Haines His Way

Whilst at Virgin, since I was already in the World section looking for more Walter Wanderley CDs (there were none at all), I just happened to check the France section and was more than delighted to find one of my all-time most wanted CDs, heretofore only available on LP - I've been waiting for two decades for a CD release and now I have one - a German import - it's Mirielle Matthieu singing Ennio Morricone - a stunningly beautiful piece of work.

And if he knows the shot didn't work he may want to see you sooner, or refer you to the pain specialist.  Or he might say you shouldn't see a pain specialist or it will mess up his evaluation of how to treat this.

I can understand why we haven't seen Ginny around today.  She is either still helping her son move, or she is in mourning.  It was her Michigan Blue that was the loser in the biggest upset in college football history wasn't it?

Anna Nicole Smith book claims Birkhead & Stern were lovers; cut deal on baby, estate

An explosive tell-all book about Anna Nicole Smith's sad demise alleges the two men who battled for custody of her baby girl and control of her fortune were gay lovers.

The bombshell allegations about the steamy relationship between the former Playboy Playmate's longtime companion Howard K. Stern and her baby's biological father, Larry Birkhead, come to light in "Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story Behind Anna Nicole Smith's Death."

Sordid passages in the soon-to-be released book by former MSNBC journalist Rita Cosby describe how Anna Nicole and her friend allegedly caught Stern and Birkhead with their shirts off and their pants around their ankles in a Los Angeles home.

Jackie Hatten, described in the book as one of Anna Nicole's closest friends, said the men were engaged in oral sex.

"Their bodies were intermingled," Hatten says, according to a copy of the book obtained by the Daily News. "It was obvious what was happening."
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"None of it is true," Birkhead told The News. "I'm gonna sue Rita Cosby for it."
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Stern's lawyer, Lin Wood, called the book's content "false and defamatory." Wood said Cosby "has taken the coverage to a disgusting new low for which she will be held legally accountable."
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The 244-page book reads like a whodunit novel with cliffhanger chapters, plot twists and tales of deception by those closest to Anna Nicole.

The former stripper knew both Birkhead and Stern were gay, the book alleges. But Smith, who was obsessed with Marilyn Monroe, chose Birkhead as her lover because she wanted a blond, blue-eyed baby, according to Cosby.

The tell-all claims Anna Nicole would spread out on her bed and watch a video allegedly showing Birkhead and Stern having oral sex "over and over" while Stern worked on his computer in their Bahamas home. The existence of the video was confirmed by a source yesterday.

Stern is portrayed in Cosby's book as a jealous, money-grabbing control freak who manipulates the erratic blond beauty's celebrity status for his own financial gain.
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His alleged "goodie bag" of meds - including Vicodin, Valium, morphine and Demerol - were never far from reach.

"He was the pharmacist and [the bag] was the drugstore," Anna Nicole's ex-boyfriend Ben Thompson told Cosby.

In Anna Nicole's final days, the buxom blond was holed up in Room 607 at the Hard Rock Hotel in Florida, with a raging 105-degree fever, the book says.
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As Anna Nicole's life slowly ebbed away, Stern allegedly abandoned her to keep an appointment with a boat broker. The book describes him as cold and nonchalant when told of Anna Nicole's death - a far cry from the picture of a doting lover he painted in interviews.
As doctors rushed Anna Nicole to a hospital in a futile bid to save her life, Stern allegedly was already on the phone to media contacts lining up lucrative exclusive interviews.

"Howard was ready to make his next deal," an eyewitness says in the book. "It showed us that to Howard it was all about money."
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His image as the "aw shucks nice guy" was a carefully crafted ploy to manipulate the media, Birkhead's former lawyer Debra Opri told Cosby. Opri is suing Birkhead for failing to pay her legal fees.

There was an amusing letter to the editor in this morning's newspaper.  I hope it doesn't offend anyone.

I must also say I will not be returning because I abhor any restaurant that won't seat you until your entire party is there - meanwhile every booth and table gets filled and by the time MY guest got there we were relegated to a tiny table near a staircase, which means I had to stare at people's shoes as they walked up and down.  

Why a restaurant has a problem seating the person who IS there and then seating the person or persons who arrive subsequently is something I will never understand - it's just stupid.  Instead of seating me at a table so I can relax and order a drink they make me wait - oh, I could sit at the bar (I don't do bar) or on a bench) - I must say, I almost left.

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