I just read that there are about 17 million people of Italian descent in the US, but there are about 39 million of Irish descent. I'm surprised that the Italian numbers are not higher. With that many Irish around, it's a wonder that they're not falling down or stumbling into each other all the time.

Irish families have more children.

It's WRONG but I am picturing that episode in Family Guy where the husband gives the wife a beating and then out pops the baby

You're right. My Grandma had 15 kids 4 died at birth and 1 died of TB at age 2. My Mom was one of ten.

Edit: deleted my story

The power just went out here but now it's back on whew! I'm so afraid of the dark. No one is home but me.

Be careful, AG!

Lol Mark you are gonna give me nightmares

If I had a dollar every time I heard that from a female...

Good thing I saw that pic AFTER I picked up my family from the pizza parlor.
I told my hubby drink a lot of beer so you will be more fun for me tonight

Not too many people still call it a pizza parlor. Old school rules! I call it a beauty parlor...

Old school is what I am I guess.

My hubby goes back to work on Monday yayyy I mean boooo just kidding. He was on vacation for two weeks.

I couldn't plan any getaways cuz my kids had a few activities on each weekend. So it was a long 2 weeks.

Take a look at this photo from the Capone site. Does this look like the character Jimmy Darmody from Boardwalk Empire or what?
Do you think they modeled the character after seeing this photo or is it just coincidence?




Photo description:
12 year old Carl comforting his mother Catherine Aiello after she learns of her husband's demise

Wow, that really does look a lot like Jimmy! The face has a lot of similarities with Michael Pitt, and well of course the hair style (also the clothing looks like something Jimmy would wear since Chicago). I really liked Jimmy in the show, to bad the actor is a jerk behind the scenes. By the way I just finished watching the final season last week.

Bam you agree with me on this-- It does look just like him RIGHT?

Boardwalk Empire season finale was good. You will not be disappointed. No one becomes a lumberjack ha ha like on Dexter


Edit: I did NOT realize that Pitt was difficult to work with. Is that why he is being replaced on that series he is on? I really do not keep up with the Hollyweird stuff or ppl.

It really does look like him, and yeah, I enjoyed the last season (even with the flaws, and the predictable end).

Yeah, from what I heard and read Pitt just acts like a jerk to everyone (so far nobody is coming out to really say that though). But, the fact he was replaced in Hannibal does have smoke to the story.

Also, kind of related do you remember the Lucy character in the first two seasons of Boardwalk? She was another headache to the cast and producers of the show. She was so much of a pain that she was written out of the show near the end of the season, and might be been killed off screen (her daughter in the final season said a weird comment about her real mother).

That's terrible he acts like that maybe he's a druggie, a lot of them are.

Yes, I do remember Lucy. She's another one huh. I was very glad to see her go so no loss there.

I think he quit Hannibal because of heavy makeup sessions that they've had to do on his face for season 3,



New actor that replaced him in makeup,


Have to say oldman was great as Manson

That would have to be annoying to do for so long especially for a tv show that is more than 12 episode seasons. Another thing about Pitt and Boardwalk, I remember he was really popular and many thought he would take off after. So, far the only person who is taking off is Jack Huston (Ben Hurr remake and now the Crow).

Quick question. Is March Madness finally done? I see regular programming tonight so I'm hoping.





TIS

No, no, no. This thing has just begun. It will go off and on until the championship game on April 6th!

Oh man!! Really??


Thanks for the info




TIS

Mrs. Mark's exact feelings, TIS.

LOL With all the sports cable channels there are you'd think it wouldn't be necessary but not everyone has cable.

Btw, it was only recent years that I found out March Madness was a sports thing via my son-in-law. I thought it was a sale of some kind that I didn't know about.


TIS

That's funny. I love my Chicago sports but I give full credit to the people who dive into this thing. I'm just not that big of a college hoops fan. Mrs. Mark's Young & Restless and Bold & Beautiful soaps have been interrupted and that is a bad thing... a very bad thing!

Every morning when I go for my run I'll listen to the LA oldies station. They have a "What Year Was It" trivia type thing every morning they list 3 things that all happened in the same year and you guess the year. Todays:

A-Girl if you ever listen to K-Earth 101, Gary Bryan you probably have heard.

1. The year "The Unforgiven" was released
2. The year Bill Gates Introduced Windows 3.1 (sounds so old school now ha ha)
3. The song "Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred.


TIS

TIS,

In Philly there is a news station that does Rewind. Its a "this day in history" thing. They mostly do entertainment events, but some things of historical note. Mostly it makes me feel old with things like 50 years ago today Bob Dylan released...."Like a Rolling Stone".

OMG 50 years? For some reason a particular memory of that song for me...I was in the car with my mom who was driving. The song came on and I turned up the radio. She says "Who is that goof ball?" Ha ha ha ha!!


TIS

^^Sounds like something my Mom would have said too... LOL

Yea, who even uses the word "goof ball" anymore. So polite compared to nowadays. Ha ha




TIS