA's classic personalities. ATT is a great unit and the relationship between Yves and their group will be mutually beneficial. Honestly, the last time I saw the self-professed master of Thugjitsu fight, his dome was busy spurting blood against Joe Stevenson at UFC 61. Apparently Edwards has lost twice since so the move to American Top Team could be a blessing sans disguise.
During the live broadcast of Strikeforce at the Playboy Mansion, Renato "Babalu" Sobral joined for commentary and stated he'd signed a contract with Strikeforce.
UFC's loss is Strikeforce's gain. I already stated my thoughts on Babalu in this news report. I think it's a great move and brings another recognizable name to the ProElite talent pool.
Mirko Cro Cop recently underwent nose surgery for a deviated septum. The deviation was obstructing his intake of oxygen. This is said to be the reason that he was gassed in his last fight against Cheick Kongo.
Did Mirko start training with Brazilian Top Team?!? An excuse like this seem to imply so. I have a hard time buying a deviated septum as the cause for Cro Cop's fatigue against Cheick Kongo. It wasn't as if Mirko was cruising through the first two rounds of the fight. He got outworked and still isn't used to the Octagon. I have a feeling Kongo's offense had a little something to do with the obstruction of Filipovic's oxygen intake.
In a recent interview with a Brazilian newspaper Shogun Rua announced that he tore a ligament during his training for the Forrest Griffin fight at UFC 76. He is set to have surgery on the knee on September 28. He will miss up to 3 months of training, but mentioned he hopes to fight again in January or February.
September hasn't been a good month for knees. It's good to hear the injury isn't major and won't recover an extended period for rehabilitation. I suppose it's possible it could have affected Rua's training, or fight against Griffin, but I'm not buying that line of thinking. My instinct is Shogun underestimated Forrest as well as the impact a change to the UFC would have on fighting. I'll be very interested in finding out who Rua's return bout will be against.
From The Ultimate Fighter (Episode 2)..
Matt Arroyo def. Dorian Hughes - Submission - RD1
Dorian Hughes has the personality of a UFC fighter so I'm confident we'll see him again come Ultimate Finale time. That being said, I was impressed by Matt Arroyo as far as not only his attitude, but his ground game and ability to recover. The knee he took in the opening seconds of the fight was brutal!
Mac Danzig is definitely the stand-out so far. He's a class act based on what I've seen so far and brings a lot of skill, and heart, into every fight. Danzig is the kind of kid who is good for MMA. Joe Scarola is a meatball. Being on TUF is an incredible opportunity to secure his future in the UFC. It's something thousands of guys across America aspire to participate in. At this point I'd rather they threw him off the show than allowed him to voluntarily leave.
Matt Hughes' Sunday School was inappropriate. I have no problem with his faith or enthusiasm about sharing it with others. However, I thought his "Bible Study" session was disrespectful to guys there who were not necessarily Christians, and I'd be surprised if there was a scene left on the cutting room floor where Hughes asked what religions (if any) his team practiced.
From "Strikeforce at the Mansion"...
Daniel Puder def. Richard Dalton - Judges' Decision
It's good to see Puder get a win but I don't think he's anything special. His fifteen minutes of fame are on life support...
Josh Thomson def. Adam Lynn - TKO - RD1
Thomson is a solid Lightweight who I'd like to see make a return to the UFC. He's 1-1 in the Octagon but holds career wins over Duane Ludwig, Rob McCullogh, Hermes Franca, and went a hard twenty-five minutes against Clay Guida in March 2006.
Bobby Southworth def. Bill Mahood - TKO - RD1
Mahood apparently tapped out due to broken ribs sustained during the fight. While his days in the UFC are probably long behind him, I'm somewhat surprised Southworth never got more of a chance to build off his TUF fame. I've never really liked him as a fighter but he was memorable enough on the show to where I wouldn't have minded seeing him compete more than once before moving on.
Joe Riggs def. Eugene Jackson - TKO - RD1
Good to see "Diesel" pick up a win. Jackson was coming off of a three-fight win streak so that says something about his ability. Riggs was the superior fighter walking into the ring and it's no surprise he came away victorious. He's another guy I'd like to see make his way back into the Octagon.
Gilbert Melendez def. Tetsuji Kato - Judges' Decision
Gilbert Melendez is the best 155 lbs. fighter the mainstream MMA fanbase hasn't ever heard of. He mashed up Kato's face in this bout while dealing with the adverse effect of a hand injury. Melendez trains with the Diaz brothers and Jake Shields at Gracie Jiujitsu in California so he prepares with some of the best in the game. "El Presidente", Dana White, needs to find a way to sign "El Nino" post haste.
