14 Hours of Hell

Here is what I looked like after 14 of the worst hours of my life. Note the parched lips and faded look in my eyes. Barstow, homosexual mechanics, towing a trailer for the first time in your life, and missed football games will do that to you.

News Flash

A little piece of advice for all the excellent defensive coordinators in the NFL:

If the Patriots line up on the goal line and bring Mike Vrabel in as a tight end or full back, you might want to cover him. It's not like this is something new or unexpected. They have been running this play in some manner for how many years now?

And one more thing, they are probably going to run play action and throw to the tight end or full back when on the goal line. Even if Mike Vrabel is not in the game.

Facecrook?

Facebook? More like Facecrook. $15 BILLION? Really? I can't see somebody really offering to buy Facebook for $15 BILLION. So, is Facebook really worth $15 BILLION? That is BILLION with a B.

This whole transaction fascinates me. It has been the topic du jour with my co-workers over the last couple of days. It is funny how history repeats. Hopefully some lessons were learned from the dot com boom and subsequent bust of the late nineties.

I want to clarify that I am not against this transaction for Microsoft and I am definitely not anti-Facebook. The publicity of "Beating Google" alone makes it worthwhile. My trepidation surrounds the valuation. Without seeing the actual models used, I can't jump to many conclusions. I just find it hard to buy into a value of $15 Billion for a company with an unproven as of now method of converting captive audiences into dollars. I can't wait to see how this story plays out. I am really hooked.

PS I am really interested in what Zuckerman's exit strategy is. From what I gather, this deal with Microsoft makes going public much more difficult. How are all the VC guys going to get their ROI? Seriously, I am fascinated by this.

Liz Lemon is my Anti-Drug

Liz Lemon is my heroine. And by heroine, I mean hero. I don't want to inject her and listen to jazz.

Pushing Daisies

Great news! I just read in yesterday's issue of Variety that ABC picked up my favorite new show of the season - Pushing Daisies - for a full season. This was done in spite of cost overrun concerns due to the excellent fantasy world sets and costumes. I guess critical acclaim and solid ratings still carry some weight in the Hollyhood.

Full episodes are available for viewing here.




PS I loved last night's episode. The scene where The Pie Maker pulls off the escaped con's fake arm killed me. I have been pushing this show similar to when I was pushing the movie Once a few months ago or when I was slingin' rock back in the day ever since the pilot and for good reason. Each episode seems to get better and better. Really, if you haven't started watching it yet, make the effort. It is really worth it. Especially now because you don't need to worry about investing time and emotions in something that might go away next week.



PSS Scrubs is back tonight. Don't forget to set your DVR. (This public service announcement was sponsored by the international legend Mr. Lybbert)

Naturally Seven on the Subway

I was having a difficult time falling asleep last Friday night and ended up reading through a few of my earlier blog posts and notice that the quality of my posts and more specifically the quality of my writing has really gone to hell. All I can say is "whaa hoppen?" in the style of A Mighty Wind. The whole purpose of starting this blog was to re-discover my long-lost writing voice. Instead, I have devolved to hyperbole and terrible adjectives. It seems like everything is amazing or fantastic.

Well I have a news flash for you Walter Cronkite, this post isn't going to get much better. The creative juices have been drained from me by the evil succubus known as my job. I still haven't recovered enough to put together a decent post so I am going to just post a video that I saw on a blog that I frequent. PS the blog I "borrowed" this from is fantastic. They use much more descriptive words than "fantastic."

Justice is Served

So last night I was sitting in the hotel bored out of my mind, flipping through the very limited selection of channels on the small TV with HORRIBLE resolution and stumbled upon the Jimmy Kimmel show just in time to catch the live performance by Justice of D.A.N.C.E.

You may be asking yourself "How can a live performance by a French electro duo be compelling enough for TV?" Well I think Jimmy Kimmel summed it up best by saying "This is going to be weird."



Prince, Rod Stewart, Stevie Wonder, Rick James bitch, Michael Jackson. All on one stage. Genius.