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SORRY....What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas







OK, seriously, tomorrow (or Friday depending this night ends up) we'll have an Interbike wrap up with everything you need to know, and all the pictures you need to see.

Ooops, I did it again….Winning Randall Scott its First Annual Feel Good Blog of the Year

Readers recently voted my last blog the feel good blog of the year. The overwhelming sentiment is that there hadn’t been an uplifting story of this magnitude since School of Rock hit the theatres in 2003.

So, in honor of receiving this honor, I’d like to follow up my heartwarming story with another one. So, without further ado I’d like to publish our annual list of……

Emotionally Stable Child Stars:



1)

Tiffany Amber Thiesen (Kelly Kapowski) – this Orange County product has proven to be a master of all genres, as she went from playing a SoCal high schooler in SBTB to Playing a SoCal College student in 90210





















2)
Mark Paul Gosselaar (Zack Morris) – The momentum he gained as “Preppie” never slowed, hitting its pinnacle in 1996 when he acted alongside a star studded cast that included DJ Tanner of Full House and Six of Blossom, in the dark and emotional USA after school special, “She Cried No”.


4)
Mario Lopez (A.C. Slater) – Arguably the most successful member of Bayside High, Lopez was a regular on The View, placed second only to the venerable Emmit Smith in Dancing With the Stars, and - rumor has it - won the rights to host Price is Right in an out of court settlement in which he agreed to drop numerous harassment charges against Bob Barker.






3)

Lark Voorhies (Lisa Turtle) - Is it any surprise the enterprising Miss Turtle owns her own production company? We think not.






5)
Elizabeth Berkley (Jesse Spanos) – While the Jury is still out on her acting career, many people have been quoted saying, “She’s very emotionally stable”


When contacted about these awards, they all thanked Mr. Belding for helping them prepare and edndure the pitfalls of childstardom. Yes, even Zack.

~Mac

AN ODE TO WOMAN

Well, upon my visit home last weekend I found that one the most avid readers of my Blog is my Mother……which would be wonderful if she actually liked it.

I think juvenile, grammatically challenged, and sexist (of course she thinks peeing standing up is sexist), are how she described it as I sat on the couch signing my weeks salary over the Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign while my Dad extended his Cal Ripken-like streak of cooking dinner for her to 9,490 days.

So Mom, this one’s for you:

Phenomenal Woman

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It's the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them
They say they still can't see.
I say,
It's in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman

Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed.
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need of my care,
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.


Bet you didn't know your Son was so talented in verse.....and by your Son I mean Maya Angelou.

Love You Mom, and I have no doubt that if you keep memorizing the cards, some day the girls will beat Dad and I at trivial pursuit.

Sam Hill Defends World Title

On a very serious note, Iron Horse Hero Sam Hill successfully defended his World Downhill Title in Scotland on Sunday. A pretty amazing feet when you consider he was the 24th seed coming in:

"Everyone has their cameras out there and they're filming each other's lines, so I take different lines (in qualifying) and they're a lot sneakier."

This proved to be a successful strategy as Hill trumped Frances Fabien Barel by a narrow margin.

Hill and Iron Horse continue their dominance of Downhill racing, and at a mere 22 years old, the people in the rearview seem be getting smaller and smaller.

In other news, Randall Scott’s Duncan Riffle Fan Club congratulates him on the second best showing of any American.



And, in his debut Randy Moss torched the Jets secondary for 9 catches, 183 yards, and one TD. When the Patriots had the ball it looked like the Jets had agreed to count to
5 m-i-s-s-i-s-s-i-p-p-i before rushing, and when Brady threw a fifty-one yard cross-field rainbow (a no-no in high school football), Moss simply shifted into 5th gear and left his triple coverage at the 10 yard line before meeting the ball at the goal line.

As sure as the leaves will turn in New England, the Pats will win the AFC East.