tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308566111258293099.post86909319521385392..comments2023-10-28T10:46:47.864-04:00Comments on The Nonsensical Ravings of a Lunatic Mind: SI's Pop Culture GridShanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02912061891010047846noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308566111258293099.post-59075028891499074722009-02-21T19:09:00.000-05:002009-02-21T19:09:00.000-05:00Scott: I'm looking for a "new" gum, and I've trie...Scott: <BR/>I'm looking for a "new" gum, and I've tried Trident. It's okay, but I wish I could find my virtually extinct favorite, which I could chew for days.<BR/>I'll have to keep your background in mind when I read your Idol recaps.<BR/>Berman's voice doesn't bother me as much as WHAT he says (which is, the same damned things he's been saying since ESPN first beamed into my home oh those many years ago). Although that "whooooop!" noise makes me want to get stabby. SAS, on the other hand, says nothing of importance either, yet says every thing like he's reading from the magna carta while auditioning for a bad Spike Lee knock off movie.<BR/><BR/>DropE<BR/>Katy Perry isn't really a stick figure either, but Kelly does look (and certainly dress) more like a "real girl."<BR/>I would commit ritual suicide if I had to be on Amazing Race. I don't watch it, but I understand the premise, and unless I have all my plans meticulously laid out and organized, my head explodes. Also, I have an innate sense of "anti-direction" which compels me to go in exactly the wrong way, each and every time.<BR/>Rita Rudner? I haven't heard that name in a while. Which then made me think of another comic from back in the day who had an equally annoying voice, Emo Phillips. (Gilbert Gottfried is also annoying, but can at least be funny).Shanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912061891010047846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308566111258293099.post-24049026160731497442009-02-21T12:03:00.000-05:002009-02-21T12:03:00.000-05:00Kelly Clarkson, Katy Perry or Taylor SwiftKelly Cl...<B>Kelly Clarkson, Katy Perry or Taylor Swift</B><BR/>Kelly Clarkson, I guess. I don't really listen to music, although I'm rather proud that I could actually identify each of these performers in a line up. I chose Clarkson because she's not a scary-thin stick figure and doesn't seem terribly jaded.<BR/><BR/><B>Favorite thing to chew</B><BR/>Buttered Popcorn Salt Water Taffy.<BR/><BR/><B>What hurts right now</B><BR/>My right arm. About twice a year my arm does this thing where it feels like the marrow is trying to work its way out of the burn. I don't know how to describe the pain, except that it's more like heat radiating from coals than sharp or stabbing pains. I had to take a hydrocodone to get to sleep, but I noticed that I woke up to a terrific thunderstorm this morning. I wondered if maybe I have one of those "warning sign" bones, even though I've never broken or otherwise injured it.<BR/><BR/><B>Reality show on which you'd like to guest star</B><BR/><I>The Amazing Race</I><BR/><BR/><B>_____ spends too much time looking in the mirror</B><BR/>I'm going to out myself on this one.<BR/><BR/><B>Michael Phelps needs to...</B><BR/>Ditto what you said.<BR/><BR/><B>Song that best describes you</B><BR/><I>Hagdalena Magdalena</I><BR/><BR/><B>______'s voice is like nails on a chalkboard</B><BR/>Rita Rudner<BR/><BR/><B>Song playing on my iPod right now</B><BR/>I don't have an iPod, but my Walkman (!) is tuned in to the local NPR affiliate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308566111258293099.post-72178829213611249852009-02-20T14:25:00.000-05:002009-02-20T14:25:00.000-05:001) Kelly Clarkson. I only know one song by Katy Pe...1) Kelly Clarkson. I only know one song by Katy Perry (duh), and I have only heard one Taylor Swift song, the one that was mangled by Stevie Wright on American Idol Tuesday night.<BR/><BR/>2)Trident - the old school kind in the little rectangular package, not the "White".<BR/><BR/>3) My fingers, after typing another mammoth Lost recap.<BR/><BR/>4) American Idol, no doubt. I grew up in Performing Arts. When American Idol first hit the airwaves, the audition cutoff was 25 and I was 26. The year I turned 31, they changed the cutoff to 30. I have somehow pissed Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe off, and I have to find a way to make it up to them.<BR/><BR/>5) My wife and 3 daughters.<BR/><BR/>6) Just like all of these idiot celebrities (especially athletes), he needs to toke up AT HOME. With only family and close friends whom you trust around.<BR/><BR/>7) Dancing Through Life, from the Wicked soundtrack. Told ya I was a Performing Arts geek.<BR/><BR/>8) Chris Berman. Tool.<BR/><BR/>9) What's Up, 4 Non BlondesScotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00155737107718849274noreply@blogger.com