American Idol Update

Last night was elimination night again after another week of so-so performances (in my opinion). As I expected Alaina and Alexandrea were cut. I have to say that I'm happy to see Alexandrea go as I think she was the worst of the ladies. Alaina wasn't a surprise, although Kady should be gone by now too. I expect she will get cut next week. The ladies to watch are Carly and I think Kristy Lee is going to surprise lots of people too. On to the guys.

It was no big surprise to me to see Jason Cheesy Yeager go. Last week I predicted that he would be soon cut. Rounding out the good sense revolution they cut Rob the wannabe rocker. Simon Cowell pointed out several times how fake Rob's rocker image was and I agree! Nice to see America does have some sense when it comes to voting after all. Now, if only they can do some similar sensible voting come November! Keep an eye on David Archuleto, he's the cutie and he can sing too!

Oprah seeks sainthood with phony reality show

Thu Feb 28, 8:56 AM Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter)

- The first oddity (but certainly not the last) about the eight-week Oprah Winfrey infomercial "Oprah's Big Give" is that there is nary a single genuine giving moment to be found during the opening hour.

It is instead a profoundly hyperkinetic and unwieldy adventure in product placement, in Oprah-as-Messiah hype and, ultimately, in what's so utterly fake and insidious about "reality" television itself.
Because the ABC series operates under the high-minded guise of bringing life, rescue and joy to people in need, it's actually even more disturbing than those shows claiming no similarly socially redeeming purpose.
While the recipients of this largesse no doubt truly benefit in a format that's one part "Queen for a Day" and one part "The Amazing Race," the question must be asked early on: Is it worth being exploited as a quasi-pathetic charity case on national television, replete with on-cue manipulative sappy music and photo ops choreographed by editors seemingly in the throes of epileptic seizure, to gain that helping hand?
The idea here is that, armed simply with a photo, directions and $2,500 in cash, 10 selfless soldiers -- including an Iraq War vet, a dot-com millionaire, a paraplegic author and a pre-med student -- must change the lives of their needy assigned human/family in five days through fundraising, corporate sponsorship or just plain love (which in this case is another synonym for cold hard cash).
The "Biggest Giver" will wind up with $1 million, though Oprah insists "that's a secret!" Oh really? These people are taking weeks out of their busy lives just to help their fellow man?
What makes "Oprah's Big Give" especially unwatchable is a vertigo-inducing pace. Few shots last more than three seconds, making it virtually impossible to get to know any of these people on anything more than a surface level. Which is probably as it should be.
Shallow as a birdbath, the program would appear to exist less as a true philanthropic exercise than yet another self-aggrandizing vehicle in Oprah's divine quest to become synonymous with all that is virtuous and good on Earth. We might well refer to this as "Touched By a Talk Show Host."

World Naked Gardening Day

Get ready for the Fourth Annual World Naked Gardening Day (WNGD)! People across the globe are encouraged, on Saturday, May 3, 2008 to tend their portion of the world's garden clothed as nature intended.
Gardening has a timeless quality, and anyone can do it: young and old, singles or groups, the fit and infirm, urban and rural. An elderly lady in a Manhattan apartment can plant new annuals in her window box. Families can rake leaves in their back yard. Freehikers can pull invasive weeds along their favorite stretch of trail. More daring groups can make rapid clothes-free sorties into public parks to do community-friendly stealth cleanups.
Why garden naked? First of all, it's fun! Second only to swimming, gardening is at the top of the list of family-friendly activities people are most ready to consider doing nude. Moreover, our culture needs to move toward a healthy sense of both body acceptance and our relation to the natural environment. Gardening naked is not only a simple joy, it reminds us--even if only for those few sunkissed minutes--that we can be honest with who we are as humans and as part of this planet.

Earth Hour March 29th 8PM

Created to take a stand against the greatest threat our planet has ever faced, Earth Hour uses the simple action of turning off the lights for one hour to deliver a powerful message about the need for action on global warming.
This simple act has captured the hearts and minds of people all over the world. As a result, at 8pm March 29, 2008 millions of people in some of the world’s major capital cities, including Copenhagen, Toronto, Chicago, Melbourne, Brisbane and Tel Aviv will unite and switch off for Earth Hour.
Please visit earthhour.org and sign up. Organize people in your community to take action and help make a difference!

