It was Brian Griese last Friday, Joe Namath yesterday and Walter Tkaczuk today.

Krista Allen looks very hot in Toby Keith's new video "A Little Too Late"......

4 of the last 5 days I have run into the same Trashy Hot Asian Chick (THAC) on 39th between Madison & Park as I came to work in the morning......

to the little pumped up guy waiting for his car on 38th - get over yourself and your shirt & tie combo really sucks and is very ugly.......

The LJM is back and everything is right again with my morning drive to the station......

30+ tomato plants, 16 peppers (hot & sweet) and 50 bean plants - it's going to be a busy summer in the garden.....still no hot lemon peppers growing in my seed pods - I thunk they were junk........

Watched LOST again last night and now Season 2 Episode 1 is on tonight - I will be watching.....but what else to watch these days ? Pleanty of one off reality shows and crappy short series - I may have to start watching 24 Season 1.......

Still haven't made the Sports Guys Mailbag but I'm still trying.......

"Anjelica Huston" (AH) sported no sweater or coat yesterday morning and that was a very good thing - now if we could only get her to smile........

Is there anything better than Game 7 in the stanley Cup Playoffs ? Yes there is, OT in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs - Go Carolina !!!!

White tea is nothing more than flavored water........

Dallas should beat Phoenix but I am not counting the Suns out at all - this one goes 7.......Pistons beat Miami tonight but will lose Game 6 in Miami........

Mango Chicken Sausage - again, awesome...........

Miranda Lambert has a dirty innocence about her that makes me feel old when I watch her videos.......

Need a big night from Griffey tonight if I am going to finish up my lackluster May in Diamond Daily - at least I am hitting my weight and then some - unlike some people Mr. Dean.......

swampy abides......

I parked in Roberto Clemente's spot yesterday and in Barry Sanders' spot today. Bet I get a low # tomorrow.

2 days in a row now I have not seen the LJM on my way to the train - I need my continuity.....

Omar Minaya fleeced the Diamondbacks.......and a 4-2 record coming out of a yanks/phillies combo is not too shabby.......

"Anjelica Huston" looked very euro in her oversized sunglasses the other morning - still wondering what the rest of her looks like since she also has a black trench coat on........"High Maintenance" almost ran me over again in the parking lot - that woman is dangerous......

Soul Patrol ! Soul Patrol ! I still won't buy his CD but I could be talked into seeing him in Vegas if the tickets are cheap..........Kat was an empty shell last night - she knew she was toast.........Carrie Underwood really has learned a lot about stage presence in the past year...........studio post production can even make Kellie Pickler sond good - and yes, I am ashamed of myself, I downloaded Kat, Taylor & Kellie's songs from the American Idol Season 5 CD..........a couple of things I noticed during the show last night, most of the people in Alabama had their signs upside down when they held them up for the camera and like I said before, LA is jaded and it is no surprise whatsoever that no one showed up for Kat's AI rally..........

The Wreckers CD finally came out and for me it was worth the wait........

I need TiVo but that is another story for another day........

LOST

Okay - I missed out posting my pre-finale thunks but they would have included a mention that Desmond would be back with a tie-in to Dirty Libby and that I thunked that Sayid would round up Jin (the korean legbreaker) and Eko to tail Jack's team to the camp of the Others and I would have thought that Locke had gone out on his own like Rousseau (where is she anyway) - well as we saw, you can't get them all right........

So my thunks & questions are.........

Wow !!! Tons of questions answered and tons more left hanging out there. Even the excessive # of commercials didn’t bother me all that much the episode was so good.

Desmond caused the crash.

Are Eko, Locke & Desmond alive ?

That is no ocean going boat so will Michael & Walt survive ? Nice job by the camera to make sure we didn’t see how much Walt has grown and it was easy to overlay an old audio track over his one spoken word.

What is going to happen to Jack, Kate & Sawyer ? And how did Sawyer feel about Kate looking at Jack and not him just before they got the hoods put over their head ?

Is Charlie finally going to get some Claire action ?

Is Dirty Libby’s dead husband Hurley’s imaginary friend ? They both have the same first name and we have had less likely connections made between characters.

Did you ever thunk that Henry Gale was the leader of the Others ?

Did anyone ever read any of the notebooks at any time and which hatch is the real experiment ? What was the deal with the fake hatch at the camp of the Others ?

