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  1. Stir fry vegetable packagers: Are you throwing in so many snap peas because you can't get people to buy them separately? I'm on to you! 6:22 AM Oct 5th, 2011 via web
  2. Also on, "Up All Night." TV is determined to make Will Arnett a leading man despite the established opinion of the public. Good luck, NBC. 7:40 AM Sep 14th, 2011 via web
  3. Free Agents debuts tonight. Thanks, NBC, for putting non-teenagers in leading roles, but isn't Hank Azaria like 15 years too old for this? 7:39 AM Sep 14th, 2011 via web
  4. I just never was a Buffy guy. Even on Bosom Buddies, I preferred Hildegarde. 7:37 AM Sep 14th, 2011 via web
  5. Ringer debut: Well produced, interesting premise (but how long can it work?) but Sarah Mlichelle Gellar does nothing for me. 7:34 AM Sep 14th, 2011 via web
  6. Coolest historical name of the 20th century: Felix Frankfurter. Way cooler than Warren Burger. 12:11 PM Sep 11th, 2011 via web
  7. Number of network Fall TV Preview shows I watched: 5. Number of new TV shows I want to watch: 0. 12:00 PM Sep 11th, 2011 via web
  8. Yesterday was another step in the right direction, but I just can't relax till Notre Dame gets that third loss. 11:59 AM Sep 11th, 2011 via web
  9. Cancel HBO, it disappears the instant you hang up the phone. Get it free in a promo offer, it takes "up to 3 business days" to activate it. 12:33 PM Sep 7th, 2011 via web
  10. Saw a poor man's Ole Anderson today, thought better of flashing the 4 Horsemen sign. I've regretted it ever since. 10:19 AM Aug 22nd, 2011 via web
  11. After watching NBC's Fall Preview show, all I can say is fourth place must feel mighty comfortable. 10:17 AM Aug 22nd, 2011 via web
  12. E Online debunked the "rumor" that Jen Aniston was joining Days of Our Lives. Next they need to refute that story that I'm playing The Flash 9:53 AM Aug 16th, 2011 via web
  13. "I'm loading up on flavanol antioxidants" sounds a lot better than "I can't keep my mitts out of the bag of dark chocolate blueberries." 9:52 AM Aug 16th, 2011 via web
  14. Failure of cash grab Glee movie ensures we don't have to watch "So You Think You Can Dance: 3-D!" 9:51 AM Aug 16th, 2011 via web
  15. One of the most underappreciated TV crimestoppers: Christopher Foyle. I'd put him up against just about any detective out there. 7:25 AM Aug 10th, 2011 via web
  16. Headline on AP: "US Workers Were Less Productive in Spring." Well, duh. March Madness. 7:24 AM Aug 10th, 2011 via web
  17. The new Beavis and Butt-head will not mock music videos. Because, you know, the medium has advanced so much over the past decade. 12:55 PM Jul 31st, 2011 via web
  18. Finally catching up with TNT's Falling SKies. Not bad, but I just can't think of Noah Wyle as anything other than The Librarian. 1:59 PM Jul 30th, 2011 via web
  19. Lady Gaga is releasing a book of photographs. Why doesn't she just marry Sean Penn already and get it over with? 1:54 PM Jul 30th, 2011 via web
  20. Brett Somers guested on yesterday's Naked City on RTV, and her scene alone somehow made the episode 25% grittier and more intense than usual 9:41 AM Jul 19th, 2011 via web