The Fox & The Panda

Good Morning Ladies & Gentlemen,

Still looking into the job market but officially applied for my safety net this morning. As for positions here in Denver, they are not promising at all...but I'm checking local papers and personal ads to see if somebody needs a great worker or a trophy boy toy. So far, no luck. In fact, I think I'll bore you with a quick Pros & Cons of some of the top locations tomorrow. Today I'm gonna be spending a few hours looking into everything...since oddly enough, it's been super busy at work the past few days (I am already doing two people's jobs...but those will soon be "absorbed" by others too).

One intriguing possibility that came up for down the road…is an office in the heart of Los Angeles opening up in a year or so. Is Hollywood ready for Doctor Love? Would I become the next big thing to hit Tinseltown (and half its starlets)? Would this be the situation that matches me up with Milla…or Lindsay (we've grown apart as friends since her rehab) or dare I say it…the Fox? Only time will tell.

Fox Update - Speaking of my next girlfriend, an allegedly up-and-coming actor Kyle Gallner was being interviewed about his new movie "Haunting in Connecticut" (looks horrible) but is also starring in the upcoming superhot horror flick "Jennifer's Body" as the local goth kid in a high school where a cheerleader (played by the superhot Miss Megan Fox) goes on a killing spree of her male classmates…and some allegedly steamy scenes with female classmates (played by Amanda Seyfried of "Big Love"). Needless to say, the role didn't scare any of Gallner's friends away. He says they all asked to come to the set because of the beautiful Miss Fox. He said of her, "There's something primal about her. She's intense, she's sweet, and there's definitely something about her eyes that just stop you cold." (Hmm, sounds familiar) Jennifer's Body is screenwriter Diablo Cody's film follow-up to her breakout hit Juno. "It's an interesting fusion of horror movie mixed with Diablo's offbeat sense of humor. It's this mash-up of all these different genres, but it works out really, really well." Hopefully one of those genres is the kind that I hope to dabble in if I make it to Hollywood. Mmm…yeah, definitely something primal there.

Three Stooges Update - Sean Penn, Jim Carrey and Benicio Del Toro are looking to become the new incarnation of the classic comedy team The Three Stooges reports Variety. MGM and the Farrelly brothers, who wrote the script and are producing, are closing in on deals for the trio to play the the three characters in an upcoming comedy anthology film built around the antics of their characters. Sean Penn is already set to play Larry, Benicio Del Toro is being targeted to play Moe and negotiations are underway with Jim Carrey to play Curly. Carrey is apparently already making plans to gain 40 pounds to approximate the physical dimensions of Jerome "Curly" Howard. Filming kicks off in the early Fall for a release sometime in 2010. Awesome!!! As long as Jim Carrey's in it…and it's Three Stooges…I'm going. Love the Three Stooges. Have a collectors set and everything.

Surname Update - The number of people in Britain with surnames like Cockshott, Balls, Death and Shufflebottom -- likely the source of schoolroom laughter -- has declined by up to 75% in the last century. A study found the number of people with the name Cock shrank to 785 last year from 3,211 in 1881, those called Balls fell to 1,299 from 2,904 and the number of Deaths were reduced to 605 from 1,133. People named Smellie decreased by 70%, Dafts by 51%t, Gotobeds by 42%, Shufflebottoms by 40%, and Cockshotts by 34%, said Richard Webber, visiting professor of geography at King's College, London. "If you find the (absolute) number goes down, it's either because they changed their names or they emigrated," Webber, author of the study, told Reuters on Wednesday. He said that in many cases, people probably changed their surnames as they came to be regarded as in bad taste. "It's because the meaning of words can change. Take the name Daft -- that as a term for a stupid is a relatively recent innovation." According to the Oxford English Dictionary, Daft meant "mild" or "meek" in Old English, whereas it means "foolish" today. "That's why there are names which people think aren't really very pleasant names and you wonder why they persisted as long as they did." Webber, whose work can be seen on the website mapyourname.com, got his data for 2008 from credit card firm Experian and mapping service Geowise. He then compared it with the census of 1881. Webber also discovered that the most popular names in Britain have not changed over the past 127 years. Last year, Smith, Jones, Williams, Brown, Taylor and Davies held the top five spots, in exactly the same order as they did a century ago. Webber also found that between 1996 and 2008, the names Zhang, Wang, and Yang and experienced the fastest growth. Zhang rose by 4719%, while Wang grew by 2225%. I think I saw a commercial for a pill that does that too. Anyway, Gotobed's not a bad last name. "For the last time, James. Go to bed!!!" "Yes? That's my name father." "That's it boy. Go cut me a switch." Still curious where the last name Cockshott came from. (tehehe, cockschott, came from, get it? It answers itself) I'm surprised that Dick Butkus hasn't changed his name...but then again, the man's a legend and I think he can take care of anybody that makes fun of him...even in his sixties.

Well, that'll do it for today. Busy day of trying to keep this doctor employed somewhere. Again, the worst part about this whole thing...is that I'm apparently going to have to move again. I have a lot of crap. Also, if something opens up, I may have to move again in six months if I want to further my career. Oh well, it's the nature of the beast...and better to move just me than a family & kids and all that fun stuff. Lucky I don't have any friends here so I won't be breaking any hearts. I'm sure my cousin understands...and the blow will be softened by the Bacon Brothers concert tomorrow night. Have a great day everybody!!!