Looks like it’s up to Sayid, Jin & Sun to save the troops. And what would Sayid have thunked if he had known that Kelvin was in the hatch just before they were brought to the island ?

How does Penny know to look for electromagnetism to find Desmond and what connection does Penny’s father have to Alvar Hanso and the Dharma Initiative ?

Is it the Fall yet ?

How many extras are they going to pop on the Season 2 DVD Set. Will downloading the webisodes this summer be worth the $$$ or just a pump fake ?

there is just so much more........swampy abides

I flipped the bird at the Yankees store this morning because I can......

I am begging ESPNews to quit ramming & jamming barry bonds down my throat - I don't care what he did last night and I don't want to see barry lowlights leading off the show......

I thunk Ricky is going to find out that there is some fine weed to be had in Canada....or so I have been told.....

A special thank you to the strawberry blonde bouncing down the east side of 6th ave between 35th & 36th.....and another thank you to the blonde who took off her sweater during lunch at Earl's.......

Top Chef Finale tonight - Harold should wipe the floor with Tiffani

The Mets may actually be for real - and typing that may have just sealed their fate......

I hate the Yankees in case you didn't already know........Double Play-Rod is a great name.......

ipod shuffle is great until you get that lousy song from an album you downloaded and forgot to delete....

too many thunks and too little time......swampy abides

Just realized that I never posted my LOST thunks so with the finale slated for tonight, I will have to come back and do that later today.......

but now onto the American Idol Finale from last night........

Justin Guarini. Clay Aiken. Diana DeGarmo. Bo Bice. Who will be this year's runner-up ?

Kat - "Hi. My name is swampy. I'm a Kat-a-holic." 1st song - She caught a small amount of lightning in a bottle when she first performed "Black Horse & a Cherry Tree" but this time it was more like a lightning bug. Not bad but not great and she needed great. 2nd song - I think that she was better than last week with her rendition of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow". I am sure that this song will appear on her first album. Great job. I can understand the criticism that it was the 2nd week in a row for the song but this is the finale and you are supposed to bring your best. There were a lot of people watching the show at home for the first time last night so why not go with your best ? 3rd song - hideous song in true AI Finale fashion - her voice was starting to go and she was swimming upstream all song. Not a great way to finish.

Taylor - A Pink Pimp Daddy Jacket and Silver Shoes !!! Taylor absolutely killed "Living in the City" and it seemed even better following Kat's opening song. And Taylor thought about the lyrics this time and lost his manic smile from Stevie Wonder Week. 2nd song - Taylor mailed this one in and I don't know why. His earlier rendition was far superior to this sleepwalking effort. It's almost like he conceded the round to Kat before he even began. 3rd song - another hideous AI Finale original but Taylor kept it together enough and put enough growl into it to win the title. This is not the kind of songs that his fans want him to sing.

So who wins ? Taylor. I voted for Kat out of loyalty but only once.

Kat will do well with a studio produced album and will look great in her videos. I just feel sorry for the final few cities on the summer tour because her voice is going to be gone by then. Taylor is going to have a good career too but I don't see him taking off the way that Kelly Clarkson or Carrie Underwood has in the past year. Taylor's niche is cover songs and he is good at it. I can see him headlining in Vegas within 2 years to sold out legions of the Soul Patrol.

some random thunks from the last few days - my LOST thunks later......

Even the comic strip BLONDIE has recently made a Brokeback Mountain reference - I think we may have finally jumped the shark with this one.......

I have got to hand it to her, the LJM is out there every morning no matter the weather......

Clippers vs Suns - all we need is a red, whit & blue ball and Artis Gilmore's afro.......

Saw an old video of Faith Hill's the other morning she was quite tasty in her young days but I definitely think she is tastier now.......

Sophia Choi is a big dropoff from Susan Hendricks at 4am and where the hell has Kristine Johnson been this week ?????

Parked in Joe Namath yesterday and Potvin Sucks today......

A great big thank you goes out to the woman in the bright orange suit on 5th & 37th yesterday morning - that was really some good humor.......

If I were pitching to Barry Bonds I would hit him every time he came up like that pitcher in Houston did the other night.......

Carolina vs Buffalo and Edmonton vs Anaheim - 2 series that TV execs dread and that hockey fans can't wait to see - fast paced and hard hitting - I like Carolina vs Edmonton but I haven't picked many right yet so Anaheim vs Buffalo would not surprise me......

