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It's the only time I'll do that, I promise. Bill Simmons is gifted, to say the least, so it more of an honorary thing than a ripoff of his homage.

- Joss Whedon needs to write another show. Unfortunately, his best receptions have been sci-fi in substance, and those don't do very well on the major networks.

- Studio 60 made an interesting point on one of its earlier episodes, that my brother pointed out to me. There's a sketch that only 2 people out of all the test groups laughed at, but Perry's character keeps in it the show because it's smart. Just because people don't get or like what you're writing doesn't mean it's not good. Of course, it could also mean it's utter trash.

- The whole Kenny Rogers "what did he have on his hands?" situation is being completely maintained by ESPN and other sports news outlets to bring some kind of intrigue to an otherwise boring World Series (as Simmons said, who outside of Michigan and Missouri is watching this thing?).

- X-men 3 was entertaining, but they messed so much stuff up. The more you know about the comic books, the less you liked the movie, it seems to me. The Phoenix was done all right, for the amount of time they had, but Juggernaut, Angel, Cyclops' death, Xavier's death, and Leech not being green and having three fingers were all problems.

- Daniel Craig is the new James Bond. The previews for Casino Royale look good, and neither Pierce Brosnan nor Sean Connery were at their best in Goldeneye and Dr. No, respectively (though Goldeneye was one of the better Brosnan films; he just didn't seem as comfortable in the role). The other "Bonds" don't count. Hopefully Craig will fall into the role.

- We watched a Keith Olbermann editorial in PSC class today. Very anti-Bush, but the guy wrote his stuff so well that I may have to start watching him more regularly. On a similar note, we also watched "Out-Foxed," the "documentary" about how Fox News is right-wing. There were only a few parts that actually used data, and the rest of it was guys who were fired from Fox News or guys from competing outlets saying how Fox is biased. I mean, they interviewed Walter Cronkite. The man is a raging communist.

- Follow-up: Republicans know Fox News is biased. The only reason I will tell a Democrat that Fox News is truly "fair and balanced" is because very little causes them to launch into a hissy fit like that does. It's fun to watch the ensuing meltdown. Also, CBS, CNN, ABC, and NBC are all left-leaning, and they claim balance, so Fox gets the same pass.

- This summer, I was at Cedar Point, and there was one of those things that you hit with a hammer, trying to get the bell to ding. A guy took a shot, and got a 97 out of 100. Then his girlfriend stepped up and got a 96. I think everyone in the vicinity breathed a huge sigh of relief for the guy, but still felt a lot of pity too.