Here's actress Maria Bello Friday evening upon arriving in St. Louis for her appearance today at the Working Women's Survival Show. Bello commented this was her first trip to St. Louis and was excited to check out some of the sights during her weekend visit. Bello, best known for her work in Coyote Ugly, A History of Violence, and the TV drama E.R., signed two 8x10s and posed for this shot.


A couple of hours later, I ended up meeting actor/comedian/musician Brian Posehn following his set at the Funny Bone Comedy Club in St. Louis. Posehn, best known for his appearances in the Sarah Silverman Show, Just Shoot Me, and Rob Zombie's The Devils Rejects, took pictures and signed hundreds of autographs for everyone who asked. For you Seinfeld fans, Posehn was in the episode entitled, "The Burning." His character, along with Kramer, was instructed to "act out" to a group of medical students. While Kramer got gonorrhea, his character had a sponge left in him post surgery.

Here's country music legend Charley Pride as he gets ready to leave following last night's concert at the Effingham Performance Center in Effingham, Illinois. Pride is the biggest selling artist for RCA Records since Elvis Presley. Pride has an amazing 39 number one country hits to his credit.

The Country Music Hall of Famer visited with me for a few minutes and signed an album for my collection. We also talked a little baseball as he proudly showed me his 2011 American League Championship ring from the Texas Rangers. Pride is a minority owner in the major league team.