Joseph - The Next American Idol

One thing I've learned in life... What Jill wants, Jill gets. So here are your pictures of Joseph. He's doing so well and O'Riley is already taking care of the new guy around the house. Need to teach Riles how to change diapers now! Click on the picture for a bigger and better shot at the not-so-little guy.

Now that that is over with - this was the worst night of American Idol.... EVER! Hunky's night on AI, shoot me now. It brought back good ol' memories of Hunky's though and $5 all you can drink night. Ah, what would we have done on Thursday nights without it....

Most overused statements that need to disappear before next season (next week would be even better):

- Just ok for me
- You made it your own
- "Dawg"
- Twang twangity twang twang twanggggggg....

On that note, I do want to give Simon props for the Desperate Housewives reference and Seacrest (rumored to be with Terry Hatcher). Paula still sounded drunk which is no surprise.

My reviews (including the bottom three - you just count from the bottom from "one" till you get to three Pitzen) - Not that the overall rankings matter, only the bottom 3:

Chris Daughtry - Let the boy sing rock please!!! This week can't end soon enough.....
Katharine McPhee - That kicked ass.... only performance tonight that did. She gets my vote tonight.
Kellie Hickler - She still doesn't do it for me. She's still too dumb to win this thing, her comedic purpose is losing appeal.
Paris Bennett - I'd put her possibly in the top 2 overall after this week.
Duece Young - gotta give him props, he performed non-country and I was happy. Tonya, your boy done good.
Mandisa - Sang fine, just don't look at what she's wearing - WTF!
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Elliott Yamin - "it was just ok for me".... this country night sucks.
Taylor Hicks - He'll be around next week... but not too long after that.
Bucky "the slack jawed yokel" - they put him last on purpose. I still think he goes home this week. His country performance sucked considering that's all he can sing. Note that Bucky is married---- interesting.

In National News.... our "morale" administration keeps on clicking as the 4th highest ranked official was arrested for soliciting a teenage girl. The worst part of the article isn't what the sick-o did... it's the fact that he was "placed on administrative leave".... FIRE HIS ASS ALREADY!!!!! What happened to zero tolerance, especially for our federal governmental employees. In the business world, that guy would no longer be an employee. Anyways....

Song of the Day - In honor of country night, I pull out my very short list of favorite country songs to share with you. Of course you have to have She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy by Kenny (have fun at the concert tonight Nikki), and Fishin in the Dark. That's all I'm in the mood for today.

Video of the Day - This was too funny.... THE TOOT TONE!!! No wonder so many cell phones go off in public!!! Thanks Wyatt for the submission today.

Webpage of the Day - for all of you AI freaks that have watched every season (I'll admit that I haven't and some of these names are foreign to me), you'll enjoy this article "How do current Idols stack up to the old ones?" And you thought Clay Aiken had disappeared.

Early Morning.... April 4th

Today is the commemorative day of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. His work for striving for equality in America is unmatched in my mind in our country's history. He's become a role model for so many and an example of how to get things changed peacefully. I wish we had a modern equivalent of him in the 21st Century that again we are faced with challenges in this country that don't get addressed. Our government can no longer be looked to when seeking role models, we need another figure like King to show us patience and forgiveness.... virtues all of us should have. I find it amazing how kids no longer aspire to be President of the United States, or even working in other governmental positions. And when you ask most people about government, it's usually a distasteful one.... what's happened? And now we have over priced athletes being our role models just because they can sell out and appear on TV more than the other guys..... interesting, isn't it?

And to celebrate his legacy.... Israel fires missiles into the Gaza strip at Abbas' compound.... great, just great. Too many idiots running the world right now.

Anyway - congrats to Florida on their ass whoopin last night of.... doesn't matter. Nobody ever remembers the 2nd place team. In the minds of most people though, nobody really cared who won and I have a feeling that most of the ratings will be a lot lower than in the past with bigger named programs.

Red Wings won last night as well in a shootout. Yzerman got yet another goal in his amazing career. Detroit also tied the NHL record for most road victories in a season with plenty of chances to break that record. They're clicking on all cylinders right now which is good for getting ready for the upcoming playoffs.

