Read in the paper the other day that the fellow who became semi-famous while trying to trade a red paper clip for a house has now achieved his goal. After loads of bartering and wacky item exchanges, he finally picked up the keys to a house. In…Saskatchewan. Oh well, a house is a house…maybe he’ll be close to the set of Corner Gas. He won’t run out of wheat anytime soon, either.

This kind of stuff does inspire me though. As my wife and I are in the middle of buying our next home, I will attempt to trade what we end up with for a red paper clip, after all is said and done. I’m hoping we have less complicated exchanges to go through, but I suspect that after this dude’s success, there should be a rash of eager copycats. I’ll keep you posted…

On last night’s Rockstar: Supernova results show, the bottom three contestants got a chance to redeem themselves. Personally, if I was either super or nova myself, I’d have sent all three home. However, network executives tend to appreciate their shows running longer than a couple of weeks, so we’ll have to endure repeat appearances by some of these characters again. Oy…

Speaking of the rock stars, is it just me or are the three aging members of this new super-group maybe a little too mellow-looking now to be passing themselves off as quasi-metal kings?? Tommy Lee looks like he could be babysitting my imaginary grandkids, and the other two band-mates could be professional bowlers for all I know. We’ll just have to see, as the show comes around to concluding some day. At least it isn’t America’s Got Talent.

Which by the way was pretty entertaining to some degree itself last night. Do the producers of that show really believe that some of these competing acts are talented?? I balanced a running lawnmower on my chin just the other night, and my wife frequently snaps her fingers to old Miami Sound Machine songs, with a far less outdated mustache than the guy doing it last night. Maybe I should abandon this blogging gig and refresh my Lord Of The Dance tribute act. I could be missing my calling!!

Chow for now!!