Tidbits 12/1

Thanks to the ClayReport for a heads up on this wonderful "Happy Birthday, Clay" montage from rcknrllmom.

• Nice Clay mention from Meghan Mullally during the KTLA Morning Show this morning. The CB's annieg9 says:

  Megan Mullally was a guest on the show with Sam Rubin and the news team. They asked her if she'd met good people on the show that she HADN'T KNOWN WELL BEFORE. She said "Yes, Clay Aiken. He is the nicest person. I really enjoyed getting to know him."
  

• INQ 7 Philippines - who should become the Philippines new Idol? ~ nice Clay mention-- "I don’t think he’ll have a problem becoming successful. Look at Clay Aiken"
  
• Dose.ca - Clay Aiken visiting Days of our Lives.
• AOL Music press release - AOL Music to offer CD listening party for Merry Christmas With Love.
  
• Christmas tour mentions:
• Greensboro News Record
• The State SC
  
• Hometown Annapolis
• Northwest Indiana News
• Northwest Indiana News - article #2

  Next up, the 3,400-seat Merrillville venue plays host to pop music sensation, Clay Aiken. The former "American Idol" finalist performs an 8 p.m. show on Saturday that blends tunes from his hit albums -- "Measure Of A Man" and "A Thousand Different Ways" -- with holiday songs from his 2005 holiday album, "Merry Christmas With Love," while accompanied by a full symphony orchestra. Tickets: $49.
  

• Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram - random Clay mention in Dixie Chicks/Rosie tidbit.
• Raleigh News & Observer - Daughtry making respectable debut...

  The numbers for Daughtry, who finished fifth on "American Idol" last season, were also less than half of what Raleigh "American Idol" runner-up Clay Aiken scored with his 2003 debut album. "Measure of a Man" sold 613,000 copies its first week to propel Aiken to No. 1 on the Billboard 200. But it tops the 205,000 first-week copies Aiken sold with his second album, "A Thousand Different Ways," when it debuted in September.

• Foxes on Idol - another Daughtry mention.
  
• YouTube - Kelly Ripa says she didn't even know Clay before "Kellygate" ... hmm... really?
• YesButNoButYes - "If I had to cast the three ghosts for a live action Magoo's Christmas Carol, I'd pick American Idol's Clay Aiken, a cryogenicallly preserved Jerry Garcia, and Georgia Senator Zell Miller." (what the heck is this???)
  

• Carolina On Mind - don't forget to check out Carolina Clay's weekly roundup... always top notch!
  
• Some more birthday wishes for Clay from across the Clay nation's many blogs:
• There Was A Man:

  All day I have been trying to come up with something worthy of Clay's 28th birthday. I haven't blanked out so badly since the 'Statement of Financial Position Cash Basis' problem on the CPA exam. Luckily the very eloquent Rockys Mom of Clayversity wrote a lovely post which went right to the heart of wanted to say, but could quite get out.

• ... and the one and only Jemock @ Taking A Moment ... uh... LOL--

  Happy birthday to yooooooouuuuu
  
  Happy birthday to yooooooouuuu
  
  You look like a Monkeeeeee*
  
  With your brand-new hair-doooooooo!!!
  

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