...the KK express and also offer kudos to King for today's column. Put this into the other King "buttons" that have made me laugh out loud - "Team Chemistry" and the "First Team to score in the World Cup wins the game" being 2 recent examples. Also a fan favorite is the "Sitting a player with 2 fouls", but that one's been around for years...

On a sadder note, MikesPace has (finally) realized that Ohio is not the greatest place on earth (I'm not sure what place is, but I'm betting its an island) and issues a formal cease-and-desist to himself?!?! And here I was, all geared up for the Ohio diatribe today (King mentioned the Cincinnati Reds - I think "Oh snap, here comes Mike") but alas, cooler heads prevailed!

Truth be told, MP: I'm going to miss your Ohioan pride a bit. Not enough for it to make a welcome comeback, but a bit.

...but I have to disagree with Heather's assesment of "So you think.." First of all, I haven't cared about watching other people dance since the days of Danny Terrio and Michael Jackson's "Live at the Apollo" performance. And this is from someone who actually can dance - its much more enjoyable done by yourself or in the anonymity of a club.

Secondly, the only "talent" these wannabes are demonstrating is their ability to learn a routine (much like a performing seal - they even clap for themselves at the end) in a small amount of time. Weee! Britney Spears can learn to watch someone else dance and mimic it too! And all these tools seem to be competing for is a chance to dance behind Britney. Sure, there are cases of people coming out from the back-up dancer role and becoming a star (e.g., Paula Abdul, Jennifer Lopez, Kevin Federline) but those are few and far between. Plus, its a 3 hour weekly investment of time.

Lastly, don't even get me stated on the screeching, annoying judge that is Mary Murphy. Funny that Heather should describe her as the Dick Vitale of "So you think...", especially when you are aware of what most college hoops fans think of Vitale: loud, obnoxious, obvious, annoying and completely superfluous to your enjoyment of the sport!

New Feature: "tomreedtoon" Out of Context Quote of the Week:

I've decided that since "tom" has started to ease up a bit on the HH criticism (as of late) that I will do us the (dis)service of taking something he wrote in response to a HH column and posting it, entirely without context, and in bold formatting. Enjoy!"

"There is nothing wrong with people trying to play a musical instrument for their own pleasure. It's admirable. It's something I wish I had the time to do. But to sit like Severus Snape and condemn anyone who hasn't played Carnegie Hall yet is fascism, pure and simple."

Tomreedtoon: the Dick Vitale of "I Like to Watch"!

Apparently, not only is my only dance experience limited to a club, but apparently I'm a drunkard whenever that occurs. And apparently my name is spelled with 2 "H"s. Pretty much sums up what you know about me and the cooresponding brain fart you typed into your computer.

I'm pretty sure I know what it takes to be a "real" dancer. And it certainly wouldn't involve anything as soul-wrenchingly, self-promotionaly asinine as "So you think...". Which was kind of my point: The best musicians are rarely famous. The music is its own reward for the truly gifted. Same goes with dance (or any other fine art). The art is insulted by television program like this. What's nex:t "So you think you can sculpt?"

Want to try your comment again? With a name other than "Anonymous"?

You and your soccer ilk plus the damned Cubs vs. White Sox series are to thank for my 1.5 hour commute home from Target this Sunday. Thanks. My kid cried. You'd think that they could make a bigger deal out of these events BEFORE I'm stuck in traffic: Let's face it, the only time most people are expecting that much traffic near Soldier field is during football season or the Auto Show

Hey, MP: what, no capitulation on the "most money given away ever" arguement you lost? If you'd read the Molly Ivins book "Bushwacked" you'd have a good sense of how much foreign aid the US pledges in public photo-ops and then backs out of when no one's looking. Its almost criminal.

Lastly, the Pat Patriot logo was crap. I've seen better illustrations on high school notebooks. Something a little more derivative would have been nice (same position or maybe something that you could tell that its an actual minuteman) but the new logo is what it is. The only people who pine for Pat are the same fans who were unhappy with the Superbowl (or for that matter, the World Series) victories because we didn't win "the right way" (whatever that means). And the new Pats unis are pretty cool. I'd rather wear the silver and blue over those old red stripes any day!