It's Jimmy Kimmel Live!

First, a follow up to the $10,000 pot limit holdem event at the World Series. Andy Bloch came in second, and that earned him a cold $488,048. The final table was impressive, but it had to be in that field.

Today we went to Pink's famous hot dog stand for lunch. We were both really excited, because it's been featured on tv shows and is considered one of the premiere hot dog stands in the country. The Oxygen network is doing some promotion for "Tori and Dean," so the owner of Pink's gave 100 guests free hot dogs. That was a relief considering we waited in line for a half hour, but it would be a short-lived relief. We both agreed that it was the worst hot dog we've ever eaten. If you're ever in Hollywood, you can go ahead and mark that one off the list. At least it was free.

Jimmy Kimmel was a better experience. It was a little disjointed, because they were filming for four different shows. He is going to be doing a half hour show before each game of the NBA Finals. The first one will be airing at 8pm in the east on Thursday. Magic Johnson was on, and he will air on the 8th. Liv Tyler was the other guest, and her segment will be before game four on the 12th. Jimmy also had the spelling bee champion and challenged him to a duel. That will go to air on the 5th. Coldplay was the musical guest, and that will air on Wednesday night at the regular time of 12:06 am. We had to go outside for the Coldplay mini-concert. I only recently found out that I'm the only person who thinks Coldplay is the worst band on the planet. Just to be clear, I always knew I didn't like them. It's the part about everybody else liking them that was the realization. Other than that, the show was great (and we hit the exits so it's all good).

I have a few pictures of stars and various other pictures from Hollywood. I haven't loaded them yet, but I'll probably put them up tomorrow night.

A few notes now on things not trip-related. The French Open is shaping up nicely. I'm picking Almagro to take out Nadal. Then, I'm going with a Federer-Djokovic final. On the women's side, I liked Safina before the tournament started. It would be a huge step forward for her, but she's playing well enough to really make on impression on the 'ova's and 'vic's. I think in the end that Ivanovic will be too much, and she's my pick to take the title. If it does come down to Fed and The Prick, I'll have to wait to see how much the previous matches have taken out of them.

In a final note, I found out that Butch Taylor has left Dave Matthews Band. He was the keyboardist, and though never an official member, he was largely considered the sixth member of the band. He filled the void left by Peter Griesar who left the band just before they soared to popularity. While I do not care much for the keys, it will be strange to see stage right with no Butch for the first time in 10 years. The good news is that Timmy Reynolds is touring with them all summer. "All good things must come to an end sometime."

Later,
Matt