Jezebel (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Cops arrested Katie Smith today: She sold a man a pressure washer worth several hundred dollars for $3.66. Smith incorrectly rang up $20,000 worth of merchandise for the guy over 4 months, hoping... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Muck and Brass (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
The events of last Tuesday evening and the ensuing media interest have been something of an eye-opener. It has been fascinating to see how this story broke out into the wider press and TV arena and, on the way, lost much of the detail. As far as I can understand, the story started off with a local reporter, Dave Nichols from the Western Gazette, reporting the story without actually being at the Tin...
Jobacle.com Blog (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
With so many great entries, I decided to pull the winners of our Jobacle Haikus About Work contest at random. Thanks to the hundreds who entered and thousands who read! $100 Visa Gift Card WINNER: Katie Smith - Superhero Action Figure: Your choice of one real-life superhero action firgure: BossMan, SuperMom, MoneyMan, or GeekMan. (provided by HappyWorker.com) WINNER: Tanja Cilia - Cube Guard "Door"...
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Hoops for Hope will play a basketball game in Ashland, Kansas on Friday, October 30th. And it looks like Shalee Lehning will put her books down for long enough to take part. Lehning is finishing up her degree at Kansas State in the off-season. The roster: Coach: Jackie Styles (WNBA) Coach: Cynthia Cooper-Dyke (WNBA, Prairie View) Shalee Lehning (Atlanta Dream), G Marcy Sudbeck (Wichita State), F Katie...
Life On The Periphery (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
All are invited to an open house and book signing honoring award-winning Sundance poet Patricia Frolander on Monday, October 26 at the Community Room of the Crook County Library in Sundance, Wyoming. The event, which will run from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m., is hosted by Bearlodge Writers and friends of the poet, and will debut Frolander's new chapbook, Grassland Genealogy (Finishing Line Press, July, 2009)....
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Comedy website 11 Points writes an article called 11 Reasons Why You Should Stop Crapping on the WNBA . It's a very interesting read. The reasons, for those who don't click the link. 11. No, you couldn't beat any of them in one-on-one. 10. The players aren't universally unattractive -- not even close. 9. The scoring isn't as low as you think. 8. It doesn't compare to the NBA because it shouldn't. 7....
The Enterprise Ledger (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
It seems that Katie Smith masters every musical instrument she touches.
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
With Shannon "Pee Wee" Johnson retiring, I'm going to look at my version of the "Keltner List" for women's basketball and see if Shannon Johnson is a real "Hall of Fame" player. 1. Was Shannon Johnson ever regarded as the best player in basketball? Did anybody, while she was active, ever suggest that she was the best player in basketball? She was nominated as one of 30...
WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Update: <p>AUBURN HILLS, Mich.(AP) For 17 minutes, the Indiana Fever looked like the best team in the Eastern Conference.<p>After that, they regressed back to the group that has been eliminated by the Detroit Shock in each of the last three postseasons.<p>After leading for the entire first half, the Fever only scored 19 second-half points as Detroit rolled to an easy 72-56 victory...
WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
Best Individual Performance – Tamika Catchings, Indiana Fever <p> So here's the stat line put together by Catchings in the Fever's OT win in Game 2 of the series against the Washington Mystics: 24 points, 16 rebounds, five assists, four steals, four blocks, 6-11 FGs, 11-12 FTs. Do you really need an explanation beyond that? A close second to Catchings' Game 2 performance was Catchings' Game...
WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
Update: <p>AUBURN HILLS, Mich.(AP) The Atlanta Dream had a chance to win their first playoff game and put the defending WNBA champions on the ropes.<p>They didn't take it.<p>Deanna Nolan scored 25 points and Kara Braxton added 16 as the Detroit Shock rallied for a 94-89 victory over the Dream in the opener of their Eastern Conference first-round series.<p>"This...
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
"All right, who is to blame?" I'm going to try to rush through this without much thought. I just want to wrap the season up as quickly as I can and not feel compelled to write very much about it. You gotta keep your head up, look straight ahead, and move on. 1) Sound carries very well in The Arena at Gwinnett Center. I got a chance to see Ivory Latta practicing, and as she heaved up 3-point...
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Marynell Meadors, Iziane Castro Marques: Meet the Press. We only write about this one because we are compelled to. On the other hand, I have HDTV so it was almost as good as having a seat at courtside. If you want the photos, here they are from Lynn Gregg of SportsPageMagazine.com. I would burn these photos, myself, just to put the awful memories behind me. 1) HDTV is definitely not flattering: you...
WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Deanna Nolan, Katie Smith and Plenette Pierson were signed to extensions on Monday.
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
Who : The Atlanta Dream (18-16) take on the Detroit Shock (18-16) in a playoff game. The Dream have a cast including Angel McCoughtry (12.8 ppg) and Sancho Lyttle (13.0 ppg, 7.5 prg). Iziane Castro Marques (14.4 ppg) leads the team in scoring. Deanna Nolan is back (16.9 ppg) for the Mystics and rookie Shavonte Zellous (11.9 ppg) helps an injury-riddled Shock team. What : The first of a best-of-three...
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