TV: Las Vegas

Just learned today that two of Las Vega’s cast will be leaving at the end of this season – James Caan and Nikki Cox. James wants to get back into films and apparently was not that thrilled with the show anyways. Nikki was written off “due to budget cuts.”

That is a bummer that James is leaving and personally I think the show is going to tank without him much like how News Radio fell apart soon after Phil Hartman was killed.

Nikki Cox annoyed me – especially with her over-collagenated lips and her icky, fake boobs – so I am not sad she is going. Her character was super annoying to boot.

Web: Twitter and the Cats

Well, the cats now have Twitter accounts. This is primarily so that their mom can read what they are doing during the day.

Kate

Zoe

Jack

Simon

Query: What kind of sleeper are you?

Source: http://www.flatseats.com/General/positions.htm

What does your sleep position say about you? I am primarily a combo of the Freefall and Starfish.

Foetus

Those who curl up in the foetus position are described as tough on the outside but sensitive at heart. They may be shy when they first meet somebody, but soon relax. This is the most common sleeping position, adopted by 41% of the 1,000 people who took part in the survey. More than twice as many women as men tend to adopt this position.

Log

Lying on your side with both arms down by your side. These sleepers are easy going, social people who like being part of the in-crowd, and who are trusting of strangers. However, they may be gullible.

Yearner

People who sleep on their side with both arms out in front are said to have an open nature, but can be suspicious, cynical. They are slow to make up their minds, but once they have taken a decision, they are unlikely ever to change it.

Soldier

Lying on your back with both arms pinned to your sides. People who sleep in this position are generally quiet and reserved. They don’t like a fuss, but set themselves and others high standards.

Freefall

Lying on your front with your hands around the pillow, and your head turned to one side. Often gregarious and brash people, but can be nervy and thin-skinned underneath, and don’t like criticism, or extreme situations.

Starfish

Lying on your back with both arms up around the pillow. These sleepers make good friends because they are always ready to listen to others, and offer help when needed. They generally don’t like to be the centre of attention.

News: Smart Teacher of the Year

We have our front-runner for smart teacher of the year. A middle-school teacher from Murray, Kentucky was arrested after she accidentally text messaged her order for pot to a State Trooper’s pager instead of her dealer.

“Authorities say Ann Greenfield, 34, arrived at the meeting point and found [Trooper] Pervine and other law enforcement officers waiting for her.”

TV: The OC – bye bye!

Last night was the series finale for The O.C. I have to say it was a pretty good series finale. A lot of the time you get some really weird endings to shows where the final credits roll and you are left thinking, “WTF was that last show about?” and there is no closure to many of the story lines.

They did a really nice job of finalizing pretty much all of the various story threads plus they actually fast forwarded through time to give us a look at the future of the Cohen and Co.’s lives (such as after graduation, etc).

I can undertand why the show was cancelled, however. They definitely seemed to be running out of interesting stories and character development. Plus, some of the more dynamic characters either died or left the show. However, I am kinda sad to see it go. It was good entertainment fluff and their stories the last few weeks were pretty good.

D and I had fun with the show the last few weeks because every time Kevin Sorbo appeared (he plays Ryan’s dad) we would shout, “Hercules! Hercules! Hercules!” the way ‘Mama’ Klump in the Nutty Professor would shout it while her grandson let out a series of hilarious farts.

Entertainment: Britney Spears and her "odd" behavior

You heard it first folks — this is my theory about Britney and her “odd” behavior.

Talk and news shows question Britney’s hard partying and odd behavior of late and claim she may lose custody of the kids especially since K-Fed wants 100% custody (which is a bit odd in itself since he didn’t want anything to do with his kids from Shar Jackson).

My opinion is that she is doing this on purpose because she does not want the kids and this is all part of a plan/agreement she hashed out with K-Fed. It is a lot better for public opinion to lose custody because she is deemed “unfit” (due to all her partying, drinking, and recent shaved head) than for her to come out and say, “I don’t want my kids. Kevin can have them.” That would have caused America to totally hate her and totally squashed any chance of a “come-back” for her career and probably would have made her one of the most hated mother’s in America.

Movie: Paycheck

This movie stars Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman. Really stupid movie. There are so many “Give me a break!” moments that it isn’t even humorous how stupid it all is.

Tech: M-Audio StudioPro3 Modification

Speakers in general work better when they do not have any obstructions in front of them. This includes protective grills and covers.

The M-Audio speakers I have came with metal grills on the front and I’ve been wanting to remove them ever since I purchased them. The tweeter also has a vertical plastic insert in front of it (I am not sure what it is for) in addition to the metal grill.

I decided to remove the grills today. I wasn’t sure how this was all put together but the back plate of the speaker has screws so I figured that would be a good place to start. I unscrewed the 10 screws, popped the back plate off, and discovered that that didn’t help me out.

The front has hex screws in the bezel holding the speakers in place. I didn’t want to start with those initially for fear that they held the speakers in the case and would fall into the box once unscrewed.

I undid those screws and found the plate just captures the speakers in place.

And, after all that work, I discovered that the grills are just pressure-pressed and held in place. So, I didn’t have to do any unscrewing. On the other speaker I rigged up a hook to pull the grills off.

However, I did end up unscrewing both bezels in order to dremel out the horizontal plastic inserts that were in front of the tweeters.

Everything is back together now and the speakers look better (they look like actual audio monitor speakers) and I think they sound better, too.

TV: Prince and his Super Bowl half-time show

Pretty much most of America was watching the SuperBowl and probably saw Prince’s half-time show. First off, I am not sure WHY he got selected. That still causes a big, huge, bold question mark to appear above my head when I think about it.

The thing I find funny is that when the sheet went up and Prince started stroking and thrusting with his guitar, I turned to D and said, “Wow – that’s pretty racy stuff!” at which point I got the, “You on crack?” look.

Well, I got the last laugh in when I flip to MSNBC yesterday and what are the folks on the news show (I have no idea what the show was) heatedly debating? Take a wild guess…

Anyways, here is a pic to refresh your memory:

Annoying Commercial: Geico ad with Little Richard

Sorry, but I find the Geico commercial with Little Richard to be annoying. I have to either change the channel or mute the TV whenever it is on (which unfortunately is way too often in my opinion).