An enthusiastic review of the new Andy Barker, P.I. The reviewer sadly predicts a demise like the dearly departed Arrested Development.

What we call the news

JibJab, makers of several funny videos, has come out with a new one called "What We Call the News". Its pretty funny/clever, certainly worth a look.
(via a ton of people, including Jason Calacanis, Oliver Willis, etc.) 

Friday Random Ten

Dare I say it but this might be the best Friday Random Ten evah! Certainly its one of the most elecetic ones put together (thank you shuffle technology). Featured are my new current favorite artist (Amy Winehouse), a great classic song (Gangsta's Paradise), one of my favorite country songs (Ten Rounds With Jose Cuervo), one [...]

Sad Kermit

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLQRv0RjBBM[/youtube]

Dog = lifesaver

This is kind of an amazing story:
A 2-year-old golden retriever named Toby is credited with saving his owner's life.
Toby saw his owner choking on a piece of fruit and began jumping up and down on the woman's chest.
The dog's owner, Debbie Parkhurst, believes the dog was trying to perform the Heimlich maneuver [...]

Payback complete

An update on the Sam Fox ambassadorship nomination discussed earlier, the AP is reporting that President Bush is withdrawing Fox's nomination. Remember people, don't give thousands of dollars to slander a Presidential candidate, it could come back to haunt you.
(via Think Progress)

The odds of me buying these sandals is close to 100%.

Re:Reign on Me

Regarding my earlier post concerning Reign On Me it should be noted that Peter Travers, movie critic for Rolling Stone and some one who's opinion does shape my perception of movies, tears Reign on Me apart. To wit: 

The improbability pileup hits maximum alert when the reclusive Charlie literally bumps into Alan Johnson (Don Cheadle), [...]

Romney in France

This is both some what old and some what unfair but it still made me laugh. Via Isaac Chotiner at the Plank: 
Mitt Romney and his wife were on 'Larry King Live' last week, and the former governor discussed his Mormon mission overseas:
Oh, it is a fabulous experience. Look, I was sort of having fun going [...]

Reign Over Me

Saw the new Don Cheadle/Adam Sandler movie last night, Reign Over Me. Wasn't half bad. Cheadle is, as expected, fairly great and Sandler does solid work. Its a pretty sad movie mixed in with some truly funny bits, certainly worth seeing. Two things that stood out though:
1) the music throughout the movie is pretty great [...]

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