As Julia Says: Big Mistake. Huge.

Dish won't watch American Idol ever again now that Paula Abdul is gone. The execs chose Ambien-substitute Kara over our favorite nurturing and drunk Paula. It's all about $$$, of course. They will pay Ambien-subtitute 2 Ryan Seacrest 45M for making inane comments and homoerotic gang signals at Simon. Ambien-substitute 3 Randy Jackson will probably get many Ms for saying "dog", but the execs won't fork it over for Paula whose misfortune is that she has a vadge. I hope the ratings plummet and the show gets canned.

On another note, many years ago, in a land called Upstate New York, Dish was a blushing eighteen-year-old who puffed on her Malboros, translated Latin poetry and threw back refreshing Gin and Tonics on Dishmama's porch. The smoking is gone but I'm re-instituting late afternoon cocktail hour. In my Lush-Training, I consulted J.J. who instructed me to buy cheap gin unless drinking straight from bottle (maybe in a month or two). Forgot to ask--is gin like mayonnaise in that you have to refrigerate after opening? I gots my limes, tonic water, and ice. So, come five o'clock, I'll start appreciating summer. Such a small thing. Poor Paula must have had at least five G&Ts by now.