Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Putting the Fortune into Wheel of Fortune


Vanna White's Net Worth


When I first wrote about Vanna's net worth (1/11/12) it was $15 million. Not bad for someone who touches letters and claps. But I just checked again and it now stands at $30 million. Not a bad gain for four years, eh? And she gets another $8 million each year for her "work" on Wheel of Fortune.

So there you have it.

And I saw an interview with her in which she made reference to doing those once famous (and still well worth doing an Image Search for) lingerie shots because she was hungry.  I totally believe her, too.  I mean, take a look at those pictures, she's lusting in front of an open refrigerator and EVERYthing.


But I've got to say, if you only know Vanna from her current appearances on the show, you just don't know Vanna. She was super hot back in the day, boys. Try doing an image search for her + refrigerator and you'll see what I mean. And you'll thank me for it, for sure.




Sunday, January 1, 2012

The Movie I Saw (2012 Edition)


nOW wITH rATINGS!
***** = Must be seen before you die.
****   = Really good.
***    = Worth seeing, but you won't die for lack of it.
**      = A waste of time, but one or two good moments.
*       = You'll lose two IQ points watching this one.  
-0     = This will make you want to kill yourself, but only
            after you have mounted a water tower with a 
            rifle and taken out as many others as time allows.  
            This rating was invented after viewing The Rules 
            of Attraction.  ( -0, Less Than Zero, ya know?)

183.  Jack Reacher (2012) ***
182.  Double Indemnity (1944) ****
181.  Made (1972) *****
180.  The Big Sleep (1946) *****
179.  Mildred Pierce (2011) ****
178.  Luther: Series Two (2011) ****
177.  Les Miserables (2012) ****
176.  Luther: Series One (2010) ****
175.  The Book of Life: 2000 Seen By...  (1998) **

