So the other day we're having dinner with Rich and Cherry Rosenthal and Rich asks who's the actor who played Jake Ryan in the movie Sixteen Candles? I immediately say "Judd Nelson" it has to be Judd Nelson, all cleaned up before his famous work in Breakfast Club. I even went so far as to stupidly bet $10 on it.
I say stupidly because just last year I lost $20 to my boss in a Gloria Estafan/DeBarge kerfuffle but that's a story for another day.
This past weekend Sixteen Candles comes on one of the random cable channels and low and behold - clearly NOT Judd Nelson. What was I thinking?
If it wasn't Judd Nelson, then who the hell was it? Turns out it was some guy named Michael Schoeffling. Apparently this was his big moment. He went on to do some other clunker movies but was never cast again. So he moved to Northern Pennsylvania where he had two kids and now makes hand crafted furniture. Just in case you ever wanted to know that.
I have spent the majority of the weekend alone while John was at work all weekend and I've had a lot of time to think (while supervising the new dog of course). Here are some things that I really like:
There is not one flaw in her skin. She is flawless. I happen to know this shot has not been photo-shopped, according to the source which I trust. How does Dita do it?
NAPLES (Reuters) - Ballot stuffing took on a new meaning in Italy's parliamentary election on Sunday when a man ate his ballot paper in protest at the country's politicians.
Police in Naples said they had charged the 41-year-old
businessman with destroying election materials. He said all
Italian politicians and politics "are crap" and that he was
protesting "against the system."
Today ain't the greatest birthday I've ever had.
I seem to have injured my back and it kills to get up from my chair or sit down in it.
I have economics class tonight - the kind of economics class that only a nerd school like Carnegie Mellon can make really really hard.
Apparently the new dog has been dragging food off the counter tops in the kitchen and pissing John off.
Chelsey Clinton is on campus today.
What else could go wrong?
Then I read that the country of Bhutan (apparently a Himalayan nation) has a king named Jigme Wangchuck. How cool is that? Do all of these mythical Bhutan people have silly names? Hoggy Zipperlou is the Minister of Chocolate and Buggy Thugburp runs the Department of Upside-down Flying Underpants!
But seriously, it appears that good ole' Jiggy Wangchuck married 4 SISTERS: Yangdön, Pem, Wangmo and Sangay. I guess Jigme likes to get his groove on, if you're into that kind of thing:
The dinner parties they host must be really awkward. You go Jiggy... more power to you boy. Nice paper mache boots. Thanks for salvaging my birthday mood with your wacky outfits, adorable names and off the charts libido.
This is Sol. A special delivery from Animal Friends. His eyes don't light up like different colored Christmas lights in real life! That's just the magic of flash photography.
He is 2 (they think) and his formal given name and title is Commodore Solomon Q. Troublepants, Esq. I made that up, the pound was calling him Salk. Any of you Pittsburghers should know who that is...
