That Netflix Bunny brought me the Ben Stiller Show.

Dear CHRIST, is that shit ever dated now. There is, as I told Paul, such a thing as being overly-rooted in The Now. (esp. when The Now = Plei's Senior Year in High School, cause then I feel OLD.)

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(esp. when The Now = Plei's Senior Year in High School, cause then I feel OLD.)

Mmmmm hmmmm. Have you heard the song "1985"? Also, the talk upstream about Melinda Clark made me feel old, even though ita quickly realized MC's age. I knew she was my age-ish. I think her playing a parent role on The O.C. might have been one of my less conscious reasons for not tuning it in. It seems like yesterday she was an ingénue on Days of Our Lives.

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It's not so much the feeling old for me as it is the time dilation. Songs that I thought were oldies in high school were 10 years old, maybe...songs that are 10 years old now I think of as new-ish. I think "Hell Freezes Over" by The Eagles is a new album, yet more time has elapsed since it came out than elapsed between the first time I heard "Hotel California" and when it's re-visit on "Hell Freezes Over" came out.

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Amusing news item: [link]

110 Powerball winners, claiming at least $100,000 a piece. Was the clue to be found on Lost? No. Perhaps on The Young and the Restless? Nope. It was in the cookies. Mmmm cookies.

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Morning, y'all. Just a little hung over, which is good, since I have to work today.

Billy Crystal looks terrible, I think -- he's right up on my list of why not to have a lot of plastic surgery.

I knew she was my age-ish. I think her playing a parent role on The O.C. might have been one of my less conscious reasons for not tuning it in.

I like that about The OC, actually -- parents of high school kids aren't necessarily middle aged and shlumpy.

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I like that about The OC, actually -- parents of high school kids aren't necessarily middle aged and shlumpy.

From your fingertips to God's ears, Jesse. I just felt old seeing someone I still think of as new, and young, playing a parent of teens. Mark my words, when Alyson Hannigan, SMG, or CC is the mom on a teen centered soap in five years' time, you'll know.

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Mark my words, when Alyson Hannigan, SMG, or CC is the mom on a teen centered soap in five years' time, you'll know.

But I know I could reasonably be the parent of a ten-year-old already. There are people I was in high school with who have kids in high school now. I'm good with that. I know I'll be a middle-aged parent of a high schooler, but not everyone is.

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There are people I was in high school with who have kids in high school now. I'm good with that. I know I'll be a middle-aged parent of a high schooler, but not everyone is.

I went to a basketball game at my old high school and ran into a guy I went to grade school with. He laughed and told me his oldest boy was on JV. I'm standing there holding Owen, trying to calculate how old I'll be when he gets to high school.

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I've read more tha one print magazine (I say print, because I have higher fact-checking standards for these than for online works) that claim Melinda Clarke is 32. Or, let her claim it.

What career objectives??

I had to write one of these. I think the real idea is to see whether (a) you have a plan; (b) the plan is realistic and achieveable; (c) you understand the steps needed to achieve the plan; (d) you really want to do this; and (e) you are literate and able to write a persuasive essay.

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MC never bothered me because at least she's a character who plausibly would have had kids very young. It's more of an irk when it's a character whose supposed to have gone to college/law school/etc., had a professional career yadda yadda, and it's just handwaved that the actress is only 12 years older than the kids.

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