Archive for March 2008

Fooding Weekend

Plenty of good food was consumed this weekend: – Thanh Long – roasted crab and garlic noodles from the An Family’s secret recipe.  Apparently they only let close relatives in the kitchen when making the crab and noodle sauces, which have been detected to have butter, sugar, and Parmesan cheese. – Fuki Sushi – I [...]

Amazing Bassists

Many moons ago, I played the bass guitar. I was never that good, but I idolized a few bassists. I tried to imitate Flea’s funk, the smoothness of Marcus Miler, and the blazing speed of Victor Wooten. And then there’s the pioneer of slapping, Stanley Clarke. Since I was into these bassists long before the [...]

American Idol Season 7: Why has Cook not left?

Kristy Lee Cook gets to stay another week? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY So bad…so bad…so bad. Who leaves? Amanda Overmyer, proving that Vote for the Worst has little sway on the votes. And so the pain will continue for another week…why am I watching this show?

Important events that happened on March 18th

1. I was born. Kind of awesome. 2. The Dow Jones goes up 420.21 points after some fed cuts and high earnings reports from major institutions. 3. Barack Obama delivers what is considered “That was the most sophisticated speech on race and politics I’ve ever heard,” according to CNN’s Bill Schneider, the only network pundit [...]

American Idol Season 7: The Top 11

Let’s make this quick.  Who is out?  Kristy Lee Cook.  So bad.  How did she get so many votes last week? Who is in my hypothetical fav 5?  David Cook, David Archuleta, Chikezie, Ramiele Malubay, and Jason Castro.  Thanks for reading.