The Boardroom.

Is anyone else out there watching celebrity apprentice? I can't get enough of this show!

First of all, Rod Blagojevich (just so everyone is aware, spell check suggests archipelago for his last name). This man has some balls. After all the controversy with him allegedly attempting to sell the President's vacated senate seat and whatnot, he has the gall to to go on public television in attempt to become the underdog that everyone is cheering for. Kudos to him for trying. That's right, trying. It's almost as if every episode makes him out to be a little bit more pathetic. He stumbles over his words, he doesn't know how to work a computer, he has to say hello to everyone and he gets mistaken for Donny Osmond. Really Donny Osmond? Anyway, I don't know how this man was governor for six years, but he sure does make it easy to come back and watch the next episode. I can't wait to see what insanity he drums up next.

Ok, so the episode that aired on Sunday...fan-freakin'-tastic. I could have sworn M. Night Shyamalan had directed the episode. Not the recent Shyamalan that has been spewing out crap such as The Happening or Signs, but the Shyamalan that gave us The Sixth Sense. In other words, there was a highly unexpected ending.

**Spoiler Alert**

Summer Sanders threw Cyndi Lauper under a bus and oh yeah, Darryl Strawberry essentially gave up and walked off the show! He suggested that he should be the one fired and of course, it happened. Mr. Trump wasn't gonna let that slide, I'm sure. Anyway, Trump made it look nice and asked Strawberry if he was tired and wanted to go home. Eventually that's the way it ended up, but the best part is difficult to describe in words: Trump Jr. shook his head from side to side as if signaling to Strawberry that he had made a huge mistake and looked on as a deer would look into the headlights of an oncoming truck. At that exact moment Jr. knew Strawberry was about to strike out. It was hilarious yet joyless at the same time.

Sadly enough, I think I agree with the fact that Strawberry was the one to go. All I remember him doing in this episode was ordering a couple of pizzas.

Well, see it all unfold for yourself here, highly recommended:

AR

I can't stand Arkansas!

There, I've said it, now let me clarify. It's not that I can't stand the people or the place (I haven't even been there), it's that I can't stand the pronunciation. It kills me! I just can't understand why we all say are-can-saw instead of are-can-zes, ya know...like Kansas. Kansas is in the name yet we pronounce it different. I don't get it and I don't think I ever will. The 'Ar' in front, to me, should not change the pronunciation of the rest of the word. WHY DOES IT?!

Phew, I'm glad I got that off my chest.

Greetings and Salutations.

On the way out of work tonight a co-worker said to me the word 'night,' as if to say have a good night.

This got me thinking of the way people greet each other and what not. Why is it that people feel the need to point out the time of day it is? "Morning" ... "Night" Is it really necessary to cut the word 'good' from the statement? I think not. I think it is quite necessary to add some sort of adjective. If someone just says "Morning" upon the start of the day how am I supposed to know whether I should have a good morning, a bad morning, a fancy morning or a drab morning?!?! I just can't know whether people like me or hate me!

Think of this the next time someone rips the personality out of any greeting or salutation and call them out on it. "Morning."..."Looks like it to me." "Night"..."Is that what the darkness means?" Rude? I don't think so. You're just demanding clarification regarding your social standing with a person.

That's it from me...have an excitingly awesome night!

What I'm watching.

With my first post I would like to share with you something that has greatly entertained me despite the somewhat sensitive subject it discusses.

Two days ago Jon Stewart conducted what was probably my favorite interview ever. His guest was Marc Thiessen, an author and journalist who was a speech writer for none other than George W. Bush. Thiessen's book, Courting Disaster: How the CIA Kept America Safe and How Barack Obama Is Inviting the Next Attack, was the topic of discussion. He argues for exposing the identities of the lawyers representing enemy combatants, implying that attempting to free such people (terrorists) raises questions. Sure, it does, but I like to think that the lawyers are just trying to uphold the law instead of being sympathetic to terrorists. Anyway, Thiessen and Stewart argue over the effectiveness of Guantanamo Bay, the effectiveness of waterboarding and Thiessen awkwardly throws in his view on climate change. I agree with Stewart's points all the way and I now see Thiessen as kind of a putz.

At the end of the interview which aired on Stewart's show, Thiessen goes on to cry about not being able to get any of his points in. As pathetic as his performance is, I am grateful. His blubbering lead to a follow-up interview that not only provided more proof of his ignorance and subjectivity, but further enhanced Stewart's superiority.

Instead of questioning the effectiveness of The Daily Show, Thiessen should have questioned the effectiveness of his arguments as he dug his own grave and allowed Stewart to simply bury him.

Check out the first part of the interview below. If you enjoyed it as much as I did, then I highly recommend you check out the second and third parts at thedailyshow.com.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Exclusive - Marc Thiessen Extended Interview Pt. 1
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