Cats are wonderful animals.

THe worst part about the show "the Swan" (to expand on Tina's entry) is that after these women are all made over, and they look at themselves in the mirror for the first time and they think, "this is it, I'm finally beautiful, I'm finally good enough"....one of them is picked to be in the pageant and the other is sent packing. Basically told "yep we did absolutley everything that we could to you and you are still not pretty enough"....There's no end to it.....you're never pretty enough, that's just the way it is.........
Makes me feel like tuning in next week (actually in some masochistic way it does) Cause who doesn't enjoy an affirmation of their insecurities....in front of millions

Take a close look at this picture.....

Specifically at the gentleman on the right.....
Look vaguely familiar?......

Now remove the mustache and take off about ten years.......

Here's a clue: "Now we will share a lifetime of the fondest memories, by the Lake of Onawana...."

That's right, "Salute Your Shorts"'s very own Pinskey.....all grown up...
and he's in a band (well two bands actually), both of which rock.

Sure, he may not have been as endearing as the original camp stud "Mikey" (we all remember the episode where Mikey left and Pinskey appeared....chaos ensued)....but he was cooler....and lord knows that is an important quality when starting a band. Talent is fine but "coolness" is where it's at.

SO check out "Rilo Kiley" (on "Takeoffs and Landings" the hidden track is called "Salute My Shorts"), and his new band "The Elected" (the best of the two in my opinion).......I think you'll dig the music, but if you don't at least you can be one step ahead of the "Where Are They Now"-Salute Your Shorts episode!

Another holiday with the fam....

I want to move to Norway.....that's right Norway
And if that doesn't work I'm gonna live in Ireland.....

And I'm going work just enough to survive, and spend rainy days reading books under an umbrella in the middle of some obscure little town that no one has ever heard of...

Yep, that's what I'm gonna do