What do you think they think is the hottest?

I often profess that Emmanuelle Chriqui is hotter than the solar corona.  (That's very hot, by the way).  So when there's a collection of what they say is her top 20 hottest pictures ever, that deserves investigation.  So I did.

And note, this page also has a video of "The Top 10 Sex Scenes of the Decade".  And the page has lots of links to other places illustrated with small pictures that have a lot of boobs and butts.  So take care if you have to.

The 20 Hottest Photos of Emmanuelle Chriqui

My favorites are 7 and 15 in this set.  But I think I've seen a few better.  She is so wonderfully pretty that you have to have a nice view of her face to go with a nice view of her phenomenal body.

Regarding the sex scenes (yeah, I checked them out too):  I only saw two of them in the actual movie, i.e., I watched the movie and the sex scene that was in it.  Out of context, I don't find sex scenes as exciting;  it does matter to me what characters are getting it on, and why.   Maybe I'll write more on that later.  As it is, I'd like to know more about the movie with Marisa Tomei in it.  And "Ask the Dust" with the always-hot Salma Hayek has an uncensored clip (another warning necessary), in which it's clear exactly what the two characters are up to and in to.

Sonnet for July - 'Personally Seeking'

'Personally Seeking'

I dream of foreign beds, of other lives
that I could live -- to be another man
who took a diff'rent path, with other wives
(or one at least) and other loves, a plan
that was not what has now indeed transpired!
There is no freedom here -- for I am bound
to what I thought was right to have desired
but now unfortunately I have found
 
I'm trapped by my mundane accomplishments.
 
So when I seek and see and read and know
of how they live, without the detriments
that hold me back, I wish that I could throw
my caution and my wisdom in the air
and live a life without a second's care.

Lucky Dion lands delish Elisha

I think a lot of women are beautiful (and a lot of women are), but I've always thought Elisha Cuthbert is the epitome of beautiful curvy cuteness;  and she's proven herself as an actress in both drama and comedy;  and she's not blandly beautiful, she has animation.

She's been dating Toronto Maple Leafs hockey player Dion Phaneuf for a couple of years, and they just got married.  That makes him a lucky guy in my little book of luckiness. 

She looks pretty happy too, in the wedding pictures.

Elisha Cuthbert marries Dion Phaneuf

Below are a couple of recent reasons that he's very lucky, along with my usual advice to a pro athlete with a lovely WAG (W, in this case), to whit:  Don't screw this up by screwing around.

Want to look inside a puffin nest?

Found this via Twitter;  a live 24/7 Webcam inside a puffin nest, which is actually a burrow, on the restored puffin colony off Maine.  As I write this, there's a puffin chick in the burrow.   As I look at the camera, it's currently all alone.  Considering the late hour, I wonder why one of the parents isn't keeping the chick warm at night?  I don't know.  I hope this is a temporary situation.   I'm pretty sure puffins don't fish at night.

Puffin Burrow Live Cam

Murray and predictions

UNFORTUNATELY, this January I didn't predict that Andy Murray would win Wimbledon this year, breaking the famed 77-year British drought at the championships.   Last year I predicted Murray would win his first major and he came through at the U.S. Open after knocking off R-Fed at the Olympics.  He has definitely come into his own, and the general excellence of the top three:  Nadal, Djokovic, and Murray -- should keep us entertained for awhile in men's tennis.  As for Federer, his time of incredible dominance may have passed, but he's so astonishingly good he might still have one major left in him.  Even if he doesn't, he's one of the greatest ever, if not THE greatest ever.

And also UNFORTUNATELY, I didn't pick Marion Bartoli to win a major, including Wimbledon. Who would have done that?  That would have been a dangerous prediction, and really unlikely. But due to the demise of the top players, she made the best of her chance and pulled off a big surprise. 

Now, considering that my one tennis prediction this year was that Caroline Wozniacki would win a major, and that's not likely to happen, and also considering we're halfway through the year, I thought now would be a good time to revisit my undangerous 2013 predictions, and see how I'm doing.  Some of them were pretty unlikely and one of them was done for the sake of love (or something like it), which would have been nice but also very unexpected, despite the excellence of the subject matter.