174.  The New Centurions (1972) ****
173Myra Breckineidge (1970) ***
172.  Headhunters (2011) ****
171.  All-Star Superman (2011) **
170.  Batman: Year One (2011) ***
169.  Romeo + Juliet (1996) *****
168.  Planet of the Apes (1968) *****
167.  The Experiment (2010) ****
166.  Wrecked (2011) ***
165.  American Horror Story:  Murder House (2011) ***
164.  Detachment (2011) *****
163.  Russell Brand in New York City (2009) ****
162.  A Good Woman (2004) ****
161.  Shoot 'Em Up (2007) **
160.  Saints & Soldiers:  Airborne Creed (2012) *****
159.  Katy Perry:  Part of Me (2012) *****
158.  Casino Royale (2006) ****
157.  Skyfall (2012) *****
156.  Crossroads (2003) ****
155.  Drive (2011) **
154.  Not Another Teen Movie (2001) -0
153.  Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) *****
152.  Arthur (2011) ****
151.  The Mother (2003) *****
150.  The Whistleblower (2010)
150Tears on the Sun (2003) *****
149.  Atlas Shrugged Part One (2011) **
148.  Don't Look Back (2009) ****
147.  Killing Me Softly (2002)***
146.  The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011) ***
145.  Alex Cross (2012) **
144.  Dial M for Murder (1954) ***
143.  Blood Diamond (2006) ***** 
142.  X-Men:  First Class (2011) ***
141.  Midnight in Paris (2011) *****
140.  The Artist (2011) *****
139.  Drugstore Cowboy (1989)  ***
138.  Espiritu de la Salsa (2010) *** 
137.  Sirens (1993) **
136.  Haywire (2011) **
135.  Beautiful Creatures (2000) **
134.  Ronin (1998) **
133.  Five Minutes o Heaven (2009) ****
132.  The Newsroom:  Season One (2012) ****
131.  J. Edgar (2011) ****
130. The A-Team (2010) **
129. The Bourne Legacy (2012) ****
128. Hanna (2011) ****
127. Total Recall (2012) ****
126. With Great Power:  The Stan Lee Story (2010) *** 
125. Stardust Memories (1980) ****
124. Lombardi (2010) *****
123. William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2010) ****
122. Derek Jeter 3K (2011) ****
121. Anatomy of Hell (2004) -0
120. Not of This Earth (1988)*
119. You Kill Me (2007) **
118. The War on Kids (2009)
117. Rampage (1987) ***
116. Rampage (2009) ***
115. Da Vinci's Inquest Season Three (2000) ****
114. Noam Chomsky: Obama Administration and US Foreign Policy (2010) *****
113. Chris Hedges:  How Corporations Destroyed American Democracy (2010) *****
112. Da Vinci's Inquest Season Two (1999) ****
111. John Adams (2008) ****
110. The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) **
109. Firefly (2002) *****
108. How to Rain Your Dragon (2010) ****
107. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) ****
106. Irreversible (2002) -0 / ****
105. Prometheus (2012) *** 
104. Adult Entertainment: Disrobing an American Idol (2010) ****           
103. Killer Elite (2011) ***                                           
102. Unstoppable (2010) ****
101. Louie Season Two (2011) ****
101. Too Big To Fail (2011) ****
100. Mercury Rising (1998) ***
99.  Sex and the City 2 (2010) *
98.  Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011)  **
97.  Larry Crowne (2011) ***
96.  Last Man Standing (1996) ***
95.  Girls Season One (2012) ?
94.  George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011) ****
94.  Malena (2000) *****
93.  Zeitgeist: The Movie (2007) *****
92.  Three Days of the Condor (1975) ***
91.  50 First Dates (2004) ****
90.  Combien tu m'aimes? (How Much Do You Love Me?)
(2007) ****
89.  Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011) ***
88.  Manolete (The Matador's Mistress) (2008) **
87.  Mirror, Mirror (2012) ****
86.  Da Vinci's Inquest Season One (1998) ****
85.  Method (2004) ***
84.  Beverly Hills Cop (1984) *****
83.  Barbarella (1968) *
82.  Serenity (2005) *****
81.  Men in Black III (2012) **
80.  The Big Sleep (1945) ****
79.  The Big Sleep (1946) ****
78.  Sex Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks (2002) ***
77.  Love Happy (1950) **
76.  Classic Albums: Phil Collins: Face Value (1999) ***
75.  Corialanus (2011)
74.  Alice Cooper: Live at Montreux 2005 ***
73.  Mona Lisa (1986) ***
72.  Snatch (2000) ****
71.  Buffalo '66 (1998) ****
70.  Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) ****
69.  Psycho (1998) ***
68.  The Long Good Friday (1980) ****
67.  Don't Look Back (2009) ***
66.  Frank Caliendo: All Over the Place (2007) ****
65.  Hollywoodland (2006) ****
64.  Classic Albums: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Damn the Torpedoes (2009) ****
63.  Classic Albums: Lou Reed: Transformer (2001) ****
62.  Classic Albums: Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell (1999) ****
61.  Classic Albums: Deep Purple: Machine Head (2002) ****
60.  Classic Albums: Nirvana: Nevermind (2005) ****
59.  House of Fears (2007) **
58.  Outlaw Trail (2006) ***
57.  Forever Strong (2008) ****
56.  Saints and Soldiers (2003) ****
55.  The Descendants (2011) *
54.  The Rules of Attraction (2002) -0
53.  Original Sin (2001) *
52.  Paycheck (2003) **
51.  Bloodworth (2010) **
50.  Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) ***
49.  The Wayward Cloud(Tian bian yi duo yun) (2005) **
48.  William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet (2009) ****  
47.  The Decemberists:  A Practical Handbook (2006) ****
46.  The Listening Project (2008) ****
45.  Muddy Waters: Got My Mojo Working (2000) ****
44.  When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors (2009) ****
43.  Black Wax (1982) *****
42.  Louis C.K.: Hilarious (2009) ****
41.  American Teacher (2011) ***
40.  Classic Albums:  The Doors (2008) ***
39.  Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011)  *
38.  Mr. Rice's Secret (2000) ***
37.  The Trip (2010) ****
36.  Cigarette Wars (2011) ***
35.  John Carter (2012) ****
34.  Year of the Horse: Neil Young & Crazy Horse Live (1997) **
33.  Religulous (2008) ***
32.  Planet of the Apes (1968) *****
31.  Cruise Inc.:  Big Money on the High Seas (2009) ***
30.  I Need That Record (2008) ****
29.  Don't Tempt Me (2001) ****
28.  Lourdes (2009) ***
27.  Desire Under the Elms (1958) ***
26.  The Merchants of Cool (2001) ****
25.  Comic Book Confidential (1988) ***
24.  Inferno:  The Making of The Expendables (2010) **
23.  Powder Blue (2009) **
22.  The Big Bird Cage (1972) *
21.  Ghost Rider:  Spirit of Vengeance (2012) **
20.  Christopher Titus:  The 5th Annual End of the World Tour (2007) *
19.  Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) ***
18.  Journey 2:  The Mysterious Island (2012) *
17.  Casanova (2005) ****
16.  Dolores Claiborne (1995) ****
15.  DMT:  The Spirit Molecule (2010) ***
14.  Declining by Degrees: Higher Education at Risk (2005) *****                     
13.  Louis C.K.: Chewed Up (2008) *****
12.  True Blood:  Season 2 (2009) *****
11. Louie: Season One (2010) ****
10. Louis C.K.: Hilarious (2009) ****
9.  Hancock (2008) ***
8.  MI-5 Volume 1 (2002) ****
7.  Cashback (2006) **
6.  Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998) **
5.  Office Space (1999) **
4.  The Shock Doctrine (2009) ****
3.  Rolling Stones:  Stones in Exile (2010) ****
2.  The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) *****
1. Archangel (2005) ***

The Book I Read (2012 Edition)--INCOMPLETE

15.  By the Iowa Sea by Joe Blair
14.  The Secret History Omnibus Volume 2 by Jean-Pierre Pecau & Igor Kordey
13.  Romeo and Juliet by Edward de Vere
12.  The Secret History Omnibus Volume 1 by Jean-Pierre Pecau & Igor Kordey
11.  Hardware:  The Man in the Machine by Dwayne McDuffie & Denys Cowan
10.  The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
9.  Hand of Fire: The Comics Art of Jack Kirby by Charles Hatfield
8.  Bugf#ck: The Worthless Wit and Wisdom of Harlan Ellison
7.  The New York Five by Bryan Wood and Ryan Kelly
6.  The Anthologist by Nicholson Baker
5.  The New York Four by Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly
4.  The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs
3.  Torpedo Volume 2 by Enriqur Sanchez and Jordi Bernet
2.  The Mezzanine by Nicholsen Baker
1.  In the Wake by Per Petterson


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