That does it for a review of the past seven days in MMA news. As promised, I will now turn the remainder of this column over to the newest sensation in anonymous sources and insider rumors. Join me again next Monday, as I'm positive the upcoming week will be filled with a wide variety of tidbits meriting some commentary. In fact, you may even find out about a few stories around the corner, but unknown to the majority of the world, by continuing to read on....
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Hola BFFs (Bobby Fabulous Followers)! Thank you all for joining me, new and old, and by that I mean barely legal and barely breathing. By your lack of hate mail I'm assuming you've found my rumors insightful and often as accurate as those more commonly reported by those less Fabulous than me. If this is your first time curling up with...MMAccess Hollywood...then I'll keep this short like Britney Spears' natural hair so you can move on to the sizzle of my column as quickly as possible. I cover insider information people ***REALLY*** care about. You know, lifestyle-related gossip instead of injury reports and contract signings. Mainstream Mixed Martial Arts news tends to be quite drab so I try to Beadazzle it with a rainbow of colors for your enjoyment. Speaking of which, enjoy!
Black Eyes and Little Blue Pills
According to a Los Angeles makeup artist I play Literati with on Yahoo Messenger, there was rampant use of Viagra amongst the crowd at the recent Strikeforce event taking place at the Playboy Mansion. High levels of the drug were seen circulating in the area of Hugh Hefner's entourage. Fear not MMA fans, for I also have an anonymous source at the CSAC who has informed me they will not be testing for use of Viagra. It is being stated that the E.D. assisting pill is not considered to be "performance enhancing" in nature though many Playmates in attendance disagreed with such an assertion. I'm on the Bunnies' side. After all, Viagra certainly is an "upper", is it not?
Shirtless in Chicago
For those who missed it, former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andre Arlovski appeared last week as a guest security guard on the Jerry Springer Show. "The Pitbull" resides in Chicago where the long-running syndicated talkshow is taped. The show dealt with three obese trailer park residents who lived like pigs, each man as comfortable smearing jelly on his own chest as he was devouring it by the spoounful. Unfortunately Arlovski did not have to restrain any guests and seemed relatively shy until the very end of the show when the audience submitted questions. Andre's girlfriend stood up and convinced him to disrobe from the waist up. Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to announce a source of mine in Chicago has texted me confirmation that Andre Arlovski ***WILL*** be joining the Springer show as a full-time security guard and will do so shirtless on every episode!
Wait...I just got another text from him...apparently I've left my TiVo recording of the episode on repeat and it's been showing the same segment over and over. I guess I lost track of the other details after Arlovski went all "300" on the audience. My bad!
Rua's Next?
Apparently there was more to the helease of Renato "Babalu" Sobral than the extra bit of hot sauce he put on David Heath's submission. According to someone close to the UFC has told me the organization is implementing a ban on all fighters whose names involve a "R" pronounced like an "H". Think it's just a coincidence Royce Gracie only fought a single bout on his UFC comeback tour?
That does it for me! Keep your ear to the canvas-covered street, but know that *IF* it comes to anything slipping through a crack, your favoritist gossiper Bobby Fabulous will be on top of it!
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It appears that somehow I've become the poster boy for a controversial, grassroots "VY to DC" Twitter campaign. This started last week with a few innocent "devil's advocate" remarks on the subject—well before yesterday's guest post (in support of Young's candidacy) was even a twinkle in the eye of Bill the Evolving Redskins Fan.
That I'm now the presumed president of the Up With Vince social media movement is rather humorous to me, seeing as how I was never more than a casual admirer of his football abilities until being blasted by this recent tsunami of knee-jerk pessimism, which cried out to me desperately for a foil.
So let's clarify a few points of discussion.
I don't believe that Vince Young will single-handedly resurrect the Redskins. I don't believe he's an automatic Week 1 starter. I don't believe with great confidence he's "the Perfect Fit," "the Future," or "the Answer."
But I believe these things:
- John Beck—however likable—is not bankable.
- Rex Grossman is a turnover waiting to happen (and might actually leave for Cincinnati anyway).
- Vince Young is 27, an accurate passer, a dangerous ball-carrier, and very successful as a pro starter.
- The off-field distractions clouding his tenure as a Titan, though concerning, are complicated and difficult to interpret.
- The towering short- and long-term upsides to giving him a chance—a chance to compete for the position—make acceptable the modest risk of underachievement and subsequent prompt dismissal.
