Valuable space in my brain is being wasted by thoughts like these:

• How screwed up is it that whenever I hear Strauss’ “Thus Spake Zarathustra” that I don’t think of a great concert symphony, or the opening of 2001: A Space Odyssey; but instead I think of Ric Flair’s ring entrance?
• I don’t care if he did steal Jude Law’s girl friend last summer, the new James Bond is a real pansy. How the hell can we respect a James Bond that is pro-gun control? The casting people have got to be smoking some really, really good dope.
• And a sure sign of the impending Apocalypse. Ashlee Simpson, the terminally untalented and annoying sister of pop star Jessica Simpson, has the No. 1 album this week. That puts her ahead of soul legend Stevie Wonder. She’s also ahead of Nickelback and the Black Eyed Peas. That just shows that in today’s MTV, image is king, ten second sound bite world; talent is no longer a factor.