Constructive Summer

Between travel and the various adventures that life has to offer, I'll be away from the blog over the next few weeks.

Please, stop crying.

I'll be back sooner than you think to regale you with plenty of posts about Mad Men and, well, Mad Men. Oh yeah, and the Emmy Nominations.

But rather than leave you with nothing, I figured now would be as good of a time as any to self-promote myself. New to the blog? A loyal reader who can't get enough of my witticisms? Then this post is for you! Here are some of my favorite posts over the past year.

1.) Doesn't NBC have to decide who The Office spin-off is going to feature? Because that show is like starting in 2 1/2 months. I'm sticking with my theory.

2.) Prison Break. Sara Wayne Calles. Decapitated. Still alive. Shaking head.

3.) An Arrested Development movie? Yes, please.

4.) Who didn't love watching Roger Clemens look like an asshole?

5,) The Giants won the Super Bowl. And I rejoiced.

6.) Mad Men comes back at the end of July. Make sure you catch up. And then read what I wrote about the finale.

Summer Rental: 3 Reasons to Love the Summer

This weekend marked the official beginning of Summer. When I was school aged, Summer was a total goof of fun. Warm weather, relaxation, movies, baseball and ice cream--those were the calling cards of the season. Now? Summer is just a more humid and annoying version of Spring. But hey, that's what happens when you become an "adult," right? Summer loses its meaning when you still have to get up to go to work everyday.

The fact is though, it is still Summer and that should mean something. Granted, thanks to global warming, the warm weather lasts well into what we used to consider Fall, but we should still acknowledge the start of the season. And instead of throwing a virtual bar-be-que here in cyberspace, I'm going to mark the occasion the only way I now how: with an overly wordy post about how you should spend your time this Summer. With that in mind, here is the 42 Inch Television "Summer Viewing List."

Free Willie: Why the Mets Treatment of Willie Randolph Was Warranted

Dear Mets fans,

How can I put this lightly? You are a bunch of idiots.

Too harsh? How about "morons?" Any better?

The Ghost of Hanukkah Future: Weeds Recapped

I hated the third season of Weeds, which was just too inconsistent and obvious to sustain for a full year. And, suffice to say, after the righteously excellent second season, I was a little heartbroken by that turn of events. Sure I still loved Mary-Louise Parker (editor's note: marry me!) And Justin Kirk wrecked house in every single scene he appeared in, no matter how trite and stupid (Andy's "In the Army Now" sequences still give me nights shivers.) But everything else fell flat. What was once a great show, almost overnight, wasn't.

Katherine Heigl Blasts Grey's Anatomy and I Love It

I'll admit it: I've been slacking.

I haven't written a bloody thing since my dissertation on the season finale of LOST. It's not like I have writer's block. Far from it. I haven't even tried to write anything.

It has been such a long time since I logged into Blogger, that my Firefox browser actually prompted me for my username and password when I ambled over here tonight.

But hey, cut me some slack. What would you like me to write about? I'm not sure if you've turned on your television since LOST ended, but there is literally nothing on. It's a wasteland of epic proportions. I'm reduced to watching the NBA Finals right this second and listening to the moderately good/moderately not good new Weezer album.