Happy 626th Birthday to Ulrich Zwingli, The Greatest (Protestant Reformer)
Happy 526th birthday to Who2’s unofficial mascot, Ulrich Zwingli.The cranky Swiss theologian was born on this day in 1484.
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Random Predictions for 2010
Rather than look back on the Best or Worst of The Aughts or The Zeroes or the Two-thousands, we thought we’d look ahead to some predictions for 2010.Where to begin?
Rush Limbaugh in the Hospital
Radio host Rush Limbaugh is “resting comfortably” in a Hawaiian hospital, after suffering mysterious chest pains while on vacation.That’s what this report from ABC News says.Rush’s official site confirms the news and has updates on his condition.
Now He’s SIR Captain Picard
(Patrick Stewart as a Picard-like MacBeth, 2007)
Dick Clark Still Rockin’ at 80
Dick Clark turned 80 in November, but he’ll still be on camera for his ‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’ program tonight in Times Square.
George Clooney Sticks Out His (Slightly Aging) Neck in ‘Up In the Air’
Movie Review: Up In the AirDirected by Jason ReitmanAt the AMC Newport on the Levee 20Pre-movie meal: pomegranate seeds and a half-shot of JTS BrownIs there any other movie star in America today who would give us an honest peek at his starting-to-get-wrinkly 48-year-old neck the way George Clooney does near the end of Up In the Air?
Meet the 80-Something Harvard Prof Who Taught Iranians How to Protest
How come we’ve never heard of this guy before?After massive protests shook Iran this past summer, Iran singled out an obscure American political scientist in his 80s as a key figure behind the unrest.
Bar Refaeli, Love Child – PHOTOS
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:799:]]Model Bar Refaeli spent part of December dressed as a hippie love child for a photo shoot for Fox Fashion. The setting: a nature preserve in Israel’s Hula Valley. The male model is Noam Tur.[[wysiwyg_imageupload:800:]]Don’t all hippies look like this?[[wysiwyg_imageupload:801:]]”Roswell” — nice touch.
Karl Rove Gets a Divorce
Karl Rove is getting a divorce. Politico: Karl Rove, former senior adviser to President George W. Bush, has been granted a divorce in Texas after 24 years of marriage, family spokeswoman …..
Grandpa Gene Storms the Beaches
It won’t make anyone’s best-of-2009 list, but I got a snort out of this ad for Kayak.com — featuring Ryan Cutrona, the actor who played dotty Grandpa Gene in Mad Men.