For those of you who missed it the other night, Camile did get the heave-ho on American Idol after one of the most padded out results shows ever. Which, given the show we're talking about, is saying something. Even better was that by the end they were running long, so not only did they have all that padding, they screwed it up to boot. It didn't help that they did this stupid thing where they put the 9 finalists into three groups, two of which were safe. Pointless! Camile was joined in the bottom by Jasmine and Diana. Diana I could see, Jasmine not so much. She wasn't great, but there were worse people who weren't in the bottom three at all.

On The Apprentice, the final four candidates got pared down to two after a day of interviews with some top Trump people. Nick got canned, as he was widely seen as not being able to get beyond his sales orientation (they also didn't see the personality and leadership qualities that Nick has always professed to having, which, if they are there, don't come out as much as Nick thinks they do). Sadly, my pick to win it all, Amy, was also sent packing. She had the worst set of interviews by far, being accused of having no substance by pretty much everyone.

This left Bill and Kwame, each of whom was given a task to run in the Trump universe. Bill got a golf tournament at Trump National, Kwame a Jessica Simpson concert at the Taj Mahal (just what we needed, more of her). To help them, each got to pick three out of a pool of six former contestants to work for them. Bill went with Nick, Amy, and Katrina (odd choice there, as they butted heads more than once), while Kwame got to reunite with Troy, Omarosa, and Heidi. It was not too much later (in show time) that Omarosa, who was handling the logistics of getting everyone to the casino, royally screwed up the travel plans for both Simpson and her band and then lied about it. The fibbing hasn't really come out, but it's there. Kwame hasn't really pushed her on it, which is too bad. Bill's task is going a little better, but from what they showed it seems like Bill's a bit of a jerk as a boss. Scenes from next week suggest that will continue.

In actualy reality events, I spent yesterday at the Frozen Four semifinals. Amazingly, both of the teams I was rooting for won. Denver took full advantage of a Minnesota-Duluth collapse to win 5-3, scoring 3 goals in the first half of the third period. Denver has apparently changed their color scheme to more of a maroon and gold than the red and white I remember from years back, which really weakened their position as official rooting interest. But they held on, and are now solidly back in that role.

That's due, in the largest part, to their opponent in the finals: Maine. The Black Bears held off BC to win 2-1, really a testament to Jimmy Howard's netminding (stopping 40 of 41 shots). Maine scored twice on 18 shots. Make your own conclusions, goalie-wise.

Major thanks go out to Mike Burger for the tickets, and for putting up with me for much longer than anyone really should have to.