The Bangles... for Pat, the "Toolbox"

NEW BABY ALERT!!! Congrats to Kahn and Holly with the birth of Cody. Plus Happy Birthday Payton!

American Idol (again) - Final 9 with Tony Bennett (who's getting OLD... wow). The slow balads are very hard to pull off and not wise to do (another hint from me... see what happens). I'm trying to do some unique constructive criticism that I felt the judges missed:

1) The Backup Band... they really kicked ass tonight!
2) Blake - I really liked it, but he needs to a-nnun-ci-ate better... more consonants will help. Singing 101 lesson there.
3) LaKisha - Thought she was right on tonight.... Took the cake for the ladies in my mind.
4) Melinda - Pitch problems I felt in the first part (agreeing with Simon), but granted she had easily the most difficult song. Can't finish first every week;)
5) Jordin - Another tricky song that she pulled off pretty well with some good pipes!
6) Chris - I have to dock him for picking a song that will always be associated with Harry Connick Jr (When Harry Met Sally). And Chris's version wasn't there in comparison.
7) Haley - Looked damn good, ditched the slow song just in time to be saved, last note took a second to center correctly. Of course she gets my vote again just to see her come back!
8) Sanjaya - actually pulled off a decent performance (in comparison to his usual). Props for the white suit... I need one of those! He'll stick around though.
9) Gina - Tongue stud on display tonight! She knows how to get a bonus point there:) Not too bad but again, slow songs just don't get the votes this week. Last note needed some help in the upwards pitch direction.
10) Phil - By my count, he was UNDER pitch 3 times, OVER pitch 2 times... but he did hit the final note right on. But what do I know? I do think he was worse than Sanjaya... deal with it.
11) Paula - I think she gets drunker as the show goes on... seriously!! What's really in those coke glasses?

Am I the only one that notices the pitch issues?? There were not a ton of comments from the Judges. Maybe it's me tonight.

And in other news of the Rock and Roll.... Keith Richards tells the world that he snorted his father's ashes mixed with cocaine. What can you say in response to that? Well having thought of this all night, here are a few thoughts that come to mind:

• Do the ashes add anything to the "experience" other than symbolic purposes?
• His words were "My dad wouldn't have cared". I think my dad would come back to life and kick my ass if I tried to do something like this.
• His father died in 2002. Do ashes get better for snorting like a fine wine?
• What's the going rate on blow/ashes mix?

Cold, windy and a little bit of blowing snow this morning (yes, this blog was written in two parts... usually is). It feels more like Christmas than it does Easter.

Haiku of the Day -
Dropping weight like mad
Just in time for Mexico
No Diet next week

Entertainment of the Day - I watched Man of the Year this last weekend which is the Presidential movie with Robin Williams and Lewis Black (among others). I was hoping for a more prominent role from Lewis Black but it's still a funny movie. There's a little bit of science-fiction that rings home with the computerized voting aspect of the plot. How far away are we from something like this? Worth a viewing.

Weblink of the Day - The Way of the Swayze: How Patrick Swayze stays manly but gets all the chicks due to his sensitive side! I bet he can have square plates in his house and get away with it!!!