Tom Cruise, Cheesy TV, and Patriot's Day

Here we are... new week, but not much news to report on. I did have a chance to dig up a few things of interest, so let's get right to them.

- Shocking News: Tom Cruise is still nuts! He has that evil look on his face at all times, which reminds me of the "I Can't Believe that Cushman Decided to Sign with Bob Sugar" look from Jerry Maguire mixed with the "Whole World is Falling Apart Around Me" look from Vanilla Sky. Take a look at this....

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- In cheesy television news, the new ABC show "What About Brian?" is actually pretty decent. If anyone's seen it, that girl, Marjorie, you remember her, right? Yeah she was on "Saved By the Bell: The New Class". In all honesty, the show isn't bad and gives me something to watch on Mondays. [Remember, I'm too far removed from the "24" bandwagon at this point, so save the 'You should watch 24 comments'. I've heard it before. Don't worry, Jack Bauer will be fine without me.] Other news: Tuesday night marks the return of "Love Monkey", which was quality television although CBS didn't agree. They'll put 75 versions of CSI on the air, but one decent show about a guy who has a cool gig as a talent rep for a music company, goes off the air. Figure that one out.

- So apparently, Massachusetts has this Patriot's Day holiday where the entire state shuts down, the Boston Marathon takes place, the Red Sox play a game that begins at 11am, and everyone sits outside getting shitcanned. Either this sounds like an early Fourth of July or the rest of the country is missing out. I say it's both. I need to start a movement to have the whole country follow Patriot's Day, after all, the Patriots fought for this nation back in the late 1700's, not just the state of Massachusetts. Everyone can always use another 3 day weekend, and it's perfect timing since it falls somewhere in the middle of President's Day and Memorial Day. I'll remind myself to put this on my platform when I run for President some day, right next to my platform to turn Friday into an official weekend day.

- Speaking of the Boston Marathon, Bill Simmons weighs in with his thoughts on the Marathon [update: link was revised on Tuesday. Oh well.] in this article from 2003. I mean seriously, you can't beat this guide to the Marathon, and the debacle that surrounds it, from The Sports Guy.

- We haven't done a music update lately, so here's a few songs that have been at the top of the iTunes playlist:

- Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Gold Lion"
- The Boy Least Likely To - "Be Gentle With Me"
- The New Pornographers - "From Blown Speakers" and "The Electric Version"
- Stars of Track and Field - "Say Hello"
- The Raconteurs - "Steady As She Goes"
- David Byrne (of the Talking Heads) - "Miss America"

That's it for tonight. Why don't I come back tomorrow with some more RPR'ing?