And Augusta is this weekend in the golf world. Fun watching professionals play the same course every year with such different results.... ahhhh, the joys of golfing! Any early favorites???? besides Tiger of course.

Song of the Day - Obviously today's song is U2's Pride (In the Name of Love) in honor of Dr. King. I just read that Stevie Wonder wrote a song Happy Birthday for Dr. King as well. Interesting, interesting.....

Video of the Day - We keep on chugging through Hitchcock movies. We viewed The Birds which was just strange but still good. I kept laughing at a young Jessica Tandy though. She drove herself in this movie (even drove a boat across a lake on her own) so no Drivin Miss Daisy..... We also watched Notorious (no B.I.G. in this movie) which I enjoyed but it wasn't a typical mystery suspenseful movie that we usually associate with Hitchcock. It had Ingrid Bergman in it (she was quite attractive... even for black and white) and Cary Grant. Not sure which one is next but we still have a ton to go!!

Webpage of the Day - Someone's list of the 50 Greatest Independent Films. I was relieved that I've seen more than half of the films and all but one of the top 10. Interesting read (and quick for those that actually work during the day)

Have a great Wednesday! AI on tonight and I'm actually voting this week.... who for? Find out tomorrow!!

Play Ball!!

Congratulations to Drew and Kristi and welcome to Joseph Michael. All are doing well as Hazel and I stopped by last night to check up on the family. She'll go home today for some much deserved rest.

In racing news, Boy wasn't too happy to see Kenseth get in a wreck Sunday. It's called Karma and that's what he gets for driving like an idiot the previous week.

Here's something that really bothered me though..... all through the race we kept seeing commercials for Subway with their new garlic bread. So of course I gave in and had to have Subway for dinner last night. Only problem was that the guy said they don't get the new bread till tomorrow. What a crock of crap!! I hate advertising......

I also saw the teaser trailer for the new Simpsons movie coming out in July of 2007. WTF?!?!? Why bother having a teaser trailer for it when it's this far away? I just hope it doesn't kill the series like it has a knack of doing when TV shows go for the big bucks of a motion picture. Look at Southpark, Beavis and Butthead, Mr. Bean.... what other ones am I missing?

Baseball started last night (even though it was rained out in the 4th inning)!! YEAH!!! Here are my beginning of the season predictions:

AL Playoffs - Red Sox (go Ginter!), Indians, A's.... Wild Card to the Yankees unfortunately. Indians make the World Series.

NL Playoffs - Braves, Cardinals, Dodgers.... Wild Card to the Mets. Braves to the World Series.

Braves win it all in 6 Games!!!! They still have a great starting rotation in Smoltz, Hampton, Hudson, and even Sosa (not Sammy). Plus they have experience in Remlinger... just have to see if they can have strong closing (probably Reitsma again). Plus good riddance to Furcal and welcome to Edgar Renteria at Short Stop!! He's a huge addition that is just as good of a fielder as Furcal was, but a lot better hitter (and smarter!). Now if everyone can just stay healthy all season long!! The Braves were 10th in Payroll last year.... I don't think they'll move any higher this year than that - so no giving them crap about being "the Yankees of the NL". Blah!

Song of the Day - This really pissed me off when I saw it. Courtney Love is not only responsible for killing Cobain (in my mind), she is now selling out Nirvana's music because she's broke. She pisses me off - I'll just have to listen to some Nirvana this morning before it hits all the commercials on TV.

Video of the Day - I watched King Kong (American title: LONGEST MOVIE KNOWN TO MAN) yesterday. I enjoyed it and thought they did a lot of good work with the visual effects, I just thought it was way too long. You know my short attention span problem anyways, this movie only made it worse. There were a lot of scenes where I thought he could have cut some out or even skipped all together, but I'm not a director. Jackson is rumored to next redo Ishtar into a 4 hour film.

Webpage of the Day - About the funniest 30 seconds you will read all day! Seriously! Pimpin' Ain't Easy!!!