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Robert Horry Rookie Card?

Doing more rummaging in my old card collection, I found this Robert Horry card. Big Shot Bob was a lot skinnier back in the day (but weren’t we all?).

Kinda looks like his rookie card, but I have a feeling not.

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Old Baseball Cards

While moving stuff around the house, I came across my sports card collection that includes some older stuff from my brother. Reggie Jackson, Al Kaline, Pete Rose, Willie Mays.


Not sure where these are from and why they’re so big.

Hey, you see a movie ticket stub from Terminator 2?! From 1991!

Apolo Has Lifted Off!

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Olympic speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno has conquered another challenge, winning the championship of Dancing with the Stars. Apolo and partner Julianne Hough beat out Joey Fatone and Kym Johnson for the Disco Ball trophy. Earlier in the Finals results show, Laila Ali and Maksim Chmerkovskiy were eliminated with the least number of viewer votes. So the search appeal of Julianne, Kym, and Laila was right on the money.

Now for some random tidbits. You know everything on MySpace is for real right? Stuff like how a Senior Janitor can run his own gentlemen’s club. So anyways, Julianne Hough apparently has a MySpace page (she is only 18 ya know – OMG!) that leads you into an underground cult of Dancing with the Stars and DWTS MySpace friends. Cheryl Burke? Yep, she’s on MySpace. Edyta Sliwinska represent! Maksim (with 6832 billion friends), Tony Dovolani, Elena Grinenko (Clyde Drexler’s partner) present and accounted for. Lisa Rinna? Yeah, she’s MySpacing. Host Samantha Harris?! She’s really 99 years old?! Stacy Keibler’s there, but she went private. Sadly, I couldn’t find Len Goodman’s MySpace page, maybe he’s on Facebook? Drats, nope! There’s only the Len Goodman Appreciation Society and a Dancing with the Stars 2007 fan group. I gotta say that Maksim’s MySpace page is the best designed without all the psychedelic background patterns and images.

Not only has Julianne Hough won the DWTS championship, but today marks her musical release of Will You Dance With Me on iTunes! OMG! OMG! Twenty six reviews already with a overall review of 4.5 out of 5 stars. Julianne really is dancing with the stars tonight.

Is it me or is Laila Ali everything Taye Diggs should be?

And did the Portland Trailblazers really get the number 1 pick in the upcoming NBA draft? NFW! SMH. Lucky n00bs.

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The Finals on Dancing with the Stars

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The Finals of Dancing with the Stars are here with Laila Ali, Apolo Anton Ohno, and Joey Fatone vying for the title. Round 1 of the Finals included two dances, one picked by the judges and the second, a freestyle open to any style of dance. Round 2 on Tuesday night has the finalists dancing their favorite dance of this season, and the Season 4 winner being crowned.

Laila Ali started off the Finals in the dreaded leadoff position and dancing the difficult paso doble. But with a strong entrance and a powerful, dramatic performance, she did well scoring 10-9-10. Her freestyle wasn’t as good and she looked unnatural and out of her element with the freedom of the freestyle. Stripping man candy (and partner) Maksim Chmerkovskiy at the end of the routine surely didn’t hurt their scores of 9-8-9.

Apolo Anton Ohno and Julianne Hough were asked to dance the rumba and although much better than earlier in the season, they still didn’t nail this dance getting a 9-9-10. While dramatic, this rumba was way too fast for a romantic dance. Apolo and Julianne used their speed to bust a move in their freestyle routine. Though they didn’t have Members Only jackets, the throwback vibe was there. But at times, I thought Apolo couldn’t keep up with the hip-hopping Julianne. Still great with scores of 10-10-10.

Joey Fatone and Kym Johnson continue to razzle dazzle the crowd. Their cha cha with the marionette doll beginning was creative, but their non-traditional interpretation hurt their scores, especially with Len. 9-8-9. In their freestyle, Joey and Kym went electric with their outfits and dance moves. Kym was flying around like a Barbie doll for most of the freestyle. Unreal lifts. 10-10-10.

I’m thinking it’s between Apolo and Joey, but Laila must be getting the love of the fans. Let’s see who can recap their favorite dance on Tuesday night and capture the title.

Related: Recap of Dancing with the Stars 2007

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Starbucks Orange Mocha

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The Tabasco Man and his wife couldn’t finish a tall sized Orange Creme Frappuccino recently introduced at Starbucks so that didn’t bode well for these new orange flavored drinks. Today, I tried the orange mocha (iced, non-fat, no whip), and it’s okay, more on the funky side.

At first, the orange flavor hits you like a citrus kick in the pants, but then it’s a weird contrast of fruit, chocolate, and coffee. Each flavor is pretty distinctive and doesn’t really blend together. You taste the orange, you taste the mocha, and you taste the coffee… all separately. I prefer drinks with a blended taste, smoothed out like Maxi Priest’s Groovin in the Midnight if you know what I mean.

Anyways, the drink will last through the hot summer, and I’ll probably give it a second shot. The wintery Peppermint Mocha is still Starbucks’ seasonal drink to beat.

Anyone Try Audiobooks?

Has anyone seriously tried out audiobooks? How’s that work out for you?

I was looking at buying the book The Dip by Seth Godin. Amazon sells it for 7 bucks, but after rummaging around the Net, I saw that the iTunes Store has an audiobook version for about the same price. Even though there’s a problem with the Audiobook version right now, I’m sure it’ll get fixed soon.

Just wondering what the audiobook experience is like. I’m used to reading a book with a pencil or highlighter in my hand in case there’s a nugget of wisdom I want to remember. Comments anyone?

Will the Appeal of Julianne Hough Make Her a DWTS Champion?

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Now that my favorite Dancing with the Stars performer, Cheryl Burke, is out of the competition, who will win this year’s Disco Ball trophy?

In 2006, searches on Pulpconnection poured in for Finalists Karina Smirnoff, Cheryl Burke, and Edyta Sliwinska. Cheryl Burke got the least number of searches but still ended up winning the competition with Emmitt Smith.

Early on this season, searches for Julianne Hough and Kym Johnson easily set the pace. Using Google Analytics revamped interface, I checked visits to Pulpconnection with the keywords of “julianne,” “kym,” and “laila” for the female finalists of Julianne Hough, Kym Johnson, and Laila Ali. Here are the results:


Starting in March 2007, searches for “julianne” racked up 362 visits (comprising 7.29% of all visits to Pulpconnection). Searches for “kym” brought in 184 visits (3.71%) while keyword “laila” only garnered 8 visits (0.16%).

Obviously, Julianne Hough has a lot of interest. But can this appeal make her this season’s DWTS champion or will Laila with the least number of searches steal the trophy? Find out this week as the Finals of Dancing with the Stars airs tonight and the 2007 champion is crowned on Tuesday night.

Related: Recap of Dancing with the Stars 2007

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test lead story

does a second lead story show differently from Previous Articles? Should have 3 lead stories.

It works! (took awhile for changes to kick in)

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