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From the Notebook, Jan 20
by Mike

I base my chances with starlets on who Topher Grace is matched up with in movies. He hasn’t been in too many movies with a love interest (which is not a good sign). I remember in Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! there was Kate Bosworth, but I can’t remember if they were together or just friends. Either way Kate Bosworth was around and that’s a good thing. In Good Company he was married to Scarlett Johansson. Now he’s in Valentine’s Day. I noticed in the trailer that he appears to be with Anne Hathaway. Seems like they are purposely picking actresses that I seem to like less than everyone else does. Valentine’s Day also stars Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Jennifer Garner, and Taylor Swift. I might never see this movie so that I can stay in denial thinking that he eventually winds up with one of them in the movie.

I’ve been seeing ads for the Mac Snack Wrap and I really want one. I haven’t decided if it looks any good or not, but I want to find out. I don’t really know what is on McDonald’s wrap menu. If you are going to turn a sandwich into a wrap I think my first choice would be a McChicken Wrap.

I find it frightening that I know more people that voted for Bush than like Leno. Leno is bad, but he certainly isn’t Bush-level bad.

They are selling the new CW show Life Unexpected as Juno meets Gilmore Girls. Sadly, it does not star Ellen Page and Alexis Bledel.

Speaking of Life Unexpected. I watched the first episode and I’m hooked. It was nearly a perfect first show. There was one part I didn’t like but it’s a TV show and you have to create some drama. Having one of the characters as a radio show host is a great move. You could use it as the show’s voiceover but I like that it’s also their job, so it isn’t just thoughts from the characters head. Just what I needed too, another CW show. At least it’s replacing Gossip Girl on the schedule for a few months and when that comes back its going to replace One Tree Hill for a few weeks.

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From the Notebook, Jan 14
by Mike

Random thoughts that I remember to jot down …

I hate cutting open food packaging, only to discover later that the package is resealable.

I don’t like leaving my dishwasher door open all the way. I fear that I’ll wind up like Zach Braff’s mom in Garden State.

I think I should be on The Bachelor. It would be a vastly different show (I assume). I think half the show would be me negotiating with the producers about changes I want to make. There would be a QOTD each day and poor answers will result in immediate dismissal. There will also be trick roses. The whole show will be almost as complicated as Bamboozled. In fact, I bet I could get Matt LeBlanc to host.

I can’t believe that Modern Family has become so popular but Better Off Ted gets no ratings. To me, Better Off Ted was last year’s version of Modern Family. It was the show that my family with talk about every week. By some miracle (there must be someone with taste at ABC) they brought it back for another year. This season has been spectacular but I don’t know anyone outside my family who has watched it. Where the office is a mock version of a small business, Better Off Ted is a satirical version of a huge corporation. In one episode this year, the corporation replaced the robot that cleans up spills with a janitor because the janitor was cheaper to maintain. The scientists were very upset that they were getting rid of a perfectly capable robot but were told the robot would be sent to a farm where it could do robot things.

In the office, a weight loss challenge has started. This used to happen at my old job. I really can’t stand it because the engineers stand around discussing ways they plan to lose weight. I don’t participate as I’d be throwing away $20. The other day I was walking behind someone who sits in the room here but I do not know. He is in a sling for some reason and someone else in the challenge was saying how, since he was injured, he wouldn’t be able to work out, so he probably wouldn’t win. Somehow I wound up next to him in one of those situations where I felt compelled to say something. I decided to say, ‘if they had to cut it off [referring to the arm in the sling], you’d probably win [the weight loss challenge].’ Made sense to me. You win if you lose the most % of your weight. An entire arm would be at least a couple of pounds. He seemed to agree but didn’t seem to find the idea as hilarious as I did in my head. The important part of this story is that I don’t know this guy, never talked to him before. Quite a first impression. This is why I usually filter myself until I get to know someone.

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