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Silly Brain Candy: Ru Paul's Drag Race

Last night I didn't feel like going out (as opposed to my husband who went to watch the seemingly-never-ending NCAA basketball tournament which I had no desire to see) and was set to watch the film "Capote" as I just finished by third book about the good Mr. Truman . . .  so I poured myself a glass of wine and flipped on the telly and all my good intentions were promptly waylaid by RuPaul, the nearly 7-foot-tall dragqueen extraordinaire.  I always liked RuPaul - he has this sweet giggly gentleness about him in addition to him being absolutely fierce (and I love that I do believe he was the FIRST celeb to model for VivaGlam, the lipstick by Mac that has raised funds for persons with HIV/AIDS). 

RuPaul is hosting his own reality-show "RuPaul's Drag Race " - where a number of ferosh competitors battle it out to be the new super-Queeny Drag Queen.   It was absolutely amazing watching the transformations, the lip-sync battles (RuPaul has the bottom two competitors do a lip-sync-off and says on each episode:  "You better lip-sync for your life!"), the bitchiness, and, of course, the outfits!!   So there I was, 4 hours later, dazed by the sequins and lashes and gowns and hairdos, when my husband came back home.   A happy evening, indeed!   You can see RuPaul's Drag Race on Logo, or you can also catch it on VH1.    

Brilliant: The new Vanity Fair Cover spoof

No need for commentary other than to say - mmmmmm, so sexy!  On that note - have a wonderful weekend! 

Silliest Movie Line Ever

My husband and I are watching various movies today . . . and we've been giggling about ridiculous movie lines.  So my contender is from Kevin Costner's "The Postman" -- do you remember this line?  I remember seeing it in a preview, and it was indelibly stamped into my memory.  I couldn't stop laughing at how completely ludicrous it was . . . and not surprisingly, I never saw the movie (apparently lots of people didn't, either).

Okay, here it is:  "You're nothing but a drifter that found a bag of mail." 

Ha!

Fun Factoid about Jam

Fun fact:  not only is Nostradamus considered a prophet, in light of his publication of "Centuries" in 1555, in which he made over 900 predictions "written in four-line stanzas of such impenetrably enigmatic language that nobody could say for sure exactly what they meant.  There was, however, a distinct air of impending catastrophe about his verses,"  but he also was a jam-maker!!   Yes, that's right --  Nostradamus is also the author of Facon et maniere de fair des confitures, "a jam-making manual that is undoubtedly his more cheerful literary effort."   Who knew?   It certainly makes his legend seem less  dark and foreboding.  The source of this information and the quotations:  Provence A to Z by Peter Mayle (Knopf, 2007).