I am a big fan of sports movies. I love to both watch and play sports, so these type of movies are right up my alley. Here are my favorite top ten sport movies and some Dick’s Sporting Goods coupons for you to use to get you in the mood to watch them.
It is hard for me to put them in any type of order, but my favorite all time sports movie is still Field of Dreams.
PayU2Blog.com recently conducted a contest in which four lucky bloggers could win a memory foam mattress. I was too lazy to get a video done, but I enjoyed watching the completed ones. Here is my favorite of the four winners. Congratulations to all the winners! These mattress are shipped directly to your home, are easy to set up and are very comfortable!
Heath Ledger, dead at 28. What a shame! The first movie that I say Heath Ledger in was A Knight’s Tale. This movie is now on my top movie list.
Heath Ledger was born April 4, 1979 in Perth, Western Australia. He and his sister, Kate, were named after two of the characters from Wuthering Heights – Heathcliffe and Catherine. At age ten is starred in a production of Peter Pan at his elementary school. His big Hollywood break came when he starred in the 1999 film 10 Things I Hate About You. Although, I don’t think his dark hair in that movie did him justice.
From 2000 to 2005 he starred in numerous films including The Patriot, A Monster’s Ball, A Knight’s Tale, The Four Feathers, Ned Kelly, The Order and The Brothers Grimm. He would win a few awards for his portrayal of a gay cowboy in Brokeback Mountain (which I will not see since I think seeing Heath Ledger as a gay man is not for me!).
In 2007, Ledger played on of the many actors to portray Bob Dylan in the newly released I’m Not There. He had just recently finished filming The Dark Knight, a sequel to Batman Begins, where he played the Joker.
Ledger had reportedly confessed that he had trouble sleeping and had been taking sleeping pills. He was found dead in his apartment with a bottle of sleeping pills in the room. The police saw no signs of foul play or intended suicide.
He was a rising young star that will be missed.
I know that a stair lift can be an important device for handicapped people. Stair lifts are great devices and can be installed in almost any home. Of course, you had better hope that your staircase is not attached to this:
This movie is one of my favorites from the 1960s. My sister and I would watch it every time it came on television. The plot involves the St. Francis Academy For Girls trip to a California for a religious youth group rally. Mother Superior (Rosalind Russell) an old-school nun has her hands full with a group of teen girls and a progress nun, Sister George (Stella Stevens). They run into all sorts of adventures on their cross country trip and some are quite funny. My favorite character is the bus driving nun played by Mary Wickes. Other stars include Van Johnson as Father Chase, Robert Taylor as millionaire Mr. Farraday and Milton Berle as a movie director.
In the end, the school and the nuns go through a transformation. They don’t start wearing Robert Allen fabrics, but their habits become much trendier!
It is truly a silly movie, but I enjoy every minute of it!
Bobby Fishcer, renowned and controversial chess player, died yesterday at the age of 64. Robert James Fischer was born March 9, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois. His mother divorced his father when Bobby was two years old. Later, it was determined that the father listed on Fischer’s birth certificate may not have been the biological father. Bobby grew up with his mother and older sister Joan.
In 1949, the Fischers moved to Brooklyn, New York where Bobby learned to play chess from instructions found in a chess set. At age seven he joined his first chess club. Bobby dropped out of high school at the age of 16 (he was at the same high school as Barbra Streisand).
In 1956, he won the United States Junior Chess Championship to become the youngest ever champion. At 12 years of age, he was awarded the title of US National Master, the youngest to that point to receive the title. In January, 1958, Fischer became the youngest ever US Champion at age 14. The record still stands.
At age 16, Fischer finished fifth in the world at an International Chess Tournament. Between 1960-62 Fischer tried repeatedly to win an International Tournament but always came up a little short. He stayed in semi-retirement until 1968, playing in a few tournaments.
In 1972, Fischer played against Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union in Iceland. The Tournament took place from July to September. He lost the first two games, but went on to win the Tournament. He gave $61,200 to the Worldwide Church of God to which he had converted earlier. Fischer would later denounce the Church, when it became embroiled in scandal.
Fischer was scheduled to defend his title in 1975 against Anatoly Karpov, but the commission would not meet his demands for number of games and Fischer ended up resigning his World Title. He would not play competitive chess again for almost 20 years.
In 1992, Fischer reemerged again and challenged Spaasky to a “Revenge Match of the 20th Century. ” The match took place in Yugoslavia despite the United Nations embargo on sporting events. The winner would receive two-thirds of $5,000,000. The US Treasury Department warned Fischer that his participation was illegal, but he instead spit on the notice given to him. Fischer won the match easily – 10 wins to 5 with 15 draws.
Even though Fischer was Jewish, he made disparaging remarks against Jews and denied that the Holocast had happened. He believed that he was the “victim of an international Jewish conspiracy.” After 9/11 Fischer was quoted on radio interviews as happy the event had happened, hoped for President Bush’s death and a military coup that would execute hundreds of thousands of American Jewish leaders.
Fischer was arrested in Japan due to an expired passport. Even though he was wanted back in the United States for his chess game in 1992, he was not deported and renounced his US citizenship. Japan had him deported and he moved to Iceland to seek political asylum. Iceland did not believe that Fischer should have received such harsh treatment from the US and granted him full citizenship. This prevented the US from seeking extradition from Iceland since Iceland will not deport its own citizens.
Fischer, who was not one to seek Western medical treatment, died of kidney failure in Iceland on January 17, 2008.
First it was Britney, now Mischa Barton has been arrested for driving without a driver’s license. It seems that Ms. Barton was also driving under the influence of alcohol and was in possession of narcotics as well. Maybe she thought that she wouldn’t get arrested if she didn’t have valid ID.
Why do celebrities think that the law does not apply to them. Besides getting valid driver’s licenses, they should also look into getting a good auto insurance quote. They are going to need it!
As you suspected, the origin of the phrase Catch-22 was originated in the Joseph Heller book (1961) of the same name. Heller wrote in the book:
There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one’s own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn’t, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn’t have to; but if he didn’t want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle.
“That’s some catch, that Catch-22,†he observed.
“It’s the best there is,†Doc Daneeka agreed.
Originally, Heller was going to name the book (and the phrase) Catch-18, but another book, Mila-18 by Leon Uris had just been published and Heller’s publisher felt there might be confusion with the books. It was long after the publishing of the book, that the phrase took hold in American slang.
You might not remember Geri Jewell’s name, but if you watched the TV show “The Facts of Life” you may remember that she played Geri Tyler, Blair’s cousin. The thing that is different about Geri is that she has cerebral palsy. She was the first person with a disability to have a regular role on a prime time television series. She also had a recurring role in the HBO Series “Deadwood.”
When she is not acting, she is a motivational speaker and trainer and has been sought after by many large companies. She is co-staring in a new independent film, “Night of the White Pants†which will be released in 2007.
She is truly an amazing woman!
If you love gold chains and Rocky Balboa, then you need to purchase the Rocky Balboa Golden Boxing Glove Pendant! Yes, Rocky himself wore it in the movie. Of course, I find it a tad bit tacky, but I didn’t like any of the Rocky movies anyhow!
