Change of venue today kids.
I'm sitting in a mediator's office trying to resolve issues about my day job. Luckily for all of us the mediator has been kind enough to allow me to use her Wi-Fi so the links will proceed as regularly scheduled.
Being married to a lawyer, these environments don't intimidate me as they do some other folks, but I can think of places I'd rather be.
Still, its nice to get out of the offices sometimes, even if its to step into an adversarial proceeding.
We've got a couple of weeks left in 2011. We'll have links next week and then the following week we'll roll out our annual list of top 10 posts and name our cheesecake of the year. The big question there is can perpetual favorite Nadine Velazquez retain her crown.
We will see.
In the meantime, let's see this week's cheesecake. Say hello to Rachel McAdams.
Ms. McAdams returns today in her role as Irene Adler in
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. In a movie franchise that features Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law, Ms. McAdams has been able hold her own. She's fiesty that way.
Despite starting her career as Rob Schneider's body swap partner in
The Hot Chick, Ms. McAdams managed to right her career. She was the star of the chick flick favorite,
The Notebook. She was the lead Mean Girl in the movie of the same name. She became a geek favorite as Owen Wilson's love interest in the neo-classic comedy,
The Wedding Crashers.
She reteamed with Wilson earlier this year in Woody Allen's well received
Midnight in Paris.
Now, back on the big screen for another go-around in the Guy Ritchie Holmes-verse, she's set to have a big box office weekend.
Good for her.
Good for us.
On to the links.
Bill Hicks – ‘Sane Man’ full stand-up set – 1989
Holiday cheer
More holiday cheer…punk rock style
You a’ight Chuck. Don’t let the haters get you down.
Litte know film facts that everyone loves.
Texas Monthly names its annual "Bum Steer."
The Foo Fighters cause an earthquake...really!
Meet your Golden Globe nominees.
Human Beings enlist MacGyver to save Community.
Joe Simon, co-creator of Captain America, dies at 98.
Turtle sex.
Live-action ‘80s Cheesecake (w/’70s soundtrack).
Designer Beaver
Keep Michigan the only ‘mitten state’.
A beatnik’s Christmas
Stolen music gear alert: carjacking, Houston
And finally, John Waters and Devine do Christmas.