Oscar Movie Posters, sort of....

The Oscars are Sunday night. To celebrate I made my own movie posters.

American Idol Top 24

Although I don't usually follow American Idol, for some reason this year I seem to be addicted. I suppose it may be a replacement habit now that I'm not smoking. Tonight was the first cuts of the top 24 and I have to (for once) agree with America's choices to go.

First to go was Garret who Simon Cowell seems to think needs more sunlight. A decent singer, but definitely not among the stars in this years talent pool. The second guy cut was Colton who claims he looks like lesbionic comedienne Ellen Degeneres. Now there's something to be proud of!
The ladies seem to have a larger group of actually really good talent, but the first two cut were definitely not the cream of the crop. Trade show model Amy should take her rack and head to Vegas where she will certainly enjoy a sucessful career flogging anything at all. Speaking of models... plus size model Joanne was a decent singer, but too plus sized for an American audience that hasn't yet fully grasped the plus sized fat epidemic that is sweeping that country.

There is some great talent and the picture above shows my top three choices for guy and girl marked with the green star. In the coming weeks watch for Kady and Kristy Lee to be the next girl cuts and Jason Yeager (cute, if you like cheese) and the flaming and Proud Mary, Danny Noriega.

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Valentine, Oh Valentine!

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Mohammed Image Archive

I heard today that several Danish newspapers have reprinted the images of Mohammed that cause an absurd uproar a couple of years ago. The newspapers said they were republishing the drawing in protest over a plot to murder the cartoonist. I am supporting the cartoonist by posting the above drawing. This is just one more in the infinite number of examples of how religion promotes hatred, fear and violence, and I am not only referring to the Muslims.

I found a site which shows several different cartoons. This one was my favorite. Here is the link.

Greenpeace Sunshine Video

Quote of the Daye

Tobacco drieth the brain, dimmeth the sight, vitiateth the smell, hurteth the stomach, destroyeth the concoction, disturbeth the humors and spirits, corrupteth the breath, induceth a trembling of the limbs, exsiccateth the windpipe, lungs, and liver, annoyeth the milt, scorcheth the heart, and causeth the blood to be adjusted.
-Tobias Venner, (1577-1660) Via Recta ad Vitam Longam , Source: Bloomsbury book of quotations

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Chanel and The Ink Spots

This is the tv commercial that I saw years ago when I was about 14. I asked my Nanny about the song in the ad. I had never heard it before. Nanny had the album and pulled it out. Today I found the ad online. I couldn't remember what it was for. I also re-purchased the Ink Spots Album. Its definitely a classic, and so is this commercial. I know, I know...its hard to beleive I'm gay!

The Deaf Bookkeeper

Now that I have passed my first bookkeeping test with a score of 92%, here is a bookkeeping joke to celebrate! I feel like I am becoming more boring by the second!


A Mafia godfather finds out that his bookkeeper has cheated him out of ten million bucks.

His bookkeeper is deaf. That was the reason he got the job in the first place. It was assumed that a deaf bookkeeper would not hear anything that he might have to testify about in court.

When the godfather goes to confront the bookkeeper about his missing $10 million, he brings along his attorney, who knows sign language.

The godfather tells the lawyer, “Ask him where the 10 million bucks he embezzled from me is.”The attorney, using sign language, asks the bookkeeper where the money is.

The bookkeeper signs back, “I don’t know what you are talking about.”
The attorney tells the godfather, “He says he doesn’t know what you’re talking about.”
The godfather pulls out a pistol, puts it to the bookkeeper’s temple, and says, “Ask him again!”
The attorney signs to the bookkeeper, “He’ll kill you if you don’t tell him!”
The bookkeeper signs back, “OK! You win!
The money is in a brown briefcase, buried behind the shed in my cousin Enzo’s backyard in Queens!”
The godfather asks the attorney, “Well, what’d he say?”

The attorney replies, “He says you don’t have the guts to pull the trigger.”

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