TheBaronOfFratton

^ I hate the idea of "official" anthems anyway - it smacks a bit of state-sponsored fun, and is but a hair-breadths away from all that shit Kim Jong-il gets up to...

^I think we've lucked out too. Although, given our appalling qualifying fiasco, I'd maybe put a cheeky bet on S.Korea/Nigeria for Group B...Still haven't got anything resembling a 'likely' squad - as Maradona keeps playing anybody and everybody in all recent games (he even played Ariel Ortega last time around - the guy's 36 and hasn't played regularly since 2004 because of protracted alcoholism). Maybe keep him occupied elsewhere, and let somebody else actually coach the team - and then I won't have to watch on in a morbid fascination that's usually restricted to sneaking a peek at car crashes.

^Uh-Oh - best steer clear of arguing the toss for this one then..!

Did find the Ellen Von Unwerth/Lacoste adverts in better quality though:

^And I keep saying her there, in different shots - but can't find them online... This is all I've got of any worth:

Nice and fresh and clean... The curiously named Up To Boy(!) magazine, Vol.197 Jun '10:

^Crikey! Sorry I've neglected to look in here of late - goodness...

And I must say - it's a pleasure to be here, Frederick. Old Bill was a sly old dog, wasn't he? Stoic, taciturn - and cleaning up left, right and centre! Small hands too, had to have his Bass specially adapted. Hope for us all... Now if only he didn't go and marry that 15-year old!

^That's sad to hear - I'd long held Cocksucker Blues as a kind of holy grail. Even got stiffed trying to buy a copy on eBay once (when you could still buy naughty bootlegs, before that 'new puritanism' kicked in!)... But then both Symapthy for the Devil and Gimme Shelter (the films, not songs) are a little self-indulgent on the part of the directors too, so I guess I should've suspected as much. But groupies - oh yes! Have you read Pamela Des Barres book, I'm With The Band? She's kind of a self-appointed queen - and consequently rather pleased with herself (something I'd know nothing about! ), but it is an interesting read nonetheless. The late 60's/early 70's heyday just seemed that much more glamorous and debauched in such things. Post-Slash, rock stars just don't sound seem half as much fun do they? I mean, read this: When I answered the knock on Ronnie’s door, a blonde with straggly hair announced, “I’ve got a pound of butter in my purse. Where’s Mick?” She was the Dallas Butter Queen. Groupies had titles then. (source: rulefortytwo.com)She even gets a mention on the Stone's song Rip This Joint. But then, I suppose, if you even get a 'rise' out of Elton then you must be something pretty special...

^You know, I was thinking about that... (Y) Just, at the moment, I have a .gif as my avatar - and I don't want to overstimulate my set!!!Also, I hadn't seen this shot in 'full length' before - figured I should still post it now. Something about those socks is driving me f***ing wild:

^Most welcome, Michael*! ^Yeah, I didn't really want to mention him! <_< Most stuff I've found is blahblahblah Jensen, yaddayadda Formula 1... But these shoots (so far) predate her "celebrity relationship" - and though I wish Mr Button well, I wanted to concentrate on her fine attributes!

And this PB proved a little naughty, only sheerness mind - so I thought it prudent to link these in case of offense... http://i39.tinypic.com/euq2qv.jpg http://i44.tinypic.com/23t2m0y.jpg http://i42.tinypic.com/117s5yb.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/33vgpxy.jpg

Part 2:

And if these don't convince you then there's no point in you carrying on in here. Go back to your vanilla pop-tarts...

Anal Eel Insertion Kills Man A man has died after an eel that was inserted into his rectum gnawed away at his bowels, causing agonising injuries which were eventually fatal. The 59-year-old man, a chef, was reportedly taken to a Sichuan hospital complaining of abdominal pain, dehydration and a great deal of anal bleeding. He was soon diagnosed as being in a severe state of shock. Doctors were mystified as to the cause, and obtained permission from his family to undertake an exploratory laparotomy. Cutting open his innards, they discovered a 50cm long Asian swamp eel lodged in his rectum. Though dead, the eel had apparently already wrought havoc on his innards, biting its way through his intestines prior to dying. Internal bleeding and infection rapidly set in. He was reported to have eaten a lot of eel the previous day, but otherwise doctors had no idea how the creature had got there. His condition quickly worsened. He lingered for 10 days in intensive care but eventually succumbed to the injuries and sepsis. The likely cause was eventually established – he had apparently been drinking with friends, and had passed out. His friends had decided it would be amusing to insert a live eel into his anus whilst he was comatose. Police have reportedly begun an investigation. (source: Chengdu Times, China) Oh dear...

