What’s the water cooler conversation at your office today? I’ll bet that no one is talking about Charlie Brown Gibson taking over the news desk at ABC. There’s not even much talk about how the sidekick of the DC sniper is turning bitch on his one time mentor. Is there anybody talking about Iran maybe wanting to play nice with their new nukes? Well, there’s some of that in our office, but it comes in second to the real hot topic.

McPheever vs Soul Patrol.

I’ve said from the start (yes, THE WOMAN forces me to watch this crap) that Taylor Hicks is the only contestant I’d pay to see sing. But I’ve also said from the start that I’d pay to see Katharine McPhee take her clothes off while she sings. We sort of got that a couple of weeks ago when her dress popped open. That performance got her a few thousand extra votes, and hopefully some grooming tips for ‘down there’ as well. I wonder if it might not have been the factor that kept her on that week since she sang so horrendously.

Still it’s amazing the amount of time and energy that show takes up. If the government really is using the media to distract us from the real problems of the world then this is a key part of the plan. I will be glad when it’s over tonight. Taylor Hicks will have won and go on to cut some pop piece of drivel that we’ll all forget about by next season. Kat will be on her way to Broadway and obscurity. Then the rest of us can get back to doing the Lord’s work of curing cancer and solving world hunger.