Okay. I just so happened to come across the Miss America pageant on Country Music Television—yes, I flipped my way up to channel 146. But what's important is not how I got there, rather why I stayed. To get my learn on. No, this is not some subscribe to Playboy for the articles nonsense; I'm serious. I was hit by the stun gun of smarts. (It wore off.)
It started with Chris Matthews asked Miss Mississippi to compare her state's Katrina response to the national government's. No fair, Christopher. Not so fast! M-squared (Miss Mississippi) was on it like Clinton on Rice. Figuring that must have been an exceptional difficult one, I watched Miss Texas await her question. Drumroll. What we should be doing differently in Darfur? Are you serious? A little hesitation and then bam, I swear I heard her drop the Janjaweed on those judges. It continued to the next round: How can women overcome the current gender salary gap? What gives you confidence in America? Etc.
This picture is deceptive:
But it's what I pictured. It's what I would have thought I was getting into had I actually recorded Miss America and watched it from my DVR. I was confusing it with the Donald Trump-owned Miss USA pageant. Here's how Wikipedia breaks it down: Miss America's about Role Models while Miss USA's about Models. All that watching Tiara Girls didn't help me recall the distinction at crunch-time. Though that must be why they got Mario Lopez to host. It's all starting to make sense now. Hope it helps you as well.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
There She Is, Miss America?
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fully or partially concealed cards make wagers into a central pot, which is awarded
to the player or players with the best combination of cards or to the player who makes
an uncalled bet. Poker can also refer to video poker, a single-player game seen in
casinos much like a slot machine, or to other games that use poker hand rankings.
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Brilliant post. The Janjaweed. I'm gobsmacked.
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"just so happened to come across"...don't lie Seth, you planned your whole evening around it. In fact, weren't you trying to get a pool going to bet on the winner? what up with that???
True. If I recall correctly, though, you said you were out because Monday night you'd be "seeking out ways to cultivate, buy, wear, or just be around
flowers and blooming plants." I didn't hate because I had to admit they do have quite an agreeable smell!
Miss USA is currently doing press rounds to talk about her newly kicked coke habit. Hey, if it's good enough for Kate Moss ....
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Well, it is world's largest provider of scholarship assistance for young women. Miss USA was on the Today show today http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16921678/ and I too was quite impressed with her ability to handle the pressure. Matt Lauer, aka the bulldog, was firing tough ones at her but she held her cool.
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