Hello everyone! I decided to drive home to do my lunchtime post today. Looks like something was on fire at Madison and Claybrook in the Medical Center area. There were several fire trucks and police cars, and they had the hoses out. The police had only one westbound lane of traffic open on Madison and were turning all eastbound traffic around. There were TV crews filming, but as of yet I haven’t found any info online.
Budweiser called me this morning to inform me that the finals of the Rock-Paper-Scissors tournament have been moved to The Fox & Hound Cordova this Saturday, April 7 at 2 PM. Oh goody. East Bumblefuck. Unfortunately this is not a continuation of the April Fool’s joke post. I’ll still make the best of it though. They told me to bring friends and there will be a free buffet and beer, so I guess I’ll see who I can round up to head out there with me.
Yesterday I was walking down the Main Street Mall and noticed that there’s an apartment available at Main Street Flats. If anyone’s looking to move Downtown, or to move to a better place Downtown, you need to check this out immediately. These apartments are as nice as most of the condos in the area, and feature high ceilings, exposed brick and hardwood floors. They’re on Main between Union and Gayoso. If you’re interested in this apartment I recommend calling them NOW – don’t put it off until later in the day, this is a rare opportunity and someone will grab it quickly. If I hadn’t just renewed my lease at Number 10 I’d be looking into this one myself.
Here’s a contribution you can make to American culture: You can help run one of the worst shows in the history of television, American Idol, off the air. There’s a website called Vote for the Worst, encouraging people to call into Idol and vote for the worst singer on the show, currently a guy named Sanjaya Malakar. Howard Stern promoted it and it’s starting to affect the results – Malakar is still around, even though he’s terrible. I was told that Simon Cowell has threatened to quit at the end of the season if Malakar becomes this year’s Idol. The show doesn’t know what to do about it, since the rules say fan voting determines who gets eliminated. Hmm. Normally I wouldn’t be caught dead watching Idol but now I may have to call in and vote for Sanjaya. Here’s a link to a New York Times article about the site and the controversy.
Question to NASCAR fans: Why does everyone hate Jimmie Johnson so much? I don’t follow the sport enough to keep up with the personalities… but a couple of our local bloggers absolutely can’t stand the guy. What’s the deal?
Donald Trump retained his hair last night at Wrestlemania, shaving the head of WWE chairman Vince McMahon. However, after the shaving Trump took a Stone Cold Stunner from guest referee “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, who apparently hates all billionaires.
Ow! I strained a muscle in my leg and it hurts like hell. I woke up at 2:30 this morning and couldn’t get back to sleep because of it. I think I’d be OK if I just walked it out, but since I have to sit in a cubicle all day there’s really no chance to do that until after 5.
After that I’ll be able to treat my leg with the all-purpose pain reliever – beer – at Pint Nite at the Flying Saucer. The DOWNTOWN Saucer, in case there’s any doubt. I’ll be drinking Sunset Wheat. The national championship game is on tonight: Florida vs. Ohio State. The captain of my BBQ team is an Ohio State alum, and I don’t know anyone who went to Florida, so Go Bucks, I guess.
Back to work. Ow. My leg. Guess I’ll take Union this time.