I have the feeling about 60 percent of what you say is crap.

Seven Things I Think I Think

1. OK, lets get this straight, there is nothing wrong with "Happy Holidays!" Get over it! The term, "Happy Holidays" applies to all, even those celebrating Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Ramadan, Christmas, Festivus, whatever. Even if it just applies to Christmas and New Year's, that's ok, it's plural, and it justifies "Holidays?" And this whole crap about renaming a Christmas tree a "Holiday" tree is retarded. What are we going to do, ask Jews to not say Menorah, but rather, holiday candles. No. It's lame. I thought in this country we had the freedom to expess ourselves through speech and religion. I think people need to seriously consider spending their time battling other injustices and issues, like global warming, poverty, Stephen A. Smith, or the war in Iraq. If you want, you can check out Letterman and Bill O'Reilly go at it about the subject here, or just to watch O'Reilly get his ass handed to him by Dave.

2. Wow, what was up with Dick Clark on New Years? That was just tragic. He couldn't move his right arm and man, did he sound scary. Did Mariah Carey suffer from a stroke too? Or is she just that weird and/or high now? Man she seemed like she was out of it. I know she wasn't wearing a jacket for um... entertainment purposes, but she needs to start covering up that large ass, and settle down on the happy pills. And don't get me started on Ryan Seacrest.

3. I know, we're all saddened by the news that Donald Trump won't be running for Governor of NY State. You can read more about that here, if you care. So if the Donald doesn't run, how about someone like Howard Stern(wouldn't you love to hear his policy on Gay Marriage), Moby(now that Teany is closing, he's got more time on his hands), Kim Cattrall(I mean, has she done anything since Sex In The City went off air, besides write a book about sex with her husband, then dump said husband), or how about Bill Clinton(just to see how much trouble Slick Willy could get into). I dunno, just throwing out some names. I'm thinking that anyone running can't be that great. The Governor race is lining up to look like a Rutgers/Arizona State bowl game. Pointless, except to only those involved and the sad suckers sent to cover it.

4. So, finally we know what's wrong with Lindsay Lohan. Well, at least it's finally confirmed, that she's a coke head and bullimic. Though I'm thinking we need to cut her some slack. Wouldn't you be disgusted at yourself for having sex with Wilder Valderrama. I know that would make me want to go on a coke binge and make myself throwup. Shit, she's lucky she didn't blow her brains out.


5. Researchers discovered the largest prime number recently. A prime number is a positive number divisible by only itself and 1 -- 2, 3, 5, 7, etc... The number that the team found is 9.1 million digits long. It is a Mersenne prime known as M30402457; that's 2 to the 30,402,457th power minus 1. My thinking is, these are the only guys getting laid less than Rivers Cuomo. But who knows, maybe there are some math club fabulous groupies or something.

6. So, only two days after Jets coach, Herman Edwards said he planned to return to the Jets for a sixth season, it appears he's flying the coop to join the Kansas City Chiefs as their head coach. The speculation only grew when retiring KC coach, Dick Vermeil publicly praised Edwards late in the season, though, we can't be completely certain, it was hard to make out what he was saying through his uncontrolable sobbing. The Jets and the Kansas City Chiefs have apparently begun, discussing compensation packages giving the Jets draft picks in return for letting Edwards out of his deal. That's a damn fine coach, and a good person the Jets are letting go. I would hope they get a top draft pick and some other top picks for him.

7. So that no talent assclown, Fred Savage is back. Of course, he's best known for playing Kevin Arnold, on the ABC series The Wonder Years. Well, like a bad case of the herpes, he's back. He's set to star in a new sit-com, Crumbs, about a dysfunctional family. I'm hoping this has the same fate as his last sitcom endeavor, Working, which was cancelled after two lack-luster years.

Listening Pile
I've been listening to the Rakes EP a bit lately. The London quartet, has toured heavily in Europe over the last year, most recently with Franz Ferdinand. The hype in the UK had been huge on them, even doing an MTV2 tour. Often sounding less polished and hard charging, then their UK contemporaries, their angular guitar lines, danceable rhythms, and surly vocals, spewing out tales of middle-class boredum, are a real treat. Their debut album Capture/Release came out in the UK in August, and should be out in the US sometime this Spring.

Also, if you're so inclined to, you can check out a my iMix for the top releases of 2005 here. For some damn reason, I can't explain, nor can I find any info on the iTunes site, they cut off five of my top 35 releases. Kanye, Idlewild, Faunts, the Evens and Giant Drag, were all cut out of the list, though are each available on iTunes. Steve Jobs, I blame this on you.