^ :shock:

Hmmm... Penguin cookbook calls for 'freshly ground black people' Publisher destroys 7,000 copies of The Pasta Bible after 'silly mistake' causes outrage (Disclaimer ... this plate of tagliatelle contains no 'freshly ground black people'.) A recipe for tagliatelle with sardines and prosciutto has proved a little too spicy for Penguin Australia, after a misprint suggesting that the dish required "salt and freshly ground black people" has left the publisher reaching for the pulping machine, rather than the pepper grinder. It's a one-word slip that only came to light after a member of the public got in touch, and which has sent all 7,000 copies of The Pasta Bible at Penguin's warehouse to be destroyed, an exercise which head of publishing, Robert Sessions, told the Sydney Morning Herald would cost $ 20,000. There are, as yet, no plans to recall copies that have made it into stores, which according to Sessions would be "extremely hard". He was "mortified that this has become an issue of any kind", adding that "why anyone would be offended, we don't know". Sessions defended proofreaders for letting through a misprint that he suggested came from a spell-check program, explaining that since almost every recipe in the book calls for black pepper on each page it was an error he considered "quite forgivable". He went on to attack those who might complain about what he called a "silly mistake" as "small minded". Meanwhile, the clean-up operation continues, with the publisher releasing a rather more emollient statement on its website offering sincere apologies "for any offence this error may have caused readers", and suggesting that proofreaders "would have been concentrating on checking quantities, a common source of error in cookbooks". Penguin also offered to "willingly replace a copy of The Pasta Bible owned by anyone who feels uncomfortable about having a copy of the book in their possession". (source: Guardian, UK)

Sabra magazine, January '09:

^That'll be Anna Selezneva...

Name: Jessica Celeste Michibata DOB: October 21, 1984 Height: 1.75m (5'9") Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown Measurements: 85-59-88 (EU), 33½-23¼-34½ (US) Jessica Michibata (道端ジェシカ), born Jessica Celeste Gonzalez Almada on October 21, 1984 in Fukui Prefecture, Japan is a Japanese fashion model. She was born to an Argentine father of Spanish, Italian ancestry, and a Japanese mother. Jessica Michibata has always possessed the sort of striking looks that tend to stand out in a crowd - yet it was her sister who originally blazed a path through the world of modelling: "I used to visit my older sister (Linda Karen) at her modelling agency in Tokyo," she says. "When I was 12 or 13, they asked me if I’d like to try it." She has been active in the modelling world since her early life. She also has a younger sister named Angelica Patricia, a model too! Jessica and Angelica are both spokesmodels for the lingerie brand Peach John. Although as a child she had bizarrely set her sights on a career as a coroner ("That was my biggest dream. Everyone thinks I’m kidding when I say that"), Jessica Michibata spent the majority of her teen years struggling to carve out a place for herself within Japan's cutthroat modeling scene. It wasn’t until she appeared in a television spot for UNIQLO -- Japan's leading clothing retail chain -- that Jessica Michibata first broke through into the mainstream, and she subsequently managed to land a series of high profile gigs modelling for such familiar names as Evian, Reebok and Seiko.

^Ja ja - thank you for the information! I shall go there post haste...

All credit to Capt. icey really, he capped this for me - which I found on the Ann Taylor Loft site. I like to horde the medals for myself, but I figure - this time - he can have one too! And the 'stills':

^Yet when we go out and do that of an evening, those army guys beat us up and say we're 'gay'...

From the Busan International Motor Show:

Not much, but a little something at least (so we know she's still working!) at the Busan International Motor Show: