Seven Candidate Cities

Seven cities submitted bids to host the 2014 Winter Olympics:
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Borjomi, Georgia
Jaca, Spain
Sofia, Bulgaria
Pyeongchang, South Korea
Salzburg, Austria
Sochi, Russia

Shark Sandwich

I hope Telemundo broadcasts the basketball tournament at the Bolivarian Games (Juegos Bolivarianos) to be held this August in Colombia. No way I'm gonna miss Nolan Richardson's coaching debut with the Panamanian National Team.

XXII Winter Olympiad Host City Endorsement

luridtransom will endorse one city's candidacy to host the 2014 Winter Olympics. My endorsement will be announced at a press conference early next year. The candidate cities are:
Almaty, Khazakstan
Bakuriani, Georgia
Harbin, China
Jaca, Spain
Ostersund, Sweden
Pyeongchang, South Korea
Reno/South Lake Tahoe, USA
Salzburg, Austria
Sochi, Russia
Sofia, Bulgaria
Tromso, Norway

You do your job, I'll do mine

DeLoss,

I notice Texas has three early season TBA games in both the 2007 and 2008 seasons. Work your magic and schedule a home-and-home series with Northwestern. It's perfect. They're a Big 10 team, but one that Texas should easily handle. But more importantly, the trip to Chicago in September would be totally sweet. Be sure to schedule the game at Northwestern on a weekend when the Cubs are in town.

Equal Protection

Pop Diva Britney Spears has her own perfume called Curious. I hope Kevin Federline's fragrance is out by Christmas at the very latest.

Saltwater Think Tank

Add to my platform: Put good movies on iControl. Currently, the available movies are mostly unwatchable, straight-to-iControl crap.

Full Circle

Is it cool again to use the suffix –palooza?

Raw Deal

Dear Azuma sushi restaurant at the Rice Hotel,

Turn down the A/C in there - it's freezing. Also, your service is pretty crappy. You should look into that as well.

Name Dropping

Copa Frontera final: Monterrey 1, Club America 0. How ya like them apples, Cuauhtemoc Blanco?

They're always changing corporation names

Message to DeLoss Dodds and Joe Castiglione:

Don't move the Texas/Oklahoma game from the Cotton Bowl. If the stadium itself is so decrepit and outdated that you no longer deem it adequate to host the game, make the series home-and-home. Whatever you do, don't move it to Jerryworld.

Cheers!

Congratulations to London, which was yesterday awarded the 2012 Summer Olympics. Hard as it is to imagine the 2012 Summer Games without the Astrodome, I'm sure London will be a splendid host.

Glamor shots

I'm overhauling my lifestyle to accomodate my new raison d'etre: getting my photo printed in 002+ Houston magazine.

And one more thing

Platform edited to add another brilliant idea:

Platform:
- Adopt the metric system
- Introduce universally compatible cell phone chargers

Don't get me started

The Burnt Orange Roses party in LA was the biggest rip off ever. I still get pissed off just thinking about it.

Politiki'z

I've got lots of fresh ideas to bring to the political arena. Unfortunately, only one comes to mind right now.

Platform:
- Adopt the metric system.

The Group of Eight

What are the chances the G8 will write off my student loans at next month's summit in Scotland? Probably slim to none, unless I can convince them that money went to line the pockets of ruthless dictators and brutally oppress non-ruling tribes. If anybody with the G8 calls and asks what I did with the money, go along with the story. Thanks.

Red Carpet

Movie Review: Mean Girls, starring Lindsey Lohan
Rating: Two stars (out of five)

This movie is watchable, but it never lived up to its potential or justified the hype. Better than Brandon Stewart, but not as good as Chris Simms.

Sports page

There should be online CWS bracket contests like there are for the NCAA basketball tournament. I hope this will be addressed at the Special Session.

Good luck on that ace, sir

I dare you to accept the challenge offered by GNR tribute band Rocket Queens, as found in their Manifesto:

Just try and find an album that rocks as hard as Appetite for Destruction.

Just try.

Beauty is truth, truth beauty

Raise your hand if you want a reality show starring Paris Latsis and D.J. AM.