Rainbow
I made 'em

I made 'em

I wish I could be where troubles melt like lemon drops...
- How I feel:
crushed
A suicide bomber attacks a police checkpoint in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least 10 people, officials say.
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That made me a little uncomfortable, considering Sarah's actually pregnant. I said I wasn't going to watch this season, but now I'm not sure.
- How I feel:
lazy
Victoria Beckham takes son Brooklyn on a trip to poverty-stricken U.S. town... and gives football lessons to poor children
Victoria Beckham spoke out about childhood poverty today after taking her eldest son to visit some of the poorest children in America. The former Spice Girl and 10-year-old Brooklyn engaged in a number of activities run by the Save the Children charity during a two-day trip to Clay County, in the state of Kentucky. Beckham said the visit had shown her the need for all children to have an equal start in life and helped her son learn about the responsibilities of his generation. The mother-of-three and Brooklyn took part in a number of programmes last week, including teaching football, reading to toddlers and providing literacy and nutrition tools to parents on home visits.
David Beckham takes style lead from Jedward with bizarre shaved quiff
Has David Beckham started taking his style lead from Jedward? The footballer appeared to be channelling the X Factor twins when he stepped out for last night's LA Galaxy match in California last night. A bizarre combination of a mohawk and a quiff, the new hairstyle was attracting as much attention as his goal-scoring skills at the game against Houston Dynamo. And despite helping his team to a 2-0 win in the Major League Soccer match, it was the footballer's hair that was the talk off-pitch.
Hair today: Victoria Beckham with her tousled 'Pob' at Heathrow airport yesterday
I'm beginning to think that this may be one of those Oscar derbies in which the front-runner is really behind us and everybody, at this place on the track and the calendar, is looking at the wrong horses. Remember those years when pre-autumn releases "Annie Hall," "Braveheart" and "Gladiator" came trotting back, triumphant, into the derby after late-year releases tripped up?
Yes, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" is a front-runner, one of several, and will nab nominations for best picture, director, screenplay, actress and supporting actress. I think it's guaranteed of at least one win: Gabourey Sidibe for best actress. Probably Mo'Nique for supporting actress too, but there's room for an upstart victory here. However, I think "Precious" may be too small of an art-house flick to WIN best picture, and I don't think it's going to have the kind of widespread support across the academy's tech branches that's usually needed to win best picture.
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Yes, Christoph Waltz for Best Supporting Actor, please!
President Obama says the US welcomes a strong, prosperous China on the world stage and "does not seek to contain it".
New claims of abuse by the UK military in Iraq do not warrant a public inquiry, the Armed Forces Minister Bill Rammell says.
Former Italian left-wing radical Cesare Battisti is on hunger strike in a Brazilian prison as part of a protest to stop his possible extradition to Italy.
Venetians have been taking part in a mock funeral procession to highlight the city's dwindling population.
Dear Sir:
No, there is no one here who can mount your scope and bore sight your gun. No, this does not mean that there's no one here running the gun counter -- I'm running the gun counter, and can pretty much do everything but. No, I don't know how to mount your scope and bore sight your gun. No, I can't let you behind the counter so you can do it yourself. The liability concerns are enormous. No, I can't let you "talk me through it." Yes, I know I should learn how to do scope mounts. But I'd rather have one of my co-workers teach me, and I know corporate feels the same way. See, this is that whole liability thing again.
Sir, if you have the tools and the ability to do this at home, why are you here?
No, I can't just let you use the tools. No, I can't let you "talk me through it." No, really, I can't. Are you sure you don't want to just do this at home? Really sure? Since you've mentioned several times now that you know what you're doing and own your own tools for this?
Sir, let me just call CompetitorStore and see if they've still got someone mounting scopes. Sir, it looks like the Amazing Randi [note: Amazing Randi used to work for my store. People still come in looking for him, and leave when we tell them that he's with the competitor. He is, apparently, that Amazing.] will be there to mount your scope for you. No, really, you're better off having him do it than "talking me through it." I promise you, I don't know what I'm doing, and you really don't want me messing about with your gun three days before the rifle openener. Yes, Amazing Randi knows what he's doing. This is why he's the Amazing Randi. Go. Let him help you.
No, you can't just "talk me through it." Yes, I'm sure. Go talk to Randi now. Okay. Bye-bye.
[A note of possible interest: The next day, Amazing Randi came into our store to say hello, and I asked what had happened with "Talk You Through It" guy. Apparently he was at CompetitorStore until well after closing, arguing with Randi over whether or not he needed a particular set of rings, and whether or not he could use a certain scope, and just really didn't know at all what he was talking about. Some hours later, "Talk You Through It" guy was back in my store, arguing with our gun guy about the same rings and the same scope. He left in a huff, announcing that he was going to ThirdCompetitorSomeDistanceAway, where he will no doubt get into the same argument with their gun guy, and the cycle will repeat itself. Good thing I didn't let him "talk me through" anything.]
No, there is no one here who can mount your scope and bore sight your gun. No, this does not mean that there's no one here running the gun counter -- I'm running the gun counter, and can pretty much do everything but. No, I don't know how to mount your scope and bore sight your gun. No, I can't let you behind the counter so you can do it yourself. The liability concerns are enormous. No, I can't let you "talk me through it." Yes, I know I should learn how to do scope mounts. But I'd rather have one of my co-workers teach me, and I know corporate feels the same way. See, this is that whole liability thing again.
Sir, if you have the tools and the ability to do this at home, why are you here?
No, I can't just let you use the tools. No, I can't let you "talk me through it." No, really, I can't. Are you sure you don't want to just do this at home? Really sure? Since you've mentioned several times now that you know what you're doing and own your own tools for this?
Sir, let me just call CompetitorStore and see if they've still got someone mounting scopes. Sir, it looks like the Amazing Randi [note: Amazing Randi used to work for my store. People still come in looking for him, and leave when we tell them that he's with the competitor. He is, apparently, that Amazing.] will be there to mount your scope for you. No, really, you're better off having him do it than "talking me through it." I promise you, I don't know what I'm doing, and you really don't want me messing about with your gun three days before the rifle openener. Yes, Amazing Randi knows what he's doing. This is why he's the Amazing Randi. Go. Let him help you.
No, you can't just "talk me through it." Yes, I'm sure. Go talk to Randi now. Okay. Bye-bye.
[A note of possible interest: The next day, Amazing Randi came into our store to say hello, and I asked what had happened with "Talk You Through It" guy. Apparently he was at CompetitorStore until well after closing, arguing with Randi over whether or not he needed a particular set of rings, and whether or not he could use a certain scope, and just really didn't know at all what he was talking about. Some hours later, "Talk You Through It" guy was back in my store, arguing with our gun guy about the same rings and the same scope. He left in a huff, announcing that he was going to ThirdCompetitorSomeDistanceAway, where he will no doubt get into the same argument with their gun guy, and the cycle will repeat itself. Good thing I didn't let him "talk me through" anything.]
Lindsay Lohan fled a nightclub in tears after a confrontation with her ex- gal pal, Courtenay Semel, who has begged her to go to rehab.
The starlet stormed out of Brittny Gastineau's birthday party at Crown Bar in Los Angeles Wednesday night after coming face-to-face with Semel, who dated Lohan in 2007 but recently asked her to seek help.
A source said, "Everyone was trying to keep [Lohan and Semel] apart, especially since Courtenay is recently out of rehab and has pleaded with Lindsay to do the same.
"Everything was fine for a while, and Lindsay seemed happy, but then there was a confrontation when she came out of the bathroom, and she ran out in tears. Everyone fears she's on some kind of self-destructive collision course." Other guests at Gastineau's party included Jill Zarin, Nicole Murphy and Jamie Foxx.
A rep for Lohan said of her storming out, "That's news to me," while Semel's rep did not return calls.
Then, on Thursday night, despite pleas from her father, Michael Lohan, to go into rehab, Lindsay continued partying, joining up with Greek shipping heir Stavros Niarchos and staying out with him until 7 a.m. yesterday in LA.
Earlier in the night outside club Voyeur in Hollywood, she blasted her dad as an attention-seeker for releasing private recordings of her mother, Dina, sounding panicked about her condition. She told photographers, "Why don't you go find my dad, he's the one that wants the pictures," before heading to Niarchos' pad at about 2 a.m.
VIDEO: LOHAN SLAMS PAPA
Beverly Hills addiction counselor Marty Brenner told us, "Her dad is putting her in a scary situation. Getting her into rehab should be done quietly with love and respect, not by public criticism. He is just forcing her to rebel, and it's just a time bomb waiting to happen.
The starlet stormed out of Brittny Gastineau's birthday party at Crown Bar in Los Angeles Wednesday night after coming face-to-face with Semel, who dated Lohan in 2007 but recently asked her to seek help.
A source said, "Everyone was trying to keep [Lohan and Semel] apart, especially since Courtenay is recently out of rehab and has pleaded with Lindsay to do the same.
"Everything was fine for a while, and Lindsay seemed happy, but then there was a confrontation when she came out of the bathroom, and she ran out in tears. Everyone fears she's on some kind of self-destructive collision course." Other guests at Gastineau's party included Jill Zarin, Nicole Murphy and Jamie Foxx.

