Andy's Nugget of Wisdom, et cetera

Andy's Nugget of Wisdom this evening stems from America's favorite show, aptly named, American Idol. I, too, found myself watching Idol this season, from some reason that is yet to be determined. Probably because it ranks pretty high up on the Unintentional Comedy Scale.

"Andy's Nugget: As many of you know, Taylor Hicks won American Idol last week. Now, I will admit that although I did not mind him, I was pulling for Katharine. Not only could she sing, but she was freakin gorgeous. My problem is this: will anyone buy his CD that they'll put out? My guess is no. I mean why would anyone pay $13 for a new CD, when they could hear the same type of music from the Footloose soundtrack?? It makes no sense to me."

- Speaking of the Unintentional Comedy Scale, MTV premieres another one of its classic quasi-reality/drama series on Wednesday evening: The Hills. I don't know about you guys, but it's seemed like forever since the last season of Laguna signed off, so I need my fill of faux drama queens and spoiled brats living in Southern California. Look forward to a review tomorrow.

- Phillies back-up catcher Sal Fasano possesses one thing that MVP Alex Rodriguez would like: Respect. Great article about the mediocre bench player for the Phils, who earns just above the league minimum salary and how the fans love him. On the other hand, A-Rod was last year's American League MVP, has a $250 million contract and solid statistics, but has a tough time winning the hearts of Yankees fans. Then again, a lot of people dislike the Yankees fans, so it all works out in the end.

- My continued fascination with the world's fascination with Starbucks. They have their own Entertainment division, have plans to eventually open as many locations globally as McDonald's, and are vying for potential world domination by way of the threat of a caffeine headache. In other words, I should have bought their stock when it was $10/share back in 1999.

- Mark this up on the list of "Jobs I Think Would Be Cool to Do": Google Logo Creator. In fact, they wrote an article about the artist.

- Being drunk, naked, and getting in a fight with a garage window has bad news written all over it.

That'll do it for this post. Back tomorrow.