Tuesday Night Random

Let's run through this evening's agenda...

- Not sure if I've mentioned this on the blog before, but file this one under "You know what really annoys me?" When you expect your show to be on TV, and then turn it on to find that it's been pre-empted by another program. What a bitch. I turn on FOX at 9pm expecting to watch an all-new episode of House, only to see that 2005 Billboard Music Awards were on. Fantastic. I get to see 50 Cent and Gwen Stefani, instead of a quality dramatic series. Note to FOX, put the Billboard Music Awards on any night of the week except for Tuesday. Don't subject me to this nonsense.

- Has anyone heard that William Hung (of American Idol fame) has a holiday album titled Hung for the Holidays? When does it end with this guy? And I want to know who actually pays for his music? I can't imagine anyone forking over $10 or more to hear William Hung. Can someone please explain this to me?

- In case anyone is interested, Penn State is favored by 8 points in the early line on the Orange Bowl. In other news, Andy Reid's weight exceeds the total number of yards that the Eagles offense will gain next Sunday.

- One of my favorite movies, Coming to America, starring Eddie Murphy (in his prime), James Earl Jones, and Arsenio Hall, has made several appearances on the HBO channels in the past week. Of course, each time it's on, I can't help but watch. Besides being an extremely funny movie, it has all of the elements of ranking highly on the unintentional comedy scale. Additionally, it was somewhat innovative in that Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall also played several minor characters throughout the movie, on top of their main characters. It was like the Nutty Professor, but about 10 years ahead of its time. If you haven't seen it, you need to catch it on the HBO or rent it. Excellent flick.

- I want to plug a very cool site that Brian brought to my attention today. This one is for the music lovers out there, or anyone who just wants to hear some new tunes. It's called Pandora and it's from the creators of the Music Genome Project. These guys listened to over 10,000 bands and came up with this sort of personalized online radio. Just enter a band or song you enjoy, and it'll create a playlist of music that's similar in style. If you come to a song you don't care for, just skip to the next one. I've been listening to it all night and already have a handful of new artists that I want to check out further. I'd recommend signing up for a free account, this way you save all of the "stations" that you create. This way, you can log on from work and listen there. Big thank you to Brian for shining the light on this site.

That being said, that's all for tonight. Congratulations, you've made it to the half-way point of the week. Keep truckin.