Here’s Lady with “Twerk” to kick-off your Wednesday, or any day.
for E.
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in fabulosity, gorgeousness, hooray, music, stuff I like, ya gotta love itFrom the category archives:
hooray
I’ve got to give it up for Chaz Bono. Man, he’s got a lot of balls. The first transsexual to appear on “Dancing with the Stars.” There’s a claim to fame for the ages. Forget about being Cher’s son and former daughter, he’s on his own here.
He took his difference and made it real for him, doing what he needed to do for his happiness, taking all the criticism from types who don’t like that sort of thing and make it known.
No matter, Chaz persisted, despite his bad knees and critics, his abundant avoirdupois no impediment to his not-so-quick quickstep… well, hardly any.
Here’s to the courage of Chaz, a real transformer performer, an example to all those with desires that are troublesome for some, but who just go on and do the work they’re here to do.
Bravo, mister.
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The sun shines on Spain’s happiest bride, Cayetana, Duchess of Alba, whose radiance on her wedding day made even the most hardened observer slightly harder.
Just look at that pure joy! This was just after they said “I do.” Doesn’t it just make you melt?
After the ceremony, the not-so-blushing bride kicked up… er, shuffled on the dance floor in an exuberant display of octogenarian glee.
Outside of the palace, vendors sold souvenirs in her likeness.
Precioso!
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It’s a beautiful day in Seville, where approximately 50 people will gather in the chapel of the Duchess of Alba’s 15th Century Palacio de las Duenas to witness her marriage to former civil servant Alfonso Diez, 61.
Crowds have gathered outside the palace, where designers of the duchess’ secret wedding dress made their way through a crowd of reporters. Photos will be released by the palace after the ceremony.
Meanwhile, a brisk business in wedding souvenirs included sales of t-shirts, badges, masks, wigs (!), and dolls in her likeness.
The duchess, 85 and twice widowed, is a strict Roman Catholic and said “that’s why I am marrying for a third time.” To appease her children, she gave them their inheritance and had Alfie sign a solid prenup.
King Juan Carlos has given the marriage his blessing.
According to a Spanish gossip site, guests will enjoy Spanish and British-inspired dishes including gazpacho, rice with spicy lobster, beef Wellington and rice pudding, and I suppose, Ensure martinis.
The couple is expected to honeymoon with a trip to the living room.
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Oh, look who it is! It’s retired magicians/animal enthusiasts Siegfried and Roy, lured from their Las Vegas lair to do the honorary keg tapping at the Hofbrauhaus Las Vegas’ 8th annual Oktoberfest, and Siegfried wore his lederhosen!
Roy nearly died after being injured by a tiger on his 59th birthday, October 3, 2003, during their act at the Mirage.
It’s nice to see them up and about.
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in can you believe it?, fabulosity, hooray, legends, unfortunate
The Lord Baltimore Hotel in its Art Deco glory, as it stood at 31st and Collins Avenue in Miami Beach… below as it appears today.
Look at that! It’s still there! It’s no longer a hotel and the marquee is gone, but it’s there!
Another happy ending for Real Gone Places.
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in Real Gone Places, architecture, hooray, stuff I like
Delicious lobster sandwich, made fresh in the heart of beautiful downtown Burbank. Mmmmm!
Photo by Miss O.
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in Chexy's Objects, food, hooray
A magnificent US Post Office at the corner of Washington and 13th in Miami, an Art Deco facade with gorgeous murals inside… today it’s…
still there!
It’s not a real gone place at all! Hooray! Some things survive!
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in Real Gone Places, hooray, stuff I like, white buildings
“Besieged Libyan leader Mohammar Gadhafi at a UN appearance last year, and tormented stooge Shemp Howard.
So alike, and yet only one pretended to be an idiot.”
That was my post in September of 2009. It’s taken another two years to get rid of Mo, and he’s not quite gone yet. But soon.
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Sukanya Roy, 14, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania is the winner of the 2011 Scripps National Spelling Bee, held in Oxon Hills, Maryland.
The last seven words she spelled included:
| preux | ||
| sangsue | ||
| lekane | ||
| naumkeag | ||
| orgeat | ||
| periscii | ||
| cymotrichous |
Back to the crossword puzzle.
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