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Hominy & Hash
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. -- Whoever said there is no such thing as coincidence wasn't in this quiet room this morning. The light touch of the computer keys addressing Amazon.com was the only sound. I was hoping to find a listing for a VHS or DVD video of "Yankee Doodle Dandy" for our Fourth of July entertainment. As soon as I logged on with only that search in mind, Amazon managed to waylay my effort with temptations equaling Eve and the shiny apple: "Books we think you'll like." They base this assumption on books I've ordered in the past and today's offering was: "This is New York" by E. B. White with a new Introduction by Roger Angell. I had bought Pete Hammill's book, "My Manhattan," as well as A. E. Hotchner's "Elaine's." Amazon's assumptions were hardly a psychic reach. The excerpt they offered to further flavor the bite of the apple was page 20 and E.
Peaches by the dozen
If it wasn't already the hottest ticket in town, it certainly is now. Kate Moss has given Punk - the small, but perfectly formed club in Soho Street - her seal of approval. She hired the whole place out for her epic, star-studded birthday bash on Wednesday night, but mere mortals can party there too. Fingers firmly on the pulse, six days before the Moss posse head down, we pay Punk a visit. As we arrive, Peaches Geldof is screeching orders into her mobile, "HURRY UP! You've gotta get down here by 9.30!" and swigging from a bottle of Veuve Clicquot. It's 8.55pm and we're just in time to make it in for free. We clatter gleefully downstairs and take up residence on velvet sofas in a roped-off section at the back. It's possibly a VIP section but no one seems to care, and we dispatch the boys to the bar for £12 bottles of house white wine.
Readers divided on snubbing water curbs
Today's expected top temperature will be 34C. Tomorrow is expected to reach 35C, ahead of 33C on Saturday and 36C on Sunday. Monday will reach 37, while 39C has been forecast for Tuesday.Adelaide could experience 11 hot days in a row, which would be a new record. While it is not a true heat wave - defined as five days or more in a row of 35C or higher, or three consecutive days of 40C or higher - people will find it a particularly hot period for spring, Mr Cowan said. Last November 11 days in total were above 30 degrees. Cooler weather on the way Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Simon Timke said the first sign of cooler weather is due on Tuesday."A cooler change is coming through late on Tuesday. Wednesday will be cooler with a temperature in the 20s,'' he said. This could be an early warning sign of a long, hot summer as the three-month outlook for December, January and February forecasts temperatures will be higher than normal across the state.
One Woman's World
I don't care if they come with a padded wagon and a white jacket, I am not going to do it. I will never, never cut the tips of my fingernails straight across so they can be in style with today's fingernail fetish. I recently noticed that Robin McGraw (wife of the notorious Dr. Phil McGraw) had her fingernails cut straight across at the tips. Wondering if she had gotten caught in the family lawnmower or if, once again, I was running far behind the style wagon of women's fads and fashions, I asked my stylish daughter about Robin's fingernails.
'Like look-alike mannequins, most women try to market themselves by the way they look. Into this outer cesspool of insanity goes the flesh. If anything slides south, they have it pulled further north and stapled... .'
Not to my surprise, she replied softly "It's the style, Mother.
Test Match Special
The likes of Robin Smith, Ramprakash, Hick, Caddick etc, all dropped when they were the best players around is the real issue. It's created a trend. Example..If, Ramprakash (who's a proven run getter) scores 15, the media labels him as 'past it'. If a young Bopara makes 14, he's 'yet to establish his true potential' Cricket is a statistical game. Nobody cares about comments post match, its ALL about scores. In this situation the guy who made 15 is better than 14 statistically. The selectors seem to think if a player is young and promising, he's a instant 'Tendulkar'. Little it seems do they know Tendulkar was better than the current crop of indian players which elevated him into the side. We can't play players based on promises. The side should be picked on the best players around, like the successful sides seem always to do.
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