» Saw this ad in the Bay Guardian:

The divorce must have hit his bank account hard.

» Pizza Hut's Crunchy Cheesy Crust Pizza is simultaneously intriguing and repulsive.

» I rewrote the chorus to "Jumper" by Third Eye Blind:

I wish you were never cast as Anakin
You were… uncharismatic and your acting was wooden
And… you had no chemistry with Ms. Portman
Hayden Christenseeeeeeeeeen!
Hayden Christenseeeeeeeeeen!

Frank Jacobs, I'm not.

The angry boy a bit too insane
Icing over a secret pain
You know you don't belong…

» You know who I feel sorry for? Star Wars fanatics who died between the releases of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, particularly terminal patients who had to live with never knowing what happened to Han Solo.

» "Cruella DEE Vil!" Way to desecrate my childhood, Disney.

• Hayden Panettiere covered the song too.

» Just added to the 2008 Bamboozle fest (I wish): Throwdown with Bobby Flay.

» With the release of Step Up 2 the Streets on Friday, can we officially declare "urban dancing competition" a film genre?

» Sue Grafton may very well complete her "alphabet series," which began in 1983 — undoubtedly on a whim — with "A" Is for Alibi. Of course, now she faces a string of formidable letters: U, V, W, X, Y and Z. What's a crime-related word that begins with "Z"?

» I'm amazed that shoe-shine stands are still profitable.

» Put a tiny alligator on a polo shirt and sell it for $80 — what a scam.

» I think I can fart the Price Is Right loser music.

» Winning $1,000,000 on Deal or No Deal isn't very novel when 11 of the 26 cases contain $1,000,000. It's like becoming a millionaire on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? after using seven lifelines.

» Oscar the Grouch was part of the mob on last Friday's episode of 1 vs. 100:

How ghetto am I? Photographing an SLP VHS recording on an SD television…

» "My Ass Is So White"
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