Rainn Wilson: Don't Watch "Filth" Like The Office

The Office still manages to be funny, even in its second season after the departure of Steve Carrell. It's not really "must see TV" anymore, but you could certainly do a lot worse. One of the reasons for its consistency is Rainn Wilson, the delightfully odd and creepy Dwight Schrute. This timely clip skewers Angus T. Jones' religiously nutty dissing of his own show, Two and a Half Men, another sitcom that lost its original star, and plods along anyway.

Glenn Beck = Dwight Schrute?

I hadn't considered it before, but if there is a fictional character that Glenn Beck--himself nearly a fictional character--most resembles, it would be the nerdy, creepy, borderline sociopathic Dwight Schrute from The Office. Or possibly Dale Gribble from King of the Hill. . .

Family Guy: Stewie Wants His Emmy!

Hilarious. . .

Greenlee Gazette Office Gets Makeover

I intended to flood the blog with posts today, since yesterday consisted of one solitary post. But starting somewhere around 12:30 pm, I decided to clean my office. While I'm glad it is over now, it took me nearly all day to complete.

Chief among my tasks was to do something about our DVD collection, which has gotten out of control. We had three slide-out tubs that have served us for a few years, but they'd spilled to over-flowing. A make-shift small bookshelf, and some space on my main bookshelves have served a (dusty) duty for quite a while, but I've been very unhappy with them for a long time.

So, I enlisted the aid of my friend (and reluctant blogger) Lesto, to build me some half-shelves for my big book cases. Those cases have stored many and sundry items from my bygone eBay days, but were too deep for DVDs. Les' ingenious notion was to build these tiers, to allow two rows of DVDs on the same shelf. So, thanks to Lesto (and my willingness to divest myself of many of those quirky bookshelf items), I now have order for the first time in a long time.

Now, back to blogging.

Emmy Wrap Up - How Were My Predictions?

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When the Emmy nominations were announced back in June, I made some predictions. Let's see how I did.

Drama Series: The Sopranos. I got it right, but was hoping for Heroes.

Best Actor in a Drama: James Spader. He was my wish, but I thought James Gandolfini would get it.

Best Actress in a Drama: Sally Field. Totally missed this one, but you go Sally! More on her later.

Comedy Series: 30 Rock. I got this one right too, though I was pulling for The Office.

Best Actor in a Comedy: Ricky Gervais. Missed this one too, I thought Steve Carrell would get it, and since he did jump onto the stage to accept, this sorta counts!

Best Actress in a Comedy: America Ferrera. Got this one too, but was hoping for Tina Fey.

So, the count is three predictions correct, one wish fulfilled, and two misses. I think that's pretty good! Maybe I should go into the prognosticating business?