Entries from May 2009

May 30, 2009

Hurricane names for 2009 season

 
Atlantic: Ana, Bill, Claudette, Danny, Erika, Fred, Grace, Henri, Ida, Joaquin, Kate, Larry, Mindy, Nicholas, Odette, Peter, Rose, Sam, Teresa, Victor, and Wanda.
Pacific: Andres, Blanca, Carlos, Dolores, Enrique, Felicia, Guillermo, Hilda,
Ignacio, Jimena, Kevin, Linda, Marty, Nora, Olaf, Patricia, Rick, Sandra, Terry, Vivian, Waldo, Xina, York, and Zelda.
The Pacific Hurricane Season has already started. The Atlantic one [...]

May 21, 2009

30,000, y’all!!

Make that 30,000 and counting. Anyway, we made it. Thank you for stopping by, everyone!

May 21, 2009

Congrats to Kris!

Another season of “Idol” has come to an end. After nearly 100 million votes, Kris Allen (left) from Conway, Arkansas was crowned this year’s “American Idol” last night! Congrats, man! Also, congrats to Adam Lambert. He did an awesome job, too.
This is my last “Idol” post for the season. Later.

May 20, 2009

American Idol Top 2 – RECAP

Okay, it’s the last recap of the season! The final two performed at the Nokia Theater-L.A. Live last night. Here we go…
Round 1 – Personal Choice

Adam Lambert sang “Mad World”. Randy Jackson said the performance is an A+. Kara DioGuardi said he rocked it again. Paula Abdul said this is his moment. Simon Cowell said [...]

May 20, 2009

Black bear captured in Petersburg

In a Petersburg (Virginia) neighborhood, authorities bring down a black bear from a tree yesterday. They don’t know if it’s the same bear spotted in Chesterfield County last week. (Read more – WWBT)

May 14, 2009

AI: Gokey Goes Home (includes poll)

After 88 million votes, Danny Gokey from Milwaukee, WI was voted off “American Idol” last night. I thought he’s gonna go all the way to the season finale (Did you?). That means we have a Kris/Adam finale! It will be a two-parter live from the Nokia Theatre-L.A. Live. Who will win? Here’s our poll…

May 13, 2009

I decided…

…to come back to Facebook. You’re probably wondering, “Why”? Change of heart. If you’re a regular visitor to this blog, you know that I’ve posted about leaving Facebook a few months ago after the Terms of Use controversy. Now everything’s alright. Came back to the site and signed up. I’ll get used to the new layout, shoot.
See ya [...]

May 13, 2009

American Idol Top 3 – RECAP

The final three performed last night on “American Idol”. Here we go…
Round 1 – Judges’ Choice

Danny Gokey sang “Dance Little Sister” (Paula’s choice). Randy Jackson said it was dope. Kara DioGuardi said the dancing was a bit gyrating. Paula Abdul said he did really good. Simon Cowell said Danny did very good vocally. I thought [...]

May 9, 2009

P-I: Demolition begins at former SRMC

Southside Regional Medical Center was located on Adams Street in Petersburg until it moved to Medical Park Boulevard in 2008. Photo was taken on November 2007. (c) Me.

The Progress-Index reported today that work has already begun to remove the former Southside Regional Medical Center from its site on Adams Street. The building will be razed. [...]

May 7, 2009

After 64 million votes…

Allison Iraheta was voted off “American Idol” last night. I thought Danny will be going home, so I was wrong. Anyway, I like Paula’s (performed “I’m Just Here For The Music”) and Chris Daughtry’s (performed “No Surprise”) performances. I’m not crazy about No Doubt’s. I’m sorry, No Doubt fans!
Next week, it’s the judges’ choice of [...]