Archive for April 2008

American Idol Season 7 – Inspirational songs that let me down

(If your name is Michael Wyszomierski, you can stop reading, or hit ‘J’ on your Google reader). ———————- All of the contestants sang songs that have inspired them, but to be honest, almost all of the performances were lackluster.  Even David Cook, who normally blows everyone away, was off his game.  Jason Castro gave the [...]

Omg Ommegang

Tonight, I am a happy man.  Not only did Kansas win the men’s NCAA basketball championship, but I had a wonderful 750ml bottle of Ommegang beer to amuse me during the entire game.  I was first introduced to this wonderful beer during a visit to aziza, a Moroccan San Francisco restaurant that I highly recommend.  Ommegang is [...]

Advanced notification of scheduled car maintenance

In response to Mike’s recent blog post calling the Prius a “cheese wedge,” I would like to point out that Prius owners are very well taken care of.  Not only are they the most satisfied car owners for four years in a row, but Toyota dealerships provide excellent customer service.  This weekend, I received a [...]

American Idol Season 7: No more Ramiele :( :(

Bad night for me when it comes to American Idol.  Ramiele was sent home tonight.  She was my favorite female performer, and with Brooke White and Kristy Lee Cook remaining, I certainly think that the wrong contestant left.  But again, I think some of the reasoning makes sense – the thing about a show like [...]

American Idol Season 7: Top 9

It was Dolly Parton week, meaning I was only half-paying attention to tonight’s performances. No one contestant really stood out and ironically, in the first week of song’s by a women, it was the males who once again rose to the occasion. Maybe it just speaks to the dearth of talent by all the females, [...]