Here’s a Classic Sean-O Moment^TM, originally posted 2 years ago, on my Birthday…

Since the 2008 Beijing Olympics are in full swing and on everyone’s mind, I thought I’d share my brush with Olympic Greatness.

At the 2004 Special Transplant Olympics in Minnesota, my wife won a Gold Medal in tennis. So rather than skipping out early (as we had done in ‘02), we stuck around for the Closing Ceremonies with a special sense of pride. At these ceremonies, Olympic champions Chris Klug and Carl Lewis were among the speakers.

While my wife would have liked to have met Chris for sure, we did not see him after he left the podium. However, as we were leaving the (kinda lame-o) dance party at the end of the event, I noticed a tall, slender-but-ripped man in a very snug shirt approaching us in the hallway. It was none other than 10-time Olympic medalist Carl Lewis.

He seemed engrossed in conversation with a small entourage. That didn’t bother me one bit. I walked right up to him with a cheery “Hey Carl! How ya doin’?!” I was greeted with a lukewarm response. Still (naturally) undeterred, I motioned to my future sister-in-law Cathlin to get ready for a photo. I turned back and asked Mr. Lewis: “Can I get a picture, Carl?!”

His response?

A stern “Reeeal quick.”

And so it was. I wrapped my arm around his back (probably the most musyular I had ever touched), smiled, and Cat’s quick trigger finger captured the moment! The look on his face says it all — this is truly an athlete who adores his fans.

And one with perhaps the cheesiest. web site. evar. (but it seems like they’re working on it in ‘08…)

My buddy went to the Philadelphia Auto Show last weekend and got a couple of snaps of Jill Wagner, aka the “Mercury Girl“. What a fox!

Pic 1 | Pic 2

Good shootin’ Joe!

If you haven’t seen it by now, head on over to Gawker and watch the now-infamous Tom Cruise Scientology Video.

“That spectator is something we have no time for right now… You’re either in the playing field or out of the arena.”

Unfortunately, where I live, I’m more likely to have Buddhists passing me by in an accident, versus Scientologists.

…says PhillyBurbs‘ Dave McGurgan. Yet, it seems he is being paid to watch and review it. Often scathingly.

Here’s a brief interview with Dave on WPHT radio last night:

My wife and I were recently discussing Frances Bean, child of Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) & Courtney Love (Hole, general skankery). Today, I came across this article — via Truemors — which suggests that this now 15-year-old (15!) might become the new face of Chanel.

Frankly, she looks much more like an average high school kid, kind of a ‘husky gal’, and not a model at all. Shouldn’t this girl just go to school and try to have as much of a normal life as she can, given her ancestry?!