That's really it. That's all I'm saying. We're weak at quarterback… Young's talent and success merit consideration… and the red flags are not obviously prohibitive. I just think it's ignorant to impulsively blow him off, considering his potential and the alternatives.
I'm not "banging the table" here, because I've never met Vince Young or Jeff Fisher and I've never been in the Titans locker room. I don't really know what happened there, and neither do you. None of us can be completely confident in our understanding of VY as a leader, a teammate, and a man.
But you know who'll be doing his damnedest to find out? Shanny, a maniac for details, and a guy whose personal and professional relationships with Fisher and Mike Heimerdinger are extensive. Google it if you want, or just trust me. Shanny has told newspapers that Mike Heimerdinger "saved (his) life." If any individuals on this earth have ample reason or opportunity to condemn Vince Young, they are those two men, and you can count on them being honest and up-front about it to Mike Shanahan.
So what I'm asking of Burgundy Nation isn't that you sign a petition or storm Redskins Park or even flood the message boards with pleas for a low-risk contract. What I'm asking is that you wait patiently for Mike Shanahan's decision on the issue—without prematurely formulating a stubborn, uninformed impression of the player's character—and if the decision is to give him a shot, that you trust in Shanny's due diligence at least long enough to see who Vince Young really is.
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This was tasty. The salad tasted exactly like a Greek salad. I also used dried oregano because I couldn't find the fresh. We love lamb chops and we serve them often in my family. We are also Greek, so this was an ordinary dish. Served just as is, even though in the magazine bread was suggested or a different meat.
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- Fat: 25g
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- 4 lamb shoulder-blade chops (about 2 lb.)
- Salt and pepper
- 8 cups mixed salad greens
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1/2 cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced
- 1/3 cup kalamata or other black olives, pitted and halved
- 1/4 small red onion, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 3 ounces feta, crumbled
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh oregano
- Preheat a gas grill on high, covered, for 10 minutes, then turn heat to medium. Pat lamb chops dry with paper towels and sprinkle generously with salt and pepper. Grill, turning once, until cooked to desired doneness, 8 to 10 minutes total for medium-rare. Remove chops from grill, tent with foil and let rest on a cutting board or plate for 5 minutes.
- While lamb chops are cooking, toss greens, tomatoes, cucumber, olives, onion, oil and lemon juice in a large bowl. Divide salad among 4 plates. Top each plate with a chop, sprinkle salad with cheese and oregano and serve immediately.
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- MAIN INGREDIENT: Lamb, Vegetables
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Gluten-Free
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Turkish designer Ethem Onur Bilgiç concocted this gorgeous set of themed bookmarks for Penguin's All-Time Classics 1984, Moby Dick, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories. Rad bookmarks: just one less reason to own an e-reader.
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Pop Up Funk is a collaboration between comic artist Jim Mahfood a.k.a. Food One and designer Rosston Meyer featuring pop-up versions of Mahfood's well-known works as well as all new pieces created just for the book. Each one comes signed and numbered by the artist and only 100 exist. Scoop it here.
These illustrations were designs created by Indian artist Talha Nazim to promote a series of Penguin audiobooks. The concepts were created from the idea of audiobooks were similar to hearing stories from the author directly. Above, we've got Nazim's illustrations for William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, and Oscar Wilde.
Capcom, the creators of Mega Man, Street Fighter, Resident Evil, and countless other games you grew up with, will be releasing a hardcover encyclopedia on October 21 full of art and info on over 200 characters from the Capcom universe. Retail price is $16.99, but you can pre-order it on Amazon for just $10.19.
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You guys remember how those old Penguin books used to look? Artist Sharm Murugiah does, as he used that style to merge Quentin Tarantino films into those books, with these super clean mock-book covers. Love the idea.
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Huge pun on the word "matchbook," here. So believe it or not, some of us on this blog like to read books. Fahrenheit 451 is one of those pieces of literature that is appreciated in this "book" category, so this concept design by artist Elizabeth Perez really screams out to us.
For those who don't know, Fahrenheit 451 is a novel about a dystopian future in which books are outlawed and firemen must set fire to books and the houses that hide them. This concept design has a match in the "451," of the title and matchbook striking paper on the book's binding, so the book itself could be burned. Really awesome concept.
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Museum of the Moving Image in NYC has a pretty awesome gift shop with a hefty selection of books on all sorts of stuff the typical Albotian would be in to: movies, art, and of course, video games.
I had a pretty tough time deciding on which book to get, but I wound up going with Nintendo Magic mainly because I like the face Satoru Iwata is making in the picture up top. I kind of regret the decision because it's only $7.98 on Amazon (only 2 left in stock as I write this!), but whatevs.
