NEWSFLUSHES
(Link) Double-0-Splendid -- Daniel Craig debuts as James Bond, and the critics are a likin' it.
(Link) Dancing with the Duchess -- Sarah Ferguson says if Emmitt Smith can do it, well...
(Link) Mission Whoreallygivesashit -- Rome suburb preps for the TomKat onslaught.



HAPPY FRICKIN' BIRTHDAY...
** Papa to Ron and Clint (and grandPapa to Bryce), actor Rance Howard is 78
** He didn't wreck the Edmund Fitzgerald, he only sang about it, Gordon Lightfoot is 68
** Director of so many great movies, Martin Scorcese is 64
** A man who doesn't look so hot in a tuxedo, actor-director Danny DeVito is 62
** Occasionally comedically-challenged Saturday Night Live guru Lorne Michaels is 62
** Former Miracle Met and Red Machiner Tom Seaver is 62
** Dude looks like a lady, actor Andre Charles (AKA RuPaul) is 46
** Nip/Tucker Dylan Walsh is 43
** Mitch Williams, the favourite pitcher of a certain Joe Carter, is 42
** A hottie, even if she does resemble a Pez dispenser, Daisy Fuentes is 40
** A good Bond girl in a really bad Bond film, Sophie Marceau is 40



SONG ON THE BRAIN
"Laugh, Laugh" by The Beau Brummels (or, as they were called millions of years ago, The Beau Brummelstones) (released in 1964 on the Autumn label)



WHO SAID WHAT???
From Wednesday, November 15:

"I bet nuns are awesome basketball players, especially the ones who can fly."

-- spoken by Randy Hickey (as hilariously portrayed on My Name is Earl by Ethan Suplee)

Stay tuned...