Have you ever seen anyone back away any faster from being linked with Jessica Simpson than John Mayer? She fires her publicist, he says he was used to promote record sales. I like him, but can a link to him really have that kind of an effect?

I have to spend more time at the hospital again, as my Dad went in for his prostate procedure yesterday. Fairly routine stuff, but he'll be in until Saturday. I guess if he can pee on his own, they'll send him home. I think he was more nervous about this one than his heart operation, because it involved his boy part region. But he told the people in the operating room he didn't want to hear the word "Oops." while he was in there and he got through it OK.

Meal of Links

It appears as if the US is cracking down on that most heinous of industries...online gambling. That's why betting on the ponies online is safe. It's legal.

Talk show host in Nawlins thinks he may have committed the perfect crime, killing his wife. But he forgot about the checklist detailing the crime. Whoops.

Suri Cruise rumors. Most of them false.

Video of the Week

This is why YouTube is such a great site. This isn't so much about making your own music video, it's making your own music video of Randy Newman's "Story of a Rock n' Roll Band". I love Randy Newman and he's at his satirical best here, poking fun at ELO. So, it's not things to watch in this video, but things to listen for.

My favorite line has to be "...and Bobby Joe played the big violin, the one that stands on the floor..." Again, not the greatest or even a standard issue video, but a quirky one.

Randy Newman-"Story of a Rock n' Roll Band"



Exercise Yard

Jeremy Shockey's column debuted in New York today. So8unds liek they're ready to play. Them and every other NFL team.

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21 Across: Warhol "superstar" Sedgwick (4 letters) Answer: Edie