I was considering watching the Charlie Sheen roast last night, and then I remembered I could be doing something far more worthwhile--like sleeping. I've been trying to pinpoint what exactly feels off about the roasts Comedy Central has been hosting lately, and I've worked it out (for myself, at any rate ( Read more... )

From Thursday:

(for the unfamiliar, instructions: click the red button, wait for it to turn green, click again)

I started watching this as it streamed live yesterday afternoon (afternoon here obviously, though evening in the UK where it was actually broadcasting), but then the more rational (dinner- and sleep-craving) part of me said it was time to go to Chez Vital Supplies and then homeward ( Read more... )

The delayed announcements to announce announcements was a fun gimmick and it generated a toss between The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, but I didn't actually believe Jon or Stephen would bother to hold a rally. Well, it's really happening. The Rally to Restore Sanity:

The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cRally to Restore Sanity ( Read more... )

1. My graphite Kindle arrived yesterday--huzzah! It's sleek, it's shiny, and it doesn't make my eyes burn to read on it!


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This is high on my list of favourite Project Runway moments. Tim Gunn, likely high as a kite on his meds after collapsing previously, and giggling his head off while talking about balls.

I finally watched the Season 8 premier of Project Runway this evening. When I don't actually watch broadcast television, I tend to miss the notices. Oh, well. Lifetime.com makes all the episodes available, so it's fairly easy to catch up ( Read more... )

If you want to watch things on the BBC iPlayer, I've found a way around the wall (much thanks to johnny9fingers for pointing me in the right direction; I wouldn't have searched for the right thing otherwise).

All you need is Google Chrome and these instructions:

Click to view

Basically it's an extension that tricks the BBC site into thinking that you are in the UK and ( Read more... )

I've been watching a lot of Never Mind the Buzzcocks reruns on YouTube over the past week or so, and feeling a sense of loss when it comes to the personage of Simon Amstell... Hum. That makes it sound like he's died. He's hasn't. He just quit hosting the show after the twenty-second series of NMTB, and, since then, those of us to the left of the ( Read more... )

Books -- Finished He Shall Thunder in the Sky and all I can say is ( SPOILERS )