Three of my friends have birthdays today so happy birthday to Jon Gans, Gabe Anderson and Andrew Chazen!

Yesterday I forgot to make a “Survivor” prediction. The unlucky castaway to get the boot was Jerri the Bitch. OK, maybe she wasn’t as bitchy as she was in Australia three years ago. But she was still pretty damn annoying. With 9 players left, Rob and Amber remain in control as they have seemingly made alliances with everyone.

In other TV news, the shit finally hit the fan on “24”. Or should I say, a biological virus hit the fan. After chasing after the virus all season, it was finally unleashed within a hotel in L.A. People inside the hotel didn’t waste anytime showing symptoms so it looks like there’s going to be quite the casualty count. Unfortunately, Kim was not inside the hotel. And be sure to check out reruns of “South Park” this weekend. The episode was titled “The Passion of the Jew” and is a great satirical look at America’s interest in “The Passion of the Christ.” The episodes main conclusion? That Mel Gibson is insane.

So far so good with “Air America” radio. I’ve been listening to “The O’Franken Factor” for the past two days and it’s pretty good. Franken has a professional radio host co-hosting the show with him because he’s a novice to the genre. But the content has been mostly satisfying. So far they’ve interviewed Bob Kerrey, Hillary Clinton, Michael Moore, and Richard Reich. Al Gore and Ben Stein called in and Bebe Newirth provided the voice of Ann Coulter who, as the skit went, got locked inside of a closet in the Air America studios. Hopefully the station can soon get on the air in the swing states.

I hate to say it but it seems that the Mets are really going to stink this year. They’re losing all of their spring training games, Jose Reyes is out with some mysterious leg ailment, Kaz Matsui is having a lot of trouble adjusting to U.S. pitchers and their starting rotation is still undecided. I’d like to amend my original 4th place prediction. I now say they will come in last. But perhaps its best to enter the season with low expectations so any successes they do have will be a nice surprise.