Holy Cow!

Good Christ, has it been over two months?!?!? Unbelievable...I was actually scolded by Nicole over at Woodcreek today for not updating more often...hey, at least someone's reading.

More random thoughts since the last time we spoke:

-- I couldn't care less about the NBA playoffs, but my prediction of the Suns championship dreams going up in smoke is coming true. I said long before the post-season started that while the run-and-gun, play no defense style of play is entertaining, its not successful in the post-season, when everything slows down to a Detroit Pistons-like pace. I predicted the Spurs would beat the Suns whenever they met, and no one listened. ARE YOU LISTENING NOW?!?! Jerks..

-- Extremely disappointing "Desperate Housewives" finale the other night. Killing off Rex, probably the best male on the show, makes no sense, and leaves Marcia Cross' character in a real bind for next season. On the flip side, its nice to see Tom and Lynette get a decent storyline with his firing and her apaprent foray back into the workforce next season. I can only hope that next season's opener begins with Mike grabbing the gun from Zach and shooting him dead. Such an annoying character. I was openly rooting for Teri Hatcher to beat him to death with a copy of "Vanity Fair"

-- Elsewhere, I'm positively giddy over the "Lost" season finale tonight...should be excellent.

-- Rule #728 that needs to be applied nation-wide: No more commercials on movie theatre screens. I'm done with it. I went to see Star Wars yesterday and sat through 20 minutes of complete nonsense before the previews even began! Its simple..if I'm at the theatre, its because I don't want to be home watching my TV and STARING AT COMMERCIALS!! Stop it! Stop it now!

-- Speaking of Star Wars, here's my very short review: good plot, clunky dialogue (I'd expect nothing less from Lucas), thoroughly enjoyable, and Hayden Christensen can now fade into oblivion.

-- As for Samuel L. Jackson's appearance in "Revenge of the Sith", it would have been six times better if they just let him shout lines from his other movies. "Yes, they deserved to die and I hope they burn in hell!" or "English, motherfucker, do you speak it?!" Or even better, he could have started his story from "Deep Blue Sea" and have an alien fly up and eat him right at the climax...I swear, if they ever let me near Hollywood again...

-- My favorite "sports owner who always seems like he's drunk and hooked on speed, even though he probably isn't" is Gavin Maloof.

-- Don't tell the future Mrs. Watts this, but if we end up having two girls, I'm naming one of them "Janue"

-- Speaking of "Survivor" am I the only one who thinks Stephanie looked 16 times hotter while she was sweaty on the show, as opposed to the reunion special, where she looked like a relative of Nia Vardelos?

-- Bought TiVo last month...life as I know it is over.

-- And through the magic of TiVo, I was able to record the replay on ESPN Classic of Game 6 of the 1993 World Series, with the Jays clinching their second straight title (on my birthday, no less) with Joe Carter's home run. I still remember that ninth inning like it happened yesterday. Henderson walks, Devo flies out, Molitor singles, and then Joe Carter sends everyone home happy with a three-run shot that looked foul off the bat. Easily the best moment of my life. The future wife hates to hear that, but too bad. I can't put into words that day...thinking about it and watching that game and that inning over and over again gets me misty...in fact, its getting rather dusty here in the house at this moment...lets move on.

-- Nothing's more exciting than those three seconds in pinball when you realize you're about to get multi-ball.

-- With all the accomplishments in Arnold Palmer's career, where does having a "half-iced tea, half-lemonade" drink rank?

-- Things you do when you treat your puppy like an actual child: The Future Mrs. Watts called me at work the other day short of breath with the overwhelming news that young Cooper (our 7 month old cocker spaniel) had lifted his leg to pee for the first time. Just shoot me...

-- I know I've made it because I now have my own IMDB page...thanks to my hard-hitting performance as "Creature Stand-In $1" in Bloodthirst2: Revenge of the Chupacabras" All that hard work of running around the hills of Loomis in a silly costume chasing young Megan Welch has paid off. Head to a Blockbuster near you to see my movie debut.

