The Guild 12-06-2003 Brrrrrrrrrrrrr!

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BTW, I noted your comments above about the small font. Did you know you can increase the font size on your screen? In Internet Explorer, go to the Edit button up above. Chose "text size"...click on a size (I use "larger").

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Ooops...MAKE THAT THE "EDIT" BUTTON.

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DANG! I gotta get more coffee!

Go to the "VIEW" button.....sheesh.

[Iowa Granny]

I've just switched it to the 'medium' button, and it is much nicer. Thanks for that reminder. I once knew about this function, but had forgotten. My disc is full,, as in Memory Overload.

[mountaineer]

That money-grubbing behavior by so-called stars doesn't surprise me, and it's nothing new. My late father, a TV exec, said that most of the stars wouldn't even consider appearing at charity events without a big paycheck. Back in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, he was involved in the planning and production of various telethons, and had to deal with their many demands for money and other perks. Then, of course, they'd swoop onto the stage acting like they were so generous for donating their time and talent to the good cause.

In other news of ersatz celebrities:

IN perhaps the gayest act of philanthropy in recent memory, sapphic superstar Rosie O'Donnell personally donated $25,000 to Harvey Milk High School to establish a "Fab Five Room" in the name of the swishy cast of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy." Rosie made the announcement while emceeing an auction at Capitale the other night benefiting the Hetrick Martin Institute, the gay youth rights advocacy group that spawned Harvey Milk HS. Rosie, who declared that, at 222 pounds, "me and Aretha Franklin are the two heaviest people in show biz," raised $600,000 beforehand and $245,000 during the live auction. (pagesix)

Don't quit yer day job for the standup comedy circuit quite yet, Whiny Joe:

Sen. Joe Lieberman said: "If you were drowning 50 feet offshore, President Bush would throw a line 30 feet out and John Ashcroft would say, 'At least Bush met you more than halfway.'" (Cindy Adams)

[mountaineer]

Bill Maher has made another stab at career suicide.
The Bush-bashing comic stunned some of Hollywood's most powerful liberals by joking about Bill Clinton's sexual indiscretions at a benefit honoring Sen. Hillary Clinton.

New York's junior Senator was accepting an Oceana Partners award in Los Angeles last Wednesday for her work on environmental issues. Maher emceed the event, which also honored marine explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau, as well as Ron Howard and his Imagine partner, Brian Glazer.

Among the unamused in the audience were Oceana board member Ted Danson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kiefer Sutherland, Diane Lane, Josh Brolin, Jake Gyllenhaal and Kirsten Dunst, Norman Lear and Jeffrey Katzenberg.

"Maher began bringing up 'Bill Clinton's [bleep] jobs' - with Hillary sitting right there in front of him eating her chicken," says a witness. "It was just cruel. Ted Danson's wife, Mary Steenburgen, is a longtime friend of the senator's. I can't believe they approved of this."

The former President, although not there, was listed as a co-chairman of the event, which raised $600,000.

Maher also took a shot at Cousteau - sniping: "That must feel great, getting a one-quarter standing ovation." Cousteau walked out of the building shortly afterward.

ABC canceled Maher's show. "Politically Incorrect" after controversial remarks about the 9/11 terrorists. He now has a show on HBO.

Reps for Danson and Clinton had no comment.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/143672p-127160c.html

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It was just cruel.

Note that the "beautiful people" thought it was cruel to bring it up, but they never applied such sympathies to the original betrayal. What strange morals they have.

[Iowa Granny]

What strange morals they have.

Morals? They have Morals? You could have fooled me.

[pubmom]

Drives me crazy!

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The Dow's only 39 points from 10,000....could be fireworks b/4 the end of the day!

[Endeavor]

Yeah, you guys are gonna get it, weather-wise, tomorrow. That stuff's going to miss us.

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Fat Man endorses Fat Mouth!

Gore to endorse Dean. LOL!!

[daisyscarlett]

Goodness, here is something we don't see much...Britney Spears with clothes on, lol...

Pop singer Britney Spears poses for photographers in South Korea traditional costume 'Hanbok' in Seoul, Monday, Dec. 8, 2003. Spears arrived Sunday for an Asia tour in support of her new album, 'In the Zone.' (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)

[daisyscarlett]

Hi there...hope things are going well and that you get an internet connection soon....

Guess who turns 60 today...well he would have if had lived...

Former members of The Doors, Ray Manzarek, keyboardist, left, and guitarist Robby Krieger, light candles at the grave of Jim Morrison (news) at the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris Monday Dec. 8, 2003. Morrison, the legendary singer of the rock badnd who died in Paris in July 1971 would turn 60 Monday. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

[Iowa Granny]

I'm watching the weather map closely. I have a 2 hr drive to the airport in the morning. Last night, I thought I might need to drive in tonite and stay over at an airport hotel. Now they are saying the storm will not arrive until afternoon. My flight is scheduled for 12:45, so I may drive in rain, but nothing freezing (I hope).

My conference is at the new Desert Ridge Marriott. I was hoping it would be at the Phoenician, but those in the know claim the DR is better. It better be good,,, I'm paying $349 a night, no government rates allowed. Sure glad I'll be reimbursed.

[Endeavor]

You're going to Arizona? Take a jacket to be on the safe side.

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Larry King on with Laura Bush for the entire hour...

[Iowa Granny]

I"ll definitely need a coat to get from the parking lot into the airport. DM doesn't have valet parking. I know I'll look like a fool wearing a heavy coat, so will wear a trench coat and leave a heavy coat in the car.

There are suggestions we may have another weather event on Sunday. I don't want to drive the backroads home after dark Sunday night without storm gear.

[Endeavor]

Thanks J!

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In the several articles I've read about Gore's endorsing Dean, they all include something like this...

Gore's decision may say as much about his evolution as it does about Dean's growing political strength. As vice president, Gore was identified with the centrism that Clinton promoted. But by endorsing Dean, Gore could cement his estrangement from the "New Democrat" agenda associated with the Democratic Leadership Council, a moderate group that has been Dean's sharpest critic inside the party.

In his 2000 campaign, Gore emphasized more traditional liberal themes, especially a sharp-edged economic populism. In the last year, Gore has continued to identify with the party's more liberal wing...[NY Times]

Methinkis they're deliberately missing THE point....Gore hasn't "evolved". His whole political centrism act was a LIE. We knew what Gore was...from his book if nothing else. But the press let him pretend to be a centrist.