Tag: Things of beauty

Art, music, whatever

Minor Leagues

Drive Time, Gratuitous Chick Pics

As Loyal Readers know, when it comes to auto racing I’m a devotee of Formula 1, with only the occasional branch line into Le Mans and WEC.

Therefore I have been unaware of the kind of driver in the “lesser” racing formats, and have therefore missed a couple of good ones.

First up, let’s look at Lindsey Brewer:

Then we have Toni Breidinger:


  

Finally, the “old lady” (b. 1989) of this genre, Shannon McIntosh:

 

I need to stop being so closed-minded about this racing thing, and broaden my horizons a little, so to speak.

The Other Side Of The Straits

Gratuitous Chick Pics

We leave our savaging of Strylians, and shift focus to their cousins in Kiwiland.

Man 1:  Did you hear who won the Miss New Zealand competition?
Man 2:  No, who won?
Man 1:  Nobody!

I can think of only one Kiwi chick who ever caused a stirring in my stretch jeans, and that was Gina Bellman, from the TNT show Leverage:

Exotic, sexy, mysterious.  Like.

Oh, and:

Classic Beauty: Betty Grable

Classic Beauty

I have to admit that I’ve never been a great fan of Betty Grable‘s face — that smile is too cheesy, her cheekbones too plump and prominent.

I actually prefer her face in repose:

But let’s be perfectly honest, here:  back in the 1940s, it was not her face that was insured for a million dollars (about $21 million in today’s Biden-dollars).

 

 

Worth every penny.

Battle !!!!!

Gratuitous Chick Pics, Media Assholes

This one caught my attention, oh you betcha:

I’m thinking naked, in the mud pit:

Claudia Winkleman

Fiona Bruce

Gabby Logan

Jo Whiley

Karin Giannone

Kate Silverton  — recently voted “Most Kissable Mouth in Great Britain”*

Katie Derham

Natasha Kaplinsky

Stacey Dooley

Susanna Reid
 

…oh wait;  apparently, the girls will have to fight for their jobs with screen tests.  Well, that’s a mood-killer.

Never mind.

*recently voted “Most Kissable Mouth in Great Britain” — by me.  Because it is.