I watched the new video for Pretty Vegas by the new-look INXS featuring the winner of Rockstar:INXS JD Fortune. I can say that he does look much younger than the rest of the band. And since the video focuses a lot on him, it does not feel like INXS.
The music is quite unlike INXS. I can’t spot the exact difference, but there is something weird about the song. I like the song by itself, but as an ‘INXS’ song, I am not sure.
Anyway, it will be interesting how JD turns out this year for INXS, and more interestingly, what will the next Rockstar be like? One thing is for sure - Brooke Burke will be back ;-)
So much for her winning her first match. A disappointing end to Sania’s run at the Australian Open as a seed. She seems to have lost quite badly, especially looking at the scores.
Hmph. Good bye Sania. Looking forward to the French.
Long long time ago, I had mentioned about Sudoku, and later I even managed to solve it online. Of course, after that I have managed to solve the medium and hard levels and I sometimes time myself on the easy just for kicks.
It has been a long time since I worked on it online. This morning I took it up in the airlines magazine. I must say, offline sudoku is tough. I had a pencil with an eraser and trust me, I erased a lot. Strangely, I erased more in the ‘easy’ grid. In fact I solved one easy, one medium and one hard. I could not solve (not in time at least) one easy grid!
Anyway, the fun thing about it is that by the time I take the flight on Friday evening, I would have forgotten the grids so I can potentially solve it all over again! I will at least try to get that ‘easy’ one out of the way. Till then, it is going to bug me that I could not solve the easy one.
As I was waiting for my flight from the Bay Area to San Diego in the Southwest ‘A’ line, I noticed that a young Marine walked up and went behind me in the line. Actually, there was one other person behind me and the Marine was behind that person.
When the boarding announcement was made and the line started moving, the gentleman behind me asked the Marine to go ahead of him, and then, the lady in front of me asked him to go ahead of her too!
Now, I understand that he is doing something brave and bold by enlisting himself in the Marines. I also understand that he is serving the country and it is a huge honor.
But I would not have let him go ahead just because he is a Marine. I let ladies go ahead of me if we were at the line at the same time. I would let elders go ahead of me regardless. I would let ladies take my seat if I was sitting and they were standing (not applicable to planes of course). I would let elders take my seat.
But armed forces? No. Why should I? I don’t think I am insulting them but I am just trying to make a point that they are honorable but not so much that you let them take your seat or take your place in lines.
One of the longer running test batting records is now under threat. Vinoo Mankad’s and Pankay Roy’s opening partnership of 413 in 1955/56 is now under threat from none other than India’s Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid. At 403 for no loss, they are only 10 runs away from that record.
It is quite strange because Dravid is not an opener, and Sehwag was not one till he got settled into that spot. Even though Sehwag has stated that this is not a permanent arrangement (and rightly so), this match will raise certain questions about the batting order.
Why was Dravid the ‘sacrificial’ one? Why did he have to be the opener-interim and not anyone else like Lax, Yuvi, Sachin or Ganguly? Sachin and Ganguly especially because they have opened in one dayers.
Oh well. What this test has proved is that draws are still possible in test matches. What a flatbed pitch this one is. Stoopid.
Reggie Bush followed Lendale White out of USC and into the NFL bypassing their senior season.
Good luck to both of them in whatever role they get in the NFL. I am sad that the USC backfield is truly completely empty now compared the last season and some serious doubts come to my mind about how we will perform next year.
But this is not the time to think about USC’s loss, but to think about NFL’s gain. All of a sudden you see a whole bunch of USC Trojans in the NFL performing well. Lofa Tatupu, Carson Palmer, Troy Polamalu, Keary Colbert, Willie McGinest, Brian Kelly, etc. were all in the playoffs.
I am sure Thunder and Lightning will cause many ripples in the NFL next year.
Wow, I did not realize that the website was pulled off too! That was really quick. Why would they do that? Maybe their message boards were bombarded by fans of the show? If that was the case, dammit, keep the show!
I don’t want to see Skating with Celebrities. Show Reunion. Who murdered Sam? We won’t know. :-(
Looks like it was a good week for USC. Here’s why:
1. Unless you have been living under a rock (or maybe outside California, which is the same thing ;-) ), you know that USC lost the National Championship defense at the Rose Bowl.
2. Carson Palmer made a fabulous throw on the second play for Cincinnati in their first post-season appearance since 1990 (?) and a second later what he felt was painful even on TV! The lineman fell on Palmer’s knee and the way it bent was just excruciating to watch on TV.
3. Troy Polamalu gave up a 15-yard penalty for unsporsmanlike conduct which made coach Cowher to talk about composure in the game.
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I like Google Suggest which he gives a thumbs sideways. Also, I have still not used MyWeb 2.0 to the extent that I will love it. I don’t use social bookmarking the way the world seems to be using it.
And thanks to him, I will not be installing Google Pack even to try it out. I have Picasa2 already and am happy with that and the Google Toolbar.
I just saw the press conference tidbits, but bottomline is that Vince Young is leaving Texas one year early and going to go to the NFL.
I think it is a good move for him. His stock is quite high at this point and there are a few teams that can use him at QB. I don’t know if he will go ahead of Leinart, but he can easily go to the Titans.
If that happens, it will be weird. It will be the second year in a row that Norm Chow will have the USC’s opposing QB from the National Championship game, after Jason White from last year. Such is life.
But more importantly, USC may actually start at #2 next season. Especially given the blockbuster recruits they signed yesterday.
I don’t want to read about how well Vince Young played, about how Mack Brown is a master, about how the Texas defense stepped up, about how the USC offense could not bring it this evening, all of it.
Need to be off the media for a week at least. And time to focus on other things.
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Tip of the hat big time to Vince Young. Played like a true stud. Won the game single-handedly for Texas. How about that 4th and 5 scramble for the game-winning TD? Oh man. He is unbelievable.
I had seen a couple of his game before this one, but this was the best.
He should not come back to Texas and go for the NFL. His stock would have shot up big time after this game.
Reggie Bush should know how a momentum change can swing the game away or towards a team. His lateral caused a turnover which could easily have been a TD in one or two plays.
Instead that fumble put his confidence out, he had to take that egg off his face, and the Longhorns got the momentum swing they wanted.
