Sunday, July 23, 2006

Wonder Woman & Wonder Mormon

July 24th

Monday is Lynda Carter's birthday. She was TV's "Wonder Woman," a positive role model for girls growing up in the '70s, unless they took the show literally. In which case they'd want to fight crime in a strapless top with metallic blue hot pants.

Today's exciting Wonder Woman trivia question.
- Just who was Wonder Woman anyway?
- Wonder Woman was an Amazon princess with the beauty of Aphrodite, the wisdom of Athena, the strength of Hercules, and the speed of Mercury who came to America to fight World War II and sell lipstick.
- Wonder Woman's creator, William Moulton Marston, also invented the lie detector, so obviously everything he wrote about Wonder Woman was true.

Brigham Young entered the Salt Lake Valley on July 24th in 1847. He came from Missouri hoping to create a heaven on earth; but as fate would have it, his wives found him.

On July 24th in 1959 Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev held a public debate in the model kitchen of a U.S. exhibit in Moscow. The debate was declared a draw, but Nixon still had to wash the dishes.

Love & Learn

Money and You - A few books about finance speak volumes; others flunk.

The Kinks' Davies Now a Budding Solo Star - Talent and stubbornness. Sophistication and naivete. Raunchy rock and urbane jazz. Personal and universal. Sly and melancholic. Slippery and direct. Rock legend Ray Davies opens up about his past, present and future.

Film Closeup: Paul Giamatti - Paul Giamatti stars in the thriller “Lady in the Water.”

Video Game Reviews - "Stacked With Daniel Negreanu" and "Big Brain Academy."

Smart Alec Thoughts

I'm so straight I've been banned from TV talk shows.

I'm a liberal hawk. I see nothing wrong with using nuclear weapons as long as it's done in a humane way.

Just when I think I'm beginning to understand the Lebanon situation, President Bush explains it again.

Hair for today's blog was supplied by Howard Stern's Peel 'n Stick Hair: for legs, for back, underarms, anywhere you want to be hairier.

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