-- John Cena's reign on Smackdown is going to be very short if they don't find someone else to feud with him other than JBL...Kurt Angle would be OK, but they really need to send someone like Christian, Edge, Kane or even Triple H over from Raw to really elevate Cena as a contender. And yes, that was some very serious analysis about the WWE champion. May God be with me...

-- And finally, put it this way...I could never appear on "Survivor" if for no other reason than I don't look good in a beard.

Till next time (and sooner rather than later)

Mike

The Ides of March

So, its St. Patrick's Day, on the first day of the NCAA FRICKIN' TOURNAMENT no less, and here I sit inside a classroom, dealing with snotty freshmen. Just shoot me. Who thought this was a good idea.

I, for one, blame my good friend Doyal for backing out on a potential trip to Tahoe for some college hoops gambling and general chicanery. Way to go, loser...

Other thoughts from the past week:

-- You know were in March when the networks say "you know what? F-it. February sweeps are over and we're not going to show a new episode of ANYTHING until May sweeps!" ABC is the worst. They finally have some hit shows, and I don't think I've seen a new episode of "Desperate Housewives" or "Lost" in three weeks. What the hell is that about?

-- Speaking of "Lost," I really enjoy that show, but it would have been ten times funnier if they had Matthew Fox's character actually be his character from "Party of Five." "Stop asking me to help build a raft. I have cancer, for God sakes! How many times do I have to tell you?! I'm very sick!"

-- One final "Lost" thought: I'm now absolutely positive that the girl in the "Live Links" phone-chat line infomercial is Evangeline Lilly. You cannot tell me differently. And it makes sense, that commercial was running before "Lost" hit the airwaves and became this mega-smash, so she'd definitely would have been looking for ANY work. Yet, there's no mention of this anywhere. I need confirmation. Shouldn't this be on her IMDB page?

-- I take it back...I found confirmation on the web. God bless the Internet.

-- I'm glad to see Pacific getting some pub thanks to the unbridled success of their men's hoop team. The problem is, whenever anybody outside of Stockton thinks about Pacific, their first thought is "Michael Olowokandi" Not good times.

-- And how did Pacific end up being the underdog in today's first-round game? Pitt was supposedly a better team? Really? And while we're on it, I wrote down what my bets would have been for the first four games this morning before anything started, and I would have been a perfect 4 for 4. Damn you Doyal...damn you to hell!

-- The best show on television right now? "The Starlet" I've only seen two episodes so far (the last two) and they featured:

Episode 1: The young female contestants engaging in hot girl-on-girl action in a hot tub for most of the show.

Episode 2: The girls doing a commercial on the beach in bikinis.

How does this show not win its timeslot? Whats the over-under average of guys ages 13-34 leering at the TV for a whole hour? Seriously, I've seen no other episodes, but if they're anything like the two I have seen...well, lets just move on.

-- OK, I was actually giddy the other night when both Jake "The Snake" Roberts and Marty Jannetty made appearances on "Raw." I swear, every time they bring back a wrestler from the late 80's, it makes me feel nostalgic. Is "Wrestlemania 21" here yet? I'm ordering it, I don't care that the future Mrs. Watts will not be pleased.

-- And once again, I'm 28 and still watching wrestling. I think I just threw up in my mouth.

-- Rule #429 that needs to be applied nation-wide: Nobody is allowed to pay by credit card at Starbucks or McDonalds. Or else.

-- My "MLB 2005" season on the PS2 is getting off to a good start...my Jays are 15 and 2 and Shea Hillenbrand leads the majors with 10 jacks...how can I make this happen in real life? And yes, I'm 28 and spend great amounts of time on the PS2...when I'm not watching wrestling. How did I ever convince this woman to marry me?

