TWIB Notes

APT
Dear Reader, I know you are waiting with baited breath(sidenote: the concept of baited breath is pretty gross, right? And how dumb do you feel to get baited by someone’s breath? I wonder what smell on someone’s breath would reel me in.. Must protect myself from future attacks). Pretty much finished painting the living room. So that means if I don’t paint the bathroom or the kitchen, I’m done! The new couch arrives this week. Hopefully in time for the Oscars. Anyway, Feb 19th and one NY resolution? DONE! I’m working on the gym and website design next I think. And some character ideas.

AROUND THE HORN
So… Clemens. Clearly, he’s lying. It makes you sad. Because there’s no reason for Andy Pettite to lie right now. He could have done the same thing that Bonds, Palmeiro, and others have done which is to lie or just hope that it goes away. But no, he admitted he did it. And then answered truthfully about one of his best friends.

Who smells mini-series or tv movie of the week? (Do they still do those?)

More crazy to me was the assertion of another ballplayer that they were missing hundreds of players who used steroids/HGH. HUNDREDS! I like Pedro’s assertion that he dominated that era and he was clean. He’s right. And no one would ever say Pedro was on the juice. Dude has been injured more than anyone save Mark Prior.

Also, hopefully you guys watched or listened to some of the hearing. I was livid at the pandering to Clemens from some of the congress peeps. “Which uniform are you going to wear when you get into the hall of fame?” “You’re going to heaven, I know that” What??

MICHAEL, THAT RESPONSE IS ILLOGICAL
Ten thousand years ago, in my youth, the show known as Knight Rider premiered. I still maintain it was one of the best pilots of any show ever. 2 hours! And at the end the guy’s face is redone with plastic surgery and out comes Hasselhoff as Michael Knight. Pretty brills.

Well, I watched the new Knight Rider this weekend. And it wasn’t as good. It was 2 hours long. And the best part was towards the end where Michael Knight’s son(who will drive the new KITT) is at his mother’s funeral. And off in the distance you catch a glimpse. Could it be? Is it? Are you sure? YES! It’s the Hoff! And he has a brief exchange with the kid.

Here’s something else… the voice of KITT is Val Kilmer, but it was slated to be Will Arnett! How awesome would that have been? But nope. We’re stuck with Val. Who was fine. But I’d either want that St. Elsewhere guy from the first one or this new idea with a zany KITT.

LEMING OFF THE CLIFF
Speaking of illogical, my AI fave, Joshiah Leming, got kicked off before the final 24. This is total b.s.! He was the most interesting out of all of them. He was the first AI contestant that I actually looked him up on the internet b/c I wanted to get some of his music. Of course, he writes his own songs so that’s part of it. But he’s got an interesting lilting voice. Not the pop power r&b voices that most of the AI crowd has. Still, Joshiah said he sold 800 albums after this so I suppose he’s still doing well. Is he really living in his car? What is that fake accent? I don’t care. I like him.

But now, I’m rooting for the Austrailian guy and the Irish girl. Outsiders all the way!

PLAY REPORT
We saw THE SEAFARER on Saturday. It was good but not great. [SPOILER ALERT]I think mostly I was unprepared for the appearance of Ciaran Hinds as the devil. Up till then, I was enjoying the good times of the Irish dudes. The crack, as they say. Still, all the acting was really good. David Morse’s accent was solid. So, I was content if not satisfied. Kathrine’s pronouncement: Too much yelling.