EXTRA SPARKS

CRUSH OF THE MONTH: April

2009-04-09T14:36:00.000-07:00

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HAIRCAST from BRAVO

2009-03-25T10:57:00.001-07:00

Check this wackness out!

QUICKIE QUIZ ANSWER

2009-02-01T14:03:00.000-08:00

It was Tonight Show host and stand-up comedian, Jay Leno. Lemon added, at the end of the story, that they were, in fact neighbors in Beverly Hills.

Wanna know what the question was? Visit my other blog, here.

UR SO GAY

2009-01-28T11:51:00.001-08:00

For my original post, click here.

CRUSH OF THE MONTH: January

2009-01-27T09:30:00.000-08:00

To read the original post about Jessie, click here.

RANDOM XTACLE PICS

2009-01-03T15:06:00.000-08:00

CRUSH OF THE MONTH: December

2008-12-08T10:53:00.000-08:00

For the original post about Hunky Santa, click here.
For Hunky Santa's official web site, click here.
To read the LA Times article about Hunky Santa, click here.

BILL GATES SEXES IT UP!

2008-10-21T09:36:00.000-07:00

For a prophetic Bill Gates quote, go to zippersparks.blogspot.com and click on quotes!

CRUSH OF THE MONTH: October

2008-10-14T12:41:00.000-07:00

For more fun Preston stuff, visit the original post, here.

CRUSH OF THE MONTH: September

2008-09-17T09:59:00.000-07:00

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BLAME CANADA!

2008-08-28T11:10:00.000-07:00

Canada is 1st in literacy rate
Canada is 1st in waste produced per person
Canada is 1st in ATM usage
Canada was the 1st country to mine uranium
Canada was the 1st western country to recognize Ukrainian independence
Canada was the 1st country to have a domestic communications satellite
Canada was the 1st country to adopt a national multiculturalism policy
Canada is the 1st in hydro power generation
Canada was the 1st British colony to gain self-government

Canada also has...
...the highest ocean tides (Bay of Fundy)
...the longest covered bridge (New Brunswick)
...the longest street (Yonge Street, Toronto at 1,178 miles)
...the largest National Park (Wood Buffalo Park, Alberta)

CRUSH OF THE MONTH: July/August

2008-07-23T12:33:00.001-07:00

For the original post about Ian Roberts click here.

EXTRA WEEDS

2008-07-02T19:51:00.001-07:00

For my original post about Showtime's Weeds, click here.

(BEGGING FOR) THE BREAKDOWN

2008-06-21T18:10:00.001-07:00

Hit the beat and take it to the verse now...

You look at me and think we're the same kind
'Cause you don't know what I got (I'm for?),
and I'm gonna get more than I'm asking for,
But I just don't want to waste my time

You know that I'll be the other girl,
Just like there's nothing in this world.
I know that I'm gonna get me some
I just don't know where to get it from.

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CRUSH OF THE MONTH: June

2008-06-13T09:54:00.001-07:00

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REALITY-TV ROUND-UP!

2008-05-28T00:39:00.000-07:00

America's Next Top Model winner (and real-sized girl), Whitney:

American Idol winner, underdog and cool-@ss rocker, David Cook:

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JANICE DICKINSON'S MODELING AGENCY

2008-05-19T15:44:00.000-07:00

For the original post about this great show, click here.

CRUSH OF THE MONTH: May

2008-05-17T15:15:00.000-07:00

For the original Crush Of the Month post, click here.

YOU GO, GIRL!

2008-04-23T13:15:00.000-07:00

For more serious (well, sort of) posts on politics, click here.

THE PAULA DEEN QUIZ (Answers)

2008-04-11T01:10:00.000-07:00

Here are the answers to the quiz about the queen of Southern Cuisine: (for the original quiz, click here)

1. Paula was discovered at the age of:
55

2. Paula opened her first restaurant in:
Savannah, Georgia

3. In 1989, Paula launched a sandwich delivery business called:
The Bag Lady, which also involved her two, young sons.

4. Paula made her Hollywood debut in the 2005 film:
Elizabethtown

5. Paula learned her southern cookin’ techniques from:
Her grandmother, Grandma Paul.

6. Paula has two sons named:
Bobby and Jamie Dean. She also has one grandchild.

7. Paula announced to the world she would start filming her own Food Network show on:
Oprah

8. Paula considers this former U.S. President one of her favorite guests on her show:
Jimmy Carter - she's had him and his wife on a couple of times, and calls him, "Mister Jimmy."

9. Paula often uses this word to describe her style of cooking:
Unpretentious

10. Paula was introduced to her husband, Michael, by:
Her dogs

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FLASHBACK: Josiah

2008-04-10T21:35:00.000-07:00

Josiah "Jay" Fisher is one of the best friends I ever had. Here are some extra photos of him:

Jay clutching the leg of his boyfriend, at a party.

From left to right: My older sister, Laura, Mikey and Jay at SD Pride.

From left to right: Me (scary, huh?), Mike, some girl whose name I can't remember, and Jay at a cocktail party at my old West Hollywood digs.

Jay, napping with Mikey, in my bed, at my old WeHo apartment.

For the original post all about Jay, click here.

FLASHBACK: Chris Wide

2008-04-10T21:04:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple of bonus pictures of COLT Man Chris Wide. I decided to post these after scanning the old posts on my blog (looking for missing artwork). I created Extra Sparks long after I was posting about Chris, so I felt the need to go back and add some bonus pictures.

For the original post about this mancake, click here.

DO MY LAUNDRY!