Mango Chicken Sausage - awesome - thank you Costco.......perhaps in a spicy sun dried tomato cream sauce on a bed of yellow rice and sauteed veggies......

the Mets need Cliff Floyd to start hitting......

Taylor vs Kat - this is almost like Season 2 where either one of them could win but the people of Alabama have nothing better to do with their time so they will make the calls needed to push Taylor over the top - and like Clay, Kat will have an album out first and be the bigger star in the long run - I predict Taylor will be headlining in Vegas within 2 years....

It's hard to pick a favorite Jimmy Buffett song but Fruitcakes is near the top......

2 hour Will & Grace Finale tonight - who cares !!!

swampy abides.....

3 singers, 3 songs each and 3 more chances to watch Paula Abdul make a fool of herself on national TV - and that just never gets old.....Clive Davis chooses a song, the judges choose a song and our Final 3 each get to choose a song.

Elliott - sounded a little weak & nervous on the first song - maybe the pressure is starting to get to him - not wild about his 2nd song either - not enough snap or pop to the lyrics - it's not the type of song that you can croon or schmooze - 3rd song was his best - looked comfortable and sounded good but there was just something missing in it for me - maybe not enough "Ray-ness" or something. Overall an average performance on a night when he needed to go deep.

Kat - "Hi. My name is swampy and I'm a Kat-a-holic." Now that I have that out of the way, 1st song was not good in my opinion - it allowed her to go on runs that she didn't need and she didn't sing the chorus - (as an aside to Randy, this was Clive's choice so you score no points and probably got her some sympathy votes for criticizing the song choice - enjoyed listening to you trying to suck up to the boss when you got called on it) you do have to give Kat credit though for changing up the arrangement so it didn't cry "karaoke" - 2nd song - Simon lobbed her a big old fat one and Kat almost delivered - no way was this a "Kelly Clarkson Big Band Night Moment" but it was very good - Simon was right, too bad it wasn't the last song because the 3rd song was a mess - way too much vocal styling and Randy went right for the jugular by saying she is no Ella - good thing she wore a short skirt & boots because that helped to make up for the shortcomings of the song. Hope her fans were calling.

Taylor - I half expected the Idol producers to get Courtney Cox Arquette to jump up on stage to dance with Taylor during his 1st song - never much liked the song and didn't think that Taylor added anything to it - 2nd song - another lob that bounces off the wall when it should have been out of the park - he cheats us of the final falsetto note but makes up for it with the Belushi-like facial expressions - 3rd song - perfect song for Taylor but he absolutely ruined it at the ending - no matter, Taylor is headed to the Kodak Theater next week.

So who's going home ? Taylor is clear, Elliott had 3 average performances and Kat had one average, one great and one mess. History tells us that a woman will go home as that has been the case in each of the first 4 seasons but I think tonight that Elliott has finally come up short. He will make some nice coin in the adult contemporary market but he won't be in the Final 2.

It will Taylor vs Kat and I am afraid that no matter what happens, Taylor will be your next American Idol.

My out of context Survivor Thunks from a posting on a Survivor thread over at the W - click to your right

RealityNewsOnline.com actually awarded Cirie a Hall of Fame Moment (realitytvhalloffame.com) for her Triple Play Ouster of Courtney. Cirie should have been gone at the first TC but somehow managed to listen and work her way to the Final 4 - she would have won against any of the other 3 had she made it to the Final 2.As for Terry and the hidden Immunity Idol. His only real play, other than for himself, was at the merge and when his team was down 6-4. The 2nd highest vote getter that night was Aras and if Terry had been smart enough, from a team perspective, he could have narrowed the gap to 5-4 with Bruce on the fence and a good possibility to jump at that point. Can't remember if Bruce was gone by the next TC or not due to his intestinal blockage. Otherwise, Terry had to keep it for himself right up until the end. It would have been nice to see him slip it to Danielle but he could not trust her as far as he could throw her, so he did the right thing.

As for Shane & Courtney, I can see the "Celebreality" execs over at VH1 burning up the phone lines today trying to get those 2 booked onto an edition of "The Surreal Life" and Danielle, she is destined for Maxim, Stuff or FHM.

