Month: December 2004

Eh, so let me know if I have to pay up, and how should I do that (cash, check, money order, dinner…): Time magazine names George W. Bush the Person of the Year. That was too easy for Time to do – I mean, the president is the person of the year for every year he’s president, for every decision he makes (good or bad). (my brother said that the runner up choice was Karl Rove, which would have really made me ill). Eh. I’m just not all that impressed by this selection. And, to think about it, had Kerry won the election this year, he would have been the person of the year (although, his campaign was hardly anything nicely run). Was my idea of the American voter such a bad idea (considering the overload of media coverage and recovery from the 2000 election?)….

Anyway, it’s Xmas week… Enjoy…

“The Apprentice” season closer was bordering on the annoying side. I mean, heaven help us, they have two lawyers in the boardroom with Donald Trump, George and Carolyn, plus Regis polling everyone in the universe who all approve candidate Kelly (aka West Point graduate/ex-Army guy/UCLA J.D./MBA) – except for candidate Jen’s rare bunch of supporters (the ones who were desperate trying to shore up Jen as a corporate woman – but who can deny that she’s an annoying bitchy-flying-under-the-radar person? and Jen’s law firm, Clifford Chance – the boss, who somehow tells Trump with a straight face that the firm didn’t want to lose her; and a clip of her firm’s NYC office all cheering for her, with one woman cheering a little too enthusiastically – umm, hello, this is a big corporate law firm??)…. Anyway, all the writing on this “Apprentice” subject has been hilarious, and well, more or less accurate.

And, while it was only fair that Kelly won (he did such a good job in his previous tasks – that whole “Mr. Trump, may we give 100% of our profits to charity?” and his Pepsi Edge bottle were cool and classy stuff), he did a little silly stuff in his final task (while it’s real nice that Kelly knows how to use Excel on his laptop, couldn’t he have told his mindless teammates to cease and desist in their less-than-disciplined-conduct? But, he did a good job mediating his team players’ disputes – boy, did West Point teach him that, or did law school? 😉 )…

Umm, I could say more, but my brain’s a little vegetable-like right now. 😉 Later…