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Any article that quotes Toby Keith is guaranteed garbage.

May 312006

DC students sabotage their chances at ever touching a woman again.

Jentz points to Moniello. “He’s been an author.”

Moniello grins. “I’ve written a few books.”

Books, plural? At age 22?

“Hey, you only have a couple of minutes to make an impression,” Moniello continues. “So if you have to save a baby seal from an oil spill in Alaska, you have to save a baby seal.”

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If the wingman is the least bit interested in the sidekick girl, he’ll signal that to his partner-in-crime and include himself in the lie.

“You can’t assume that every girl with a wingman is ugly,” Moniello says. “She may be very attractive. If she is, then me and Jay own all the Ben & Jerry’s in the Northeast.”

Etc. An insipid story in the Post’s informal series of vacuous puff pieces aimed at portraying young people as soulless sex fiends, it’s incredibly sad that it was featured with a photo at the top of the Post’s website rather than buried in the armpit of the style section, where it belongs.

On the road again

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May 242006

I’m on my way to DC, where I’ll be until Monday. Updates as warranted.

P.S.: Top Chef finale tonight. I’m sorry guys, I like Harold too, but I think he’s going to have to pack his knives and go.

Your reality TV reminder.

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May 172006

The Top Chef finale is tonight at 10EST. Watch as Dave gets upset and self-destructs. See Tiffani make snide remarks about her superiority. Observe Harold’s haughty confidence and filthy language. It’s going to be awesome.

My prediction: Tiffani over Harold in the most outrageous injustice in the history of cable television.

Also, if you missed last week’s reunion show, you should definitely try to catch it at 9 tonight, because it was hilaaaaaaaaaaaarious. The best part is when Tiffani tries to steal Dave’s present, but there’s so much more to it. Very enjoyable.

Yes, I watch crappy television.

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May 162006

If you didn’t see the Grey’s Anatomy finale last night (and, for some reason you care), stop reading–SPOILERS AHEAD.

I was browsing the fake blog for a nurse on Grey’s Anatomy this morning and, well, I think I’ll let these comments speak for themselves:

Its so sad that Denny dies when izzie layed there i started to cry it was just so heartbreaking and the fact that he asked he to marry him makes it so much worse :(

Posted by: Lindsay | May 16, 2006 at 08:13 AM

i was really upset when denney died because iwas really hoping that izzie and denney got and she would be happy and ready to have another baby.

Posted by: twilight | May 16, 2006 at 08:24 AM

And here are a few somewhat coherent comments from the official writers’ blog:

I’ve worked in hospitals, and because of the births, deaths and everything in between that happens there, the staff is unusually dedicated and hard-working. I too think that the finale had too many over-the-top scenarios in which the staff was acting in totally unbelievable and unprofessional ways. Several people are injured in a shooting (one example), and yet it’s deemed imperative to hold a hospital-wide PROM?! for a teenager who is not too sick to attend? What nonsense. Really. [Amen--ed.]

Posted by: Mary | May 16, 2006 at 07:04 AM

I’m so disgusted with GA right now, and want to say so much, but will only say that you may as well just write Derek off the show after what you’ve done to this character! You’ve taken what many of us Mer/Der fans used to adore and see as a great love and love story, and turned it into something that doesn’t even resemble love, just sex and a very selfish man who doesn’t seem to really care about ANYONE but himself and what he wants. That’s not why you drew in so many loyal fans to GA, and it really sucks that this it what this show has become; characters who no longer seem to have any redeeming qualities and who I find it impossible to even care about anymore. This finale was such a letdown after such a buildup and I don’t even care anymore about where this will go next season. [Amen--ed.]

Posted by: Angela L. | May 16, 2006 at 06:47 AM

What do I think? Well, first of all, of course Denny died. That was the only way I could have possibly stomached Izzie’s bizarre and hideous behavior–I mean, I don’t even know where to start on that. Next: I don’t know if I was ever really interested in Meredith at all–does she even practice medicine anymore, or is it just the same old stupid fights in hallways and elevators with occasional breaks to make terrible decisions about her personal life?–but it’s safe to say that I don’t care at all which guy she picks (well, except to say that sometime in the middle of the season Derrick went from a nice guy doing the best he could in a bad situation to a complete asshole who we now know for a fact has no deep problems with cheating on his wife, so I guess I hope she picks him and they both fall down a mine shaft).

I think the finale was an appalling mix of obvious melodrama (Denny dying, that STUPID STUPID prom) and reprehensible behavior (Meredith and Shepherd have got to be the least sympathetic star-crossed lovers in the history of television, and Izzie is an awful person who acted incredibly unprofessionally and risked not only her career but her friends’ careers–oh yeah, and a patient’s life). With the actually interesting medical stuff taking a backseat to run of the mill soap opera crap, the last few weeks of this show have been extremely disappointing. It reminds me of the O.C.’s precipitous fall in its second season, during which time all the characters started acting completely implausibly in a transparent effort to advance increasingly-absurd plotlines along. The thing that made both shows entertaining–the dialogue, the characterization, the unexpected quirks that had nothing to do with the momentary drama–gave way to cheap and clichéd plot twists and love triangles, leaving nothing but a great soundtrack.

To awkwardly touch on a subject I’ve already touched on once this week: Aaron Sorkin, when not drugged out of his gourd, keeps his eye on the prize–compelling and intelligent television. I wish anybody else in television did the same.

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May 152006

Links of the day:
I heard they were using pig lungs in Florida to bait the homicidal alligator that had developed a taste for human flesh, but I think they should have used human flavor tofu instead. More effective and more healthy.

I’m moving in August, and I would very much like this knife set. Thanks. [gizmodo]

Computer tips of the day:
https://mail.google.com is gmail, but encrypted–secure (note the “s” in “https://”). So first of all, the guy across from you at Starbucks won’t be reading your email. And the big bonus is that, at least for me, it’s a little faster to use (probably because there are fewer people using the encrypted servers). This trick also works with Google Calendar. I don’t know why Google doesn’t use these links by default but you should update your bookmarks, my friends.

How to reset your iPod: if your ipod is acting up and you want to reset it, you have to press a couple of buttons to do that–click on “hard reset” on that page to see the command for every type of iPod. This post on fixing a frozen iPod has a few more suggestions for a recidivist iPod.

Television thoughts of the day:
West Wing is over. It was a pretty good ending, although I was hoping we’d get to see Bartlet smoke in church and scream at God in Latin again. Maybe in the reunion show in 5 years. At any rate, it was enjoyable and satisfying–especially the promo for the new Sorkin show, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (coming to TVs near you this fall!). I know I might be the only person in America who feels this way, but I think Matthew Perry’s still got something left in the tank (and no, I don’t mean amphetamines).

Something to think about.

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May 112006

Etymologically speaking, a dumpling is really just a little dump.

This really speaks for itself.

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May 092006

I am the fox.
OMG!

Here’s a bigger version.

[AWV]

What happened to Mork?

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May 092006

I used to defend Robin Williams, but at this point not only can I not stand him but I can’t, even for the sake of argument, think of any reason anyone could give in his defense. I mean, what is wrong with this man? Does anyone find him funny anymore? Is there any chance of his resurrecting his career at some point? What’s the deal???

One final datum on this subject, noted without editorial comment: Robin Williams made a guest appearance on Carlos Mencia’s television program last week.

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