-- And finally, my future mother-in-law is going to be in Philadelphia in early April and wants to go to a 76ers game. What follows is her email to her daughter and me earlier today:

OK Heres the deal - There are no tickets - that we can afford - available through ticket brokers. Mike or Jen or your friends - do you know Chris Webber well enough to call up & see if he has any tickets? Just a thought.

Mary Lee Weiss MPA

She's serious...

Til next time

Wiggy

Thats A Wrap: Random Musings From Oscar Weekend

-- How can the Roosevelt Hollywood Hotel charge $200 a night to stay there? Ok, lots of history, first Academy Awards ceremony was held there in 1929, blah blah blah. Apparently they haven't updated the rooms since 1929 either. The beds were made of concrete and stiff as a board. The bathrooms were designed for Verne Troyer apparently. Just an awful, awful deal for that much cash...

-- Nicest Celebrity I Met: Tamara Mowry from that show "Sister, Sister" She's now dating a good friend of the future Mrs. Watts. That would be Fox News Channel reporter Adam Housley. The four of us had dinner Friday night along with the rest of the group, and let me say, Tamara was the sweetest thing. Good-natured, funny, pretty much unlike every other Hollywood type I've run into.

-- And if you won't admit to watching "Sister, Sister" at least once in the late 90's....well, you're lying.

-- My drive time from Sacramento to Hollywood? 4 hours, 12 minutes. It was a learning experience. I learned my car can do 105 mph for long stretches at a time. And now that my mother has passed out from reading that last sentence....lets just move on.

-- Funniest Moment of the trip (#1): Having our waiter get fired halfway through our meal at Hamburger Hamlet Saturday afternoon. Brandon, the future Mrs. Watts, and I had gone there for lunch. Immediately, the waiter shows up. Typical struggling actor making ends meet. Nice enough guy, but not the brightest bulb. Still, we didn't have any problems, until we watched him storm out of the restuarant with a jacket and..his skateboard while we were waiting for him to deliver our dessert. What happened? Why did he get fired? We never found out. Brandon did get one of the best lines, though: "Hey, remember about a year ago, when we ordered our dessert." You had to be there...

-- Is there a bigger wet blanket than Sean Penn? That still drives me crazy. Why in heavens name is he defending Jude Law? And its not like Rock was punking him out. He's got a point. Jude Law seemingly was everywhere last year. Sheesh...Sean Penn. I much preferred Tim Robbins' reaction to Rock. After Rock introduced him partially by saying "we're bored to death with his politics," Robbins comes out, waves and smiles to Rock while covertly flipping him the bird. Now THATS how to respond...

-- I still say it was a bad idea to hand out Oscars in the audience. If I win an Oscar...I'm marching to the stage. You can't stop me...

-- Who the hell is Star Jones Reynolds anyways??

-- Speaking of Star, I guess Holly Robinson Peete was supposed to help her during the pre-show coverage. But Holly went into labor earlier in the week at a pre-Oscar party. Which is great for Peete, but I'm trying to picture the other party-goers when her water broke. Its tough to enjoy your salmon pate when you're knee deep in placenta.

-- Hilary Swank's dress? Thumbs Up. No matter what the Future Mrs. Watts thinks.

-- Funniest Moment of the trip (#2): Dinner with the future in-laws Saturday night. They're usually worth some high comedy, but Paul went to a different level that night. So we're eating at some cafe along Sunset Blvd. talking about movies and such, when all of a sudden, Paul drops the following line:

"You haven't lived until your dog has been sprayed by a skunk..."

No one knew how to react. Where the hell did that come from? Naturally, everbody busts out laughing, followed by Paul's wife Marliee going "Paul...that was RANDOM!" I swear, they are two of the most unintentionally funny people I've ever met. And this is the family I'm marrying into.

-- Has the family of Lou Gossett Jr. called the nursing home yet?

-- Finally, I still can't get over the fact that Cuba Gooding Jr. has a star on the Walk of Fame...that must put Pauly Shore in line in the next 2-3 years tops.

