Saw two things on the turnpike that made me chuckle. There was a pickup with Michigan plates that read "IRAQI". And I got my first look at "The Incredibles" while waiting at the toll booth, behind an SUV with a DVD.

Last night's episode of "The Apprentice" kinda blew chow. Both teams had to come up with a new pizza for Dominos. Of course, Trump had to mention he likes meatball pizza. Therefore, the geniuses on both sides brainstorm and come up with (trumpets blare) a meatball pizza. Kendra, thinking big again, gets office orders instead of relying on by-the-slice orders and her team wins. Fairly nondescript show, as they tried to drum up a conflict between Alex and Chris ("Angry Non-Homosexual Tobacco Addict"). Stephanie got the boot, as we are waiting for this dreadful season to end. Tana spelled mangia M-A-N-G-A and I believe described pizza-making as "rocket scientist", but I'm too lazy to verify the latter.

The highlight for me had nothing to do with the show, but with the advertising. You see, Trump appeared on two commercials for Dominos during the episode. For some reason, they were advertising a cheeseburger pizza, instead of what everyone thought they should be advertising, a meatball pizza. Then, with one of the best ad placements I can recall, a Papa John's ad comes on during a break in the boardroom. Excellent! The founder of Papa John's says "Don't have your pizza made by an apprentice, let a pro make it." I laughed my ass off, because they punked Trump and Dominos on his own show, and it was an ad for a meatball pizza, thoroughly confusing any Dominos message from earlier. I have to believe calls were made to NBC, unless that was a local ad purchase. Regardless, it was beautiful.

Meal of Links

I don't eat in the neighborhood very often, but here's a peek at what makes Applebee's successful.

Leave it to my good buddy, Hitch, to pee on the Pope's parade during his deathwatch. Aye, but his skids toward hell are greased with only the finest grease.



Wow. Jane Fonda still looks pretty good. And she talks of threesomes in her new book. Hello.

Exercise Yard

It's time for Fantasy Baseball. We usually play the Sporting News game at work, for shits and giggles. You get $30 million to spend and it's a tough cap.

My team (Larry Dolan's Car):

Pitchers: Johan Santana, Gil Meche, Danny Haren
Catcher (gulp!): Miguel Olivo
First/Third Baseman: Robb Quinlan
Second Baseman/Shortstop: Rafael Furcal
Outfielders: Miguel Cabrera, Jeremy Reed

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