1. Caroline Wozniacki wins a tennis Grand Slam
Evaluation:  Not likely.  She's slid down the rankings and doesn't appear to be making a run to be (or beat) number one.

2. McCauliffe elected governor in Virginia
Evaluation:  Have to wait until November, but Cuccinelli is behind on money and big money donors aren't donating yet, as noted in a couple of recent posts.  Plus, the Virginia GOP nominated a crazy candidate for Lieutenant Governor, and any linkage between him and the on-edge-of-crazy Coochie will likely make any independents very leery of this level of Tea Party craziness in charge of Virginia.  Still, McAuliffe is liberal, linked to the Clintons, and perceived as a candidate of convenience (i.e., he decided that he wanted to run for office and decided Virginia was as good a place as any to do that).  So though I'm hopeful, and totally concerned for the neighboring state if someone as flat out conservatively nutty as Cuccinelli gets elected, this one's not a sure thing by any means.

3. Arctic sea ice doesn't set new minimum record;  skeptics publicize this everywhere
Evaluation:  Can't tell, but the low sea ice volume and potential actual open sea right near the North Pole right now (early July) might mean I'm wrong.  A new sea ice minimum would indicate we really are on an accelerating warming path, and the skeptics won't publicize this. But the climate science community should exploit it for all it is worth, because it is real and unDENIABLE.

4. Jennifer Aniston has a baby
Evaluation:  Wedding has been postponed to Justin Theroux, and so she isn't apparently going the shotgun route.  Put this in the "not happening" column.

5. Mitch McConnell has a heart attack and dies (only wishing here - skip that one)
Evaluation:   Mitch is still here with us, darn the luck.

5. The GOP House fights another pitched battle over raising the debt ceiling, and only capitulates when China threatens to cause us economic harm because our pending recession is hurting their economy.
Evaluation:   Uncertain.  Showdown is coming in September.  Republicans want to use it again for political gain and gamesmanship.  Assholes every one.

6. The U.S. Men's Soccer team fails to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Evaluation:   They're doing better than expected.  Jozy Altidore is turning into an international scorer and a threat that makes other teams worry.  A ways to go yet, but they look better than they did.

7. Playboy will make an inspired choice for Playmate - Audrey Nicole (@msaudreynicole).
Evaluation:  Even though this Playboy model is beatiful in terms of facial features, and stunningly spectacular in the nude body department, I don't think she's on Playboy's list for the monthly spot. She should be.

8. Due to the nation's budget problems, several large national parks will close for at least a few days during the summer vacation season, to demonstrate how bad the situation is.
Evaluation:   Though some areas opened late or didn't open, maintenance has been deferred, park programs have been canceled, less summer staff have been hired, and a host of other things (due to sequestration) no major parks appear to be in danger of closure. 

9. Joe Lieberman gets a position in the Obama administration.
Evaluation:  What has happened to Joe, anyway?  Actually, he joined a New York law firm. No apparent administration position in the offing, but in a pinch, the Prez could still tap him.

10. A major satellite collision in space emphasizes the space debris problem.
Evaluation:  This one sorta came true twice.  I've always been concerned about an asteroid impact, and didn't predict one, but the Chelyabinsk meteor was something that showed this potential concern area is still a real concern area, despite the low likelihood.  And then something hit a little Ecuadorian cubesat (their first ever), making this prediction come true actually. 

So, here's my current score:
Not going to happen:  3
Have to wait and see:  6
Fulfilled:  1

I think I've still got a good shot of 2 and 5 happening.  Even though I don't think Audrey will be centerfolded, I'll wait til January to declare that one wrong, even though I didn't think it was likely to begin with.   And I put Woz winning the U.S. Open at zero chance, even though it hasn't technically occurred yet.

Oh well, this was all for fun.  But next year, I'm going to try a little harder to predict things that I think will happen.

See you in December.

 

Good news, this

I linked to this in another earlier article, but I just wanted to point this good news again.  Big money donors aren't donating big money to Ken Cuccinelli's governor campaign in Virginia.  I'm not surprised by that, but it still feels so good to repeat it.

Wallets closed (so far) to Coochie in Virginia race

She's got the blues

Julianne Hough did blue right in this outfit at Paris Fashion Week.

Julianne takes the plunge