Well Said

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Thank You Paul Newman

That poster hangs on my wall. Paul Newman was one of the true greats.

Couldn't Agree More

More TV You Should Watch

Here's a nice little Thursday night line up. Obviously, first you should watch The Office, which you already do, Thursdays @ 9 on NBC. Then . . .



I've started watching 30 Rock, which took me awhile to get into, but once I got used to the style and characters I was hooked. The new season starts on October 30th, which gives you plenty of time to get caught up on DVD. (Four episodes are available for free on www.hulu.com) Thursdays @ 9:30 on NBC.



It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. This is one of the funniest shows I have ever seen. If they can maintain it, they will make my all time shortlist which is always and forever topped by Seinfeld. This show has already started it's new season but it is also available on DVD, and most of it's first 3 seasons are available on www.hulu.com Thursdays @ 10 on FX.

Are you kidding me?

It is absurd that the interviewee is running for Vice President of the United States of America. Katie Couric looks like she wants to pause real life and switch seats with Sarah Palin before something goes seriously wrong.

Katie Couric's Interview With Sarah Palin

Mind-Blowingly Inappropriate or: How I Learned To Stop Being Manly And Start Loving Gossip Girl

At the risk of this blog getting extremely girly, I would like to state that one of my favorite new shows is Gossip Girl. I first became interested in the show during the spring when they launched this ad campaign:




Then with the advent of their newest ad campaign, I began to watch:




I think the campaigns are brilliant in both concept and execution. They have a great look, and are provocative in the best kind of way. The show itself is surprisingly entertaining, hilarious, and well made.

"Haven't you heard? I'm the crazy bitch around here . . . have fun in reform school. " - Blair Waldorf.

Oh man, I was cracking up when I heard that one.

She & Him, Volume One

Pleasant and Delightful.

She & Him, Volume One on iTunes

the mixtape about nothing

A socially conscious rapper who is a fan of Seinfeld, creates a Seinfeld themed mixtape, and where's Jordan's on the cover. I'm a fan. I haven't heard the whole mixtape yet, but I love "The Opening Title Sequence." -Note the lyrical Seinfeld theme in addition to the musical one. "What's the deal with . . . ?"- Once I listen to the whole tape I will comment further, but something tells me that like "the show about nothing", "the mixtape about nothing" will be about quite a bit.

Legend

Don Rickles won an Emmy last night, for the great documentary about his life, Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project . Comedy ages faster than just about anything else in the world, but at 82 years old he is still hilarious, and was by far the funniest part of the show.

Love Re-Locked Down

Kudos to Kanye, the new version is definitely a step up.

Listen Here

Image From Here

Burn After Reading

I seem to be into a lot of offbeat things right now, things that other people aren't digging as much, and I'm cool with that. First it was the new Kanye song, then the Seinfeld commercials for Microsoft and now it's Burn After Reading. I don't think it's going to find a huge audience, but I really dug it. Just go and have fun watching great talent play.

(That is the International Poster)

Conquistador

So what if these don't make sense.

Word Up

The Duplex

(I just like this picture, it has nothing to do with the story. The only real tie is that I took the picture, and I wrote the story.)

The duplex had been cleared and it was time for new tenants to move in. With four bedrooms in each duplex, at least 8 college students would be filling the walls of 1374 &1375 Walnut Road in Brewer’s Corner, Idaho. In 1374, four young, independent minded frat brothers filled their duplex with fancy electronics, leather furniture, a dart board, and a pony keg. In 1375, nine slightly older, mediocre collegiate baseball players filled their 4 bedrooms with bunk beds and chewing tobacco.

At around dusk on this mid-September evening, the frat brothers each plugged in a Foreman Grill and started cooking their cubed beef steaks, some even popped some Easy Mac in the microwave so that they could have two courses. Looking out their window the brothers saw the baseball players hitting baseballs up against the wall of their duplex. “Looks like a fun group guys,” said one brother. A chuckle was had, but the joke was quickly forgotten when Dane Cook came on Comedy Central in the background. The brothers could be seen flashing each other the “Su-Fi” as they started yelling ecstatic obscenities, tossed their meals on some plastic plates and hurled themselves on the couches around the tv.

As the night grew darker and the pony keg was being thoroughly enjoyed in 1374, a number of rumbles, some might even say, crashes, could be heard from 1375. Intrigued by what was going on next door, and interested in making friends with the new neighbors, the most sober of the frat brothers, James, made his way next door to invite the baseball players over for some beers.

As he knocked on the door, it slowly swung open, revealing a home, completely dark, but noticeably destroyed. “Hello?” said James. Popping up from behind a chair was a 6’4” broad shouldered, bald man, who could have been 19 or 34, wearing a miner’s helmet with a flashlight on the front, “what’s up?” he uttered with a dumb open mouthed wonderment on his face. “What are you guys doing in here?” asked James. The baseball player whose name was Skip, but it could have easily been Brody, Cody, Brad, or even Todd slowly and difficultly explained that the previous tenant had the power turned off and so until they could get it fixed they were going to play flashlight tag in the dark. Ever the gentlemen, James still invited Skip or Brody or Cody or Brad or even Todd and all of his roommates to come next door and enjoy some beers. Not to his surprise, the offer was quickly declined and the game of flashlight tag, a la miner’s helmets, ferociously continued on.

James returned to his side of the duplex, did a keg stand, and was never asked to explain what had happened at 1375 to anyone, he certainly didn’t volunteer the information. The only time that the story of James’s visit to 1375 ever came up was when he would explain future noises coming from next door with the quip, “Ever since they told me they play flashlight tag, I’ve assumed they’re idiots.”

-NDP

Ye

I dig the song, I dig the album art for the single, and I dig that Ye did an unproven offbeat song for his big show closing performance at the VMAs. Curious to see what my man Ye has up his sleeves for album #4.

I Believe