new pics 10/02:

Camille Constantin in “Moah”:

 

Angèle Colas in “écailles de rose”:

 

Marine Vacth in “Moloch”:

 

French version with comments. I learned a new French word from Charlie’s comments this week: “braquemart,” which translates as “cock” or “prick” as he used it. The dictionary says it is literally, “a short, thick, double-edged sword.” My knowledge of French is minimal, but I gather that it is a word with an intentionally and comically antique ring to it, so if I were translating with an ear to replicating the same tone in English, I might consider “tallywacker.” (That is if my assumptions are correct, which is no certainty. You guys who speak fluent French and English can feel free to weigh in.) At any rate – great word!

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Emilia Clarke finished in the top ten among our top nude scenes of 2011.

She also made the top ten among the top nude scenes of 2013 for her performance in season three.

And she did it once again when she made the top ten among the top nude scenes of 2016 for her performance in season six.

Three other actresses have made the year-end list three times in the same role: Anna Paquin, Emmy Rossum and Mary-Louise Parker. Paquin and Parker each finished below 10th at least once, so Clarke and Rossum are the only ones with three top-ten finishes. Oddly enough, Clarke was either #9 or #10 each time, so to narrow it down, Emmy Rossum is the only actress to gain three top-eight finishes for the same role, including a first place finish in 2011.

“Iran knows that, and they’ve been put on notice, if you fuck around with us, we are going to do things to you that have never been done before.”

“Things that have never been done before”? What could that mean? Is he going to read a book?

Those who support him viewed this positively, much as the Catholic Church viewed the priest who defiled his altar with consenting adult women and avoided little boys. Trump’s entourage rejoiced that he merely said “fuck” and avoided the n-word.

One more

The dazzling Whitey Ford, he of the lifetime .690 winning percentage, has passed away. He was 91.

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That .690 is the highest of all time among the 200-game winners.

Whitey’s 2.75 lifetime ERA is the best among the modern 200-game winners.

Among all post-WW2 pitchers with at least 250 decisions, only 11 have posted ERAs below 3.00. One of them (Clayton Kershaw) is still active and another (Hoyt Wilhelm) was primarily a reliever. Among retired starters, Whitey is #1, just edging out Koufax, who finished at 2.76. The list is below.


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Ford was just as effective in the post-season. His 2.71 World Series ERA nearly matched his regular season numbers, and he won 10 World Series games, which is the all-time record by a wide margin (nobody else has won more than seven).