This last week was the semi-finals for “Britain’s Got Talent” and unless you have been living under a rock or are completely unplugged from the modern world, you have heard of Susan Boyle.

Short recap: Ms. Boyle is 48ish, lives with her cat and cared for her mother, swore she’d never been kissed, frumpy with a unibrow and she ended up going on stage during auditions and knocking a song right out of the park.  That video subsequently become a viral phenomenon and she was suddenly thrusted to celebrity status.  The link to her first appearance on the show is HERE.  Even the most jaded of folk had to feel some goosebumps the first time they saw / heard her sing.  What got me was seeing Simon Cowell absolutely gobsmacked.

So anywhooo…Susan was back on the show this last week trying to get to the finals.  The producers did the smart thing and held her performance right until the very end of the show and although she started a big shaky, she ended up giving another terrific performance.  Here she is…

Yes, Ms. Boyle is a fantastic find and a wonderful singer of Andrew Lloyd Weber show tunes (which, sadly I am partial too as well)…but lost in all the hubbub around her, we have missed probably one of the most incredible, stupendous, original acts EVER!!!

On the same show, vying for a spot in the finals…ladies and gentlemen I give you…. [Read more →]

Weekly Deals for Detroit Area Stores  - 5/25/09:

A slim pickem’ week at area stores….

Kroger – No Advertised Specials this week.

Meijer – Oscar Mayer Regular, Lower Sodium or Center Cut Sliced Bacon (2 for $6)

Hiller’s - Smithfield, Regular or Low Sodium, 16 oz. ($2.79)

Busch’s - No Advertised Specials this week.

Target – No Advertised Specials this week.

Go Get Some!!

Need to see another store on the list…let me know!