So, like, did anyone else see Natalie Portman on Saturday Night Live? A raging talent, if you ask RD, especially when she did the "Day in the Life of Natalie Portman." Great white-girl gangsta stuff. In a world in which objectification is becoming more the norm, it's nice to see her break out of the Stefani/Fergie/Pussycat Dolls mold. RD closed his eyes, thought back to his childhood and imagined Joan Jett and Nancy Spungen rolled into one and spit out on Extreme Gangsta Girl Makeover, 2006.

Speaking of makeovers, Sweet-n-Sassy has been commenting lately on Marney Gellner's propensity for pastel sweater sets. S-n-S had been notcing that Marney was buttoning them all the way to the top, which she thought was kind of a diminishing look. Well, as if they were communicating through thin air, Marney went with the baby blue sweater during the studio shots on FSN Saturday night -- and the top 2 buttons were undone. Amazing. Yo, Marney, the peach sweater doesn't work with your skin tone. Just our opinion here.

The Kentucky Derby is coming up in two weeks and the best way to play, according to RD, is to look for some value for that $2 wager. To that end, RD likes the one of the three horses in this year's probable Bob Baffert contingent -- Sinister Minister. He smoked the Blue Grass Stakes field by 12 3/4 lengths last weekend and provides a good alternive to the short-money picks Brother Derek and Lawyer Ron. If you want to know more, RD warns NOT to merely Google cuz you'll find some weird stuff. Add a to the search you'll get where you want to be.

Saw in the Star Tribune on Sunday that Minnesota is not a good state in which to need emergency care for mental illness. There's a good chance there's not going to be room at the first hospital you try, and there's more than a passing chance that you're going to end up in Brainerd or Willmar or Hutchinson. Memo to lawmakers and hospital officials: RD knows that a head is just as important to mend as an arm and a leg. You should too.

Baseball? Was there baseball this weekend? Don't know about that. Every time RD looked at the TV, some guy named Thome or Konerko or Uribe or Dye or Anderson or Crede was slowly circling the bases or some guy named Radke or Silva or Rincon or Crain walking slowly off the mound with that "Dead-Man Pitching" look on his face. RD decided it was a fine weekend to catch up on the Copa Libertadores on Fox Sports Espanol. Vamos, Atletico Nacional!