Monday Motivation

The Dynamic Duo
LeAnn Rimes & Brandi Glanville

It's been a spell since I have posted any Monday Motivation, hey, motivation is hard during the Holidays with so many shiny things vying for ones attention. But here I go...

Today's motivation is "Moving On" - honestly I am quite surprised that reality star Brandi Glanville has finally buried the hatchet with singer LeAnn Rimes, but it makes me happy that she finally has.

As you may or may not recall LeAnn had an affair with Brandi's then husband Eddie Cibrian while the two were shooting a the TV Movie Northern Lights. Eddie and LeAnn later married.

Brandi carried on a quite volatile public feud with Rimes for years. But as of recently, not so much. 

"Moving On" is a very healing thing and adds way more to your life than ill will. The photo above of the two of them in matching sequin masks is too cool, and should be more than enough to motivate good vibes the last Monday (Yay!) of 2020.

2020 has been rough so pay it forward Minions, and let's build a brighter 2021!

Brandi on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/brandiglanville/?hl=en 

LeAnn IG -

https://www.instagram.com/leannrimes/?hl=en

Michael's Musings

"It's The Freakiest Show..."
Michael Shinafelt

"Take a look at the lawman, Beating up the wrong guy, Oh man, wonder if he'll ever know, He's in the best selling show, Is there life on Mars?" - Life On Mars?, David Bowie

After the "debate" on Tuesday, if that's what you would like to refer to it as, me personally "The Sh!t Show" works quite nicely. My current state of mind is there "Life On Mars?" There have been rumblings to that effect, if so take me to your leader! I need a change of energy and pace, Thank You very much!!!

My last Uber driver's name was Man, no his last name wasn't Lee

I promise not to drag you if you don't treat me like an ATM with a large eggplant

That time you threw a mushroom at a little person and yelled "Grow Mario!" 

Yeah, that would be too much house cleaning for one year, discuss...

Quote of the Week: "That debate was the worst thing I've ever seen & I was in the Star Wars Holiday Special" - Mark Hamill

Is that a WAP in your pants or are you just happy to see me???

BTW an impeached President shouldn't be able to confirm a Supreme Court Justice. Think about it, but not too much.

Always remember, you are never too old for a fart joke

Woman Crush of the Week - LeAnn Rimes her voice is a gift and during these unsure times I appreciate the virtual show videos she posts on Social Media 

I love acupuncture, from what I hear I should never see Final Destination because of this

Ever wonder what Rhoda Penmark of The Bad Seed would be like as an adult? Two words: Ivanka Trump

Compliment of the Day: Wow, your ass (not wow, you're an ass) never underestimate the power of booty 

What if Santa gets COVID? Does that mean he will pass it on to the entire world on Christmas Eve?

Judging by the images of graffiti I have been seeing online of late, Banksy has really been phoning it in

Find me at these places on Social Media, judgement free -

https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/?hl=en

https://twitter.com/MShinafelt   

Puppy Love

The Feels
LeAnn Rimes

Yesterday I tackled the Holiday Celebration at Disneyland - "Yes" of course yours truly did not have to pay to hit both Disneyland and California Adventure. 

Thus today I am going down a different path, a less chaotic one, it's time for puppies...Yay! Today's puppies are brought to you by the lovely and talented LeAnn Rimes. See LeAnn have fun with the pups while visiting the Hallmark Channels "Home & Family" at Universal Studios Hollywood.

Here's your dose of the feels I keep threatening to give you, and now I have. That's the way I roll, I am a giver 😇

I have seen Ms. Rimes in concert before and I have to tell you if you have not, you must! What a great performer, not to mention that voice, OMG that voice is one of the most amazing instruments I have ever heard...

Mic Drop!

LeAnn on IG -
https://www.instagram.com/leannrimes/?hl=en  

Michael's Musings

Turn & Face The Strange
Michael Shinafelt

Hello lovely beings! This week it's time we turn to face the strange. In both ways literally, strange is good when it is inclusive, but when it is exclusive, well you know how that goes, right "President" Trump.

Yeah, I wanted to use a few more choice words, but I chose to take the high road.

OK, enough of my preaching, here we go!!!

Anyone watching Taboo on FX? I am, I like it! It also doesn't hurt that Tom Hardy is 
H-O-T!

Immigration Ban? Where the fuck did you come from Dumpster????