....I stand by all of those points today and think that terry had to be arrogant because it was "Me against Them" from the time of the merge until the end. Every flip he tried to pull off failed. He had to keep winning and he did until the end. It does seem now in hindsight that perhaps Terry choked in those final 2 challenges because there was finally pressure on him and he had to win. I thunk it was more of a case of Terry losing than Aras winning.

more thunks to come on a gloomy, gray Tuesday....swampy abides

Happy 25th Birthday Meadow Soprano.......

Aras did not deserve the $1m but neither did Danielle - more on that later.....

still loving "The Office" finale and can't wait for Part 1 of 2 on "Two and a Half Men" tonight....

the devils are out of the playoffs and all is right in the world again - Edmonto vs Carolina has to be giving the NBC Sports execs agita.....

Let Reggie Bush wear # 5.......

that's it for now......swampy abides

I sent a couple cans of shaving cream to the devils locker room for tomorrow - they will need it to help shave off their playoff beards after the Hurricanes get done sweeping them.

Terry couldn't trust Danielle to not turn on him at Tribal Council but it would have been a real ballsy move if he had slipped her the idol on the way to go vote. In the previews for Sunday night it sure looks like Cirie's fire has the edge. Terry has also seemed to have forgotten what happened to Colby - you can win all the challenges but you have to win the people too - he can only hope that if he makes it to the final 2 that Shane & Courtney are bitter enough towards the former Casaya member left standing that he takes the $$$ by default. And Aras is tight-roping a potentially sticky situation if Cirie beats Danielle. How can he take Cirie to the final 2 with him ? She is a guaranteed $1m winner if she gets there while Aras would have the upper hand against Terry - despite the fact that Aras is an immature whiny little crunchy baby...we shall see on Sunday night......

and speaking of Sunday night, the vcr will be taping "DH" though I do think that this show has steadily declined this season....one question though, why in the world would Tom ever want to cheat on Lynette ??? She is the queen MILF of Wisteria Lane if you ask me.....

I can tell the time in the morning by where I see the Little Jog Mom (LJM) on Main Street - I give her credit, she is out there rain or shine......

Ipod Shuffle note - Travelin' Shoes came on as I turned onto 34th street this morning - great timing, put an extra spring in my step......

Clips-Suns is starting to look like an old ABA series.......

Hideki Matsui breaks his wrist and is out for 3 months - there goes the only Yankee I like....

Haven't heard what the theme is for the next round of AI - I'm too lazy to go to the website....

Earl was entertaining last night but The Office was brilliant. The "Ross & Rachel" moment was predictable but not telling as they broke away before we could see what Pam's next reaction was going to be. I really thought that we were going to see some Jim & Jan drunken hook up. Kelly and her comments about Kobe Bryant were hilarious and Ryan is whipped if he knows Kelly's absurd drink order.....I would never let Kevin's band play even if it were in my garage though NBC would be smart to make the song & video available via podcast.....if Dwight doesn't win an Emmy than there is no justice in Hollywood......how soon before I can get Season 2 on DVD ?????

I think I need to do some cooking this weekend but i know I need to do some work in the yard more - I'll never get my tomatos and peppers into the ground at this rate....

The Mo-Town blonde has cut about 18 inches of her hair off - it helps a little - the new mo-town bottle blonde looks very high maintenance but has a nice walk.......

Is The Wreckers album out yet ?

swampy abides......

Wow, who really saw that one coming ? I personally don't care for Chris or his type of music so whether he was the best or not really didn't matter to me. I would buy a Katharine CD but I would not buy a Chris CD. Seacrest was cold as hell in his announcement too - the poor kid looked shocked. He will have a career and he owes it all to this show. He should be glad that he didn't win.

I wonder if Simon knows how to sell a Taylor or Elliott CD ? He's made enough cake off of Carrie Underwood that I guess he can have an off year and not have to worry about flying coach.

LOST - what can you say but it was an episode that was finally on par with the best of Season 1....I really thought that Dirty Libby was going to get her finals words out and that Michael would be exposed. Will the island's healing powers bring her back to life ? How much weight will Hurley gain with this huge gorilla of guilt sitting on his back ?Any episode with an Eko flashback is a keeper and what becomes of Locke now that he has learned that he is nothing more than a rat in a maze pushing a button for a reward ? Michael had one hell of a look on his face at the end and in the previews for next weekit looks like Sayid gets ready to raost his balls over a camel dung fire.......and what about Desmond, rumor hasi it (and so does imdb) that he comes back next week.......