Any readers out there have any of the other books pictured? If so, let us know how they are in the comments.
Our copy of Hyrule Historia finally arrived at Albotas HQ and I can personally attest that it is, in fact, freaking awesome. It collects 25 years worth of Zelda history, trivia, and unseen concept art within 250 pages bound in a gorgeous hardcover.
Pick up a copy from Amazon. No Zelda fan should miss out on this.
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Designed by the clever peeps at Mustard. Bookends: just one more reason real books are a gazillion times more rad than eBooks.
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Just in time for Xmas comes two books that combine the badassery of Street Fighter with the adorableness of Sanrio.
Street Fighter x Sanrio: World View features Sanrio playing the parts of Street Fighter characters sharing the wisdom they've learned from countless battles across the world. The Street Fighter x Sanrio Sticker Book contains a mix of colorful bumper stickers, paper dolls, and more.
Now they just need to make a Street Fighter x Sanrio game so I can play as a shoto-ized Badtz Maru and chuck fireballs at Hello Kitty's mouthless little head.
I've never played a Monster Hunter game in my life. Always wanted to, but they just seem too huge and daunting. After checking out a sample of the 60-page Monster Hunter Beginner's Guide from Culty, I'm 100% prepared to begin ignoring my loved ones and adult responsibilities to dive into the epic world of Monster Hunter.
The guide is available in a few different ways:
The Monster Hunter Beginner's Guide was written by Roy Blakely from Kotowari.org and is chock full of adorable art by Sarah O'Donnell, creator of Rumbirds. Together they host the podcast My Fair Hunter. Check them out because they do pretty rad things.
U.K. designer Adam Benton made this beautiful Nintendo book with an embossed cover for a screen-printing and book-making brief. It features a timeline of Nintendo console releases in the U.K., people of note like Game Boy creator Gunpei Yokoi, and an overall history of the company. To keep in line with Nintendo's rich Japanese history, the book is Japanese stab bound and printed on rice paper. There's even an accompanying embossed folder with additional prints.
Note: The page with N64 controllers is from a separate book which features Benton's personal work and sketches, but we figured it looked nice in this gallery, so yeah.
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I was expecting some light reading. But when my review copy of Service Games: The Rise and Fall of SEGA showed up on my doorstep, I found a text book. The nearly 400 page book details every step of Sega's foray into the console industry, both in America and abroad. The amount of information in this book is staggering. And even though you know how Sega's fate unfolds, you're still rooting for them the entire time.
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I think I've finally got quite the grasp on this whole Spyker and Saab situation, and on the intentions of Victor Muller. It was driving me a tad bonkers trying to nail it down, too. After all, I already had a one-on-one with Saab's former almost-savior Christian von Koenigsegg, only to have it announced soon after that the whole deal was off.
But with all due respect, I am very much gladdened that the new owner is Victor Muller with his cohorts versus von Koenigsegg and his. Muller is outspoken, a clever legal know-it-all, and endlessly blunt and enthusiastic, and this is exactly the ball of energy the Saab situation needs. He's also a confirmed Saab fanatic.
One thing both von Koenigsegg and Muller shared is that neither one wanted/wants to get rid of Saab CEO Jan-Åke Jonsson and his crew in Trollhättan. Jonsson was handcuffed for years by GM Europe and GM Detroit, neither of which understood what best to do to maximize the Saab legend. Now Saab is independent again and being run by the Dutch-Swedish Nordic brotherhood. Here's hoping that Muller's energy rubs off a bit on the sleepy Trollhättan management style.
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VM: To be honest, there were probably ten times along the way where I was sure the deal was off, I was totally desperate and angry, and sometimes just completely pissed off. All I saw was Saab lying on the floor breathing its last and we were pounding its chest to keep it alive.
ec: Can you explain why it was all so hard to get done?
VM: It was clear that GM CEO Ed Whitacre, along with both Fritz Henderson and Rick Wagoner before him, not to mention GM Europe together with the German government and Sweden's own industry ministry, all were resigned to killing Saab. It was incredibly frustrating dealing with this wall of naysayers. Once the news broke that Koenigsegg's bid was dead, everyone was almost delighted that Saab was finished. When I heard the news, I talked with my partners and we resolved to make an offer. Bob Lutz is the only guy I know who responds immediately to every e-mail and text message. The guy seems wired like this at all times. I wrote him to suggest our intent to make an offer and his reply came on the same day.