Oscar Diary

Its easy to say that the Academy Awards is the Super Bowl of Hollywood. For one night, the movie industry gets together and gives themselves a pat on the back for their efforts over the past year. Its quite the spectactle on TV...and since I wasn't cool enough to get into the actual show while I was in L.A. (maybe next year), I decided to keep a running diary from the comfort (or lack thereof) of my hotel room. Without further ado...

5:30pm: We're LIVE from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood for the 77th Annual Academy Awards!! I'm joined by the future Mrs. Watts, our photographer Brandon, a plate full of food from the ABC production truck, and, unfortunately, a lingering cold. The over-under on the show's length tonight is 3-hours, 45-minutes...we'll see.

5:32: Opening montage of clips features Nia Vardalos from "My Big Fat Greek Wedding." I think we're all glad that era is over.

5:35: Chris Rock, this year's host, starts to berate the audience and certain movie stars like Tobey Maguire and Jude Law (more on this later). See, the problem here is that a edgy comic like Rock basically gets his balls cut off, because heaven forbid he say something that angers the Network Gods. Where's Billy Crystal??

5:39: Rock talks about "Fahrenheit 911" while cameras cut to Spike Lee, who apparently came right over from his graduation ceremony. Whats with the tassel, Spike?

5:41: OK, I'll admit it. I'm conservative, but the joke about comparing the war in Iraq to a worker from the Gap taking on Banana Republic was pretty funny.

5:43: Halle Berry presents Best Art Direction, but not before Rock kids her about "Catwoman". Thats the thing about Halle...she won her Oscar, yet she still finds time to make schlock like "Catwoman." She's the female Cuba Gooding Jr.

5:43: OK, I take that back...NOBODY is as bad as Cuba Gooding Jr. And he even has a star along Hollywood Boulevard! For what?! "Boat Trip?" "Snow Dogs?" How did this happen?

5:44: For the award, the nominees are all lined up on stage, like they're getting picked for Dodgeball teams or something. I guess this saves time...

5:45: "The Aviator" wins. Fortunately, the winner wraps up his speech before the REALLY LOUD Orchestra Music has to play him off.

5:47: I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Chubby Blond-Haired Renee Zellweger is TEN TIMES cuter than Skinny Anorexic-Looking Dark-Haired Renee Zellweger. Can we get "Bridget Jones 3" rushed into production?

5:50: Morgan Freeman wins Best Supporting Actor, and gets a standing ovation. Nice touch, and about time.

5:58: I'm still a little steamed I wasn't allowed into the awards. Hell, I look like Mr. Incredible! I should have been there to claim my Oscar!

6:02: The future Mrs. Watts chimes in with her opinion on Hilary Swank's dress. "I think its hideous. Its not pretty at all." Tough crowd. Needless to say, Brandon and I heartily disagree.

6:04: Brandon on Beyonce: "Damn that bitch can sing!"

6:06: "Coming up, Scarlett Johannsen, Leonardo DiCaprio..." Brandon: "...and Ron Jeremy." Brandon's on fire right now.

6:12: A bit where Rock goes to the Magic Johnson Theatre to interview black people about the Oscars falls flat. Seriously, where is Billy Crystal? Shouldn't he be given a lifetime contract to host the Oscars?

6:13: Scarlett Johannsen (wearing a Hefty bag, apparently) presents the technical awards, i.e. "we don't care enough about them to give them away live, so here's a video of us handing them out earlier this week." Scarlett, by the way, won earlier for Best Actress Who Needs To Do A Nude Scene And Get It Over With.

6:15: Do you think Pierce Brosnan presenting an award with a cartoon character is a career highlight for him? Can he put this on his resume? I'm brimming with questions.

