Do You Want Fries With That?

Question for all you out there: do you ever wonder what important things you could be learning and absorbing if it wasn't for the fact that your brain is chock full of other things? My brain is full of complete nonsense - things I've learned from Us Weekly, Entertainment Tonight and Page Six. While I think I'm a relatively intelligent person, my brain just seems to like this kind of information better than say, the square root of pi. This was highlighted by a recent viewing of VH1's "The World Series of Pop Culture". There I was, home on the couch, YELLING at the contestant who didn't know the answer to "who lost her friendship with Heather Locklear by hooking up with Richie Sambora?" This seemingly normal guy didn't have a clue. I kept yelling "Denise Richards" at him until he relented, passing the question to his competitor, who was female, and obviously knew the answer. The troubling thing is that she was A DOCTOR. I have time to know this kind of stuff, but a neurologist? Isn't she supposed to be solving brain issues like mine instead of peering in there and siphoning off the top? Granted, most of the teams are way smarter than me when it comes to the world of trivia, but I think I could at least hold my own with good back-up. For instance, on a team with Michelle Kudesh and Mark Davis? We'd be world champions. Michelle taking 80's TV, Mark taking 70's TV, and me taking 90's boy bands. Can anyone say, "I'll take 90's boy bands for $300, Alex?"

On another note, the weekend is here again, thank god. In my new tradition of recommending good music, I saw last night what had to be one of the top 5 live acts I've ever seen. This was courtesy of Trombone Shorty and his band - Trombone Shorty is about 21 years old, a cross between Jay-Z and Andre 3000, and the sickest jazz trombonist ever. Anyone that can play AC/DC's "Back in Black" on the trombone and make it sound that good has a fan in me for life. If he comes to your town, try and check him out. If he doesn't, make the trip to New Orleans and see him in his home town.