Top 10 Worst Album Covers of All-Time

Shout out to DT for this one.

I have one word for you: Joyce.

Karma's a B****, isn't it Karl?

I'm not the only liberal actually delighting in the travails of Karl, Scooter, Dick and the rest of the Bushie gang, am I? Hah, take that, Rovey! What a difference a year makes...

Update: A friend of mine is having a Karl Rove/Scooter Libby cocktail contest. So, submit your recipes and we'll see how creative you can get!

Update #2: Buh-bye, Scooter. Et tu, Karl?

Bad TV confessions

Some people are addicted to crack, or sex, or shoes, but I am addicted to bad TV (esp. bad reality TV). VH1 is my main supplier (The Surreal Life, Breaking Bonaduce, My Fair Brady, countless Bands Reunited and Behind the Musics). And the cream of the crop is, of course, Survivor. Thursday nights from 7-8pm are holy times in my house.

But, there is a new kid on the block, one that I am almost ashamed to admit that I love...America's Next Top Model. There I've said it. But, who wouldn't love Tyra Banks' over-the-top elimination voice? ("8 beautiful girls stand before me....but only 7...can go on...to compete....for the title...of...America's...Next....Top...Model!") And the clothes! And the cat fights! And the fabulously retouched photos! I am ashamed to say that even my 7 year old son is addicted to it. I am saving for his future therapy as we speak.

Top 30

So, my friend William (who likes to catalogue things) has been asking a group of his friends to name their top 20 all-time pop songs. Of course, I couldn't just pick 20, so here's my list of Top 30. I interpreted his instructions to mean "popular songs"--no album cuts, only songs that made a 'chart' of some sort, and songs that are important to me (not picking based on cultural importance or anything like that). It's my personal list (in no particular order) submitted for your perusal:

1. Let’s Get it On—Marvin Gaye

2. Stayin’ Alive—Bee Gees

3. Hello, It’s Me—Todd Rundgren

4. Happy Together—The Turtles

5. Hey, Jude--Beatles

6. Suspicious Minds—Elvis Presley

7. Bohemian Rhapsody--Queen

8. Little Red Corvette or Purple Rain--Prince

9. Express Yourself--Madonna

10. Dancing Queen--ABBA

11. Every Little Thing She Does is Magic—The Police

12. Tempted--Squeeze

13. Rock With You—Michael Jackson

14. Superstition—Stevie Wonder

15. Brick House--Commodores

16. That’s the Way of the World—Earth, Wind, and Fire

17. God Only Knows—Beach Boys

18. You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman—Aretha Franklin

19. Peg—Steely Dan

20. Let’s Dance—David Bowie

21. Alison—Elvis Costello

22. Blue Monday—New Order

23. Hot Fun in the Summertime—Sly and the Family Stone

24. Sara Smile—Hall and Oates

25. The Boys are Back in Town—Thin Lizzy

26. Photograph—Def Leppard

27. This Charming Man—The Smiths

28. Talk of the Town—The Pretenders

29. Fly Like an Eagle—Steve Miller Band

30. Avalon—Roxy Music

For those who want to play along, check out Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Songs and submit your own list!

And a movie that everyone should see

The 40-Year Old Virgin. I'm not joking. I was heaving with laughter after the first 20 seconds of the movie. Seriously, this movie is now the standard by which all comedies will henceforth be judged by me. You will thank me later.

Hurricane Katrina blew my state away

...and southern Mississippi will never be the same again. There's so much to say about this, yet no words can do the hard work that needs to be done. I'm in awe of Mother Nature--we are literally at her mercy. I plan to visit southern MS next month and will post pictures then.

And I promise to blog more often...don't I always say that? :-)