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Madame Tussaud's wax museum in London is displaying what has to be one of the most unique nativity scenes of all time. For starters, Joseph and Mary are portrayed by British soccer star David Beckham and his wife Victoria, formerly known as Posh Spice. The shepherds are actors Samuel L. Jackson and Hugh Grant and Comedy Central's Graham Norton. Australian disco hottie Kylie Minogue is the angel. British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Prince Philip and President George W. Bush are the three Wise Men. (Insert your own joke here.) Apparently, the Vatican and the Anglican Church are not amused, especially with a Spice Girl as the Virgin Mary. You gotta admit, its one of a kind.

This movie only covers the years when Hughes was in his twenties and thirties, before he went completely loony. DeNiro, Hoffman and Beatty would be way too old for the part.

The question may not be whether Bonds will have an asterisk next to his name in the record book but whether he will be indicted for perjury for lying to a grand jury.

I haven't heard this one in years, but I used to love it when I was a kid, which was a long time ago. I broke my bat on Johnny's head; Somebody snitched on me. I hid a frog in sister's bed; Somebody snitched on me. I spilled some ink on Mommy's rug; I made Tommy eat a bug; Bought some gum with a penny slug; Somebody snitched on me. Oh, I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas Mommy and Daddy are mad. I'm getting nuttin' for Christmas 'Cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad. I put a tack on teacher's chair somebody snitched on me. I tied a knot in Susie's hair somebody snitched on me. I did a dance on Mommy's plants climbed a tree and tore my pants Filled the sugar bowl with ants somebody snitched on me. So, I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas Mommy and Daddy are mad. I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas 'Cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad. I won't be seeing Santa Claus; Somebody snitched on me. He won't come visit me because Somebody snitched on me. Next year I'll be going straight; Next year I'll be good, just wait I'd start now, but it's too late; Somebody snitched on me. So you better be good whatever you do 'Cause if you're bad, I'm warning you, You'll get nuttin' for Christmas.

snopes.com This one has been around for a few years. I'm just no fun at all, am I?

Interesting. Looks a lot like this submarine control room exhibit at the Smithsonian, doesn't it? Oops.

A Palestinian woman named Safa Omar gave birth to twins on November 12 and named them Yasser and Arafat. Lucky kids.

I think Gwyneth Paltrow's daughter is named Apple. Nothing beats Moon Unit and Dweezil Zappa, however.

My question is what ever possessed her to name the boy "Phinnaeus?" I'd hate to be that kid when he gets to school.

If "torrid sex scenes" means Alex and his babe rolling around, hissing and spitting at each other like two cats in heat, I guess this movie did have that. It was more ridiculous than hot. The homosexual stuff was mostly implied, Alex and his good buddy talking about it and hugging a lot but nothing else. Mostly this movie is just unbelievably boring. It seemed like every minute of three hours long, or even longer. The battle scenes are exciting, but the rest of it is lousy. Angelina Jolie should get some kind of award for overacting, and she never seems to age one day between the time Alex is born and when he's thirty years old. Did they have botox back then? The worst character is Alexander himself. He's a complete dweeb. You can't imagine him being able to lead men across the road let alone conquer all the "known world." What a waste. Alexander's philosophy of conquering other countries "for their own good" was kind of interesting considering current events.

"Those getting a notice appear will still be allowed to present any defferment they might have. So anyone attending college, or working in industry, or any doctor, etc; is automatically protected. Then they are examined medically to screen out anyone with any pre-existing medical conditions. The sick, lame, crazy, students and professionals are exempted." That 1-S student deferrment ended in 1971. I remember because that was the year I became eligible for an all-expense paid trip to southeast Asia, courtesy of my Uncle Sam. The rule then was that if your number came up, you could finish the semester before you had to report but that was all. The guy across the hall from me in my dorm got his notice and was at Fort Jackson at the end of the semester. I don't believe that rule has ever been changed.

Ahh, the power of Cheese.

Ron Artest just doesn't get it. Talking to Matt Lauer on the "Today" show this morning, he said he wished the incident had never happened and he thought the suspension was too harsh. He never did he was sorry that he charged into the stands and attacked the first fan he could get his hands on, whether he was one that threw the cup or not. He did manage to plug his new CD three times during the interview. It's obviously all about him. This guy should have to try getting a real job.

Ron Artest will have plenty of time to promote his rap album since he won't be playing any more basketball this season. What's interesting is that Artest didn't retaliate against Ben Wallace who shoved him to start this whole mess, but he felt like he had to go into the stands after a fan who threw a cup at him to "defend himself." Right. Stephen Jackson is lucky he didn't get a longer suspension for going into the stands too and just whaling away on anybody he could reach. Jermaine O'Neal didn't even leave the court but he still decked that idio fan who didn't seem to be doing anything but running his mouth. That moron should be grateful that O'Neal's foot slipped when he threw the punch or he might be in the city morgue right now. Then a British soccer game broke out and it got really ugly. I wouldn't be surprised if the police charge Artest with assault for what he did.

Officer Obie: The late William Obanhein, police chief of Stockbridge, Massachusetts. He played himself in the movie.

I thought Harvard vs Yale was "The Game." :D-->

Sometimes a grilled cheese sandwich is just a grilled cheese sandwich. ;)-->

Truth is indeed stranger than fiction. My question is what makes the guy think this is the Virgin Mary? Looks more like Marlene Dietrich to me. I guess the Virgin Mary sells better.

It was a typical case of American blind justice, and there wasn't nothing Obie could do about it. They gave this woman six years to clean this up before they finally arrested her? That shows remarkable restraint on the part of the authorities. I don't think they should have given her a year to do it. I don't know how it is there, but where I live, you have to take your garbage to the curb to have the city pick it up. You can have 1000 garbage cans in your driveway and they won't touch them.

The local tv news here did a story about this just yesterday. They found 512 registered sex offenders in this county and mapped out where they all lived. Not surprisingly, the vast majority were in low income areas, but certainly not all of them. Curious, I checked out the registry and found there were 12 listed in my zip code and three of them are on the same cul-de-sac, not too far from where I live, and two of those are women. It isn't just men you have to watch out for.

I had a worse experience than that. Britney Spears, Harry Potter, Ozzie Osbourne, Johnny Damon, Dr. Octopus, the Hulk, Sponge Bob, Bart Simpson and George W. Bush all came to my door last night. Now THAT'S scary!!!

Not as good as the book, but still the best movie about high school sports I've ever seen. It really shows how a whole town can become obsessed with a high school team. If you're not a sports fan, you might not care for it because there is a lot of football action in it, the most realistic I've ever seen in a movie. If you've ever been on the sidelines of a high school fottball game you'll know this movie gets it right. No Hollywood sports movie cliches, no happily-ever-after ending, but very true to life. Check it out.

Michael Chiklis in his "Thing" suit. It's clobberin' time!!

On October 3rd, "over a thousand people participated in the anniversary celebration held at the headquarters of The Way Ministry, and nearly four thousand more joined in on phone lines from around the world." In addition to what surely must have been some awesome teachings by the Board of Directors of The Way International, were several "dynamic productions of singing and dancing." To check these out, take a look at theway.com and go to "Current News." Be sure to check out the one called "How Many Do You Know?" It rocks.

I wouldn't say Kerry exactly "side stepped" the question. The question was about "strong women" not specifically wives and daughters. This is from the debate transcript: