I watched all but the first half hour of TAR, and I am not feeling the love this year.

It's been 10 years since the body was buried under the patio -- and Brookside has been cancelled for two -- but it's still the one thing that stands out about Brit soaps.

I was going to post a "hey - that happened one time!" but then I remembered that they just dug a body out of the basement of the Queen Vic.

Fun giant squid fact: they're from the branch of squid descent that has some seriously different biology going on, therefore their bodies are full of ammonia. Supposedly, they'd taste like calamari sauteed in Mr. Clean.

On reflection, I hope that sperm whales don't have much in the way of tastebuds.

Anyone catch Viggo on The Daily Show last night? Given past experience, I was expecting a big politcal discussion/diatribe, and instead we get Viggo pulling rubber (or foam or whatever) snakes/lizards/frogs out of his coffee mug ? Bwah! I'm still trying to figure out if they were alread in there, or if he snuck them into the mug himself. Jon looked suprised enough that it might not have been planned. Also, how cute is it that Stephen Colbert is a big old Tolkien geek?

Gronk. I hear this sleep thing all the kids are doing these days is great. Wish I could try it out.

It's also disconcerting to find there's only been 9 Natter posts since the final time I attempted to go to bed, though it looks like it was a really slow night and not just me being an insomniac.

From IMDB:

Hollywood star Gwyneth Paltrow wishes she found success in her later years, because she had nothing to strive for after winning her Oscar. While Paltrow's popularity in Hollywood peaked at the age of 26, the actress admits she was unequipped to cope wit the pressures of fame and didn't want to reach the pinnacle of her career so early. After leaping to fame in 1995 thanks to her romance with Brad Pitt, Paltrow's more recent films have failed to match the huge success of 1998 period romance Shakespeare In Love, for which she won an Academy Award. Paltrow, who turns 33 today says, "When you reach the pinnacle of your success at 26, as I did, it's not healthy. It leaves you in a sort of crisis in terms of what you're supposed to be and do for the rest of your life. I made the mistakes of working too much and it turned out to be really the wrong thing. I just had a lot of life in 10 years. I achieved a lot early, but I wasn't very happy." Since her 2003 marriage to Chris Martin and the 2004 birth of their baby Apple, Paltrow is finally happy. She enthuses, "At this point in my life, I have a real life. Having Apple has changed everything for me."

Well, at least she had a kid instead of making Snow Dogs, but, really, why do you have to roll over and die because you got a statue.

For some reason I was really surprised when my alarm went off this morning. Sure, it's never a wonderful thing, but something convinced me this morning that it was even less right than before. I expect the universe to compensate me sometime today for having this happen. Because life is fair, right?

I need to make sure to catch the repeat of The Daily Show with Viggo.

Viggo was as charming as I've ever seen him, and it was good to see Stewart delighted to be flabbergasted.

Hollywood star Gwyneth Paltrow wishes she found success in her later years, because she had nothing to strive for after winning her Oscar.

@@ to infinity and beyond. Whatev. There's this thing known as "honing your craft" and "taking on new challenges", Gwynnie. And an Oscar is not the pinnacle of success- it's a very good marker of success, but not IT. If it were, Scorcese would have had to kill himself by now.