Hedden to the requests!

my friend Brian asked that i discuss this:

GIBSON GIRL: It's been 13-and-a-half years since Debbie Gibson last appeared on the Adult Contemporary tally. She returns this week teamed with Jordan Knight, a former member of New Kids On The Block. Their duet, "Say Goodbye" (Trans Continental), is a new entry at No. 35.

good for them? i'll be honest, i didn't give the single a full listen just yet. my sister tried to play it and i didn't want to hear it. it's such a weird combination for me. Jordan Knight tried to sell himself as all things sexy a while back (full disclosure: i enjoyed his first single "Give It To You"), but his appearance on The Surreal Life (full disclosure: i enjoy The Surreal Life) made him look old, horny and kinda dumb. as for Debbie (sorry, girl, not calling you Deborah), she's a candidate for Desperado of the Year. from her sad and hilarious Playboy pictoral (she got bumped from the cover by a clothed Paris Hilton - clothed!!) to her feeble attempts to distance herself from all things cheesy, DG would pull Jonathan Knight from his agoraphobic cocoon and pull cro-magnon Danny Wood from complete obscurity if it smelled like a hit.

i root for these two because they're diminished wattage needs to be combined to even get any airplay, like some D-list Voltron. and they have decent enough voices. Debbie's done Broadway, which she'll tell you enough times if you let her. and Jordan? well, he still does that "sounds like a girl" thing that even Joey McIntyre ditched eons ago (can i? can i mention them all in one post? who says i can't? DONNIE WAHLBERG!)

if i listened to the radio, i would give it a listen, but i don't think they even have enough chops to open for Nick Lachey, and that's something sad.

i couldn't find a decent photo of the two together, so i give you some choice publicity photos:


what? did you think i was gonna show this?

a while back, a jar fell out of my medicine cabinet and hit my sink. as a result, i have a small chip that i would like to fix. i googled "sink chip repair" and came across this product from the British plumbing supply site,plumbworld:

its slogan is "So Simple Even a Complete DIY Novice Would Find It Easy", which is a little clunky for me.

but what really sold me on the product was the following testimonial:

"This product is so easy to use even Mr. Bean could use it!" - Henry Keith Marshall, Isle of Wright

Mr. Bean?!?!? i love it!! i know that it's a British website, but c'mon! that's like endorsing a product here because "It's so easy Jack Tripper could use it!" (John Ritter, RIP).

i think all future products should be graded by whether or not Mr. Bean would be able to use them.

"Even I can do it!"

comments without context: skeeby dude

"She's every inch a lady."
- 71 year-old Morgan Creek CEO James G. Robinson, in response to Dina Lohan's response to James G. Robinson's response to Lindsay Lohan's response to booze and partying.

ew...

this is what Oprah snacks on:


i'm trying to think of some way to tie this to Gayle King, but i'm stumped.