Elizabeth Taylor

No, not that one...another one. Who knew there was an under-read, Jane Austen-type author stuck with the same name as the actress? Feature article in today's San Francisco Chronicle is here. Her books are apparently hard to find. But lucky for us, some of them are being adapted to film.

S Factor

This CRACKED.ME.UP.

10 Things

Brilliant. Link via The Babbling Brooke

Refugee All-Stars

This is the trailer for a documentary on the Refugee All-Stars. If you haven't heard of them yet, you will. There was a large story on them in the July 13th San Francisco Chronicle--you can read it here. They've got the support of lots of American and British rock stars. They have an album coming out in September and they're being managed by Rosebud. They performed in San Francisco last Sunday night. Look for them to come to a town near you in the near future. Trust me, you'll be hearing about them. :)

budget travel

I'm always looking to travel on the cheap. If you are, too, you might want to check out the travel sites that appeared in Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel column in yesterday's San Francisco Chronicle here.

Some CurrentTV outtakes for the Amy Sedaris fans...

3 impressions

Artie's funny...

Seurat in Beloit

Recreating a Seurat painting in Beloit, Wisconsin - article in Beloit Daily News here. Link via Flickr blog

Little Drummer Boy

Just saw this and it made me laugh hard with joy. Can't wait to show Jeffrey. Sorry, babe...I think Isaiah might be my favorite drummer now... :)

Sunny

So I saw this profile on the Portland Tribune site about Kaitlin Olson, an actress who's from a Portland suburb. I didn't know her by name, but was familiar with her work as Cheryl's sister on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm. She's a regular on F/X's sitcom, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I'd heard of the show, but hadn't seen it...until last night. Caught reruns of season 2's first two episodes last night. It's pretty twisted. That's a compliment. Tim Goodman, the TV critic for the San Francisco Chronicle agrees.

10 seconds

Leave it to blogging/social networking pioneer, Heather Powazek Champ. She's done it again. This is, well, genius. And I loved this post at This Boy Is Toast.

2006 BET Awards

Did anyone catch the BET Awards this week (Wednesday, I think)? It aired again last night, but I missed it. If you didn't see the show, catch yet another re-broadcast on July 4th at 8 pm (Eastern and Pacific). About two hours in, there's a tribute to Chaka Khan...with Prince AND Stevie Wonder performing together. They do several songs and it's happenin'.

D-List

I love Kathy Griffin. She has the balls to say what we're all thinking about celebrities. I'm hooked on her My Life on the D-List series on Bravo. And her parents are (unintentionally) hilarious. But her show doesn't mock them--they're just delightful, naturally colorful characters.

And those idiots on Fox News? Are they in Iraq entertaining the troops? No. Kathy Griffin is. There were moments in her first Iraq episode (on "D-List") where I got teary--it was quite moving when she and Michael McDonald and Karri Turner went to visit some of the wounded soldiers in a hospital.