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9 random thoughts that I wrote about while watching Michael Jackson's memorial, some of which have to do with the memorial, but most of which do not.

1. What happened to Mariah Carey? Listening to her try to get through “I’ll be There” during the Michael Jackson memorial was slightly painful. She can’t hit any high notes. Her voice has gotten really raspy and weak. How does that happen? It’s really too bad because she was such a talented singer and performer.

2. Why do they insist on messing with a working formula. Chuck was a great show. I’m not even interested in next season now. I finally got to watch last season’s finale. What they did to his character made absolutely no sense. It ruined everything that was great about the show and how it worked. Boo.

3. The Hangover was absolutely hilarious. Todd Phillips has now directed three of the funniest movies made since 2000: Road Trip, Old School, and now The Hangover. Genius.

4. The question keeps coming up about whether or not Roger Federer is the greatest tennis player of all time. First of all, tennis has been affected more in the last few decades by technology than any other sport. Trying to compare players who played with wood rackets to those who play with graphite is simply impossible. The game is too different. Is he better than Sampras or Nadal? I think that if you paired them all together at their respective peaks and had some kind of tournament where they played against each other on all surfaces, Federer wouldn’t win all the matches, but he would win more than the other guys.

5. I don’t understand the way cats think. They are crazy. My girlfriend’s cat doesn’t seem to understand that my feet are connected to my body. Of course she can’t figure out that her own tail is connected to her body, but even so, it’s very annoying.

6. Michael Jackson’s brothers are all wearing matching single gloves at his memorial. That’s cool. I’m not sure why they are not all on the same hand though. That’s a little weird.

7. During the first half of this baseball season, Albert Pujols has been out of this world good. He’s always been great, but he seems to be at another level. I hope he can make it to 60 home runs. That would be awesome.

8. Michael Jackson didn’t show us the worst, but certainly some of the weirdest ways that fame could affect a person. There’s just too much. Where do you start? When I was growing up, we had this record of Michael narrating the story of E.T. That was so cool. I wish I still had it.

9. Serena Williams is an interesting woman. And according to John Wertheim, she does not pack lightly.