2008-04-04T09:45:00.000-07:00

CRUSH OF THE MONTH:April

2008-04-03T20:46:00.001-07:00

The first three pictures are from Maxim Magazine, 2006. The last picture is taken from Michael Trucoo ("Anders") web site. For the original post about the men of Battlestar Galactica, click here.

CRUSH OF THE MONTH: March

2008-03-11T19:16:00.001-07:00

For the post about March's Crush of the Month click here.

THE ZOMBIE QUIZ

2008-03-10T16:31:00.000-07:00

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1. What is a zombie?
d) A dead person come back to life - There really is a rum-soaked drink called a zombie, but it has nothing to do with the un-dead.

2. How does a person become a zombie?
c) Getting bitten or killed by another zombie

3. What do zombies drink?
d) nothing - they live of the flesh they eat

4. How smart are zombies?
b) Some intelligence but not much

5. What is the average life span of a zombie?
c) Three to five years - I actually don't agree with this answer... they're already dead, so there is no such thing as a "life" span. If you chose 'd' I think you're right.

6. How strong are zombies?
b) As strong as they were when they were alive, just slower

7. How do you kill a zombie?
b) Destroy the brain

8. What happens when you chop off a zombie head?
c) The body is dead, but the head still lives

9. What is the weapon of choice when fighting a zombie?
d) rifle - grenades throw shrapnel which could infect others, hatchets put you too close to the zombie and flamethrowers will only piss them off

10. How can you protect your pets from zombies?
d) Trick question - zombies only crave human flesh!

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CRUSH OF THE MONTH: February

2008-02-01T09:37:00.000-08:00

To read the post about February's crush, click here.

PIECE OF BLASPHEMY

2008-01-29T10:54:00.000-08:00

Aww, poor Britney. Up on the cross, no less. To return to the original post, click here.

HOTEL BABYLON HOTTIE

2008-01-28T14:09:00.000-08:00

To read more about this hottie, click here.

LEGO MADNESS

2008-01-28T13:49:00.000-08:00

Here are some more crazy things people made with Lego toys. (To go back to the original article, click here.)

GAY GLADIATOR

2008-01-16T11:16:00.000-08:00

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CRUSH OF THE MONTH: January

2008-01-12T15:54:00.000-08:00

DOLLY... or DALI? Answers

2007-08-19T15:12:00.000-07:00

1. "The way I see it, if you want a rainbow, you gotta paint up the rain." Dolly Parton

2. "I don't do drugs, I am drugs." Salvador Dali

3. "Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making." Salvador Dali

4. "We never actually starved, but sometimes we never had quite enough to eat." Dolly Parton

5. "I seated ugliness on my knee, and almost immediately grew tired of it." Salvador Dali

6. "When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next." Dolly Parton

7. "When people say less is more, I say more is more. Less is less. I want more." Dolly Parton

8. "It is good taste, and good taste along, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning." Salvador Dali

9. "There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction." Salvador Dali

10. "Even though a bird can fly, it must land on Earth." The Dali Lama

11. "I may be an eagle when I fly, but I'm a sparrow when it comes to feelings."Dolly Parton

12. "Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings." Salvador Dali

THE HARRY POTTER ANSWERS

2007-07-09T20:21:00.000-07:00

Here are the answers to the quiz. For a more advanced version of the quiz, click here. (Thanks for checking you answers this time... you know who you ams!

1. What sport do they play at Hogwarts?
d) quidditch

2. When was the first Harry Potter book released in the United States?
b) 1998 - We're coming up on a decade of Potter mania.

3. What does the "J" in "JK Rowling" stand for?
c) Joanne - Who tops the list of income in the United Kingdom. The most recent list of top making money makers in the U.K. came out and Ms. Rowling was followed by Madonna... who while not a citizen of the U.K., resided there for most of the year, she made the list.

4. True or false: J.K. Rowling is worth more than the Queen of England.
True - Kinda sad, huh?

5. What's the highest number of Harry Potter books sold in the U.S. in one 24-hour period?
a) 6.9 million - Which comes out to 28,7500 nerds, uh, I mean books per hour.

6. Which of these is not a name of a Harry Potter book?
b) Harry Potter & The Glass Prophecy - Duh.

7. Books from the series have officially been translated into the following languages except:
d) Zulu - I think the clicks and whirs would be hard to put down on paper.

8. What is the highest grossing Potter movie to date?
a) The Sorcerer's Stone - Never as good as the first time, I guess.

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SOPRANOS QUIZ ANSWERS

2007-06-30T11:01:00.000-07:00

1. Creator David Chase wanted to call the show The Sopranos, but HBO originally said no. Why?
c) They were afraid the viewers would think the show was about opera singers. They suggested Family Guy, but backed away when Fox debuted a show with that name.

2. Which of the following other titles were also considered before HBO finally gave in?
d) All of the above

3. How did James Gandolfini (a.k.a. Tony Soprano) take up acting?
d) "A friend took me to an acting class, and I was scared to death. That made me really mad, so I stayed. I don't know why."

4. Who said, "Hit them over the head with a baseball bat, and they come around," and, "I'm come come back here and carve my initials in your forehead. You better show me the respect I deserve!"
b) Tony Sirico, the actor who plays Paulie Wlanuts, who really was a gangster in the 1970s. He made the threats during a confrontation with a discotheque owner. He was arrested 28 times for suspected mob-related crimes, and even imprisoned once.

5. What is a goomah?
c) The same as a comare—a mobster's mistress Don't confuse it with "goombah" which means "godfather"

6. What was one of the challeneges Michael Imperioli had to overcome to play Tony Soprano's nephew, Christopher Moltisanti?
a) Learning how to drive. Like many naive New Yorkers, he never learned to drive.

7. What is an "executive game"?
b) An exclusive, high-stakes poker game for celebrities and rich people.