I hope HIMYM has some explanation why if Ted hadn't run into Stella on the corner that time, he wouldn't have met the mother in this class he's teaching.

well, he wouldn't have run into Tony, who wouldn't have tried to get him a job building a murder room, who wouldn't have tried to make that up by getting him a teaching job.

Oh, right, thanks! I forgot that was coming through him.

OK, HIMYM, we're cool.

I was just reading that Earl might get picked up by another network.

On 30 Rock, who was the singer with white hair who made the comment about his beard? I'm certain I will face:palm as soon as I hear it, but I do not know and it's bugging me. Help!

Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers.

Doobie Brothers.

Sporting of him in light of Jenna's impersonation a few episodes back.

I heard some MM gossip the other night. Apparently he's got a rep as possibly the nicest person in all of music. A musician played with an opening act at a gig he was at out here. This musician (who is just a session guy, nobody anyone has ever heard of) has a sister, who has terminal cancer and is a huge fan. This guy contacted MM's management to get her house seats (which he assumed he's pay for) when MM was going to the East Coast.

Not only did they give him free seats, but MM called his sister personally to invite her to the show. He had her backstage and hung out with her for an hour. The guy who told me this, said there are a million stories like this about the guy, and none of them get any publicity. Musicians like playing with him, even if they don't like his actual music, because he's just such a stand-up guy.

That's cool. He was a session guy himself for a long time before he joined the Doobies late in their career.

That's cool. He was a session guy himself for a long time before he joined the Doobies late in their career.

Hey, he was on Katy Lied. Nothing shabby about that.