Jamie Burnside

Jamie Burnside

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Reply to American Idol 4: Hollywood day One in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Hmmm. I think that it may be a bit of a leap to label her a "hyper drama queen" given what little we've seen of her on television. I think that she may have appeared on television for about ninety seconds in total. I have seen hyper (if one could call enthusiastic "hyper"), but I haven't seen drama queen. In those few seconds, I just saw a nice young lady. I wonder if the pursuit of fame as an entertainer is worth it. (Too many ups and downs. Too much rejection and jud

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American Idol 4: Hollywood Group Song Competition in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Click here for my latest article. Tonight's American Idol featured one of my favorite points in the competition: the group song performances. In this part of the competition we get to witness: personality conflicts, frayed nerves, group cohesiveness, stage moms and dads, hurt feelings, and joy. And we got all of those (and more) on tonight's show. The format for the group song round is a bit different this year, as app

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Reply to Bond will return in Casino Royal in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

I was interrupted while writing my last post, so I will continue with a new James Bond. Gosh. I have no idea who should be next... Maybe it would be a good idea to put someone relatively unknown into the role. If that fails, maybe Gilbert Gottfried would take the role.

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Reply to Bond will return in Casino Royal in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

I grew up with Roger Moore as James Bond, so he'll always be 007 in my mind. Timothy Daulton was awfully underrated as 007. He was pretty cool. My favorite Bond movies are: OHMSS, Tomorrow Never Dies, and The Living Daylights.

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American Idol 4: Hollywood day One in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Click here for my latest article Hello there once again, and welcome to my own little look back at tonight's episode of American Idol. For what is -incidentally- my 400th JoeUser post, I will list off the most memorable occurences of a show that was surprisingly light on judge-contestant interplay. Instead of numbers tonight, I will just give all of my comments little asterisks. * Anthony Fedorov , the blonde-haired Rus

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Reply to On resumes in Business JoeUser Forums

Yeah I suppose you're right. It does make sense to include these things if one has to "go through the mill" to get a certain job. It all really depends on the type of job, doesn't it?

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On resumes in Business JoeUser Forums

Later on today I will go in for a job interview for a part-time job teaching night school. I wasn't really looking for a job at the time, but my wife found an ad in the newspaper for a position that I am qualified for, so I decided to give it a shot. Before going in, I had to prepare a resume. Prior to learning about the job I wasn't really searching, so I had to write a new resume (as my old one was out-of-date.) Going over the templates on Microsoft Office, and p

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A minor brain teaser. in Humor JoeUser Forums

The other day at work I was cleaning up a bit. (I have lots of extra papers all over my classroom.) On one paper that I was about to throw away, I noticed something that I could make into a little "puzzle" for my weblog friends. I spiffed it up a bit, and then I scanned it, and I present this for your enjoyment: The question is: What is this? (Answer hint: It is a pun.) <IMG style="W

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Reply to Fantastic Four? in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

You guys forgot to mention Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. starring David Hasselhoff. P.U.! I am actually optimistic about the Fantastic Four, but not about Ghost Rider. (That was just a vehicle to ride out the "Easy Rider" boom, wasn't it?)

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The nice weather is making the kids a bit crazy. in Misc JoeUser Forums

Here in Minnesota it has been quite warm this week. Today's temperature was around 50 degrees F (~16 C). The kids at the school where I work were nice little angels in the morning, but then after recess they were off the handle. I can understand. I watched them out on the playground. They were having a lot of fun running around in the snow with their coats off. They didn't want to come inside and study. So I wrote a little song that I had my first

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Reply to Bush may lose by Iraq Vote! in Politics JoeUser Forums

So is Daiwa saying that there isn't sentiment in the Iraqi voting public that could lead to an Islamic theocracy? Especially in these troubled times in Iraq, there would seem to be some incentive to eastablis Iran West.

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Reply to American Idol 4 Audition Round: San Francisco in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

I also loved the part where the people came out and said something totally different from what the judges told them. That one girl (I was debating about whether to write about her) who heard things through "rose-colored ears" did indeed get the point of what the judges said, even though their light praise was magnified in her mind. It

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American Idol 4 Audition Round: San Francisco in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Click here for my latest article. Tonight’s American Idol featured the last audition episode before the show moves to Hollywood. Apparently the second round has been titled “The Road Ahead.” (Was it named that before?) Simon, Paula, Randy and special guest judge Brandi took the show on the road to see what San Francisco had to offer. (I might be wrong about this but, weren’t there supposed to be Alaska auditions th

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Reply to American Idol 4 Audition Round: Cleveland and Orlando in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

P.S. I make a prediction that your blog is going to fly to the top of JU this season. I made it to Number two last year, but you're right: I have had a lot more random visits from Google than before. It is kind of cool. I haven't been impressed with any of the guest judges besides Gene Simmons. This sort of illustrates the

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American Idol 4 Audition Round: Cleveland and Orlando in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Click here for my latest article. Hello there and happy February! Tonight's American Idol audition round took us to Cleveland Ohio, and Orlando Florida. We were once again treated to a few good singers, a few colorful personalities, some awful auditions, and an extra-compassionate guest judge. Here are the top five points of tonight's show: 1) I want to start with one of the bes

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Go ahead and eat snow. in Misc JoeUser Forums

So a lot of us out there have anecdotes where a teacher at school melts a bunch of snow in a glass to prove the point that kids shouldn't eat snow. I think that witnessing this demonstration is a "rite of passage" in one's early primary school years. One of my students was eating a snowball out on the playground today. I got the snowball from him, and decided to stick it in a baggie to prove the point that he shouldn't be eating the snow. After a half hour the snow

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Reply to Lugging the little one to Twinsfest. in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

The White Sox... I don't think that they're going anywhere as long as Frank Thomas is on the team. He seems to be too much of a distraction. His influence also seems to undermine the manager. Once again, the White Sox may flirt with .500. I think that the real threat in the Central may come from the Tigers, but the Twins' starting five looks awfully strong: 1- Radke; 2- Santana; 3- Silva; 4- Mays; 5- Lohse (You've got Nathan, Mulholland, Romero,

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