Then, on Thursday night, despite pleas from her father, Michael Lohan, to go into rehab, Lindsay continued partying, joining up with Greek shipping heir Stavros Niarchos and staying out with him until 7 a.m. yesterday in LA.
Earlier in the night outside club Voyeur in Hollywood, she blasted her dad as an attention-seeker for releasing private recordings of her mother, Dina, sounding panicked about her condition. She told photographers, "Why don't you go find my dad, he's the one that wants the pictures," before heading to Niarchos' pad at about 2 a.m.
VIDEO: LOHAN SLAMS PAPA
Beverly Hills addiction counselor Marty Brenner told us, "Her dad is putting her in a scary situation. Getting her into rehab should be done quietly with love and respect, not by public criticism. He is just forcing her to rebel, and it's just a time bomb waiting to happen.
Highlights:
- talks about how 300 was made and the different ways they thought he could say "This is Sparta!"
- how he got fired a week before qualifying to become a lawyer
- he wasn't actually supposed to play the role he does in Law Abiding Citizen. At the last moment, he switched.
- gives a shout out to two cops who pulled him over.
- Jonathan made Gerard introduce every guest in his 300 voice, so they were all introduced as "THIS IS *insert name here*". You can youtube those interviews and see them.
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He looks so good! I just wish the interview was longer.



