Sober House fakeroo

The dirty leprechauns at Sober House have stolen my Lucky Charms...again. Every preview and commercial they showed for episode 3 was carefully, strategically plotted to build up an event that never happened. I, like an idiot couch monkey, ran to the … [Continue reading]

American Idol Utah: Yo! Flip-Flops are Cheap!

Tonight's show takes place in Salt Lake City, Utah, home of David Archuleta, who failed to win last season's competition, shaming himself and his father forever. Seacrest wonders if the people of Salt Lake will be as clean cut and kind as Little … [Continue reading]

American Idol Florida: Randy Jackson is a Douchebag

We open this episode with Ryan and Simon sitting cozily in the back seat of a car (probably not for the first time). They're driving through Florida, looking for Swamp Thing or whatever, and Simon gives Ryan crap for talking funny. I don't know what … [Continue reading]

American Idol Kentucky: That’s MY Cup!

Tonight's show takes place at Churchill Downs, in Louisville, Kentucky, where short men—men shorter than Ryan, if you can believe such creatures exist—race horses around a track by striking them repeatedly with bendy sticks. Somehow that's okay. But … [Continue reading]

Facebook Status Updates: They say a lot about you and none of it is good.

Anybody who has ever used Facebook is almost certain to be familiar with the status update application. For those of you who aren’t, I envy you. Basically the status update allows users to put a brief message next to their name to let their friends … [Continue reading]

American Idol San Francisco: It’s All in the Cartlidges

San Francisco, at various times, has been a haven for the free-spirited, the literally and figuratively gay, and the dirty hippies. It has been immortalized in song by both Tony Bennett and the Village People. And it has a bridge that figured … [Continue reading]

Nascar fantasy league 2009

The Nascar fantasy league is open. http://racing.fantasysports.yahoo.com id: 4855 pass: nascar edit: 50 signed up. League is full. Email me or sign up in the forum to get on the early sign-up list for the next league. … [Continue reading]

American Idol season 8 recap guide

We are grateful to Frank. He watches Idol so we don't have to. … [Continue reading]

American Idol Kansas City: Naptime for Crackhead

Last year, after 97 million votes were cast, David Cook became the winner of this dumb show. Now, we're going back to his hometown of Kansas City for a round of auditions. If the location is somehow relevant, I'm not seeing it. Because, despite the … [Continue reading]

Brad’s Guide to (Anti) Social Networking

Hello and welcome to Brad Chesterton’s guide to social networking! If you’re not already familiar with such sites as Facebook, Myspace, A Small World or Linked In I say lucky you. Feel free to crawl back into your cave and be happy, you are not … [Continue reading]