http://www.silkwillow.com/blog An Armchair Critic's Blog About The Celebrities Next Door Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:42:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have revived my blog because this guy triggered me to do it. I love classic rock. I love nerds and smart people. And geeks. You may already have known that. I like odd looking people (see Clay Aiken). But hey, this guy is the epitome ... http://www.silkwillow.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/27/david-cook-the-guy-to-beat/ This blog has been out of sorts for so long, but I have to revive it. Why? American Idol Season 7 woke me up from my stupor again, that's why. I've been spending all my time trying to make a living off blogging with my other site (The Digerati ... http://www.silkwillow.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/27/hiatus-broken/ This site is on hiatus right now given so much going on for your author, yours truly, and not enough time to spare for serious television watching that would provide me ammunition for some decent and credible reviews. So I apologize for the inconvenience and the lack of posts ... http://www.silkwillow.com/blog/index.php/2006/11/18/television-watching-on-hiatus/ David Conley is a coal miner from Kentucky. He and his wife Mary are shaping up to be the popular team from The Amazing Race, based on viewers voting habits. You know how while you are watching these reality tv shows now, how they keep popping up these ... http://www.silkwillow.com/blog/index.php/2006/10/29/amazing-race-why-team-kentucky-was-spared/   Well, they did it. They got rid of CowBoy aka Cao Boi, the Vietnamese voodoo priest (sort of) who practiced pseudo shamanism on his fellow tribemates. In case you don't know who he is, it's the guy with the wrap around tattoo in the photo. They got ... http://www.silkwillow.com/blog/index.php/2006/10/23/survivor-asian-guys-rock/ In case you haven't noticed, American Idol Season 5 is being replayed on the Fox Reality TV Channel. It's turning into another opportunity for me to get sucked into the show again and awaken and relive some deep-seated memories of events both on and off tube that happened earlier ... http://www.silkwillow.com/blog/index.php/2006/10/20/american-idol-is-on-replay/ It looks like this blog is going to be a casualty of my progressively taxing schedule given that I am in the midst of a hectic and uncooperative software release (read: my job) at this time. My TV watching is paying the price and I'm not necessarily miffed by ... http://www.silkwillow.com/blog/index.php/2006/10/14/give-me-a-new-reality-show-i-can-sink-my-teeth-on/ The Bachelor is once more living up to its name as a glorified meat market. This time, the bachelor is an Italian Prince who has familial ties to Pope Paul V (Camillo Borghese) and Cardinal Scipione Borghese and a royal lineage that basically owns half of Rome. You ... http://www.silkwillow.com/blog/index.php/2006/10/11/the-bachelors-italian-prince/    Where's that drool bucket when you need it? The metamorphosis of Clay is just reaching its peak. I can't believe the scrawny guy from American Idol Season 2 is now this pop deity. Last week, its second week on the charts, Clay's "A Thousand Different Ways" ... http://www.silkwillow.com/blog/index.php/2006/10/08/my-clay-aiken-how-youve-grown/     So Do You Think They Can Dance? Dancing With The Stars was a tearful night of the Waltz interspersed with some heavy footed Paso Doble. Why is it that when bonafide B-rated celebrities decide to make television by joining a talent contest, it never quite gets as exciting as ... http://www.silkwillow.com/blog/index.php/2006/10/06/prancing-with-the-stars/