“We could do with some new blood around here!” Hee heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

CNN.com - New ‘Apprentices’ revealed - Aug 27, 2004

Yesterday, I was on fire…and I don’t know if that was a good thing or not. You see, I have a cold. A nasty, evil, 4-days-of-lowkey-suffering-before-it-really-hit-hard cold. Yesterday I made the critical mistake of taking a decongestant not once, but twice during the day. The result? I was pinging off the walls, all over the place and talkingamileaminuteandactingfrighteninglymanic. My posts reflected that, I think, as did most of my work-related emails.

Today though…no cold medicine so I’m stuffed up…and dragggggggggggggging myself through the day. Can’t clear out my head enough to form a funny thought that I can type onto my keyboard, but I’ll do my best.

Anyway, back to The Apprentice. You knew it had to happen. With the first season of the show, The Donald et al found their formula; meaning, they found the most anal-retentive, “look at me, look at me!!!” people they could find, tossed in a few truly business-savvy people for shock value and let ‘em loose on The Big Apple.

This time around, though, we have to go all EXTREME and find even more ruthless, competitive Type-A personalities. Fun! I had to giggle when I saw that we’ll be watching an Ivana (no relation to that Ivana) and not one, but TWO women whose names start with “Stac.” Now I ask you, referring back to my post on names and how people perceive you, who do you think would be the sharper tack, based on name alone? Stacy…or Stacie? I’m not making any judgments, just throwing that question out there for all of you to bat around like a kitten.

I mentioned last season (pre-Outwit, Outblog, Outsnark) that I think it would be so much fun to have a The Apprentice: All-Stars variety special or something to that effect. Bring in the big guns…Kenneth Lay, Bill Gates, Kate Spade…maybe even toss in Ben & Jerry…and have them try to rustle up business for TGI Friday’s. Get those Google IPO guys in to try to rent out Trump Tower for a wedding. Make Tommy Hilfiger work a lemonade stand. In other words, give real business folk the chance to win a trip to Mar-a-lago or the Trump Super Duper I Can’t Believe It’s Not Mortgaged Golf Course. Using “unknown” people as contestants has gotten so passe’.

Are the Olympics over yet? Ah…ahh…ahhh…choo!