Funnyman author David Sedaris is coming out with a new book.
A few years ago, he wrote Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, a likeable collection of stories with an endearing title. This one's no exception, at least title-wise, with an "Awwww"-inducing name like When You Are Engulfed in Flames.
Awwww.
The hard cover will be released on June 3. Pre-order it on Amazon.
So, 'Idol Gives Back' closed last night with the top 8 contestants singing a Christian praise-and-worship song, "Shout to the Lord," and tonight's show just opened with them singing it again! I attended a Christian church as a kid, but the Jesus jams seem a bit much for what I thought was a secular show. Anyone have thoughts on this?
The blog world has been abuzz over this photo of Vice President Dick Cheney on a fishing trip. It was posted on the White House Web site, and some have speculated that the image reflected in his sunglasses is a naked woman. Which leads to all kinds of questions about what kind of bait Cheney uses while fly-fishing.
But Cheney's office saw little humor in all the commotion.
"Clearly the picture shows a hand casting a rod," grumbled spokeswoman Meagan Mitchell.
McClatchy's Washington bureau has a nice roundup of opinions on the photo, as well as a zoomed-in version of the pic that may refute some of the conspiracy theorists.
MTV has decided to delve into the fascinating world of high school journalism for a reality series called The Paper. I wonder if it will remind me of the days I spent working on my high school paper or if it won't be realistic at all. It's a 60-person staff, which is about three times the size of mine. And these kids aren't lacking in passion, with the copy editor noting that "being a journalist is the most important job in the world." Wow, I had no idea I was that important! Surgeons, cancer researchers, etc., step aside!
Honestly, there isn't usually a whole lot of interesting news that goes on at a high school, so I'm curious to see if this can hold viewers' attention, or if MTV's going to find ways to spice it up, as networks do with most reality shows. It premieres Monday at 9:30 p.m.
Finally catching up on blog reading after actual work has kept my nose to the grindstone for the past couple weeks. Much to my surprise, I saw that the AFI festival got Dallas some gay ink.
Corey Scholibo over at Advocate Insider got a whirlwind view of the city, but had some great things to say about Oak Lawn and Dallas as a whole. (Though I'm sorry he had to put up with the West End.) And he's got some amazing photos of Victory and downtown from up in the W.
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