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Delicious!! Everyone was enjoying it even before it went in the oven to bake. I did leave out the bell pepper and used dried onion flakes because of time. Served the dip with a variety of crackers. Several asked for the recipe that night.
Extra-Creamy Dried Beef Dip
Yield: Makes 8 to 10 servings
- 2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 1 (8-ounce) container sour cream
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 2 (2-ounce) jars dried beef, chopped
- 1 green or red bell pepper, chopped (about 1/2 cup)
- 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- Assorted crackers or bagel chips
- Beat first 5 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended; stir in beef, bell pepper, and onion. Spoon into a 2 1/2-quart baking dish; sprinkle with pecans.
- Bake at 350° for 20 minutes. Serve immediately with crackers or bagel chips.
- Extra-Creamy Smoked Salmon Dip: Substitute 4 ounces smoked salmon for dried beef, dried chives for finely chopped onion, and add 1/4 teaspoon salt to mixture. Omit chopped pecans.
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San Antonio, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - San Antonio Spurs guard Danny Green is expected to miss approximately four weeks with a broken left index finger.
Green hurt his finger in the first half of Sunday's victory over Minnesota. The Spurs initially said that Green sprained his left index finger, but an X- ray and an MRI on Monday revealed a nondisplaced fracture of his second metacarpal.
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Nicolei and mjelly, you both sound likeyou enjoyed the Picasso as much as we did. :-) It was a lovely car and such a quiet ran sleek people mover. I enjoyed reading what you wrote. x
Bonjour! C'est moi encore, avec plus de contes de Citroen...
Sadly the car has gone back, leaving me with a very strong urge to replace the Vectra with something a little more reliable, comfortable and with better visibility. Citroen, your sales secret is out!
After much deliberation, we decided to head off to the Yarra Valley to get our fill of French life, as well as testing out the Citroen outside the city and suburbs. And what a fabulous day we had - perfect weather, fantastic car, great food and wine tasting to boot.
We set off for the Heide Museum of Modern Art in Bulleen. What's so French about that? Not the Museum, per se, but it's also home to one of Shannon Bennett's three Vue de Monde restaurants. Sadly for us, most of the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne seemed to have the same idea; it was so busy we couldn't get a car park. So Mr Nicolei and the Smidge waited in the car while I ran in to Vue de Monde to pick up take away. Take away from one of Melbourne's finest? Yep, they do take away lunch boxes for big and small people The menu on the day was a chicken sausage roll with tomato relish, cassoulet, beetroot panzanella, and a pistachio eclair in the standard grown up box, the same in the vego option, substituting an Asian vegetable wrap for the sausage roll, and the Smidge got the sausage roll, chicken sandwich, fruit salad and julienned vegetable sticks with a langue de chat. Very delish and good value when considering the quality.
After collecting lunch, we set off along the Yarra tourist drive through Warrandyte and on to Coldstream, former home of Dame Nellie Melba, and our French destination, the Domaine Chandon winery.
Domaine Chandon is the Australian branch of Moet et Chandon, and as such, they know a thing or two about Methode Traditionelle sparkling wine. We sampled a few, including your standard brut cuvee, a rose, and a shiraz, buying a couple of bottles and selection of preserves before heading out to enjoy the sunshine amongst the vines. Once again, the ample boot space came in very handy; big enough to fit in a box of wine, spare warm clothes and a stroller. Having the child seat anchors in the back of the seats makes a big difference!
Finally we set off for home again. As usual, the drive was superb. Seems like this car is perfect for city and country driving - just set the cruise control, climate control and open the sunroof to let the light flood in and head off in comfort. Our French day gave us the opportunity to find out how well the Picasso handles winding country roads. A trip down to visit the family in San Remo the day before meant we got to test out fuel economy on the freeway, and it is exceptional. Even better is the display showing just how much fuel you're currently using, and how many kilometres until your next fill up. As it turned out, we stopped for petrol once during the fortnight, and returned the car with an almost full tank. Not bad for the amount of driving we did!
So it was with some sadness that I returned to Zagame Citroen two weeks after first visiting. The whole experience showed me just how enjoyable driving a big car can be. Of course it helps when you're surrounded by gadgets like parking sensors, refrigerated storage compartments, and of course, the heated seats. If only I could experience those every day...
