It's THURSDAY!

What's UP bitches (term of endearment)? WELCOME BACK! "We're" glad you're here. (Really, "we" mean that.) It's THURSDAY!

A whole mess of movies open tomorrow that "we" can't WAIT to see... Of course, Heath Ledger's final performance in "The Dark Knight" opens and is already generating a lot of buzz. Then there's "Mamma Mia" starring Meryl Streep. (I was excited to see that, but the previews look, well, stupid.) Finally, there's "Get Smart" starring super funny guy Steve Carrell. Lots of options. We like options!

If YOU have PBS (most people have PBS) then you may have been one of the lucky ones to catch Stevie Nicks tonight. Stevie's "Soundstage" was taped/recorded last October in Chicago and was broadcast in select cities this evening. (Did you know... for this performance, models were hired to sit in the first few rows and act as fans? I guess the producers didn't want run-of-the-mill shemps like me on camera.) Unfortunately, the show was not broadcast here in Atlanta (but fear not... the DVD is on its' way!). Clips of the performance are already available on YouTube! Here's one for you...



Okay, here is something I swiped from another blog that I thought was worth posting here... Let's hope it's true.

Scientists have isolated two genes which may prevent people from contracting HIV or at least slow the rate at which they develop AIDS, a new study has found.

The genes were isolated by comparing the genetic profiles of people in their first year of HIV infection with those who managed to resist infection despite repeated exposure to the virus.

The "good" versions of the two genes were present in 12.2 percent of those who resisted infection compared with only 2.7 of patients in primary HIV infection.

Researchers are not yet sure how this protection works.

One of the genes codes for a receptor on the surface of the immune system's natural killer cells which destroy infected cells in the body.

The other codes for a protein which binds the first gene and dampens the natural killer cell activity.

The most likely explanation is that HIV prevents the protein that dampens the killer cell activity from being expressed, allowing the killer cells to destroy cells infected with HIV.

That's IT for tonight kids... Remember, rulers make bad lovers. (If you watched the video, that would make perfect sense.)

XOXO -