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Last time I posted one of these I mentioned the possibility that the McCain girls might actually be Democratic subterfuge intended to make John McCain and his campaign seem ridiculously un-hip. Now I am certain of it. What better way to heal the internal fractures of a brutal primary than to openly mock your opponent with 15 year-old Annie Lennox songs and make it look like his idea.

Quoted: The McCain girls music video for "Here Comes McCain Again."

I can't figure out what Donnie Wahlberg has to gain from this. He had just carved out a nice little niche as a second detective/tough guy in a variety of roles in Hollywood. He was in the Sixth Sense, Band Of Brothers and the Saw movies. I guess that doesn't pay the bills.

Quoted: “We’ve got some new material. We’re very exciting,” Wahlberg said. But, he said, the group will remain true to the high-energy choreography that made them famous. “We’re going to dance, we’re going to sing, we’re going to do it all.”

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Honest campaign support? Or left wing viral espionage to make John McCain appear that much more uncool? You be the judge.

Quoted: The McCain Girls sing "It's Raining McCain"

Believe it or not this, well not this exactly, is a big (irrational) fear of mine. It is part of why I can't imagine living any farther than 20 minutes from a hospital.

Quoted: The spokesman said Brunkert hit his head against a glass door in his dining room, shattering the glass and cutting himself in the neck. He managed to wrap a towel around his neck and left the house to seek help, but collapsed in the garden.

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Yesterday we celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King's dream. Today we focus on ABBA. They had a dream too...

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It's time to dust off the old American Idol drinking game, good for a limited time only. Here are the rules:

1. When possible, guess if the next audition will be good or bad. If they prove you wrong, drink.
2. If a contestant cries, drink.
3. If a contestant uses profanity or gives a censored hand gesture, drink.
4. If a contestant sings a second song, continues singing after the judges ask him/her to stop, or is asked to perform any additional talents, drink.

Feel free to add a fifth qualifier of your own choosing. Last year there was an epidemic of contestants walking into the locked side of the double doors upon their exit, so we used that as our fifth.

Jason Anderson, you cost me about two beers in 3 minutes last season with this doozy of a trifecta. Well done.

Quoted: Jason Anderson, 2007 American Idol Reject

Undoubtedly the most inappropriate and misleading headline I have ever seen in my life. CNN must be fuming.

Quoted: LOS ANGELES - Rock 'n' roll pioneer Ike Turner, who rose to fame in the 1950s and became a star performing with his ex-wife, Tina Turner, has died at age 76, said an official with the performer's management company.

Quoted: James Blunt seems to have conquered more than the music charts -- the singer has allegedly deflowered an entire Swiss ski resort. The "You're Beautiful" singer, famed for his womanising ways, has apparently taken the virginity of hundreds of chalet girls at his favourite resort in Switzerland. His conquests proudly wear T-shirts bearing the slogan "James Blunt took my virginity".

To quote the Fark headline:

In other news, there is no God.

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If my life had a soundtrack, the instrumental portion of this would probably be used for Saturday Mornings.