One Trick Pony

Wow. There’s a list of what various entertainers get on the college circuit. Here’s a sampling, sorted from pricy to bargain basement:

Adam Sandler - $100K + !!!!

Sting - $100K +

Jay Leno - $75K

Jon Stewart - $65K

Dennis Miller - $50K

Kids in the Hall - $40K

Wayne Brady - $40K

Weird Al Yankovic - $20K

Ellen Degeneres - $35K

Art Garfunkel - $25K

Joan Rivers - $20K

Rockapella - $10K

Laurie Anderson - $10K

Arlo Guthrie - $7.5K

Rich Hall - $2.5K

I’d enjoy seeing any of these except for Adam Sandler and Joan Rivers. I wish there were a similar list of public speakers on the education circuit. I’m never sure how to price myself. Higher than Rich Hall, anyway. [from Boing Boing]

Thanks to Tivo, we watched Invasion of the Saucer-Men tonight. It’s one of the movies of my yoot, and it had all the standard ingredients of a late 50s teen movie: befuddled adults who refuse to believe the kids; secretive military guys; skeptical cops; and drunken cows. The technology of Tivo is certainly broadening our cultural horizons.

It wasn’t totally wasted time, though. With our laptops before us, we multitasked. June whipped up web pages for Julian Charter School. Alex rewrote his blog software in PHP from scratch. I watched the movie.

The Airborne Express truck just brought me the goofy box with Jaguar spots that I’ve been waiting for. Soon I’ll be able to jump higher, run faster, play concert piano, bowl a perfect 300, catch flies with my bare hands, and solve non-linear equations in my head. Just you wait and see.