If there is a hockey god in heaven, the devils will get swept on Saturday.......

I hate Pat Riley but I think Sahq has just decided that the Nets playoff run is over....

Was killing the ball daily in Diamond Daily last month, can't hit my weight this month.....

Season Finales for Earl (Hey Crabman !) and The Office tonight - bonus length with a Da Vinci Code ad stuck in the middle of it all......

Walking down 7th Avenue at night to catch the train is a lot like trying to make up a lap at Martinsville or Darlington.......

Lindsay Lohan finally thinks curves are sexy - keep eating - too bad I feel like a dirty old man even noticing that bit of news.....

No offense to Mike Galanos but I would rather see Susan Hendricks at 4am 7 out of 7 days a week.......

and on Survivor tonight we get down to the final 3 in preparation for the Sunday Finale and Reunion show - should be fun seeing psycho Courtney's reactions to all this - if VH1 were smart, they would sign up Shane & Courtney for the next Surreal Life - guaranteed sparks......

until tomorrow - swampy abides

It's Final 4 night - A night in which we have said good-bye to Tamyra Gray, Josh Gracin, LaToya London and Anthony "Sergei" Fedorov.....

Taylor - He's a performer and an entertainer. I didn't love his first song and I am getting tired of his antics but he did well on his second song. He got a ton of shout outs to the Soul Patrol.

Elliott - He looked like "Teen Wolf" when he met with Tommy Mottola. He has a great voice but no charisma - no potential star power - he is Simon Cowell's worst nightmare from a sales perspective out of the Final 4. He was fine and based solely on his voice he would be safe.

Chris - not all surprised by the first song choice but I felt he didn't rock it out enough - The Fine Young Cannibals did it a lot better - the 2nd song I was sure would be a bomb but he nailed it.

Katharine - "Hi. My name is swampy. I'm a Kat-a-holic". There now that I got that out of the way - she blew it tonight. She started out fine but a song medley sounds to "theme park" at this stage of the game and you just knew that Randy was going to kill her for forgetting her lines. Her 2nd song was our wedding song and mrs. swampy almost broke the TV - she was too soft to start, completely oversang the 2nd part and ran out of steam trying to hit # 714 at the end. I can tell you that I did not get many busy signals as I dialed her # an hour after the show. And as an aside, the way that Tommy Mottola was ogling Kat, do you think Thalia should start to get worried ?????

So my bottom 2 were Kat (I hated typing that) and Taylor with Kat needing to go home....

but I think America will put Elliott & Taylor in the bottom 2 and it will "Teen Wolf" who will be leaving....

And I would not put it past Seacrest to say "Ladies & Gentlemen, (Blank) has left the building.".....

swampy abides....more later

The Office started slowly last night but really built toward the end.......even Jim started to get a little uncomfortable with his constant torment of Dwight, though the nickels in the phone was a stroke of genius......the Pam/Jim dynamic took a huge hit last night during the group picture - couple with his upcoming trip to Australia and now his apparent desire to transfer it should make for an interesting Casino Night in the warehouse....Dwight as always was comic gold and Toby has to be the most ineffective HR person I have ever laid eyes on - you never document hearsay and off the cuff comments......Michael Scott ? Worst. Boss. Ever. but I would love to work with him for a week.......

Oh Snap ! Jamie Pressley was great again - "wait until I get all white snake spread eagle on the hood"....I hate for Earl to end next week but i really do want to know what # 1 on the list is......and Crab Man highlighting the turtle.......

swampy abides.....

It's time for my weekly thunks on the idiots on Survivor: Exile Island.....

Terry is a machine much like Tom the Fireman only this is even more impressive in that he is a complete loner in this game - his tribe is gone and the rest of the folks know he has the immunity idol but they haven't been able to make him play it. He has to play it this round, either for himself or for someone he wants to bring to the Final 3 with him. he did the right thing and made the right choices about who got "love" and who didn't - and grow up Aras - more on that later

Shane had a nice taunt at the end but the best moment was when Courtney realized that Shane was on his way to the Loser's Lodge and her 3 days of peace were done.....I have thunked that Shane was playing a character this entire season and I seriously doubt that he was giving up cigarettes - that was just a ploy to get some earlier sympathy and a pass for some erratic behavior......

