Apple iBod

First up, I'm not making this one up. BT futurology, a company that calls itself a "top think tank", predicts that MP3 players could soon be built into women's breast implants. The flexible plastic electronics would sit inside the breast. A signal would be relayed to headphones, while the device would be controlled by Bluetooth using a panel on the wrist.


No word on how BT expects to charge the player, but every man alive is hoping that they’re solar powered. I wonder how you skip tracks, anyway?

I see a comeback possibility here for the marginal 80's band, The Hooters. Just so ladies taking advantage of the new technology can ask, "Hey, you wanna hear the Hooters?"

Yes. Yes, I do.

Nine Men In - The White Sox Return to the Fall Classic

ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, THE WHITE SOX HAVE BEEN BADDER THAN LEROY BROWN. AND NOT IN THE COOL, "look at me, I'm so baaad" kinda way. No, I mean bad. As in, no-championships-since-1917 bad. And they didn't go away for 60 years like the Senators. They've been here the whole time.

Last night they won their first AL Pennant since 1959. Jose Contreras pitched Chicago's fourth straight complete game as the White Sox beat the Angels 6-3 to with the ALCS in five games. If you get that kind of consistent, dominant performance from your starting pitching, you will win championships. But don't try and tell me that AJ Pierzienski's strike out/blown call didn't truly suck the life out of the Angels in Game 2.

At the moment, it's a good bet a second set of stinking sox will finally wash that curse right outta their hair. And somewhere Shoeless Joe is smiling...and probably betting illegally.

Hull-a-Balloon!

Brett Hull called it a career this weekend. Clearly, it was time. Physically, he was more the Moldin' Brett than Golden this season. Of course, history will remember him as one of the great scorers the NHL has ever known. He ranked 3rd on the all time list and a good percentage of his goals came at a time when clutch and grab was en vogue.

He had to know it was over Thursday night. When Wayne Gretzky, coach and close friend, gives a 741 goal scorer 8 minutes of ice time, you know your number is up. Speaking of which, I guess his DAD’S number goes back up, unretired for Brett just last week.

You had to like Brett Hull for his outspokenness. As a reporter, anytime I spoke with him, he treated me with this friendly familiarity, even though I was just another anonymous media guy with a microphone. He always said something that made me think, "Nice. That's gonna be gold on the air tomorrow morning."

More importantly, that outspokenness may have helped usher in change in this league. The game might not be the improved product it is, if not for Hull's 10 years of nagging.

Martin "Gramatica" Havlat

Tons of stuff today. My god, October is great.

Sens go to 5 and 0. Martin Havlat gets five for kicking. Brett Hull retires. White Sox to the World Series. Michelle Wie disqualified. The Vikings suck, both on surf AND turf.

The Renegades don’t have the market cornered on kicking problems. In the midst of a 5-1 win over Boston Saturday, Martin “Gramatica” Havlat got five games for kicking Hal Gill. He’s fortunate the NHL justice system takes into account the actual outcome of the kick, not the potential. If that skate comes up and slices through Gill’s thigh, causing a Clint Malarchuk style spilling of blood, Havlat is definitely gone for a lot more than five games.

Take the 5 games, Marty, and stop kicking people. You’re making it hard for your Ottawa fans to remain your fans.

Rock Star INXS Tara Slone

If you were a fan of the TV show Rock star INXS, you'll want to be listening (or watching on Stream TV - go to the main page on this site) this Friday at 7:40am. We'll be joined by one of the stars of that show, Tara Sloane. Here's a bit of background:


TARA SLONE

Raised primarily in Nova Scotia, she began her career with musical aspirations of a different sort. As a young opera singer with classical voice training since the age of 12, she began working on a music degree at 18.

But it didn't take long before Tara's artistic path veered in a different direction; she switched to the theater program at Montreal's Concordia University, then, at age 22, moved to Toronto to pursue an acting career and start a band.

In 1996, Tara answered an ad in the paper and became the lead singer of Joydrop. Joydrop went on to release two albums, work with acclaimed producer Ron St. Germain (Creed, Tool, Soundgarden), produce the rock hit "Beautiful," and be nominated for a Juno Award, the Canadian equivalent of the Grammy.

She’s also appeared in several minor acting roles including a recurring role as "Gail" on La Femme Nikita. Her first solo album is nearly ready for release.

Tara was eliminated in week 4 of ROCK STAR INXS.