A few rambles ...
-- I've already sent out a report to those who need to know about this place. I suppose I would've been dangerously close to the meat sweats, but the salad bar with some freakishly large vegetables can either save your or hurt you. Put it this way, if asparagus spears are roughly the size of a No. 2 pencil, these things were like the jumbo souvenir pencils you'll never use and are probably a pain to sharpen.

-- Just noticed Jeff Probst is wearing an Under Armour shirt during the promos for the Survivor finale. Will we hear cries of "We must protect this tribe!"?

-- I've never seen a film use meta as well as this one. The film was a fun ride, although there seemed to be too much pretzel logic and non-linear storytelling just for the sake of doing so. Plus, they made a couple of nice additions in Catherine Zeta-Jones (who looked amazing), Vincent Cassell (who looked like Quin Snyder) and Eddie Izzard (in men's clothing, for once).

-- Does Ed Hightower officiate every major college basketball game?

-- That NCAA Football 2005 can be very accurate. Going on a whim, I decided to lead UConn. Two seasons later, I was offered Notre Dame and took it; I was surprised that job was available so quickly. Cut to reality and the Huskies' Randy Edsall is trying to quash rumors of him going to the Irish. Go figure that I'd only be a year off.

-- There's a lot more all-Christmas stations than I'd ever imagined. It's also sad that WNEW went all Christmas last year, and now WPLJ is going that way now.

I don't have too much of a problem with it now in mid-December. It was a bit much when stations were going that way around Veterans Day. Plus, most of these stations play it way too safe with their selections. On the flip side, the local alt-rock station tosses in a few holiday nuggets that probably won't see the light of day on the other channels but probably should, like "Christmas Rapping" by The Waitresses. Just because it was released in the past 20 years doesn't mean it's not suitable for all audiences.