Danielle - you are just moments away from your spread in Maxim/Stuff/FHM - you dogged Terry at the last vote and got the "love" that you deserved - she has been competitive in the challenges but her only hope to get to the Final 3 is through immunity or terry since Cirie & Aras are a pair....

Cirie - I have done a complete flip-flop on Cirie from Week 1 when she was scared of a leaf - she has played smart - kept herself off the chopping block when she was the obvious next one to go home and has turned into the puppetmaster for Aras & Danielle - she is the only person that I think can logically beat Terry on her own merits and not sour grapes voting......

and speaking of sour grapes Aras - quit the whining. Of course terry is going to pick his own wife and it was a strategic move for him to take Shane & his son since Shane will now probably give him his $1m vote due to the knife you helped stick into his back. It was also smart for Terry to give Cirie her hubby for camp - sticking you with a hug from mommy effectively threw you off your game mentally - as evidenced by your hissy fit - and gave terry another small edge come challenge time. Aras should have dominated in the physical part of the game but he has shown that he does not have enough overall game to be a realistic factor....

So what happens after the next immunity challenge - if Terry wins then he votes Aras and Danielle should vote the same way - Cirie either sees the shift and goes with them or votes Danielle with Aras for a tie - Terry then gives danielle the immunity idol and Aras goes home without so much as a purple rock.......if Danielle wins immunity they could all vote for terry but with the idol in his possession, it's his vote that decides who goes home and you know he throws his vote at Aras just like he did last night (and what's up with Jeff not reading that one ????) and Aras goes home......if Cirie wins, then the votes again either got to Terry or Danielle but again with Terry possessing the idol it would be up to whoever got the 2nd most votes and that would again be Aras thanks to terry......and if Aras wins immunity then the vote goes against Danielle from 2 of them and two for Cirie and Danielle gets the immunity idol.....the reason that Danielle gets the idol from terry is that she is less of a final 2 threat than Cirie.....Terry's dream final 3 is Terry, Danielle and Cirie with Terry taking Danielle to the final 2 with him

I haven't been thrilled with this season of Survivor but it has boiled down to an interesting Final 4 with very interesting combos & options.......

swampy abides....

So the lesson we learned last night boys & girls is, "Don't drink & drive in Hawaii".

What a great episode of LOST - plenty of speculation ahead of time that Michael had been turned by The Others so it was no real surprise (or loss) that he shot Ana Lucia but the gut shot on Dirty Libby just came out of left field - will she be the only cast regular to not get a flashback episode ? And what does this do to Hurley's backstory from just 2 episodes ago ????

Jack's father gets kudos for another excellent flashback appearance and yet another connection to the survivors - though AL is no longer a survivor. Does this mean that somehow this is all Jack's personal hell ? And who is Jack's sister ? Claire ? Oh what tangled webs we weave....

and Paris goes home - didn't see it but she could not have been surprised - I will have to check realitynewsonline.com for the recap - Elvis week next week - ladies & gentlemen, Chris may leave the building.....not a lot in that song catalog for him to cover......

Got to watch Stephen get told to pack his knives and leave again this morning - the arrogant prick that he is had no comment afterwards to the judges, no thank you's for your help and the opportunity - nothing - and then he went on to spout off about he will raise the bar to levels not seen in the US - prick

Mindy McCready's video where she wanders through the French Quarter may be old but she still looks great - and Deanna Carter is not a classic beauty but there is just something about her in "Ther's No Limit" that just makes me want to........

Thank you to the Strawberry Blonde on NJ Transit the other night - you were a lovely sight to behold.....

the one thing I have to admit that I miss about working out at 5am instead of 6am is Kristine Johnson and the entertainment reports on MSNBC at 5:21 & 5:51 - she sure looked tousled on Monday morning - a quickie before going on the air perhaps ???

soemone recharged my Starbucks card so I guess I will drink for free from the Evil Empire for the next few days....

swampy abides.....

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I slept through my alarms this morning and completely missed my workout. Now everything feels off......

Paris has dumped Stavros and is now stepping out with the gay poster boy of Phoenix - she can probably make him forget he was the #10 pick but why the wig Paris ?

I'm in a Carolina Frame of mind.......

New LOST tonight - is it 9pm yet ????

my American Idol thunks -

Elliott - okay.....nothing special - he will make money but he won't win the competition

Paris - Kiss ? Damn I'm old. Prince was turning purple while he watched and Mary J. Blige didn't love you either. It's time to go home little girl.