6:17: Awards given out in the past hour: Best Animated Film ("The Incredibles"), Best Makeup ("Lemoney Snicket..."), Best Costume Design ("The Aviator"), Best Use of Samuel L. Jackson ("Kill Bill: Volume 2"), Best Movie That Proves Adam Sandler's Career Is On A Downhill Slope ("50 First Dates"), and Best Movie Where The One Girl Everyone Wanted To Get Naked Didn't ("The Girl Next Door").

6:20: Tim Robbins presents Best Supporting Actress, and Cate Blanchett wins. More importantly, we're an hour into the show, and no one has been cut off by the REALLY LOUD orchestra music. Absolutely, positively, the upset of the night.

6:26: Tribute to Johnny Carson, which reminds me: I love Letterman, but he really screwed up his one shot at hosting this show, didn't he? Too bad...

6:31: Mmmmm...filet mignon. At least they feed the media good down here.

6:32: The future Mrs. Watts has missed most of the show because she's busy blogging for News 10. I think this blog thing might be catching on...

6:34: OK, I'll say it. Kirsten Dunst has the acting range of a porn star. And quite frankly, we're all ready to see them, so she might as well just make it happen.

6:50: Academy President Frank Pierson comes out to talk about honoring the soldiers while the camera cuts to Mickey Rooney...and I do a spit-take. Wait a second...Mickey Rooney is STILL ALIVE?!?!

6:53: Three minutes into Al Pacino's speech presenting Sidney Lumet, Brandon asks "Are they still talking about this fuckin' guy?" Really tough room...of course, the comedy only gets better as Lumet comes out, starts thanking everybody, and the cameras cut to a sound asleep Lou Gossett Jr. in the audience. Head back, drool coming out of his mouth. Just high comedy. See, these are the moments I watch these awards show for.

6:56: Lumet's done some great films, but I wouldn't be proud of "The Wiz."

7:05: Beyonce's back to sing another Best Song nominee, this one from "The Phantom Of The Opera." I hear Minnie Driver, who's actually in the movie, wanted to sing it, but was turned down. Man, what happened to Minnie Driver? I'd have swore she was well on her way after "Good Will Hunting."

7:09: A sniper takes aim at Jeremy Irons while he's presenting...and misses. At least thats what it sounded like. Kudoes to Irons for joking about it.

7:11: The winner for Best Live Action Short describes her victory as "The dog's bollocks" And, if you don't think that that phrase is going to be the name of my fantasy baseball team this year...well, you obviously don't know me that well.

7:13: Brandon on Kate Winslet: "Wow, she looks nailable."

7:21: Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek present an award together...I think my heart stopped.

7:25: Uh oh...the guys who won Best Sound Editing for "The Incredibles" are going too long with their speech. Here comes the REALLY LOUD orchestra music.

7:31: Santana and Antonio Banderas sing the Best Song nominee from "The Motorcycle Diaries." Brandon: "Well, I have to say that was a little gay." You can't stop Brandon, you can only hope to contain him.

7:37: Awards given out over the past hour: Best Adapted Screenplay ("Sideways"), Best Visual Effects ("Spider Man 2"), Best Film Editing ("The Aviator"), Best Ridiculously Inconsistent Fake Accent (Tom Hanks, "The Ladykillers"), Best Use of Ving Rhames ("Dawn Of The Dead"), and Best Movie Where Neve Campbell Finally Gets Naked After All These Years ("When Will I Be Loved?").

7:41: Johnny Depp wins Best Actor Who Can't Not Look Like A Freak

7:48: Annette Bening introduces Yo-Yo Ma, who busts out his cello for the In Memoriam tribute. How come Weezie from "The Jeffersons" wasn't included? Thats gotta be rough to watch from heaven, seeing you were bypassed for Alan King.

7:56: Sean "Puff Daddy P-Diddy Puffy Farty Licky" Combs is out to introduce the 5th Best Song nominee. By the way, he needs to be stopped. I blame him completely for ruining music. Every artist that comes out now has to sample a classic song. Its killing me. I was driving home the other night, and some chick now has a new single that is basically a rap over "Superstitious" by Stevie Wonder. Who signed off on that? If I ever meet the person, I'm beating them until the white meat shows. And its all Puffy's fault. All right, I'm babbling.

