Mike gets a haircut from his Mom before we leave for Disneyland!

Originally uploaded by Scott Fisher.

I am so mad! ABC has cancelled one of my favorite shows. Invasion. Couldn’t they at least give us a few more episodes to finish the storyline?  I always wondered how the show could keep going on with the current plot. It always felt like a mini-series. But to end it on a cliffhanger, is just plain mean and stupid. It really isn’t fair to cancel a show of this style, in this manner. It’s like only giving us half a book. The Fox Network did the same thing with Point Pleasant last year. Not to mention they didn’t show it on a consistent basis, just as with Point Pleasant. If you are going to commit to airing a nighttime soap opera, at least commit to resolving the main storyline before cancelling it. Why will any of us continue to watch new series if we are going to be continually left in the lurch? Sometimes a show takes a while to build an audience, especially one that requires you to know what went on in the beginning. You have to give people time to catch up with reruns. I really didn’t catch on to Desperate Housewives until the first season was almost over. I had to see the earlier episodes first. Please ABC, at least finish the storyline on DVD. It would make a great boxed set. The show was far superior to Taken, and I am sure would sell well.

We saw The Da Vinci Code on Friday night with our friend, Danny. The theater was packed. I thought the movie was O.K. I really didn’t picture Tom Hanks as the lead character when I read the book. He was better than I thought he would be. I think seeing the movie after you have read the book is very anticlimatic. There is little pay off. The sense of discovery that made the book fun is lost when you know the answers to the puzzles. We had a stupid couple behind us that kept saying what was going to happen before it did, so even if I forgot any twists they made sure to remind me…and everyone else. There was no stopping them. I did the “turn your head” around several times… even let out a loud “shush”, but they were oblivious. At one point, I even said a “thank you”, when they told me a character was going to die in a minute. People do not have consideration for anyone but themselves these days. It is really frustrating. As I thought with the book, the first half of the movie is the best. The story kinda loses me after they get to London. I really think that if you read the book, you can definitely skip the movie.

It has been one week since Rascal has come to our home! He is 3 years old and fits his name well. He has been pretty good in the house and Daisy gets along with him. It is going to take some transition time until he learns all the ropes. He doesn’t replace Jake, but adds a new dynamic to our family!!!

B9 

I Took this with my new cell phone. 

I can’t believe what a memory hog Windows Media Player 11 Beta is! If you are having it search your folders for updated information, it completely slows your computer down, I can’t even search the web while it is searching and I have a Pentium D, Dual Core! The same thing happens if you want it to look for files that are no longer linked. When you scroll down your list of pretty album covers, it has to play catch up too. Microsoft should have taken a look at Google’s Picassa imaging software..that flies! Plus there is now no way to just add only one folder quickly. It really needs an import from another library function as well. I really wanted to like it, but I found Windows Media Player 10 easier to use. Itunes still beats it hands down for speed and ease of use.

Clay Aiken looks like a young Wayne Newton.

Lisa Tucker has a beautiful voice and should have gone further.

Chris Daughtry is not an original.

Meatloaf has Benign Essential Tremor.

David Hasselhoff LOVES Taylor Hicks.

Toni Braxton is a drag queen.

Mary J Blige is a stage hog.

Kelli Pickler should get a tv show.

Dionne Warwick is still interesting.

Prince has found the fountain of youth.

Burt Bacharach’s face is scary.

Brokenote Cowboys can sing.

Yuk! The producers of American Idol really want Taylor to win! The song they gave Katharine for a single release was pure dreck! The one they gave Taylor was better, but not that much. My biggest complaint was that they had different songs! In past AI’s they would have a sing off and each would have to bring their spin to the same song the producer’s gave them. This made the playing field even. Katharine’s song was far more complex and had more range than Taylor’s. He would have been challenged with it’s range. Taylor’s song would have been a breeze for Katharine. I predict Taylor to win, because his fans are rabid. I predict Katharine will have a longer and more lucrative career.

This is a photo uploaded from when I got my hair cut. I wanted to see if it would load from my phone directly through Flickr and right to my blog. Success! The photo is of my Hair stylist, Kelly, and another, stylist name Kristen.

I have tried various new blog themes and have returned to the old standby. I love the new wordpress widget themes, but my old gal was not wigitized. I can now say that she is! It took a bit of research, but I was able to update it. Now it is much easier to change my sidebar information whenever I want! If some new theme comes out that has everything I want and it works I might switch. So far, I haven’t found it yet.

I have just started using a great online radio service called Last.fm. It keeps track of your likes and dislikes and creates your own personal radio station! It even creates a rss feed which lets subscribers know what you are listening to. Perfect for us bloggers who share everything!!

What do you think?

Congrats to Kat for making the final two! Woo Hoo! I was really sad to see Elliott go though. He really is an amazing talent and human being. I did not think this was his best week. I am so sick of Taylor Hicks’s gyrations! He is nowhere near as versatile as Katharine. He does what he does well, but it gets tiring after a while. And I do not like the gray hair! My friend Danny thinks he looks like the spawn of Rex Reed and George Clooney! I have to agree. Kat’s voice was definitely the best of the top four. She suffered from some bad songs and some flubbed lyrics, but she always made a connection with the song. Only Chris was the other of the four to do the same. Elliot and Taylor can sing well, but they are not consistent in making a real connection to the audience, or the lyrics. Kat always comes off as if she is a star. She is pure magic! Please America! Vote for the most talented! Vote for Katharine McPhee!

Flawless.

We have decided to rescue another little Cairn Terrier. We miss Jake terribly, and Daisy (our other Cairn) seems depressed now that she is all alone. We are working with several rescue groups trying to find a good match for our family. One of these furkids is Rascal from Rhode Island. He is the same color as our Daisy and seems like he might be a good match. We are also looking at a cute little fella named Keeth. Keeth is in New Jersey and it would be a bit of a haul to go get him, but we may see him if things don’t work out with Rascal. We are working with the Cairn Rescue League who has Rascal, and Cairn Rescue USA, who has Keeth. We have also put in an application with the Col. Potter Cairn Rescue Network from which we got Jake in 2001. All of the Cairn rescue organizations go out of the way to save Cairns from shelters and puppy mills, as well as from people who can’t take care of their furballs anymore. They spend countless hours of time and money saving these animals. They also do not just anyone adopt the dogs. 4 references, a vet reference, and even a home safety visit, are required before a prospective owner is even considered! They really want these babies to find forever homes and really try their best to match the right dog with the right family. Pictures of course will appear here when our new member of the family arrives!!