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Headline of the Day

Mar

14

2007

…goes to Daily Variety, for their headline on the story about Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? being picked up for 13 more episodes. Awesomely, my old boss from when I worked at Ellen is now working for them. It’s the television equivalent of Snakes on a Plane: You hear that title, and you ...

Way Ahead of You

Mar

11

2007

No need for anyone to send me this story about what I can only imagine is Chaplin’s long-lost brother. The detail that it was a black and white cat was not lost on me.

I Swear, Officer, It’s Just A Gun-Shaped Harmonica

Mar

7

2007

This story about John Popper getting popped for driving over 110 MPH, then having a subsequent search of his vehicle produce a massive cache of weapons and a small amount of weed raises several interesting questions: – Being the lead singer of freakin’ Blues Traveler, shouldn’t that be “a massive stash of weed and a ...

Hitting The Irony Jackpot

Mar

6

2007

Well, I did not win almost 400 million dollars in the lottery, but I did score a fairly funny souvenir in my losing ticket. Across the top, there’s a little message: March 5-11 is National Problem Gambling Awareness Week Awesome that it happens to fall on a week with a ridiculously enormous jackpot. It’d be ...

Cute Overload: Antarctic Edition

Mar

4

2007

My dad and Ray Ann went to Antarctica in January, and since Ray Ann refuses to go digital, they just got their Picture CD back and passed along photos I can actually share. And they have some awesome pictures, most of which were taken by Ray Ann (click to see full size versions): My dad ...

Viewer Alert

Mar

4

2007

Remember how I said a couple months ago that my boss was directing an episode? It’s now finished, and it airs Tuesday at 9 (8 Central). Please feel free to watch and goose our 18-49 numbers.

Stop Me, Before I Subscribe Again! 1

Feb

26

2007

So I was cleaning this weekend, and I got all my magazines sorted into stacks. And even though I’ve been plowing through them at the gym, the stacks were still huge. Just today, I finished August’s Sports Illustrateds…August of 2005. I’m a year behind in Entertainment Weekly, a year and two months in Newsweek. I ...

Cleanup on Aisle 6

Feb

23

2007

I think I set a new world record for clumsiness this afternoon. I was out doing some errands for the production company’s office (I officially work for one of the production companies that produces the show, and they have an office off-lot), and I managed the most fractious display of my clumsiness ever. First, I ...

Why Am I Stupid?

Feb

22

2007

I have a busy enough weekend planned. I’m going to the tax accountant. I’m having an Oscar party. I’m going to attempt to wall-mount my TV (though if that fails spectacularly enough, I will not be having an Oscar party). So, with all that on my plate, you’d think I wouldn’t be stupid enough to ...

Ice Ice Baby

Feb

21

2007

When I was looking for an apartment, I was super-excited when I found mine. The main thing it was missing was a hookup for the icemaker in my fridge. This is a ridiculous convenience, but one I’d gotten very, very used to. The ability to have a giant pile of ice just sitting there, awaiting ...