I didn’t watch last night, but this wire story makes it sound like Simon was nudging the audience toward Taylor Hicks. More adept idologists like Warren and JPod might have a stronger opinion here, but it seems to me that if Simon roots for one contestant it’s not obvious that it doesn’t help the other one. Don’t millions of Americans hate Simon, with his wee beady eyes? Isn’t it possible that people might vote to stick it to Simon’s choice? Further, isn’t it possible that Simon knows this? Wheels within wheels my friends.

These issues are neither weighty nor profound, and I apologize in advance that the space in your brain once used to store your high school locker combination is now filled with the contents of this post.