Chris - I hated both songs but Chris sounded good on the first one - just strained & screaming in the 2nd number - he has the fans to pull him through

Kat - That was certainly a different take on "Against All Odds" - not a real good effort....and her voice isn't rich enough to do KT Tunstall but there are other songs of hers that I think would really fit Kat stylistically - it was fun and her fans were probably working overtime last night....and yes, I have McPheever......

Taylor - they talk about taylor being old but I remember when "Play That Funky Music" was released - he really looks like a drunk wedding singer rolling on the floor - and what chart did he look at - I have been scanning the net looking but haven't been able to find any chart that includes "Something" - sounded good.....the Soul Patrol won't let him go home just yet

Nothing tonight really stood and Kat's first song was the worst of the evening with Chris's scream ridden 2nd effort coming in 2nd......still no Kelly Clarkson moments to date

My Bottom 2 - Paris & Kat with Paris going home

America's Bottom 2 - Elliott & Paris with Paris going home

less than 100 days until the broncos first pre-season game kicks off - thank you to the Denver Post www.denverpost.com for the clock

Blaine McCallister is ranked # 613 in the OWGR

swampy abides.....

I don't think that it is possible for me to drag anymore than I already am this morning.....

5 wide at Talladega is never going to end up pretty.....it only took 8 laps for my NASCAR team to bite the bullet this week.....

It was a boring "Battle Oyster" on the 4am showing of "Iron Chef" and there was no way that I was watching Celebrity Poker......

Crowd sound 50/50 on Johnny Damon.........thank you Detroit for taking the spotlight of shame off of my Rangers.....Jarome Iginla got his ass kicked last night in that fight......I hate the lakers and would never cheer for them in a series or a game but even I want to see Lakers-Clippers in the next round of the NBA Playoffs......

I need to download some Mindy McCready......

the freaky looking pierced Metro girl is gone from the corner of 34th & Broadway - in her place is a dude that stares at every chicks ass as they walk by - subtley is lost on this clown

Kat should not try to sing KT Tunstall tonight - Black Horse & the Cherry Tree will not fit her.....I'm planting my hot lemon pepper seeds during the show tonight - everyone sings twice so Paris gets to dress up as 2 different characters tonight - I hope she goes home......

I didn't get to cook this past weekend - I better get to cook on Saturday night.....

swampy abides......

Was surprised but pleased with the Broncos trading up for Jay Cutler - loved the deal for Javon Walker in the 2nd round - the TE in the 3rd round sounds like a good fill for Putzier and the 2 WR's in the later rounds won't hurt to have in camp - too bad we couldn't get something for Lelie - and is Ron Dayne really my starting RB right now ?????

Jets made 4 solid picks in Ferguson, Mangold, Clemens and the QB/WR from Missouri - Ferguson & Mangold will be fixtures on the line for the next 10-15 years - Clemens will be starting in 2 or 3 years and Smith (I think) is another Randle-el....Drew Brees must have wet himself when he heard that Reggie Bush was coming to Nawlins.....Vince Young and LenDale White - you have to like being a Titans fan this morning........Pats made two very strong picks with their first 2 choices......and Marcus Vick did not get picked - character has become a factor in today's NFL.....

Rangers in 2007 !!!!

I'm through episode 6 of The Sopranos and I just can't help but think that Dartford just isn't far enough away for Vito......Tony had to beat on someone so why not Perry ?......if you were Finn, wouldn't you have run as fast as you could and as far as you could by now ????.....Chrissy is putting on the pounds - he needs a real storyline and soon......

I don't like Ashley at all and Jeanne just doesn't seem to have enough in her to win, so I am going t6o be pulling for julie to sneak in and steal the title at The Big Break V

Finally got to see Stephen get told to "pack his knives" on Top Chef this morning at 4:56am - what a great way to start my day.......

Sawx fans should cheer JD until he steps into the batter's box - then all bets are off and he should get called every name in the book.....

I downloaded "Green Grass & High Tides" by the Outlaws last night because I could - that record had a groove worn into my freshman year........

I love Cindy Brunson but I am starting to miss Michelle Bonner.....Suzy Kolber looked good enough to kiss Joe Namath on Saturday......

Coke Blak is not good but I have only tried it once......

my golf clubs still have dust & cobwebs on them......

whatever happened to Jessica Andrews ?

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