POP TV - Coping with the Copacabana Catastrophe.

Bid a fond farewell to the first 4 eliminated American Idol contestants Becky O'Donohue, Stevie Scott, Bobby Bennett and Patrick Hall.

Now that the first week of the top 24 is over, I will now make my predictions as to who will make it to the Top 12:

Boys:
Jose "Sway" Penala
Taylor "Strange (graying) Animal" Hicks
Chris "Eat Your Baby" Daughtry
Elliott "Yecch!" Yamin
Kevin "Josh Groban You Look Not" Corvais
Ace "I hate you cuz you're semi-beautiful" Young

Girls:
Paris "Can I Pinch Your Cheeks?" Bennett
Ayla "Basketball (to the face)" Brown
Lisa "Soul Glo Hair Revival" Tucker
Kelly "Pickler?" Pickler
Katharine "Quirky Mona" McPhee
Mandisa "Too Hot for a Last Name" Mandisa

I hope my predictions come true.

I only hope that David "Crooner to the Squirrels" Radford and Brenna "Oh for fuck's sake, shut the hell up!" Gethers don't get into the finals.

POP TECH - Walking in a Winter Wonderland.

It's that time of the year folks.

That's right: It's only 325 days before Christmas! And what better way to celebrate this fine occasion than to visit a website dedicated to the holidays and cleaning out your wallet!

I landed on Santa-Claus.com, a website that does the seemingly impossible: Gets THE ONE AND ONLY Santa Claus to write your child letters from the NORTH POLE!!

Once you enter the website (and, annoyingly, every page change there-in), you are greeted by a chime sound, and two stockings landing in front of an already crowded fireplace.



There's no finer way to celebrate the holiday season than to place a number of highly flammable objects precariously close to an open flame.

And WHY is it snowing in the house?

The letters can be made highly personal:



He also knows what school you go to, what make and model car your parents drive, what medications you take, and your worst nightmares.

He's very thorough.


But the site doesn't just stop at forcing the already-overworked Santa to write letters, he will also PERSONALLY call your child and wish him a Merry (place Religious holiday here)! I can't think of a better thing to do for your child than to have a creepy anonymous old man call them up and scar them for life.

You could go cheap and have a pre-recorded message call you, but that's only if you don't love your child enough.

One of the more ridiculous offers is a Santa Letter with MAGIC SNOW!!!



Thank god the price includes shipping AND magic, otherwise this would be a complete waste of money.

And yes, I would LOVE to learn more. For instance, where do you get the balls to sell fake snow and fake Santa crap?

Maybe their guts and moxie is built up because of their location. I mean, with all the magic and splendor they promise, it must be a winter wonderland, with reindeer, snow hills, and mistletoe!

Thankfully, they provide their telephone number and address, so I can get to the bottom of this...

They are from the place that provides



pretty and prickly cacti...



24 hour gambling...



and cheap prostitutes. Oh, and Celine Dion.


I don't claim to be an expert in geography, but I'm pretty sure Nevada is nowhere near the North Pole.


They probably have a call center that's filled with Santa-sounding employees waiting to give you a call!



"I see you when you're sleeping; I know when you're awake, Clarice..."

Thanks to Robbie for notifying me of this holiday hocus-pocus.