"I see you still look like a 15-year-old girl, but not hot."

The fiancee and I went to see Blades of Glory last night, because Will Ferrell is hilarious and should be worshiped as a god. And I think Jon Heder's actually pretty funny, too.

However, this one just warrants an "Ehhh." There were some funny parts, but if you've seen any of the commercials for this movie, you've seen most of them. Kinda disappointing.

You know what's NOT disappointing, though???? The fact that Nine Inch Nails is coming out with "Year Zero" on Tuesday, April 17th. THAT, my friend, is the direct opposite of disappointing! Trent Reznor's the effing man.

Captain Obvious

So after the Fiancee and I had bellied up to the bar last night, the local Fox news weather report came on the TV. As you may or may not know, our area is being deluged with rain with an off-season Nor'easter, and the dimwits down at Fox decided to give the public some "tips" in the case we should find ourselves amidst some major flooding.

Obvious Tip #1: Get to the highest point. (Duh, but OK).

Obvious Tip #2: Keep yourself facing the deepest point of the water. (Duh, but some people are stupid, so OK).

Obvious, and most important, Tip #3: DON'T DROWN.

I really wish I was making this up. But I swear on all that is holy, it is true. It was even printed across the screen, so it's not like it was even a chance I misheard him.

Mediocrity, thy name is Fox Philadelphia.

"Like the Blind Leading the Tone-Deaf"

I'll admit it: I'm a not-so-closeted fan of "American Idol." It's not something I'm particularly proud of, but it is what it is. And despite my distaste for one Ms. Jennifer Lopez, I still tuned in last night to watch her live performance on the show. And if I may, I'll use the words of Mr. Simon Cowell in review of her performance: I didn't hate it. Don't take that to mean that it was necessarily good... I'm just saying I didn't hate it.

That being said, Rolling Stone posted a little blip today about her performing on the show, and how it's absolutely hilarious how someone like Jennifer Lopez, who really can't sing worth a damn, was giving singing advice to Idol hopefuls. Gotta love it.

On another note entirely: thank god America finally came to their senses about Haley "Is this a pageant??" Scarnato. Now if we could just on-board everyone with getting rid of Sanjaya "Teflon" Malakar.

Damn.

We lost one of the great American novelists today: Kurt Vonnegut. He died today at the age of 84.

Vonnegut was an amazing influence on literature, and I could wax poetic for ages about his works. But I'll just let a quote from Gore Vidal sum it all up: "He was sort of like nobody else... Kurt was never dull." Rest in peace, Kurt.

(Photo courtesy of rollingstone.com).

Keith Richards is NO JOKE.

Someone went ahead and asked Keith Richards what the strangest thing he ever tried to snort, and he came up with this gem: "My father." Turns out that Richards mashed his father's cremated remains in with some blow and took a sniff.

I think the phrase you're searching for right now is: "Holy shit."

And yet... I still love him.