There was a comedian back in the 1980s (I think) who said that football combined the two worst aspects of American society: Short periods of extreme violence, separated by committee meetings.

Me, I followed/played pretty much everything but football (including soccer, wrestling, track, baseball, softball, and my favorite, hockey).

I haven't gotten into Leverage, but I've got the overwhelming urge simply to see what Lindsey from Angel (Christian Kane) and Jane from the BBC version of Coupling (Gina Bellman) are up to.

Ditto, I liked Kutner. Though apparently his new government job is letting him off to film another Harold and Kumar movie.

Seriously... I was having a crappy day, saw that title and about died with laughter. The only thing better than that is the knowledge that Numfar was, in fact, Joss Whedon.

Hell, when I was really little (like 3), I thought Riker *was* my dad. They were both men of about the same height with full, brown beards, and they were the only two dark haired people I had regular contact with.

Joel, every time you do a Star Trek comic of any sort, it reaffirms a) my love of the franchise and this comic and b) my need to go back and watch it from start to finish so that I get the subtleties. Why are you trying to give me a year long, unpaid job?

The trick is explaining it so much that the explanation becomes the joke. Bob Hope used to do that all the time. And he was a funny, funny man.

From what I've seen, in most cases "intellectual property rights," means something conceived of, developed or produced during the term of one's contract (can you tell I'm the son of a lawyer?). In some cases this gets really abused. I read something that urged humanities students to not start any sort of scholarly work while at Carnegie Mellon University as their intellectual property rights contract is so strict you can essentially have your personal intellectual ideas claimed by the University and be unable to sell them as you see fit. So by that token, Conan's hair, fingernails, and possibly children count as NBC's intellectual property.

I wonder if they'll sue Milo Ventimiglia if he ever grows the Petrelli-style emo bangs again...

Hugh Jackman as naked, feral Wolverine

Only if she leaves her skates on...