CITROEN PICASSO, you were our world for such a short sweet time!! You were so stylish and ever so French. On our 2 week Frenchadventure with the wonderfully comfortable CitroenPicasso C4, we took to the roads like there was no one else in sight that mattered but the sophisticated blue beautythat drove likesheerclass.When we picked up thecar from the Citroen dealership, the man that handed this delight over tous wasvery helpful and showed usright through every inch of the sleek bodied frame inside and out. We gotto the front of the car and he pop the hood to show offthe classy engine that Citroen had made. Before we drove out of the dealership, I promised that I would look after the carlike it was another member of our family, and we did just that. We drove into the school grounds the afternoon we picked the car up and to much delight we got our first bite from a parent that curiously asked about the French baby we were driving. Comments like what a stylish car, and a fabulous colour! And in answer to that,I replied. Yeah I know right!! It's mine, I won it for 2 weeks! LOL Which then lead on to further questions of where, and how, and how much does one of these cost? I said only a mere $39K or there abouts. The curious parent was suitably impressed. I think I might of made an upcoming sale for you Citroen! So then the Kids came out of school and were looking around everywhere to see which new car they were riding home in style in. It was funny to see the looks on their faces and the excitement on my daughter face especially as she saw the cars colour. She was so hoping for blue as its her favourite colour of all, and to be able toplease them with such simple things like a colour,is grand!The weekend came and we decided that we would cruise the Sydney streets in style getting many looks from the cars next to us in the traffic. They would look the body of this French beauty up and down concentrating on the glass features that surrounded the cars body. Its glass area is simply the largest in its class, with a windscreen that extends into the roof as well wide and deep side windows combining to make the interior light, bright and welcoming, as well as combining with the sleek nose to get the C4 Picasso ahandsome and unique appearance. Inside the clean, uncluttered dashboard, the unique 'fixed hub' steering wheel produces an interior that is inviting and easy to use.
Underneath the CD/radio in the dash you've got to LOVE the very stylish cool compartment to keep those drinks cold especially in the warmer days. So as we cruised along Belmore Road, Randwick, westopped in atCroquembouche Patisserie. What a delightfulpetit French cake shop with so much to choose from. I think the shop saw me coming and waved me in as my cake was labelled withthe "Citroen"label minus the "e"..LOL (well it looks like it anyway and I'm sticking to that story)..hehehe Take a look! So cool of them too. YUMMO! Living this life, you could become very large. So I am glad this French themed road trip was a once off..Haha So we got some cakes and lunch and went on down the road a little further and took the kids (well 3 of them, as the other 2 were working) to Coogee Beach, and wow was the weather delighful and sunny with a fresh ocean breeze. We sat there taking in the awesome view of the water while checking back at the French beauty under a palm tree, and then back again at the people silly enough to be swimming and surfing in the water.I sat there rugged up in a nice jacket and warm scarf, and the children ate and then ran with the seagulls. I was so relaxed after eating, and soaking up thewarmth of thesunwhile chatting to my dear husband, thatI could have stayed there forever. Soon after it was time to get moving. We had some shopping to do and some serious window shopping to see. We went back along Randwick and then off to leichhardt to find we had come across some little shops that felt as though they were French themed enough, so we couldn't resist the cute photo's to share withyou all.
Don't you just love the Eiffel Tower in the corner of the window!? So cuteI just had to take the shot. Not to mention the other window that says "The French Find Poetry in Every day Life Just loved it! The other cute little items also made the window displays very cute indeed!So back in the car and while we had to stop at some lights because if we didn't, we would have been fined for going through a red light, there was a man crossing the street and of course the kids yelled MUM,that man iswearing a black beret over there crossing the street! Grab a photo for our French themed road trip blog..ROFL You've go to love the way kids spot the very tiny things in life we tend to miss..hehehe So here he is!! He's so far away in the brown outfit, you can hardly see his black beret, but you do have to let your kids contribute to the blog! So as our day was drawing to a close, we knew over the next couple of weeksthat the car wasgoing to bring so much joy to the family. The car is very comfortable and as the top picture shows the glass just wraps around the car giving great view to everything and just brings such class to the car itself.I loved the fact that the kids could control their ownairconditioning. They even had a charger port in the farback seats for using there hand held games. The car runs on Diesel giving it better fuel economy. We found it to be very economical. Even though it is a diesel, we found it to be very smooth and quiet running. Thecarhas an electronic hand break which means no protruding handles. The car can also be usedeither as a Manualor Automatic. I loved the way the car windows have anti pinch windows, which meanthat if little ones fingers (or BIG ones) get caught in theelectric window going up, itautomaticallywill go back down. A very good feature indeed!The 7 seats gives a great amount of room, and there is room for storage under the 3rd row seats when they are up. You would be able to get a small pram in the boot area when the 3rd row seats are up, but not a lot of room left if all 7 people are in the car and a pram as well if you needed a lot of groceries. One other small detail we were surprised about was the fact that the Picasso never came with a Nav-man. A lot of new cars do come with one built in. Not the end of the world though, but would be a bright idea to place one in the models to come. The dealership man who handed over the car shared with us that all previous models before the 2010 model, the Picasso family requested that all badges be put on the car at an angle and not straight. This years model was the first not to be on atan angle. I would have to say the experience of driving something so stylish and comfortable was such a treat, and we were very grateful to have been chosen as one of the winners to drivetheCitroen Picasso C4.As it wassad to say bye-bye to something so loyal and comfy, we had to say Au Revoir.
