You probably

won't see me until Monday. I have much to do before Friday morning when I head to San Diego for Comicon. I'll be there in support of the animated show.

"Warner Bros. Animation presents a sneak peek at Legion of Su.pe.r H.ero.es, a new Sup.erm.an-themed half-hour adventure series"

It should be fun. I'm pretty sure I'll have stories to share.

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1. Has everyone seen Bianca's video? Man, what a let down. I mean she had me foaming at the mouth after the awards show; then they put together that crappy video. I swear these music video directors are getting away with robbery. Most of the videos you see today look like garbage meanwhile they're charging an arm and leg for their services. Back to Bianca. If anyone can help me understand why she was twirling around in the corn field I'd appreciate it much.

2. I had a mild conipption yesterday when I thought I'd lost one of my priced possesions - Lalah Hathaway's A Moment. I was cussing everybody out (in my head) who I thought had taken my CD. Shoot, I was about to start dialing fools' numbers. It took me 2 hours to figure out where I had placed it - inside of a notebook for protection after I removed it from my car disc changer. I get real serious about my music.

3. Is it me? Or, do you agree that Chris and Adrianne from My Fair B.ra.d.y have some of the silliest fights? I watched last week's episode and I just continued to marvel at how much they fought about nothing.

4. Ok, I neglected to share that the director of the live DVD recording I attended asked the singer to towel off because he was "perspirating." He said it not once but twice for all to hear. Oh, I pray he was asking for a 'do-over' in his head.

5. One of my buddies who is a psychiatrist called me last week to share that a colleague (male) had gotten beaten up by one of the patients (female). The patient told the colleague "i'm about to whip yo ass" after the colleague told the patient she would be denied phone access once admitted into the hospital. She moved toward him snatched his glasses off his face then commenced to beating his ass. My buddy said everyone at the hospital was privately laughing at colleague because he refused to defend himself and let the situation get out of control. This dude is over 6', 200+, in his mid 30's and he let a much smaller woman jump all over him. How 'bout the hospital made the colleague work the rest of his shift?

~Thespian Shawn out

Fade to Black

for the time being there will be no more updates posted here.

Pic

Why do pics taken on the sidekick2 always look so bad?

Treats

New treats I've found that you have to sample.

1. Zen Soy Chocolate Soy Pudding. It tastes like the real thing.

2. Trader Joe's Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies. All natural but they are by far the best tasting natural cookies I've ever sampled. They're better than Uncle Eddie's Vegan cookies if you're familiar with that brand

3. Trader Joe's Goji Berry Anti-oxidant Mix (dehydrated blueberries, cranberries, apricots and goji) Absolutely delicious.

4. Ralphs Grocery Store Bakery Praline Pecan Cookies. I can eat a dozen and still want more.

5. Silk Soy Yogurt Strawberry Banana. Mmm!

6. Soy Delicious Li'l Buddies - Mint Flavored. These Soy based ice cream sandwiches are scrumptious.

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Bruce Bowen of the San Antonio Spurs looks like Mr Potato Head. There I said it. You've been thinking the same thing. Tell me they don't look like brothers?

Bruce Bowen


Potato Head Bowen

Its Contagious

Speech disfluencies: are parts of speech which are not generally recognized as purposeful or containing formal meaning, usually expressed as pauses such as uh or er.

When I am watching interviews on various networks (most commonly ESPN) or listening to callers on the radio I am completely distracted by the disinfluencies I hear. I can't even focus on the points being made. I keep thinking why can't they spit it out? why do they keep saying umm, uh, etc so much?

Unfortunately, I have noticed that my own speech pattern is increasingly being filled with disinfluencies. Yikes!!! I really don't understand why that is. It's driving me crazy - I know that. I'll start speaking and the next I know I am I am stuck saying "uh..umm" grasping for any word(s) that'll help me finish my thought.

1. Which disinfluence do you hate hearing most:
A) Umm: ex. I was hoping...umm..you had this shirt in a large
B) Like: ex. I, like, saw this crazed looking dog
C) You know: ex. I was telling him, you know, life is too short
D) Uh: ex. The other day you said, uh , you hadn't seen my wallet.
E) the stutter: ex.. The notepad is mine but the-the-the pen is his.
F) You know what I am saying: ex. This is stupid, you know what I am saying, I have more important things to do.
G) Fill in your own

2. Which one do you make use of most?

I really hate hearing "you know what I am saying." It drives me up the wall. Sadly, I use "uh and umm" a lot.