Augh, kill me now. Kelly Clarkson is ugly, tubby, and annoying. She is also devoid of musical talent in my opinion and contrary to the opinion of the voting public for Fox's talent search.

I'm reasonably certain that Formula 1 doesn't waste time with such worthless displays of "entertainment". I'd be interested in finding out how Speed manages to avoid this problem; perhaps because the F1 broadcasts are an FIA world feed.

I wonder what the cost of a ticket would be if I just wanted a seat to watch the racing, and not any of the other garbage that keeps getting added on to a NASCAR Nextel Cup race. It is a race; the attraction of a race is enough in and of itself---men and machines pitting themselves and their strategies against each other. If you need more than that to enjoy the race, then go home and watch the NBA.

Oh, and I absolutely hate the Chevrolet Presidents' Day ads. Hip-hop renditions of "Ruffles & Flourishes" should be banned.

EDIT: The only way that the command to start engines should be given is as if you were Michael Ironside in Top Gun. Mr. Cage, you fail miserably.

EDIT: The Chevrolet railroad commercial fails. That being said, I'm glad that someone's giving a nod to our railroad industry. Too bad GM sold off its Electro-Motive Division, so they don't actually make diesel-electric locomotives anymore.

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I have the Busch Clash Budweiser Shootout, and I just heard something annoying: Toyota are running commercials announcing "thanks for having us" as part of their introduction into the NASCAR Nextel Cup competition.

Funny, I don't remember Toyota asking me if I wanted them in the Nextel Cup championship.

My answer would have been an emphatic 'no'.

EDIT: The highlight of the evening was the return of Krista Voda to covering NASCAR. I haven't watched NASCAR Nation (is it even still on?) since her departure for whatever reason, but I've ranted on that before.

If we are going to have women covering traditionally male sports, then they might as well be competent. Competency, thy name is Voda.¹

NB: SO SORRY, TOYOTA!

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¹ For the only known image gallery of Miss Voda, click here. She always was and always will be superior to Leeann Tweeden et al in motorsports journalism skill and other areas as well.

A January entry at Open Wheeler discusses Miss Voda's return to NASCAR Nextel Cup coverage, and is illustrated to boot. The lucky devil got to talk to her!

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Meh, it must have been utter misery to play in that game. How much did it rain?

The only problem with it is that somewhere, someone will say that Manning, like his lesser predecessor who only died for humanity's sins and did not win a Super Bowl, walked on water.

-Indianapolis should have made 'Sexy Rexy' the MVP. (Statistics aside, I'd almost suggest that he scored more for Indianapolis than Peyton Manning did.) I was shouting at the television by the end of it, much to the delight of my pro-Colts friends.

-Hooray for Thomas Jones; a good ol' boy from the Western District does well. I am always pleased when he does well. All reports indicate that he is a good man and is a credit to his family. This is a good thing.

-The commercials were eminently forgettable. I'm having a hard time recalling any of them.

-Meh, Prince. I think I made popcorn during the halftime show. That being said, I think I would have been eager to weasel out of that performance if I'd been him; I'm not eager to hold an electric guitar during a downpour like that.

-I am officially on hiatus from the NFL for the time being. My interest will resume when various outlets report that the furor of canonization for Saint Peyton has abated somewhat.

Spring Training cannot come soon enough. Pitchers, report!

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