Wife saves Husband from Mountain Lion

Last week at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in Northern California, sixty-five year old Nell Hamm saved her seventy year old husband Jim from a female Mountain Lion. She used a log, when that didn't work, she stabbed the lion with a pen her husband suggested in the eye and that didn't work either. She tried to stick again. [According to AOL news] She managed to get her husband's head out of the lion's mouth. The lion mauled his face, inflicted other ruptures and scratches, and teared off part of his lips. "Hamm is taking antibiotics to prevent infection, but doctors remained concerned about bacteria entering his body from the cat's claws and mouth." Game wardens closed the park after the attack and released hounds to track the lion. The wardens shot from a chopper and killed a pair of lions found near the trail where the attack happened. "The carcasses of the lions – believed to be siblings – were flown to a state forensics lab, where researchers identified the female lion as the attacker. She did not have rabies. " Never underestimate a six-something woman when her love is in peril.

Sources:
Denver Channel Article
International Herald Tribune
Sign On San Diego.com

Nick Turnbull returns to Miami just after signing wih the Bears

Nick Turnbull is a football player that was the perspective leader of the Florida International University Football team that began in 2002. In 2006 he was drafted to the Atlanta Falcons as a free agent and recently was 'claimed off of waivers' (whatever that means) by the Chicago Bears on December 12, 2006. Ironically, the Chicago Bears are playing at the Super Bowl in Miami, near his hometown. (He was born in Miramar and the Dolphin Stadium is not technically in Miami but nearby.)

I don't know for sure if he will be playing in the Super Bowl, probably not. I went to the FIU as well, I think I graduated before he did. All the girls would swoon over him. He would hang around the main building where I worked. I remember he used to smile a lot and had a good demeanor most of time. I managed to gather some. Especially of his piercing eyes.

I don't think he has played yet for the Bears (he has joined the team at the tail end) but he is on a lot of webpages as part of the Bears team.

You can see his eyes popping out there, he is the one to the right.

Unknown Hotties of the Week 1/29/07

Mike Dunleavy, Jr.
26-year old 6 foot 9 Basketball player who has been recently traded from the Golden State Warriors to the Indiana Pacers.

He is the son of the current coach of the L.A. Clippers. Hey sport fans, why those Los Angeles have two Basketball teams?

No comment.

Steve Segerlin
He will be 22 in March, he is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a diver.

He has been in national events since 2001 and International since 1998. He actually began diving in 1994.

He got in the bronze U.S. Open last April at the Indiana University Natatorium.

George Slebi

He is Colombian actor, he played Damian in the telenovela 'Floricienta.'

He got his start in 'Protagnists de Novela 2' (a Big Brother-ish show) in Colombia.

Please vote for the Unknown Hotties of the Winter

Mending the Blog Fire

Well here is my retraction, I unfortunately fell into the angry mob of bloggers that went on attacking Dr. Roselli from Oregon State University. Thanks to fellow blogger Jim Newman from OHSU, I was able to be clarified on the subject and gave some good reading. According to this NY Times article Newman sent me about Roselli clearing this up, "The researchers acknowledge that the sheep are killed in the course of the research so their brain structure can be analyzed, but they say they follow animal welfare guidelines to prevent suffering." But I still want to know how many animals went through this process and what were their previous condition. Okay, they just wanted to learn more, not look for a 'cure.'

say with a grain of salt. I admit that what I said in the last post without making more research was just carelessness and I apologize. I don't act like I'm all high and mighty news blog or anything anyway, I mean I post semi-nude men on my blog for god's sake! (Not that you can't take other blogs that do that seriously.) My point is that my blog is my bullhorn and at times I might be wrong, it's human and I know no one was accusing me of being wrong or whatever but maybe I feel semi-responsible for this current All these articles about the explosion of misinformation all mention PETA and tennis player Martina Navratilova. What I want to express on this post is that it is so silly how much bloggers have some form of power in journalism in the media these days. A lot of people don't consider them real journalists but most news come from them or about them or what has been going through the web. Perhaps the major news publications need to take what the bloggers say with a graind of salt. Maybe I feel responsible for this current outpour from bloggers.

And yes, I've bascially taken a break from translating all my blogs to Spanish. I might do it again, you never know.

Related Topic: Unlawful Treatment from Homophobes

Last blog I had in two languages: Welcome Mr. Beckham to America
The blog after that, was only in English: Jake Gyllenhall a delight on SNL

Amber Benson and Jonathan LaPaglia on SciFi's Gryphon

Super Hottie Jonathan LaPaglia ('The District', 'Seven Days') and my favorite actress Amber Benson (Tara from 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer') were in tonight's SciFi channel original moviue Gryphon. Which was a little campy but sitll good, very much steep in myth and both protagnists given strong performances. LaPaglia was super hot in chainmail and hot tights. While some talk very Medively, soem lines are very modern and LaPaglia delivers them with his wit. Amber plays a strong female character, but still not to compete with Buffy.

Legally Blonde

I may way overdue on this but I wrote in May about Manuel Bartsch, a teenager who was illegal and didn't know it and was arrested December 2005. In August, he got permission to go to work. In this article from last December it says it was his step-grandfather that brought him here and not step-father. Also, he is still awaiting the immigration hearing! I even spelled his last name wrong.

Related Topic: Are you Illegal and don't know it?