I want whatever meds Winona Ryder is on,

Try not to be a Twatsicle 

Eat Cheeseburgers & Make Love

I saw LeAnn Rimes this past weekend with Ken Phillips, amazing! She closed with a cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, I still hear it in my head. 

Sometimes you have to GROI! Get Rid Of It.

Margaret Cho & Myself
Fashion Police
Photo: Ken Phillips

Hung with Margaret Cho on the set of Fashion Police this past week. Yeah, I know how to have a good time.

Come hither I like to lick, a lot!

"Beauty and femininity are ageless" - Marilyn Monroe 

What kind of a world do we live in when auto-correct tries to change something you wrote into Blake Lively???

I'm eating healthier and working out, aren't you happy?

Yeah, that is enough. Done.

Come to me, I am here at:

https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/?hl=en

https://twitter.com/MShinafelt  

Michael's Musings

Michael "Bullet Nips" Shinafelt

The world keeps turning and has been a very busy place this past week. So busy that the first celebrity passing of 2017 happened yesterday and it was major.

I don't know about you, but I feel a need to let off some steam, and ramble.

Let's get busy!!!

Wouldn't life be more fun if everyone's middle name was "Mother Fuckin'?" Hi, I'm Michael "Mother Fuckin'" Shinafelt, it has a nice ring.

Saw Moonlight this week with Naama Kates, amazing/beautiful/brilliant my pick for best film of the year.

I am so proud to call Los Angeles, CA my home as 750,000 strong turned out for the Women's March. My regret was I was unable to attend.

Had a belated Birthday lunch in Beverly Hills with my dear friend Julie McMahon at the Cheesecake Factory yesterday. Fish and Chips craving satisfied!

The first Trump supporter who complains to me that he isn't doing anything he promised gets a prize from me, a really special one that everyone will see.

R.I.P. Mary Tyler Moore a true legend and icon. I loved her performance in Ordinary People it remains one of my favorites to this day.

The Academy Award Nominations were announced this week in case you care

Sometimes I think to myself - Alyssa Milano is everything

What I said above goes for Ashley Judd as well

In case you are wondering what I'm doing Friday night well wonder no more! I am seeing LeAnn Rimes with Ken Phillips. For the record I am really looking forward to it, she is a terrific singer!

You'll find out. Trust me.

I've never kissed a guy #alternativefact

Time for me to motor because I am busy!

Bump up against me on Social Media at: 

https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/?hl=en
https://twitter.com/MShinafelt     

Brandi Glanville Stifled

Brandi Glanville: Muzzle is the New Black 

It's a dirty job but somebody had to do it. Unfiltered Real Housewife of Beverly Hills Brandi Glanville is out of season six.

She is not leaving on her own volition, Bravo did the deed. 

This being the only Housewives show I indulge in gives me free reign to comment. While Brandi brought drama to the show, what she did was for the most part jeopardized people with her reckless non-caring attitude. 

Put simply she was downright mean for no apparent reason, toxic. Her antics on season five made me quite uncomfortable.

Rumor has it that Brandi is upset but she understands and is grateful for the opportunity.

Guess it's back to bashing your ex-husband Eddie Cibrian and his new wife Leann Rimes.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out girl!

Go Beverly Hills at: http://www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills

Rockin' Around Dolly Parton's Christmas Tree

Rock Around Me, I Am Dolly Parton's Christmas Tree, Damn It!

Dolly Parton & some other music types decorate Christmas Trees to support their favorite causes. 

Did I mention Dolly Parton decorated one? It's the one featured above, Dolly Parton trimmed it. Oh and that's the tree Dolly did by the way...


