American Idol

* I don't see why folks who have a shot at American Idol, aren't working their tails off to memorize the words to Mr. Postman. Year after year now, we see folks blow it at this stage of the competition because of lack of effort. Amazing.

* Hey, Firefox users! Yahoo toolbar now available! I think I'd prefer if Firefox just stays in the shadows. Now that it's becoming more mainstream, it's probably a matter time before hackers start trying to write virus and spyware against it. I don't think Firefox has the resources Microsoft does to battle this kind of thing. Just a thought.

* North Korea has nukes. Surprise, surprise... Many will blame Bush. Many will blame the 1994 Clinton Appeasement policy. But, as technology advances, it seems that more and more nations will just develop nuclear capability no matter what.

* I don't like to see the Nasdaq down. There's a saying that the Nasdaq leads the SP500, the SP500 leads the DOW. So if the Nasdaq is tanking, it's usually just a matter of time before the other indices go down. Of course, wednesday and thursday prior to options expiration week often times present good buying opportunities. There's that trend, too. I remain fully invested in equities. Bring it on.

* Say you will, say you won't, say you'll do what I don't. Say you will, say the truth, say to me, C'est la vie - Bewitched.

* Does Paula Abdul seem a little more testy this year? Or maybe she's just standing up for herself a little more? Seems like there's a growing rift between her and Simon. If this were a sitcom, what would happen is somebody would leave the show, and a replacement judge would show up. Then we'd argue for the next couple dozen years, which American Idol was better? The one with Paula Abdul, or the one with Pat Benatar? (Just throwing an 80's name out there. You'd prefer Alannah Myles? Joan Jett? Belinda Carlisle? Susanna Hoffs?).

* Speaking of replacements, I just don't think the Charlie's Angels franchise can take another movie like that Full Throttle one. C'mon. It wasn't horrible, if you went in with very low and campy expectations. And also it was watchable if you think Lucy Liu is hot.