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We watched the Athens Olympics every night for over two weeks, and It Was Good. I viewed the Games at a strange remove having been there in person for the previous five, and while TV can give a scope and comprehensiveness not possible in person (unless you have a jet-pack) …

I loved Star Trek as a kid and watched it faithfully in the original run from ’66-’69 (can it really be that long ago?) – it was exciting, fired my young imagination and seemed like a fully-realized creation, manned with real people doing real things in fantastic settings (I wanted …

By any reasonable measure the American medal count is impressive as hell, leading its closest rival Russia by 23 medals as of Friday morning. The lead at the moment in golds is only 28 to 25 over China, but the total medal lead over China is about 30, and recall …

Watching a large block of the Olympics last night yielded a few semi-random thoughts: The men’s and women’s gymnastics apparatus finals: I can understand why these incredibly strong, flexible, tough, determined, fearless, crazed little freaks of nature (in the best possible sense) dedicate their (mostly) young lives to their sport: …

What is it with bears and beer? At least three beer companies – Hamms, Hofmeister, and Labatts – have used bears as their mascot. Perhaps this is due to incidents like the following: A black bear was found passed out at a campground in Washington state recently after guzzling down …

Because we drag our dead asses out of bed at 6am [editor – EASTERN], it has become our custom to watch the last hour-and-a-half or so of the Olympics from bed, drifting off to dreamland between verbal ejaculations from various intemperate announcers as gymnasts twist, spin and fly, and swimmers …

Damn, the toons at Nickelodeon are great right now: how can you go wrong with SpongeBob, Fairly Odd Parents, and Jimmy Neutron (not to mention the classic Rugrats and neo-Rugrats All Grown Up)? I don’t even mind when Lily sits there and watches them for a few hours – it’s …

I am very excited but also sad about the Athens Olympics starting today. I am a total Olympic buff and will follow the Games as closely as I can on TV between work and the rest of my nonsensical schedule, but I won’t be there. This will be the first …

Dave Chappelle, 30, snags a two-year deal with Comedy Central that could be worth $50m: The new contract is believed to mark not only a steep increase for Chappelle as star, writer, co-executive producer and co-creator of “Chappelle’s Show,” but more significantly, reward him with a hefty chunk of the …

American Idol’s first mass audition of the new season is going on as we speak at Browns Stadium in Cleveland. They began lining up yesterday at 6am, 26 hours before the auditions were to begin today at 8am. Police estimated the hot, sweaty, musical crowd of hopefuls lined up around …