Winner Announced!

Wow. To quote one of my favorite comediennes (Chelsea Handler), "What a whirlwind!" Last week was so much fun and I'm thankful to all the Buzz Girls for their wonderful features. I bet you all know more about me than you ever wanted to now, ha ha!


Today is a very special day for one of the TV programs I mentioned in the post Heather put together for Thursday. The Simpsons has made it to 20 years! 20 years with the same core people, the same TV network, the same irreverent, silly, quirkiness. "Long before now, endruging life for 'The Simpsons' and its brightly jaundiced folk was simply assumed. What began 20 years ago as a fluke then erupted into a pop-culture juggernaut has continued to spin yarns, spawn characters and lampoon society with no end in sight." -Frazier Moore of the Associated Press. Congratulations to Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons.


And here's some more buzz: Ellen DeGeneres will be an American Idol judge this season, which starts Tuesday, Jan. 12. I, for one, am excited because I think it will breathe some new energy into the show, which is one of my (many) guilty pleasures.



Now, without further ado, I will announce the winner of the $10 Borders/Waldenbooks gift card. There were nearly 60 entries! My son wrote the names of each entry onto little pieces of paper and shook a bowl vigorously and drew the paper with ... YA Book Nerd written on it. Woot! Congrat's, YA Book Nerd. If you'd be so kind as to email me at roxyinlights at yahoo . com with your mailing address I'll send it on its merry way. Thank you to everyone who commented! What a treat to get to know each of you a little better. :)

Have a great week, everybody! xoxo

HUMP DAY HOTTIE: Jon Bon Jovi

Any of the millions of people that watched American Idol last night can tell you why Jon is my Hump Day Hottie this week. It's rock week on AI and this time the music was all Bon Jovi. Though there were some great performances, no one came close to Jon's rock star power. (Okay, Phil Stacey came really, really close!)

Now, he's had his moments... there were some looks in the early years that he probably wishes someone would erase from the 80s yearbook. (I mean, really. A leopard-print glove and fishnet shirt?)

But boy oh boy does he look good in a pair of tight leather pants. Okay, I'm sure he looks good in a tight pair of any kind of pants, but I think the leather brings it home.

There's something special about Jon. Those soulful eyes. That hair (in whatever style). The fact that he's been married to the same woman since 1989 and seems pleased as punch to have 4 kids. (Like when he said, on AI last night, that his kids love the show.) Or it might have something to do with his powerhouse voice.

Whatever makes Jon so quintessentially.... Jon, I like it.

Hugs,
TLC
Growing Up Godly, Summer 2008
Dutton Children's Books

what I'm reading ... Two For the Dough by Janet Evanovich (who has shamelessly dragged me off-track on the whole RITA reading thing)