Night Owl Cards

    I just ran through a list of famous women who are considered the most beautiful in the world to confirm something for myself: Yup, I was right, I don't care about famous beautiful women anymore. OK, wait, let me explain that. I don't care enough about famous beautiful women to get to know who they are, obsess over them, watch all their movies or TV shows, put up posters of them in my room, you know, all that stuff I did when I was younger -- when famous beautiful women were almost all that was on my mind. Well, that and baseball cards. Half of the women on the "most beautiful" list I barely knew and a few I was seeing for the first time. Fifteen-year-old me would be so disappointed with myself. But that stuff isn't as important as it once seemed. That's what happens when you're settled in a marriage and all the life that follows. One day you wake up and you're 50 and your libido has ... well where did I put that thing? Still, like everything when y...

This might destroy any card blogging cred I've built up over the last eight months. In fact, if I were to get booted off the Heavenly Seven for this, I wouldn't be surprised. There is a lot to dislike about "American Idol." I could come up with a rather long list of issues I have with the show. But having said that, it still draws my interest more than just about anything on TV that doesn't involve sports. I love music. All kinds of music. And I love to watch talented people sing. And, yes, there are talented singers on American Idol, even though they may not fit everyone's taste or cover every musical genre (there is no "Sex Pistols Week"). There are certainly a number of singers that I can't stand -- I have zero interest in next week's season finale because the few singers that I enjoyed have been booted off. But from January to May, it produces enough interesting weeks to keep me hooked. Besides, females hold the majority in my home, so...