I'd just like to say thank you to Kidspot Social and to Citroen for this wonderful adventure.I wouldalso like to say a special thank you to Paul & Grant of Citroen Sydneywho went out of their way to make sure that our experience was memorable.
Ever since picking up the Citroen I've been thinking about what will make the perfect French-themed road trip. As it turns out, you can only get to French Island on a ferry, so clearly that's out. The Pyrenees wine region looked promising for a while, until I found out that Spanish varietals are more the thing there than French ones. I considered going to Louis Vuitton and buying a bag to drive around for the two weeks, but if I could afford that, I wouldn't be test driving a spanky new car, I'd own one. Clearly this is going to need a bit more thought and planning. I'm going to try my hardest to make sure I drive somewhere wearing a stripey top and beret, with at least one baguette thrown in for good measure, by Sunday at the latest.So, to my non-French status report.
Day one - the American experience, or how I learned to love infinite spaceI'm a Costco afficionado. Seriously, I love the place. I know there's absolutely no reason why a person needs to buy mayonaise in two kilo jars, but that hasn't stopped me so far. The only problem we normally have with Costco shops is you can't fit a lot in the back of a Vectra hatch, especially with car seat restraints and a stroller in there. Enter the Picasso. We managed to get $450 worth of bulk groceries in the back, with room for plenty more. The boot space alone has won me over. The rear row of seats folds down ever so easily, meaning if you're a family of five or less, you'll never be stuck for space again. And even if you do need to fit seven people in there, the roof rails mean you can stick a rhino rack up top licketty split. I think I'm starting to lean towards big cars...
Day three - childcare drop offSome days I wonder if our entire suburb is subject to a covenant relating to SUVs. Most day care drop off mornings involve me trying to see past a behemoth from inside my much lower car. Same deal goes at the shopping centre, where reversing out of parks is more than a little hit and miss due to gigantic vehicles all around me. Not in the Picasso though. The visibility is amazing. From the massive windscreen to the high driving position, you feel like you can see to the horizon from up there. In fact, on the first day, I felt a bit like I was in a minvan. Now I've adjusted, and I don't know how I'm going to feel going back to the low car.
Day four - winter in Cheltenham is coldDespite the daffodils in my garden, Spring feels a long way off at the moment. And the past weekend was particularly wintery. Lucky for us, the Picasso has heated seats and climate control, so our trip to icy Cheltenham was done in complete comfort. Heated seats are so good they should be fitted as standard in any car sold and registered in the Southern states. (As a former North Queenslander, I'd like to see cooled seats in the Northern states. Anyone else think there' a market for that?) Climate control is pretty close to awesome, too. I set the temperature to a delightful 25 degrees, Mr Nicolei set his to 18, and in the back seat, the boys were able to control the fans themselves. This set up could facilitate family harmony in a whole new way.
So that's it from me so far. More updates after I've turned Francophile.


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The 5-year-old in question is my granddaughter, Mattea, who lives in Minnesota, a state that, despite the reputation it has gained from Garrison Keillor of public radio's "Prairie Home Companion," is not one gigantic Lutheran congregation made up of small-town folks. In fact, it's a pretty cosmopolitan place.
One of the reasons for that is that Minnesotans have sponsored the immigration of refugees from around the world, something I'm rather grateful for, since one of those refugees is Mattea's father. In addition, her Japanese-born aunt and an adopted cousin, also born in Japan, live in Minnesota, along with a lot of Somalis, Hmongs from Indochina and others.
It was in that context that Mattea, a born talker — she is, after all, my granddaughter — who is fond of showing off her verbal abilities, held forth on the subject of language after listening to some kids' songs sung in Spanish. The multi-lingual moment led Mattea to inform her mother, "Kana (the cousin) speaks Japanese, Daddy speaks Cambodian, Arun (her brother) and I speak American, and Mommy, you speak Wyomin'."
