Hugh Hefners Girls

I always have mixed feelings of disdain and vague fascination when I hear stories of the Hef.

The H-Man is now 79 years old. In the last couple of years he rationalised his live in official girlfriends down from a group of 7, to a mere 3.

The #1 girl, Holly, is about 23 and is the top dog. She gets to share the Master Bedroom with the Hef full-time. The other two girls just get to visit there on demand.

The second tier girl, Bridget is now 31 and excpecting to get her marching orders soon, seeing as she and Mr Hef are practically in the same generation *insert rolleyes emoticon here*.

The number 3 gal is a very attractive 20 year old (surprise) blonde, but when interviewed she sees it all as a job "its better than flipping pizza" she says. When asked what their favorite things are about living in the Playboy Mansion, the other two girls say things like "Hef, cos he's funny" or the "such and such nite when we get together and have fun". Girl 3 however says her favourite nite is "Sunday nite because I get to watch sport in my room...alone".

The girls get an allowance of around $1500 US a week as well as all living and partying expenses paid. They also have an unlimited budget for beauty treatments. Its hard work though - they have to spend at least 4 hours per week at the hairdressers (not a millimeter of non-platinum hair will be tolerated so it seems). I really don't know if I could be bothered.

MetroNaps - The News on Napping

Great news for those of us that burn the midnight oil in cyberspace - Metro Naps may be coming to Australia.

Tucked away in the bustling Empire State building, Metronaps is possibly the quietest place you'll find in New York City.

Tired clients coollapse into futuristic looking pods (if I was Milo I'd be inserting a groovy looking piccy right about now ;) ). Once tucked in-pod, one can zone out for 25 mins -the perfect nap period according to sleep experts.

Our bodies are designed to nap each day, according to MetroNaps co-founder Arshad G Chowdury. I for one totally agree! I thrive on the power nap.

MetroNaps could be opening in Australia in the future (oh please please do!) - for more information see www. metronaps.com.

Hat tip - "Madison" February 2006

What is the Most Memorable Album cover ever?

I'm having a debate with someone about what is the most memorable album (visually) ever.

We both get Beatles albums - I say Sgt Peppers - he says Abbey Road. Also the Rolling Stones "Sticky Fingers" (featuring the tongue - when released the albums came with jeans on and a zipper you could undo).

Its not quite the same buying a CD for its artwork (bring back the record *sob*) but there must still be some distinctive modern albums out there.
What are your most memorable (not necessarily favourite) album covers?

Cringing at Andrew G interviewing Madonna

Watching "G" interview Madonna on the V Channel "Loving..." series this morning made me cringe to be (sort of) Australian.

I think G may have had some kind of boyish notion that he could sweep Madonna of her feet with his so called Aussie charm and fire a whole load of ordinary questions at her.

Madonna in return was cool as ice, managing the minutest of smiles at the end. I suspect she'd done a line of coke before she went in and wrote it down to an interview requiring 0 hours of preparation. She used the phrase "multi-tasking" in response to at least 3 different questions.

When they gave her her lines at the start she exclaimed "who wrote these!!"; In the opener they wanted her to say "Hi, I'm Madonna" (just in case someoone didn't know I guess). She pointed out that the Queen doesn't open a speech with "Hi I'm the Queen".

Madonna looked extremely thin though, and dare I say it - a little on the old side. I just don't know whats going on with that face, it looks nothing like the one from 10 years ago.

Why is Kate Ceberano still on TV?

Why is Kate Ceberano even on TV any more, she is sensationally annoying. After her shocking form on the X-Factor last year I would've thought she'd be sidelined to evening performances at the Zoo.

On Channel 9's "One hit Wonder" special tonight she insisted on singing nearly every song and jabbering on as only she does. Obviously she is frustrated for an audience to perfom to. Perhaps they should have a special on No Hit Wonders

Two 14 year old girls boast of killing disabled Sydney cabbie

This story absolutely sickens me to the core. What almost makes it worse is that they are girls, I mean normally we can blame males for nearly everything wrong in this life! But now here's living proof that there's sick young girls out there - apparently in court they appeared impassive and unremorseful and stood slouching with their hands in the pockets of their hooded tops.

Story follows, courtesy of CCH and AAP:

"SYDNEY, Feb 10 AAP - Two 14-year-old girls accused of murdering a disabled Sydney taxi driver had boasted to transit officers about killing him, a court was told today.

The teenage cousins are accused of repeatedly beating Youbert Hormozi, of Summer Hill, and leaving him to die in a darkened street at Canley Heights, in Sydney's south-west, on January 31.

