a few random thoughts after watching late-night television two of the last three days:

- it sure is great that conan still does 'in the year 2000.' 'a plane carrying a peruvian soccer team will crash in the andes. although the plane is well-stocked with survival resources, the team will resort to cannibalism so as to not violate the atkins diet.'

- jon spencer (tuesday night on carson) sure looks ridiculous at this point.

- i don't think matchbox 20's rob thomas (leno, thursday night) has ever written a melody with any semblance of catchiness.


elsewhere, this just in: early-season rainouts caused because a poor-drawing team doesn't want to take a profit loss on a cold night, even when its a fifty-cent beer night, really suck. however, the opportunity to watch the first-place chicago cubs drop a 16-spot on the hapless cincinnati reds does not. ronnie santo thinks it's their year. so, apparently, does the boy.