Pilot's Log

He didn't make the audition for DIESEL SWEETIES, and this was the only other gig available.

Suss the Seuss?

Nobody, as yet, has uploaded to YouTube Susan Lucci's TV commercial for Sweet One from 1989.

This is cultural injustice. Really now.

...You're listening to the local public radio station, and there's a clarinet quartet on--and you want them to play "Freebird"!

(I think everybody with a Facebook identity ought to do something like this.)

On Facebook, there is A Page called "Discover Facebook Pages", in which it will show you which Pages are the most popular among your Facebook friends. I went there, and looked over the main choices. I didn't pull EVERYTHING I don't "Like" (because that would have literally taken DAYS!), but these are the larger pieces, as well as samples of a lot of similarly-themed Pages.

* Star Wars -- I'm kind of ambivalent about the franchise. Loved "New Hope", "Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi"; hated "Phantom Menace" (for a number of reasons); have not seen the other two movies.

* Texas Hold'em Poker, Mafia Wars -- Games I don't play.

* Troy Polamalu, Joe Pa, Hines Ward, Mike Tomlin, Michael Jordan, Mario Lemieux, Evgeni Malkin -- I follow the TEAMS, not necessarily the PLAYERS or COACHES.

* Family Guy, Two And A Half Men, Futurama, The Big Bang Theory, South Park, House, The Office, Dexter, LOST, Seinfeld, The Simpsons, Scrubs, True Blood -- Don't like 'em.

* Metallica, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Johnny Cash, Bob Marley, Eminem, Sons of Anarchy, Ozzy Osbourne, KISS, Lady Gaga -- Not who I am musically (tho' for individual songs/albums I sometimes make exceptions).

* The Daily Show, Barack Obama, The Colbert Report, Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, RightChange -- I hate what American politics have become.

* Manga, Music, Cooking -- Catagories that are too general.

* NCIS, This American Life, Car Talk, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me -- Okay, but not stuff I'm too wild about.

* Bruce Campbell, Megan Fox, Adam Sandler -- I follow ROLES, not necessarily ACTORS. I'm not a stardom junkie or a red carpet groupie.

* Jimmy Buffett, Margaritaville -- I used to "Like" these pages, but gave up because most of the traffic was about libation establishments in Florida or gigs by tribute acts.

* Ashes To Ashes -- I loved the AMERICAN version of LIFE ON MARS and was sorry to see it fail, but I haven't seen the ORIGINAL series yet, so I'm not interested in the sequel to the point of wanting to expose myself to spoilers for it.

* Playboy, Jeff Dunham, UFC Ultimate Fighting, Chevy Camaro, iTunes, Hooters, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dos Equis, Victoria's Secret -- Just not who I am.

* Anthony Bourdais: No Reservations, The Walking Dead, SportsCenter, Disturbed, Deadliest Catch, Pawn Stars, Weeds, American Pickers -- I don't have cable.

From the commentary on today's Wonderella:

My comics hero, Steve Purcell, once got a cartoon deal with FOX in the 90s. He quickly learned that censors didn't dislike violence so much as they disliked accessible violence - the sort of violence kids could easily mimic. Thus the more exaggerated it was, the safer you were. If your knife fight doesn't work, simply replace the knives with atomic bombs. It's a good rule to live by.--Justin Pierce

You know, censors, it doesn't work. Kids will learn violence from the real world, not TV. How I found out. Didn't need help from Bugs Bunny or Mighty Mouse.

FP

I wonder if Scott McCloud reads David Willis. Perhaps he should.

A nice gem from a few years ago that still delivers.

...Completely failed to deliver anything truly worth blogging about.

At least boredom beats trauma in terms of karmic comfort zones.