8:00: I've never been a Prince fan, but I do like "Musicology" I'm just saying is all..

8:03: Sean Penn is here to ruin the party. He takes exception with Chris Rock for Rock's needling of Jude Law in the monologue. Nobody kills a fun mood quite like Sean Penn. Go back to Iraq.

8:06: Hilary Swank wins Best Actress for "Million Dollar Baby," which also won Best Movie That Made Me Want To Kill Myself After. Annette Bening is clearly annoyed in the audience. Can't even muster a smile. Thats hysterical. Swank did it to her AGAIN! All we need now is for Warren Beatty to leave her for Swank.

8:18: A frantic Charlie Kaufman accepts the award for Best Original Screenplay for "Eternal Sunshine"

8:23: Jamie Foxx wins Best Actor for "Ray." Was there ever any doubt? Standing ovation for Foxx as well.

8:26: The future Mrs. Watts "I can't believe any of Ray Charles' songs weren't nominated for Best New Song." Oy...of course, if she had her way, Best Picture would be a two-horse race between "Ocean's Twelve" and "Agent Cody Banks 2"

8:28: Foxx is crying...and on cue, so is the Future Mrs. Watts. Who had 8:28 in the pool?

8:33: Clint Eastwood takes Best Director over Marty Scorcese. As well it should be. Somebody should just give an honorary Oscar to Scorcese at this point, because he already had his two chances to win (for "Raging Bull" and "Goodfellas"), he got robbed both times, and its never going to happen. "The Aviator," as my friend Dave correctly pointed out, is a paint-by-numbers picture and 20 minutes too long. Clint deserved this one. (stepping off my soapbox)

8:37: "Million Dollar Baby" wins Best Picture. So there you have it, no surprises in any of the major categories, and we clocked in at a unbelievably short 3-hours, 11-minutes. I didn't even lose feeling in any extremities. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to pull a Lou Gossett Jr.

Coming tomorrow...a wrap-up of the highs and lows from Oscar weekend.

L.A. Bound

First off, a quick pimp to my homies runnin' the rag at 'Da Creek!

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you want it in English??? Sigh...fine

First off, a quick plug for the students that put together the school newspaper over at Woodcreek High School. Many of them have put together their own blog. In fact, they were the ones who got me started on mine (damn you Nicole!)

Anyways, their blog is highly entertaining, especially poor Nicole's story about her dog eating her acceptance letter to Indiana University. Great stuff...she's got talent, that kid. Go check out Nicole and the other talents (John, Kristin, etc.) at:

http://wolfpackpress.blogspot.com

Sniff...those three above...I'm gonna miss 'em when they graduate...sniff...sniff..HONK!

Somebody get me a tissue

Anyhoo, a quick reminder for anyone paying attention that I AM HEADED TO THE ACADEMY AWARDS!!!!!

Yeah, yours truly is headed down there with the future Mrs. Watts...as her intern (let the jokes and snide comments begin) She's headed down there for her work and I'm joining in...tune in next week for a full running diary-style recap of the show and hopefully some amusing anecdotes from the weekend to boot.

I swear, if I see Keanu Reeves, I'm going to punch him in the face. He needs to be stopped.

Til then

Wiggy

Random Thinkings

THOUGHTS WHILE WONDERING HOW JOSE CANSECO'S STEROIDS BOOK IS AFFECTING BROTHER OZZIE

- Why do stores even sell DVD copies of The Shawshank Redemption? You know, I have TNT...

- Does anybody want to buy some Anfernee Hardaway rookie cards? Anyone....?

- KCRA's new graphics package reminds me of the days I used to watch the local news in Chico when visiting friends; This is not a good thing.

