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NCAA week two was marked by two marque games: Notre Dame v. Michigan and USC v. Ohio State. In the first game, Notre Dame, which was 18th ranked and is now dropped from the rankings, looked to the contest as the "must-win" if The Fighting Irish were to prove to themselves and to America that they were indeed BCS-bound. They failed. Distributed by Tubemogul.

First and just recently we had Miley Cyrus dancing with a stripper pole on the Teen Choice Awards. Before that we had and have poll dancing as a fitness class. We even saw airline stewardesses pole dancing in the Iron Man movie last year. But a pole dance doll? This is the end of civilization as we know it. A pole dance doll. Distributed by Tubemogul.

I couldn't wait to visit the new Lake Chalet Restaurant at the restored Lake Merritt Boathouse, so I made a plan with my friend to be there when the doors opened for the first time right at 5 PM last Monday, August 17th. Distributed by Tubemogul.

http://www.zennie62.com - Who's on the "Top 10" list of Twitter users in Oakland, Los Angeles, and San Francisco? Distributed by Tubemogul.

http://www.zennie62.com - District 9 is the much anticipated movie produced by Peter Jackson ("King Kong", "Lord of The Rings") and with special effects by the Academy Award-winning WETA firm,is a documentary-style thriller about an alien encampment. It hits theaters August 14th. For more information see District9Movie.com Distributed by Tubemogul.

Gay Marriage: the act of a man marrying a man or a woman marrying a woman will be the issue that revives the Republican Party. Consider that for the first time, more Americans - including myself - support Gay Marriage than oppose it 49 percent to 46 percent according to the latest Washington Post / ABC Poll. But that near 50-50 split is common in many polls and shows that as the idea becomes more mainstream there's a healthy opposition to it. We saw this recently in the comments by Miss California Carrie Prejean who said she believes marriage should be between a man and a woman and who parlayed her new fame into a gig working as a spokesperson for the National Organization for Marriage, while angering famous blogger Perez Hilton, who fired off a nasty retort using the "B-word." Distributed by Tubemogul.

I was walking from my car to Olivetto's in Market Hall last night to meet a friend for dinner when I spotted a really small car in the Oakland Rockridge BART Parking Lot, where I parked. I mean this car was tiny and at the rear had one word on it: "Smart." So, I removed my handy Flip Video Camera from my suit pocket and made this video blog about it. As I filmed and talked I was totally both taken and scared by the sheer size of the vehicle (small), so I did some research. According to various online sources, the Smart Car was the creation of the same person who came up with the Swatch Watch. That device -- a simple, monotoned plastic-looking timepiece, was a hit with Valley Girls in the 80s. And that discovery explains why the car looks like, well, a Swatch..car? The car in the video is called a Smart Fortwo, or "for two" as in two people. It's created by Mercedez Benz to this day, even though the Wikipedia seems to imply otherwise. The Smart Fortwo was brought to America over a year ago. Still, I would not be caught driving one -- it's too small. I can't see surviving an accident in this thing at all. How small does a car need to be? And how much gas does it use? According to this site, it's 33 in the city and 41 on the highway. That's terrible considering its size and what a Prius can do. But the good news is unlike that hybrid car, the price is about $12,000. Still, I think it should be about $7,000 -- I'd pay for that just to drive it on the golf course! Distributed by Tubemogul.

http://oaklandfocus.blogspot.com - On May 19th Alameda residents will be able to assure the economic future of the City of Alameda by voting for the Alameda Point Development Plan for the redevelopment of Alameda Naval Air Station as planned by the Alameda Base Reuse Committee and its subsequent evolutions to the Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Commission of today. The plan consists of a mix of uses and an ambitious plan adding over 4,000 much-needed housing units. But the most important fact is the plan will mark the begining of the replacement economic development we have worked to achieve for so long. Opponents point to Measure A as the reason why the plan should be defeated, but the fact is Measure A was passed in 1973 and represents a time when Alamedans were interested in restricting development and maintaining Alameda from people of color. Those days are long gone. Now, Alameda needs jobs and the region wants to see The City of Alameda have an economic development project that replaces the closed Naval Air Station. This is that project. Distributed by Tubemogul.

http://oaklandfocus.blogspot.com - This is my first attempt at bringing micro-news to Oaklanders. Here's it's for the Adams Point / Lake Merritt area. We have a homeless cat who needs a home and other news. Check it out. Distributed by Tubemogul.

http://www.zennie62.com -- Rush Limbaugh's idiological rants are out of touch with an economic reality that will keep The Democrats in power for at least the next 10 years. The reason is the economy itself and the need for government investment. Distributed by Tubemogul.

http://oaklandfocus.blogspot.com/2009/01/bart-officer-johannes-mehserle-arrested.html - In a shocking turn of events, BART Officer Johannes Mehserle, who was the cop who shot 22-year-old Oscar Grant in the back was arrested Tuesday night.

http://www.zennie62.com - I was a special guest of of Liza "The Wine Chic" Zimmerman at this Hangar One Holiday Cocktail Mixing event at Macy's SF and which introduced Hangar One Vodka and Mixologist Scott Beattie. Hangar One is made in Alameda, California

http://zennie2005.blogspot.com/2008/12/rachel-maddow-for-meet-press-moderator.html - Rachel Maddow's the best choice to replace Tom Brokaw and the late Tim Russert before him. She would carry on Russert's tradition of fairness.

http://www.zennie62.com - Sarah Palin may be the GOP Laughing Stock to some, but to me she's crafting the foundation for a future political assent on the back of John McCain. She may wind up in an Obama Administration.