There is a boss of ours who could quite easily be labelled a pervert. While we were in a marketing meeting yesterday, a consultant was pointing out that within a broadcast e-mail, you could include sound. His example was a crowd reacting to a man that was hanging from the basket of a hot air balloon, oohing and aahing. Well, our genius said if we were to do something like that, perhaps the sound of female orgasms would be included. Let's set aside the inappropriateness of that comment for a moment, and move along. The consultant himself brushed it aside with a comment like "that would be interesting" or something similar.

But the problem is knowing this person's history, myself and a co-worker turn into Beavis and Butthead. After the comment, I see him start shaking his head and he chuckles. For about the next five minutes, we periodically would be silent, then I would hear him laughing under his breath and then I would start laughing. The presentation is continuing and I have to make a decision. Do I try and make a break for the door and then start laughing loudly when I get past it or do I stay and try and make it through the next few minutes? I decide to stay because I figured out I could only get halfway to the door without collapsing in laughter. So we struggled and finally put it out of our minds, but it was very funny.

Continuing...

Tonight was the final episode of "The Apprentice" and, as predicted, Kendra was the winner. First of all, where were the live O'Jays this time? Trump stuck to his word that people do not want a reunion show, but my God, the intro took over 15 minutes to recap the entire season. They should have had a hot dog company provide product placement, because of so much filler. The only Apprenti allowed to speak were Kristen, Chris and Erin. No one else said anything. Trump screwed up royally when he went to Kristen to get comments about Kendra, even though she worked with Tana. It was brutal as he kept insisting on it. Hey Trump, Judge Wapner called. He wants his set back. Geez, that was lame. It was like he was a judge and they must have found the flag that Tana forgot.

This was a pretty pedestrian program as Trump tried to get on Kendra about crying in the boardroom, but then chickened out after she brought up the fact linebackers cry at the Super Bowl and backed off and said it was OK. He brought up education once more with Tana, but really didn't pursue it much. The only revelation in the program was that Kendra revealed that Tana was responsible for coming up with the shape of the Pontiac brochure. Trump seemed surprised by this and it obviously got edited out of that episode, because no one thought it important. OK, so she said it would be a circle, you know, for the kids. I honestly felt that Tana thought she might win, because she apparently invented the circle. A very embarassing display of fist pumping followed, but Kendra rightly pointed out that yes, Tana came up with the circle, but that the circle needed a bunch of stuff in it to make the final brochure. They really could not come up with anything too negative and Trump finally told Kendra, "You're hired."

She'll get to pretty up a Palm Beach mansion. Jeepers, could they find any more feminine jobs. The other job was with the Miss Universe pageant. I guess before it gets cancelled.

Then Matt Dillon's voice came on and congratulated Kendra on her win as she drove off in her new Pontiac Solstice. Audience sightings: Omarosa, Sugar Ray Leonard and Robin.

Trump also mentioned that "The Apprentice: The Musical" is coming. A big WTF on that one. I hope the song "Hair' is in it. I just realized...Danny!

Meal of Links

Traffic was non-existent this morning. Could "Revenge of the Sith" have that much effect?

Grilling tips. You know, for the kids.

Trent Reznor was asleep at the wheel, as his manager ripped him off. It's amazing when you wait until you haven't had a hit in years to then start worrying about your financials.

Exercise Yard

A teacher attacks his daughter's coach with a baseball bat. Apparently there was no sword handy.

Visitor

12 Down: New Look designer (4 letters) Answer: Dior