I subscribe to a free emailed "word of the day". Every once in a while I really try to integrate a new word into my vocab, but usually the words either suck (as in crappy words and who DOESN'T know that one?), or it is a word that no ever uses in everyday speak.
Hey, did you guys know that House is on Mondays now? This week Cameron takes over PPTH as Cuddy struggles to bond with baby Rachel, Foreman debates crossing ethical and legal grounds in his Huntington's study, and the team treats a Special Ed teacher who never gets annoyed with her kids.
The North American* Genius Monkey Comedy Award is given to a comedian -- sketch, stand-up, and/or improv -- who is on their way up. It's not necessarily given to the absolute funniest comedian working today, as it's not an award for someone who is incredibly well-known to the general public.
Bruce Springsteen Working on a Dream (Amazon)
The boss releases his 16th studio album this week, fresh off his performance at the Inauguration of President Barack Obama, and just before his appearance at Superbowl XLIII next weekend.
The episode opens with Booth playing a very rough game of hockey; FBI guys vs. Firemen. He gets all up in this guys face, Carlson, for roughing up his team. They fight on the ice, Booth wins, but breaks his hand in the process. It seems like gratuitous "angry Booth".
One day a couple summers back, I was checking my e-mail as I do countless times per day, when I came across an interesting e-mail from one of my entertainment industry contacts. It was an invitation to visit the set of a major Hollywood motion picture shooting in Vancouver, then titled A Tale of Two Sisters.
Jack has to go to a Six Sigma corporate retreat for GE executives and is concerned that some of the other exec's will give him a hard time due to his being passed over as CEO of GE (and his subsequent short-lived political career) since last years retreat.
Booth and Brennan check out the skeleton(s?) of conjoined twins out in a desert. The team, along with the annoying Mr. Murray of the unrelated trivia knowledge, deduce that they were buried in a very shallow grave, and the victims were young females... easy to ID considering that they were conjoined twins.
This week: Tami and Buddy Garrity face off over the jumbotron, Gramma Saracen's worsening dementia forces Matt to grow up quicker than he'd like, and Tim Riggins eats a raw pigeon.
Tami is in hot water with the boosters and the rest of the town over her decision to re-allocate the jumbotron funds towards academics.
This week: Debates on Hilary Swank's hotness! Top secret paper recon! Dwight and Michael in a car!
In the opener, Jim has run a red wire from Dwight's computer all the way out to a telephone pole in the parking lot and up the pole.
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