Did you miss me?

Unlike Diet Pop Culture’s esteemed blogger, your truly wasn’t bright enough to remember to let his loyal readers know he was on vacation and wouldn’t be blogging last week.

I was actually in town, but we stayed a few nights at the Hilton while our bathroom was remodeled. It looks great! If anyone ever needs a good remodeler/drywaller/handy man, I got a good one for you. Just let me know.

American Idol 

We lost Chikezie on American Idol, unjustly so, in my opinion. Chikezie didn’t have much of a chance of winning but deserved top 7 standing.

Ryan Seacrest said Dolly Parton was the mentor this week, so I am assuming country music is on the table. What will they sing? Can David Cook keep up his pace? He is flying high above the others at this point.

Here are the current rankings:

1) David C.

2) David A.

3) Brooke

4) Michael

5) Carly
6) Syesha

7) Jason

Kristy Lee

9) Ramiele

Out of the mouth of babes

The Ahrens twins each get a gold star for this one. While watching “Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?,” this question came up in geography —”What is the capital of Michigan?”

In unison, Tyra and Tyrece shouted “M!”