BE NOT NOBODY

I never knew that Fleetwood Mac co-lead singer Stevie Nicks was an ordained clergywoman.  Well, she functioned as a clergywoman when she officiated the wedding between rock star Vanessa Carlton and Deer Tick lead singer and guitar player John McCauley.  And they married on the beach.  There is nothing more romantic than a wedding by the beach.

 

 

 

  

Vanessa Lee Carlton was born in Milford, Pennsylvania on August 16, 1980.  Born to an airplane pilot named Ed Carlton and a piano player performer and music teacher named Heidi Carlton, she was the oldest of three children.  Her mother, Heidi Carlton, taught her to play the piano when she played the song It's a Small World After All after a vacation to Disney World at the age of two.  An interest in ballet at the age of nine lead to ballet school at the American School of Ballet in New York City at the age of fourteen.  Graduation from ballet school didn't lead to any jobs with any dancing companies so she became a rock star and performed in night clubs.
Vanessa Carlton was signed to A&M Records in 2001.  Her first album Rinse was never released.  Most of the songs from the Rinse album ended up in her second album Be Not Nobody.  It was her second album (And her first album to be released in stores) became a huge hit and made her a huge star in the independent music scene.  Harmonium was released in 2004.  Heroes and Thieves was released in 2007.  Her latest album Rabbits on the Run was released in 2011.  Vanessa Carlton continues to record songs and tour to support her music to this exact moment. 

 

MEANWHILE, IN PARIS, FRANCE

Sometimes in order to enjoy fine women, a person would have to travel to France.  Take Blue is the Warmest Color actress Adèle Exarchopoulos.  She may be the newest breakout star.  She certainly is sexy enough to become the newest breakout star.  The Gentle Reader and I will closely watch the career of  Adèle Exarchopoulos to see where it may lead.

BEYOND CHRISTMAS

I know that this is a weird thing to be saying on the Internet, but I'm thankful that I'm living in Columbus, Ohio.  There are cities out there that is paralyzed by one of the worst snow storms ever.  I'm talking about ice storms causing electric power lines to go down causing week long electricity blackouts and record snow storms paralyzing large portions of Pennsylvania and assorted other states (Not including the entire state of Ohio apparently).  Christmas came and gone with weather that's just a tiny bit above Autumn.  What little snow that did fall have already melted away.  There's no snow for me to shovel.  No ice on the electric power lines.  No electricity blackouts.  I look at news reports about this worst snow storm ever and I'm thanking GOD that I'm not affected by this.  I do offer my prayers for those who are affected by this worst snow storm ever.  With luck, everybody in the United States of America will reach Summer safe and sound.
And as I'm lost in thought seconds, minutes and hours beyond Christmas, here are some photos of Alyson Hannigan.

 Alyson Hannigan and her spouse Alexis Denisof (Wesley Wyndam-Pryce from the final eight episodes of the third season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and all five seasons of it's spin-off series Angel (Starting with the ninth episode of the first season of Angel)).

 Alexis Denisof, Alyson Hannigan, Film director and television show producer Joss Whedon

 Alexis Denisof, Alyson Hannigan, Honoree Joss Whedon, MAAT Foundation's Chandra Jessee and Global Director of Equality Now Yasmeen Hassan

 

 Alyson Hannigan