Updates

Not much to update you on this week that we haven't already discussed. I am anxious to hear how things are with all of you and how things are going in your lives. Now some entertainment updates.

On Dancing With The Stars Chuck was eliminated. He and Aaron were in the bottom two. The drama right now on Dancing With The Stars is just how long is Michael Irvin going to last. Some news about old Dancing With The Stars contestants. Mellissa Rycoff has the swine flu, we wish her well in her recovery. Gilles the hunk from last season is joining the cast of Brothers and Sisters.

On Top Chef Ash was eliminated. He was in the bottom with Robin and a couple of the other contestants. The drama now on Top Chef is just how long is Robin going to last. All the contestants have wanted her to go for weeks now. She just keeps hanging in there. It is driving Michael I nuts, which in my mind isn't a bad thing. I am rooting for Jennifer to win, I've kind of developed a crush on her.

On the Amazing Race Zev and Justin were eliminated despite finishing first. When they finished first they discovered one of their passports was missing and since they couldn't find the passport before the last team arrived they got the boot. I was kind of sad because I really liked the respect they had for each other and how they treated each other. Anyone else wonder how long the poker players are going to last?

I don't know how I can do an entertainment update without mentioning the Balloon Boy. I am in the hoax camp. Even if it isn't a hoax I wonder about the father's parenting skills. What kind of father would parade a son out there minutes after a traumatic experience?

Do you think Balloon Boy is hoax? Who do you want to win Top Chef? Amazing Race? Dancing With The Stars? The blog is now yours. Post anything you damn well please!

TODAY'S TRIVIA:

Yesterday's answer: Marek Edelman

I was born in 1842 and died in 1911. I was an environmental chemist in the United States in the 1800s, pioneering the field of home economics. I attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and later taught there. I was a "pragmatic" feminist, as well as a founding "ecofeminist" who believed that women's work within the home was a vital aspect of the economy. I would have been awarded the first doctoral degree but MIT balked at granting this distinction to a woman, and did not award its first doctorate until 1886. I married in 1875 the chairman of the Mine Engineering Department at MIT. I paved the way for women to be admitted to MIT in 1883. I was a consulting chemist for the Massachusetts State Board of Health from 1872 to 1875 and the official water analyst from 1887 until 1897. My interest in the environment led in 1892 to introduce into English the word ecology which had been coined in German to describe the "household of nature" My' interests also included applying scientific principles to domestic situations, such as nutrition, clothing, physical fitness, sanitation, and efficient home management, creating the field of home economics. In 1908, I was chosen to be the first president of the American Home Economics Association. I was a founding member of the AAUW which today has more than 100,000 members, 1,300 branches, and 500 college and university partners nationwide. In my honor, MIT designated a room in the main buildings for the use of women students, and in 1973, on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of my graduation, established a Professorship for distinguished female faculty members that was named after me. Who Am I?