- Its good to see that Cuttino Mobley fits right in with the rest of the whiners on his new NBA team.

- I think it would have been great if Kanye West had rushed up on stage to congratulate Maroon 5 for winning Best New Artist, raised the lead singer's hand, told the audience to applaud...and then super-kicked him in the mush ala Shawn Michaels-Marty Jannetty in the early 90's. All we would need is Jim Ross screaming "Nooooo....Kanye!!! What the hell is wrong with him?!!"

- Speaking of the Grammys, was I the only one that caught John Mayer completely brushing past Norah Jones to give Stevie Wonder a smooch. Rappers have killed each other for less disrespect.

- I'm not ready to talk about the NHL season cancellation rationally just yet. That will be a whole other posting in the near future. Lets just say I'd love to see the heads of Gary Bettman and Bob Goodenow brought to me on a platter. Thanks for ruining the last four months (and the next five) guys. Appreciate it.

- Hell will freeze over before I use the phrase "LOL" in an email.

- I thought I was absolutely the whitest guy on the planet, by far...and then I saw Carson Daly at Pebble Beach last weekend. Good God Almighty!

- Speaking of Pebble Beach, there aren't many better ways to spend a Sunday then to follow the travails of Bill Murray on the golf course. Pure comedy...

- I liked Million Dollar Baby...right up to the point when the bell rings at the end of Round 3 in Frankie's fight with the champ. Everything after that makes me want to commit suicide.

- With the NASCAR season starting this weekend, whats the current over-under for Tony Stewart meltdowns this year? Six? Eight?

- I'll admit it. I went to the Royal Rumble last month in Fresno. Had a great time. And yes, I'm 28 years old. And I know wrestling is fake. Got it. Thanks.

- If they're going to start leaving firebombs up in Auburn on a regular basis now, can they next target the dealership that sold me a lousy Oldsmobile five years ago? Can we make this happen?

- I thought Latrell Spreewell's "feed my family" comment was a lock for my favorite NBA moment of the season...and then Ron Artest appeared on the Today Show to promote his album.

- Just once, I'd like to go out to a bar with the guy who's the voice from the EA Sports TV ads, just to hear him say things like "I'd like another Heineken" and "Can we get some ranch for the mozzerella sticks?"

- The future Mrs. Watts giving up a day of shopping in Carmel to go to the AT&T last weekend? Vegas wouldn't have put odds on that for fear of bankruptcy.

- Speaking of the Missus, her fascination with "One Tree Hill" remains one of the biggest mysteries in life. Yet, I caught myself watching it the past two weeks. So I guess I have no point.

- Judging from that new movie preview, Tommy Lee Jones must be dead-flat broke. Thats the only explanation.

- I can't be the only one who finds every parking garage a little creepy at night.

- Caught Field of Dreams on Showtime the other day. Needless to say, it got a little dusty at Wiggy's Palace towards the end of the movie. "Hey dad? Wanna have a catch?"

- I'm now officially hoping Jamie Foxx DOESN'T win the Academy Award, just to piss people off. Better yet, I hope he wins, but for his role in Collateral

- Pitchers and catchers reporting...hope springs eternal for my Jays...but by May, I'll be ready to go on a three-state killing spree because of them.

- Teaching sophomores is worse than teaching freshmen.

- Finally, 20 years from now, I'll remember where I was for Game 6 of the '93 World Series, OJ's Bronco chase, and when I first heard the news Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher were dating. It's inexplicable.

Til next time...

Wiggy

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In the Beginning....

Well sure, they tell me that blogs are all the rage with the kids these days.... so why not? Why shouldn't I have a blog page? Why shouldn't I have a place where all the useless information lodged in my cranium can be hurled out onto the written (online) page?

In the coming days and weeks, look for my thoughts on sports, movies, the Sacramento television business, teaching, and all the little things that have made up my 28 years of existence so far.

Til then...

Wiggy