It Finally Happened Last Night

A few months ago I posted a blog about the show, "Don't Forget the Lyrics", and how they did the million dollar song. When you got all the other songs and went for the million dollar one they wouldn't tell you anything about the song, nothing about how many words you would have to know, and once you said you would try it there was no going back, you had to sing it. If you didn't know all the lyrics you would lose your money from $500,000 down to $25,000. So, of course no one was going to even try. Well, last night someone DID try. But things had changed. NOW they told you that the song was a number one hit, AND you would only lose down to $100,000 instead of $25,000. So, that helped a little. Anyway, last night Kimberly Locke, an ex-American Idol contestant, was on for charity and got all the way up, winning the $500,000. So after hearing the apparently new rules for the million dollar song, she decided to go for it. The song was "You're Sixteen" by Ringo Starr. What a dud. She tried not to let her face show anything, but you could tell she had no idea, AND she had to come up with 15 words. When the song started she didn't even know how it went, and Wayne Brady had to sing along with her a little bit. Suffice it to say, her charity only got the $100,000. BUT, at least I got to see how they did the million dollar song, finally!

Brooke The Mouth

I am getting really tired of Brooke White's mouth on American Idol. Can't she just shut up?? Every time she has finished her song and is standing there while the judges critique her she has to mouth back stuff, constantly. And she is very obnoxious about it. She doesn't seem to be at all grateful that she is even there. I hope she is gone next week. Even last night while she and Kristy Lee were standing there in the bottom two, and Simon was voicing his thoughts about Kristy Lee, Brooke stood there like a stupid mother hen with her arm draped all over her friend and shouted to Simon, "Hey!", like she was telling him not to talk like that to her chick or something. I just don't like her at all.

On a side note - I am so excited about something. I made fudge the other day the way I saw someone make it on the food channel, and it worked! I added my margarine, evap milk, and sugar, and when it started to boil I turned it down a notch, put the lid on the pot, and forgot about it for ten minutes. I was scared that it would stick or something, but it turned out great! No more having to stand there and stir constantly for all that time.

And, we talked to Josh last night. He won a music composition contest - first prize. Congratulations!

Better Than The Best

I just saw an article about people's favorite books. Of course the Bible was #1, so then they were talking about the #2. It had the usual - "Lord of the Rings" for men and "Gone With the Wind" for women, and then regionally they mentioned "The Stand" and "Angels and Demons". Now this is what I thought was interesting. I always thought that "Angels and Demons" was better than "The Da Vinci Code", but the DVC was #1 on the charts forever - maybe a couple of years, I don't know. It seems like when it came out it was always #1 week after week after week, and I NEVER remember A&D even being in the Top Ten.

As for my personal favorites - I would say both of those books by Dan Brown (I never could get into his other ones), all of the Chronicles of Narnia, LOTR, GWTW (the book is SO MUCH BETTER than the movie, which is really good), all the Calder series by Janet Daily, most of John Grisham (except for his latest ones - he has really gone to pot) especially "The Partner" and "Bleachers", which reminds me, "Beach Music" and "Prince of Tides" by Pat Conroy, Stephen King's earlier books (including "The Stand"), and my all time favorite - "Wild Bells to the Wild Sky" by Laurie McBain.

I'm looking forward to Dan Brown's new book, but from what I've read it is not going to be very kind to our church. At least it will be fiction, and maybe people can remember that - just like the DVC and the catholics.

Nooooo . . .

I really wanted Memphis to win last night. The only thing I like about Kansas is their coach, who looks like July Johnson, and I always felt sorry for him.

And one other thing. Toward the end of the game last night, as they were going into overtime or maybe already in overtime, I can't remember, but one of the announcers said, and I paraphrase, "Kansas knows how to play in overtime. They won in triple overtime in a tournament championship," then he says "in 1957". What?? Who was there who remembers that? Except maybe the announcer.

How Cool Is This Show?

My new favorite TV show is New Amsterdam. If you haven't seen it you should. You can probably start from the beginning and watch episodes on the computer. It would be well worth your time. The premise is this guy (John Amsterdam) who was living in the 1600's. He saved the life of an Indian woman, and she placed a spell/curse on him that he would live until he found his soul mate. So he is living in New York (which used to be called New Amsterdam) and is working as a detective. On each episode there will be a flashback of things he did maybe a couple hundred years ago. He has been married many times and has had a bunch of children. It is just a really interesting show with great writing.