THESE ARE THE DAYS

I'm envious of kids these days. If they go on a long car trip, they've got video games, and DVDs, and MP3 players, etc. etc. to amuse them. They don't even know how good they have it. What did we have to keep ourselves busy during a long car ride when I was a kid? License plate bingo? I spy with my little eye?? wooooooo. Stop me now, I'm getting excited just thinking about it. Nothing makes a 10 hour drive go by quite like looking at license plates.

I feel really old writing this, I sense that I'm already headed on track to be one of those old men that tells their children what it was like back in the old days.

AI WRAP UP

What a crazy American Idol night last night. Poor Amy, I liked her too. That whole bottom three was a SHAM. LaToya?? She was the best that night! No one believed me that John wouldn't be going, but I was right. So he had a bad night. Winners ride out the bad ones. My theory as to why he stayed is because America wants something different from the usual cookie-cutter pop music and since his voice is Matt MacDonald-deemed SONIC GOLD, he stayed.

I'll take John Stevens on his worst day over Jon Peter Lewis on his best day any day!

WEEKLY AMERICAN IDOL THOUGHTS

Okay, so my boy John Stevens pretty much stunk the joint up last night. That hain't good. I liked Latoya and Diana and Fantasia. Who'a gonna go? I hate to say John Stevens, so I'm not going to. It's either gotta be Camille, who's been teetering on the edge since the beginning, or Jon Peter Lewis, who was pretty danged bad. And what's with trying to jazz up the hair? Does he think that's going to make him more endearing to America? In fact, I think I'll pick Jon Peter to go out tonight, which is fine by me.

WHEN GOOD IDEAS GO BAD

Good idea: The faucets in restrooms that you push down on to start the flow, and then it automatically shuts off after a set amount of time. You get to wash your hands, yet don't waste a lot of water at the same time. Brilliant!

Where it went bad: When you push down the faucet, and it starts, only to stop running in a matter of seconds, thereby not giving you enough time to get the soap off your hands! *grumble* You'd think this would be an easy problem to remedy very quickly, but nooooo, you often have to stand there jamming on the button to keep a continuous stream of water going just so you can get all the soap off your hands. There it is, perfectly good idea--ruined!

BLOG PLUGS

Check out these "Matt-approved" new blogs!

StewMeatMidget has got his new film review site Twisted-Critic.com. It's keen and I even heard rumors he'll give you a nickel if you read it!

Elizabette: Making Sense of the Nonsense is great. Does she make sense of the nonsense? Read it to find out.

THIS BAND NEEDS SOME AID

Being that I'm a beat-up, bruised-up guy (wild animal attacks, bar fights...you know, the usual), I currently have many band-aids stuck all over me. But what I hate is when band-aids don't stick!! The whole purpose of a band-aid is to stick to the body and provide coverage for the wound. But when they don't stick, how is that going to help anyone?

The most frustrating part is that these are brand name Band-Aids. Not generic supermarket "bandages," these are supposed to be the best. And they still fall off! The box claims that the Band-Aid has a "unique adhesive that helps bandage stay on." Huh. You don't say. They really have to work on that.

Oh what a world we now live in when a brand name product fails to live up to it's promise!