I spent the first part of my day hysterically laughing over these e-cards.  When you care enough to hit send…

My faith in journalism has been lifted a bit by this display by MSNBC anchor Mika Brzezinski.  She reached her breaking point with the stupid Paris mania that’s been going on, attempted to light the script of the news story on fire and when she was hampered, she took the paper and ran it through the shredder.  Amen, Mika.  Paris Hilton is not news (and yes, I see the irony in giving her attention to proclaim that she deserves none), and I see her as the epitome of what’s wrong with this country right now.  Paris has done nothing to contribute to society, yet she’s been elevated to deity-like status and given news coverage undeserving of her situation — hell, any news coverage she gets is undeserving, since I don’t see her doing anything positive for anyone except her. 

Has anyone else noticed the mainstream exposure TV On The Radio is getting recently?  In last week’s episode of The 4400, they were proclaimed to be “the best band ever” by one of the characters, and last week’s episode of Rescue Me ended with most of the cast screaming down the street in a fire engine as “Wolf Like Me” pounded through the audio.  I have to say that the Rescue Me appearance was way effing cool, and the track was blasting through the car stereo as I screamed my own way down the 10 freeway at 80 mph on my way to work this morning.  It felt awesome.

Meanwhile, my alarm is set for the ungodly hour of 5:30am so I can wing my way to Minneapolis for four days of alcohol, steak and my work-industry friends.  Maybe I should just pull an all-nighter?