The girls, of Liverpool and Canley Heights, are alleged to have stolen Mr Hormozi's mobile phone and taxi before dumping the car in nearby Bonnyrigg.

The 53-year-old divorced father of two, who had recently returned to work after a stroke, suffered massive head injuries and died on the way to Liverpool Hospital.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Graeme Wedge today told Lidcombe Childrens Court the girls had threatened two transit officers before their arrest on February 1.

"The girls said: 'Don't you know who we are? We are the girls who killed the taxi driver'," Sgt Wedge told the court.

He said they had then made death threats to the transit officers, who had asked the girls to present train tickets at Strathfield Station.

The girls have been charged with murder, aggravated robbery, stealing a motor vehicle, two counts of attempted robbery armed with an offensive weapon and one count of robbery with an offensive weapon.

Sgt Wedge today applied to the court for the girls to supply DNA evidence including mouth swabs, fingerprints and photographs to compare with evidence from the crime scene.

Magistrate John Crawford will make a decision on the application later today."

AAP

Crazy languages

They say to use mental hooks is a good way of remembering certain words when learning a new language. I recently read it suggested that the following connections might be made by the student.

In Spanish the word for pregnant is "embarazad" - the suggestion was made that you might think of a woman which is embarassed by her protruding belly as she walks the streets!! How dreadful!

Or in Russian the word for "often" is "tchyasta", it is suggested you might feature a young lady who when asked if she is chaste, answers, tchyasta. I'm not quite sure about the logic in that one!

Basic Russian Lesson #1

If you are an English speaking person you may find that learning Russian is a very difficult task - this language has many forms that do not exist in English. For example, many words that signify not live objects have word gender.

For example, "chair" in Russian is masculine but "stool" - feminine. Bedazzling, isn't it? It is quite common though in Russian that if a word ends with sound "-Ah" - it will be feminine and if a word ends with a consonant - then it is masculine.

However, this rule is not always true. Besides, to make things even messier, there is so called "middle" gender, non-masculine of feminine. For example, window and sun are of middle gender. How can you remember all this mess?

In many cases you have to memorize it by heart and only fall back for the rule described above if you don't know for sure what is the gender of this or that word.

Does anybody know French - L'Etoile

EDITED Sunday 11 Feb 06, see answer below...

I have been having a discussion tonight in relation to the French word for star - etoile.

I know etoille itself is a feminine word, however my french is getting a little rusty. Sometimes you see this word referred to as "mon etoile" however mon is masculine, I have also seen many references to "ma bonne etoile" which is feminine - confusing!

Can anyone shed light on which, if any of these are correct. Do some French nouns have the ability to gender bend?

RESPONSE - French Grammar lesson #1:

French nouns beginning with a vowel, such as etoile, will automatically take "mon" even where they are feminine nouns (although feminine nouns will take "ma" if an adjective is inserted in the middle) therefore both mon etoile and ma bonne etoile are correct.

This is because the French language doesn't like the jarred flow from vowel to vowel that would be created from a phrase such as "ma etoile" therefore it becomes "mon etoile instead.

Who is Your Celebrity Style Twin - Quiz!

Try this fun quiz, it tells you who your celebrity style-twin is!!

I got Jessica Simpson though, eek! . Lol, must be something to do with washing the car in denim hotpants, haha, sure.

The link is here:
http://ynr.blogthings.com/whosyourcelebritystyletwinquiz/

Sorry you'll have to cut and paste it into your browsers as I'm a bit of a techno-retard and cant get an operative link to post properly here.

Let us know who you get! And yes Milo I'm sure you'll get Dean Martin :)


Also another entertaining link - which celebrity do you most look like - you just need to upload a photo.

I got Tori Amos and River Phoenix, and Anne Frank!! gagh, lol.

URL: http://www.myheritage.com/FP/Company/celebrities.php?s=1&u=g0&lang=EN

Happy Playing!!

Brokenback Mountain

It had to happen - a spoof on the tear-jerker movie is already in production.

The film is set to star a pallid looking slightly overweight failed Australian politician, riding alongside a kiwi-born Ocker with a mighty big gob, clutching an Oscar.

The main plot depicts Crowe and Latham reeking havoc by tormenting the public with their camera and phone smashing sprees. The film ends with the pair undertaking a long brawly drinking session at Souths Leagues club, after which they ride down to Cronulla together assaulting cab drivers and singing TOFOG songs, singlehandedly terrifying rioters away for ever.