Sunday, February 15, 2009

pause for the cause

Recently, I have spent day and night viewing every news video on President Obama and the financial crisis I can find (I am an economist). (I used to tell friends and coworkers almost proudly that finance was my weakness.) Of course additionally there is all the news no one can miss about the new president. But in all I have seen and heard, this photo brought tears: Denzel Washington . . . Denzel . . . waiting, first to appear, for the inauguration. Denzel.

Hey if Denzel, man mustn't I.

Photo source: msn.com/AP

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Slovakia's other up-and-comer

She was felled by the mean Russian Dementieva (below) in the quarters of the Australian Open.

With (right of) Fed Cup captain the Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia.

Photo sources: Yahoo! News/Reuters/Petar Kujundzic; Yahoo! News/AP Photo/Rob Griffith; Yahoo! News/AP Photo/CTK, Jakub Sukup