Dahlia show.

Sunday was beautiful. It was opening day for the NFL but the Bears weren't scheduled to play until 3:00PM. In hindsight, it wasn't much of a game to watch anyway.

St. Charles Illinois is a pretty city on the Fox River about 40 miles south of us. They were having their 41st (I had never heard of - where have I been? Ha.) dahlia flower show at a local resort.

I've been growing the simple, smaller, round, red dahlias for years. They flower all summer but I have to dig them up before it freezes and store them in the basement. It is worth the effort though.

Clint and Jenni had seen notice of the show so we all decided to take a drive down there. Had fun. They also treated me to lunch. Perfect day.




Football update: I was cruising at 10 and 4 Sunday, surviving some close games.

Monday killed me. First Baltimore couldn't score in the red zone, losing to Cincy. The (quite) later game had San Fran beating my pick, Arizona, in the last seconds. A possible 12 and 4 ended up a pedestrian 10 and 6. I hate football pools!!!

Short cuts. (apologies to R. Altman)

Shaved heads. Women. A short list.

• Natalie Portman: Movies, V for Vendetta
• Sigourney Weaver: Movies, Alien 3
• Demi Moore: Movies, GI Jane
• Sinead O’Connor: Singer, a look.
• Me’Shell NdegOcello: Singer, (I remember her song Wild Night with John Mellencamp).
• Kylie Minogue: Breast Cancer.
• Persis Khambatta: Movies, Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
• Britney Spears: ??? unknown. Pressures? Quite an understatement I'm sure.

The following video is of Craig Ferguson, Late Late Show host discussing Britney Spears. He talks about a decision he made to just leave her alone. No jokes about her.

I totally agree. There are plenty of other things in this world we can make fun of. She seem to be very troubled and vulnerable right now. There is no reason to kick her while she's down (or anytime for that matter).

On the self assured side of the scale, one example could be Sinead O’Connor. Like her or not, she stands up for what she believes in.

The following is “No man’s woman”, from the Alias TV show. Alias featured another take charge woman: Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Gardner). I'd have no problem with Sydney covering my back anytime. Kick ass Sydney! Ha.

I love how it paid homage to Run Lola Run

(with my original favorite redhead, Franka Potente).