French tennis player who led his team to win the Davis Cup away from the Americans for the first time, in 1927.  Nicknamed 'the Alligator' by the American press, because of his tenacity on the tennis court, never letting go of his prey. 

        Tenacity.  Word for the Day.  Keep That in Mind.

And then, because it's Monday and your Blogger is still recovering from a somewhat challenging weekend, and because you all know my deep and abiding interest in young Israeli pop singers, here is Yohanthan Gatro's HOT SUMMER NIGHT -- fantastic!  Or you can go to DNA Magazine for this link and others, but I implore you, don't let yourself get sucked into the land of youtube video selections -- they have another one there which looks like a compilation of every cute TV star in Tiger Beat for like the last 5 years, with musical accompaniement, and another one of two 'straight' guys lipsynching the Barbie Doll disco hit, "Come On Barbie Let's Go Party"  -- I'm telling you, it's madness, and you don't come back from it unchanged.  

WTF -- OMG this just in: LEONA HELMSLEY.  Dead.  I know.  Talk about Tenacious.  You never thought she'd go, did you. 

And after a nano-second pause, immediately the next thought on all our minds: who's next?