Opryland’s Parade of Trees Up For Bid During Online Auction

Dolly Parton, Charlie Daniels, and Brenda Lee join Reba McEntire, Kenny Chesney, Little Big Town, Martina McBride, Sara Evans, LeAnn Rimes, The Doobie Brothers, Zac Brown Band, and others to raise money for their favorite charities this holiday season in a new attraction at Gaylord Opryland Resort. Parade of Trees—a stunning collection of 15 spectacularly decorated Christmas trees—is now on display throughout the resort’s nine acres of indoor gardens as part of Gaylord Opryland’s A Country Christmas. Each tree is up for grabs to the highest online bidder with the funds raised benefiting the not-for-profit organization designated for the tree. The winning bidder will receive the tree’s decorations and all the prizes for that particular tree. Getting a little sneak peek under the tree, find out what is under Dolly’s, Charlie’s, and Brenda’s tree. More information on each artists gifts and goodies is located on the Opryland Parade of Trees website: www.OprylandParadeOfTrees.com. Dolly Parton’s tree which benefits The Imagination Library will include four tickets to Dollywood including a meet & greet with Dolly, signed 8 x 10 photo, one personal book from Dolly, one cookbook, and 38 Imagination Library books (4 of them will be autographed). Charlie Daniels tree will benefit the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt and Galilean Home Ministries. Under his tree, bidders can find show tickets for two concerts in 2015 including meet & greet with Charlie, an autographed Cowboy hat, an autographed Guitar with case, an autographed Gold fiddle with case, along with a basket full of Charlie Daniels goodies (T-Shirt, Hat, Books, CD’s, sheet music for “Devil Went Down to Georgia” (autographed), and fiddle bows). Brenda Lee’s tree will benefit NARAS/MusiCares, and will include a private lunch for 4 with Brenda at the Country Music Hall of Fame, including a guided Hall of Fame tour, an autographed “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” gold record, an autographed collectible “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” ornament, Country Music Hall of Fame gift bag and Malt Shop Memories souvenir backpack, autographed Malt Shop Memories scrapbook signed by many artists of the 50s and 60s, ornaments from The Beach Boys, Martha & The Vandellas, The Temptations, Dion, and others! Bids are being accepted online at www.OprylandParadeOfTrees.com through Dec. 31.

What?! LeAnn Rimes Still Sings?!

Who knew Ms. Rimes was still a singer? All most of us have known her for the past few years was the Bitch who took Eddie Cibrian from Brandi Glanville...not my words, Brandi's, paraphrasing and artistic license apply.

And boy did Brandi never let us forget it, it was her claim to fame and made her one of the "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills".

Rimes other claim to fame of late has been about her weight. "Is She or Isn't She Anorectic" - when she is seen out in her bikini.

OK, well LeAnn it's time you reminded peeps why you are famous in the first place, you are a gifted singer and songwriter, looking forward to "Spitfire" putting you in the press for something other than malicious gossip!

LeAnn Rimes announces release of new album SPITFIRE

Physical CD Available Only at Walmart

14 song collection available June 4th, 2013 featuring Special Appearances
by Alison Krauss, Dan Tyminski, Rob Thomas and Jeff Beck

Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter LeAnn Rimes is releasing her new album, SPITFIRE, on June 4, 2013. Rimes, who co-wrote nine of the songs on her newest offering, says “This album is a peek into my world; who I am, what I’ve gone through, what my emotions are.  It’s an intimate conversation between me and whoever’s listening.  I hope I’m saying things that are hard for others to express.  It certainly took me a lot of work to get to this point. And it’s still easier to sing these thoughts than it is to say them out loud.  The intimacy in my music is just beginning.” “Curb Records is receiving global reviews for LeAnn’s brilliant album, Spitfire.  Her performances with Rob Thomas (Matchbox 20), Jeff Beck, Alison Krauss and Dan Tyminski are amazing and a great representation of LeAnn’s ability as an artist and songwriter, says Curb Records Chairman, Mike Curb.  “LeAnn and producer Darrell Brown have created a very special musical adventure that is delivered straight from LeAnn’s heart.  We’ve always known she is a great singer.  This album simply proves outright that LeAnn is a great, multi-faceted artist.” SPITFIRE is co-produced by Darrell Brown, LeAnn’s longtime friend, whom she calls her “writing soul mate”. Rimes speaks of this album as a “journey” and says there were several memorable moments along the way from having multi-Grammy award-winning engineer, Al Schmitt (Ray Charles, Natalie Cole, Norah Jones) mix several songs to having Alison Krauss and Dan Tyminsky sing background vocals on “What Have I Done?”.  After ten years of trying to write or record with Rob Thomas, the planets aligned as Rob added an undeniable groove to “Gasoline and Matches”, which also features the legendary signature guitar styling's of Jeff Beck, whom LeAnn previously worked with on a Barbra Streisand tribute at the Grammys to benefit MusiCares. “SPITFIRE covers a range of emotions that I’ve experienced in my lifetime, from anger to love, from frustrations to letting go”, says Rimes.  “Darrell and I talked about telling that story in chronological order, but that didn’t work sonically, so he said, ‘It’s the truth…in no particular order.’ And isn’t that what life is about?” The physical CD will launch exclusively at Walmart and is currently available for pre-order at:  http://bit.ly/Spitfire1 For more information on LeAnn Rimes, visit www.leannrimesworld.com