Now, I hasten to point out that Mattea hasn't quite gotten the hang of geography as yet. She's apparently under the impression that, once you leave Rochester, Minn., you've left America, so Wyomin' — she always pronounces it that way — is a different country.
Five-year-old perceptions aside, my granddaughter's observation contains a kernel of truth. There is a difference between Wyomin' and what they speak in Minnesota or any other state, for that matter. Most differences are minor, and you can talk to Minnesotans all day without noticing them, but sometimes regional variations can lead to funny situations.
I remember once answering the phone and, before I got the receiver adjusted to my ear, heard someone say "Hello, Dan," to which I responded that he must have the wrong number.
"Isn't this Dan Amend?" the voice asked, at which point I recognized the voice of Marvin, a recent immigrant from Chicago, and realized he was asking for me.
On another occasion, I remember the confused look on the face of a colleague who was wearing some rather colorful footwear when Marvin asked him where he got those "sacks."
I suppose I should have been tuned into my friend's Midwestern dialect, since I lived with a mother who was from Chicago, but I don't remember her talking that way — possibly because she actually learned to talk further east, in Pennsylvania. I do remember my Wyoming-raised dad ribbing her about some of her pronunciation, though. She, for example, always put a letter into an "on-velope" for mailing, rather than an "en-velope."
If Wyomin' is a different language, though, like other languages, it has some regional variations. When I went to UW, I noticed differences in the slang expressions or the way particular words and expressions were received by students from different parts of the state. The differences were most pronounced by those from the southwestern part of the state, where, coincidently, I found myself teaching a few years later. I can't remember any specific examples, but I remember occasions when I used what I thought was a common expression, was greeted by blank faces and had to take several minutes to clarify what I meant. I also had to learn to avoid a few expressions—"fiddling around" was one of them — that apparently had a somewhat different meaning to the kids than they did to me.
Well, in reality, Wyoming would have to wall itself off from the world for at least three or four hundred years of linguistic evolution for Wyomin' to qualify as a different language. Still, there are real differences, and even someone as young as Mattea might notice them. Personally, I noticed one obvious difference between Wyomin' and Minnesotan in her original comment.
Have you ever heard anyone in Wyoming actually say "Wyomin' in everyday speech? Unless a guy is singing "Cowboy Joe" or pretending to be a cowboy for the tourists, nobody in Wyoming habitually drops the g when they say Wyoming.
Wyomin' must be from a different language — maybe Minnesotan.


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In my never ending quest to prove that getting drunk can be good for you, I decided to steal borrow the pedometer from Stu, Tiffany, & Jimbo and conduct a little experiment at the Kegger last Friday. Usually they use this thing to find out who can pump their fist the most times in a minute, or some other stupid stunt like that. (4orty won that one, by the way. He clicked off something like 90 strokes in 30 seconds. Apparently he's been practicing). It's actually designed to count your steps, and as the Promotions Director here, I take A LOT of 'em on Kegger day. I decided to find out just how many…
The day started at 7AM when I strapped that sucker to my shoe. From there it was trips to the roof, up and down stairs, and all over the parking lot while we setup. Then the fun began at 4PM, and I spent the entire Kegger trying to keep Stu from drinking all the beer and Doodlebop and Creepy from boring everybody with conversations about Star Wars and Pokemon.
The party was awesome as always, but somebody had to clean up the aftermath before the boss came back on Monday. We don't need him wondering why it looks like a Budweiser tornado hit our parking lot. As you can imagine, killing 35 kegs of beer with 2,000 of your closest friends results in a lot of empty beer cups, and the last empties made it into the dumpster around 10PM.
And that leads us to the calculator. As you can see from the picture, the pedometer counted 21,714 steps from 7AM to 10PM. According to the military, a step is 30″, or 2.5 feet. So…. in 15 hours I managed to walk 9.9 miles. Indisputable evidence that KCAL Keggers are good exercise, and therefore good for you! Regretfully, I don't think it's enough to counteract the damage to my liver, but I'm going to count this one as a WIN anyway.
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trueBerkshire Hathaway Inc. faces opposition to the re-election of directors from CalSTRS, Florida State Board of Administration and Trillium Asset Management, according to their proxy voting disclosures.
Barrick shareholders approve exec pay package
trueBarrick Gold Corp. shareholders ratified an executive compensation package with 80% of the vote despite opposition from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.
Boeing shareholders nix proposals
trueBoeing Co. shareholders rejected all shareholder proposals, including calls for an independent chairman and disclosure of lobbying payments and policy, according to preliminary results provide by company spokesman John Dern.