Last week, Jacksonville.com reported that An Evening of Hope With Sarah Palin, originally slated for the Times-Union Center's 2,936-seat Moran Theatre, has been moved to the 609-seat Terry Theatre due to slow ticket sales.

I know there's a joke in there somewhere. Any suggestions?

Palin's appearance on August 26 is a fundraiser for Heroic Media, a faith-based non-profit organization that celebrates the heroism of motherhood (shouldn't that be heroine-ism?). Tickets are $50-$100.

In an unrelated story, there are only five more days until Tears for Fears performs at WMMO's Downtown Concert Series in Orlando.

Exactly seven days from now I will be gazing at two of my favorite stars—Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith—when Tears for Fears plays in Orlando as part of WMMO's free Downtown Concert Series.

For those of you who need your memories refreshed, Tears for Fears was an MTV staple back in the '80s. They had a #1 album, Songs From the Big Chair, and four Hot 100 singles ("Shout," "Everybody Wants to Rule the World," "Head Over Heels" and "Mother's Talk"). They had a couple of other hits, then, as all good '80s bands do, they broke up. [Note to anyone under the age of 30 who claims to have never heard of Tears for Fears: Adam Lambert sang a TFF song on American Idol.]

Somehow they must have gotten a hold of my diary because they reunited in 2004 and released Everybody Loves a Happy Ending (obviously, they didn't read my entries very carefully or they'd be playing in Jacksonville). Be that as it may, they will be in Orlando at City Hall Plaza on Saturday, August 28. Rico Monaco and Sol Son (aka Band That Is Not Tears for Fears) take the stage at 4 PM, and SWITCH performs at 6:30 PM (aka Other Band That Is Not Tears for Fears). Tears for Fears (aka My Favorite Band of All Time) comes on at 8 PM.

P.S. RIP, Brittany Murphy.

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A friend and I were eating at Al's Pizza in Riverside yesterday when I saw a tall, muscular, black guy walk in. The fact that he was wearing black shorts and a black Jaguars shirt made me think he might be a Jaguar. Not that every tall, muscular, black guy wearing a Jaguars shirt plays for the team, of course, but he did look familiar.

So as not to look like a stalker by staring at him for the next 30 minutes, I asked our server if the guy sitting at the bar played for the Jaguars. He told me it was Ernest Wilford.

Wilford, as you may have heard recently cut off his signature dreads, to show his support for Wolfson Children's Hospital, which explains why I didn't recognize him. The Jags' tight end sat at the bar drinking a glass of red wine (for the anti-oxidants, I'm sure) and fiddling with his phone while waiting for his to go order. He chatted with the people at the bar and the staff and seemed like a very nice young man—with a dazzling smile.

The Clara White Mission School of Culinary Arts will be featured on the Today show (you know, the one with Matt Lauer and Meredith Viera) on Thursday, May 27 during the 8 a.m. hour. The segment will feature interviews with staff and students enrolled in the program. On Friday's show, CEO/President of the Clara White Mission Ju'Coby Pittman-Peele will be interviewed live in New York along with representatives of other non-profit agencies.