Sopranos
 

Seeing isn't always understanding, young one.

Sopranos
 

I'm smart! Not like everybody says... like dumb... I'm smart and I want respect!

the face that launched $46 mil over the weekend?
 

Helen of Troy looks better in this photo than she does in the trailer by about 98.4%.

http://entimg.msn.com/i/wi/04/05/10/61896/2695548.jpg

TM

the face that launched $46 mil over the weekend?
 

Uh, I think it is a more rugged face attached to a muscled body that launched at least part of the $46 mil over the weekend. I am told that the guy who plays Hector is a hottie, too.

I never really thought about this issue before
 

IOC Clears Transsexuals for Competition

30 minutes ago


LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Transsexuals were cleared Monday to compete in the Olympics for the first time. Under a proposal approved by the IOC (news - web sites) executive board, athletes who have undergone sex-change surgery will be eligible for the Olympics if their new gender has been legally recognized and they have gone through a minimum two-year period of postoperative hormone therapy.


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The decision, which covers both male-to-female and female-to-male cases, goes into effect starting with the Athens Olympics in August.


The IOC had put off a decision in February, saying more time was needed to consider all the medical issues.


Some members had been concerned whether male-to-female transsexuals would have physical advantages competing against women.


Men have higher levels of testosterone and greater muscle-to-fat ratio and heart and lung capacity. However, doctors say, testosterone levels and muscle mass drop after hormone therapy and sex-change surgery.


IOC spokeswoman Giselle Davies said the situation of transsexuals competing in high-level sports was "rare but becoming more common."


IOC medical director Patrick Schamasch said no specific sports had been singled out by the ruling.


"Any sport may be touched by this problem," he said. "Until now, we didn't have any rules or regulations. We needed to establish some sort of policy."


Until 1999, the IOC conducted gender verification tests at the Olympics but the screenings were dropped before the 2000 Sydney Games (news - web sites).


One of the best known cases of transsexuals in sports involves Renee Richards, formerly Richard Raskind, who played on the women's tennis tour in the 1970s.


In March, Australia's Mianne Bagger became the first transsexual to play in a pro golf tournament.


Michelle Dumaresq, formerly Michael, has competed in mountain bike racing for Canada.

How I spent my weekend
 

http://sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures...ers_056_fl.jpg

http://sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures...ers_108_fl.jpg

http://sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures...akers663fl.jpg

http://shim1.shutterfly.com/procsser...MWTLT8QKkSL-fA

How I spent my weekend
 

After seeing these pictures, my existence seems rather redundant.

How I spent my weekend
 

How so? You're not one of those naked people covered in drooping bunching cellulite that feel compelled to share the beauty of the human form with the rest of us, are you?

How I spent my weekend
 

No. Running and keg stands. That just about sums it up.

How I spent my weekend
 

Don't forget the scrawny guy with the chicken legs - just as bad.

the face that launched $46 mil over the weekend?
 

• This is not the movie for people who have read and reread the "The Iliad" and have dreamed of the Trojan War, the clash of civilizations, the mighty armies and outsize personalities. It is more for people who want to see Brad Pitt in a tunic, some good combat scenes and a little romance.
  
  It is also not for people who have contemplated Helen of Troy and wondered at a face that could launch a thousand ships. The Helen of Troy we get here, as played by Diane Kruger, looks more like Helen of Troy, N.Y. -- a pretty girl who could easily launch a paddle boat, maybe, or a couple of canoes, but that's about all.

Mick La Salle review. ("Despite their worthiness, an undertone of sadness pervades Troy, as if the people know that 3,000 years later the Greeks will still be a nation, while they will be a brand of contraceptives.")

the face that launched $46 mil over the weekend?
 

Yes.

I was told that Achilles has a fine fine ass in that movie. And that you get to see a lot of it. You're right - that's totally what sold tickets this weekend.

Channeling DTB
 

I happened to be on this page of the GWU school of education.

http://gsehd.gwu.edu/gsehd/index.cfm...Page&pageID=26

which notes that the school of education is known for " its'[list of programs]" I was so outraged that a school of education couldn't get this correct that I emailed the web admin to suggest if they aren't already embarassed, they should be, and to please fix the "its'"


What has DTB done to me?

Channeling DTB
 

You don't know how that warms my heart. Thank you.

the face that launched $46 mil over the weekend?
 

This joke is too easy. And I know this b/c I've made the "maybe she could launch five or possibly six ships" joke (and variations thereof) ad nauseum already.

And I'm not funny.

She's hot, but she's not the-women-who-screwed-William-Wallace hot.