This week's mid-week mistress is Dania Ramirez.  Dania has been all over the TV screen recently and if you haven't already figured it out, she is currently guest starring as "Alex" on HBO's Entourage.  She could also be seen in Heroes and as "Blanca" on HBO's Sopranos, which I am not sure if anyone has ever seen. Sarcasm.  Anyways, Dania was born in the Dominican Republic but moved to the states when she was a child.  When she was 15 she was discovered while working at a convenience store and went on to do some commercials.  After deciding that acting was what she wanted to do she went to New York City and studied at the Actor's Workshop.  Also, she attended and graduated from Montclair State University in 1999 where she was a volleyball star.  Is anyone else thinking what I am thinking?  Dania in volleyball shorts?  Sha...wait for it....wing!  Congrats to Dania on being named this week's Hump Day Hottie.  Check out more pics after the jump...

Last Saturday, Stephen Strasburg delivered a 1-1 pitch to the Phillies Domonic Brown and immediately winced in pain and tried to shake off the pain.  He then motioned for the trainers to come out and eventually left the game.  Every Nationals fan, every baseball fan hoped for the best.  The first report was that Strasburg had a flexor strain in his right forearm and was placed on the disabled list.  Everyone started to breathe a little easier, except for the team doctor.  The team doctor ordered an MRI after the swelling of the injury went down and what they found was devastating.  They found a tear in the ulnar collateral ligament of Strasburg's right arm.  An injury that will likely require Tommy John surgery and put Strasburg on the DL for the rest of this year and into next season as well. 

This week's Hump Day Hottie is Noureen DeWulf.  If you are an avid reader of the HDH section of Thunder Treats then you know how much we value a babe with a unique name.  As an added bonus, Noureen is of Indian descent.  Shwing.  Noureen stepped into the limelight after starring in the Academy Award winning short film West Bank Story where she portrayed a Palestinian fast food worker who falls for an Israeli soldier.  Since then we have seen in such movies as Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard as well as on TV in Chuck, CSI: NY, The Hard Times of RJ Berger and many more.  In fact, her co-star in the Hard Times of RJ Berger is Hump Day Hottie Alum Amber Lancaster.  So really, if you're not watching The Hard Times, I don't know how else to pitch it to you.  Big hat tip to Donkey Thompson of Las Vegas for the heads up on Noureen and a sincere apology to her for taking so long to crown her Hump Day Hottie.  Enjoy more pics after the jump...

Maurice Clarett made headlines earlier this summer when he re-enrolled at The Ohio State University, partaking in their summer classes.  The school is even allowing him to work out at the Woody Hayes Athletic Facility as well.  Well now that Clarett seems to have his academic life back on track, it looks as though he is trying to get his football life back as well.

Clarett has asked Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge David Fais for permission to leave the state to attend a tryout for the United Football League’s Omaha Nighthawks.  The professional minor league football team is already home to quarterback Jeff Garcia and running back Ahman Green, who Clarett would likely play behind.  The team has had no comment on whether or not Clarett has been officially invited or not but the fact that the personnel director is Ted Sundquist may or may not play into Clarett’s favor.  Sundquist was the General Manager of the Denver Bronco’s when they drafted Clarett.  We all know how that turned out, so whether or not Sundquist is willing to take a second chance on the bruising running back is yet to be seen.

From the standpoint of the Nighthawks, who make their UFL debut this year, it would be a big promotion to get fans to attend games.  I don’t know about you guys but I would really enjoy seeing Maurice putting his shoulders down and seeing if he still has it.  For now though this all rests in the hands of Judge Fais, who could rule as soon as this week as to whether or not to allow the former Mr. Football to leave the state.

Source: NY Times

16 year old Kirstin Rausch in Southlake, Texas has done what many of us have done to our parents.  She had a late night party.  Normally when it happened to me I just got yelled at or, in some cases, grounded.  Both getting yelled at and getting grounded didn't really deter me from breaking curfew or having another party, but if my parents would have done something more along the lines of what this girls dad did, then I may have been more responsive.  Robert Rausch is the father of the aforementioned young lady and he has come up with a better plan of attack.

After his daughter decided to have some friends sneak into her house late at night to party, he decided he wanted to punish her but, at the same time, help other people.  So Rausch decided to place an ad in the local paper that offered free babysitting services from his daughter.  The ad asks "Want a FREE night out?" and explains further that his daughter is in trouble for breaking curfew and her punishment is 30 hours of free babysitting. 

The ad reads "“I’m in BIG trouble for missing my curfew, and my parents are making me provide 30 hours of free babysitting as punishment. My pain is your gain, so call.”

Kirstin has already served 6 hours of her sentence and has said her calender is filling up rather quickly.  Reporters asked if she would be breaking curfew or having any late night parties again.

"No, probably not,” Kirstin said.

“Probably?” her dad asked.

“No, no, I’m not,” she answered.

Bravo, Dad.

Source: NBC Dallas-Fort Worth