Everytime I meet more family members I have to restrain myself from asking where the Chocolate Factory is.

Hey and howdy, fair Mustard denizens. Another week come and gone and another entry into the blogosphere.

Do you think Major League Baseball is thanking Jesus, Allah and Buddha for the way that three out of the four American League playoff spots are going to be decided this weekend in the Red Sox/Yankee and White Sox/Indian series? The ratings are going to be through the roof. This is the most exciting season final weekend possibly ever. And baseball is gonna cash in.

So the NHL starts up soon and despite screwing their fans over last season and currently having absolutely no big star or even a halfway decent team, the Washington Capitols have not lowered the prices on any of their tickets. Are they @#$%ing kidding me?! How they hell do they think they’re gonna turn a profit by pissing off their fans even more by charging 50 freaking bucks for decent seats!?! Am I still gonna go to a few games? Yeah, cause I love hockey. But you think I’m gonna be as likely to just randomly catch a game on a weekend like with the Nats? Not bleeping likely. Wankers.

So Serenity is out in 2 days. Yes, I am freaking excited to see this. Hell, I’m even being good and avoiding as many spoilers as I can. By the way, props to Mr. Griffin for actually managing to convince his school to allow him to show Firefly in class as a “future of space exploration” unit. Now that’s funny. Go see this movie. Seriously, do it. I mean you know I’m just going to review it next week and then tell you to go see it, so why wait? Be proactive.

Music You Should Be Listening To:

Weezer – Make Believe

Beverly Hills is just one of the best windows down, sing at the top of your lungs songs to come out in a long time. Perfect Situation reminds me a lot of a Keene song, if it was done by Weezer, with its piano-lead verses before kicking into a pure guitar rockin’ chorus. This Is Such a Pity has a great little 80’s synth beat. Hold Me and The Damage In Your Heart is pure great old school Weezer. This a great album and the best since Weezer’s Blue Album in my humble opinion.

Beck – Guero

So you didn’t like the melancholy sadness of Sea Change? You long for the crazy, slightly off-beat Beck of Odelay? Here ya go. Enjoy. Combining just about every musical genre you can think of, this album is as far away away from Sea Change as you can get. Combing funk (E-pro), hip-hop (Hell Yes), techno (Summer Girl), indie rock (Scarecrow) and Spanish rap (Que Onda Guero) (Guero means white boy in Spanish. For more Spanish words for white boy, consult Sean Griffin), this album is another great driving/party album.

New and notes:

Did you watch Arrested Development on Monday? I have my bat standing by.

Veronica Mars premiere tonight. Why did those bastards at UPN schedule it at the same time as Lost? Thank God for Tivo.

Curb Your Enthusiam is back and hasn’t missed a beat. From the Ted Danson cameo to Richard Lewis “stealing” Larry’s sandwich name to the ticket scalper for Temple this show continues to be the Dark Seinfeld (wow, that just sound kind of evil, doesn't it?).

The only thing keeping me from swearing off watching the recent crapfest of O.C. episodes is that Erin borrowed season 1 on DVD and some of the early episodes are hilarious on so many levels. Peter Gallagher really was so effing funny the first season.

Something I missed in last week’s Emmy post: Scrubs ended up winning the best multi-camera editing Emmy for its spoof on the multi-camera sitcom episode. I find that infinitely hilarious. Also rumors abound that it could come back as soon as October. Do it NBC, do it!

Until next time:

“Who gets passed by a van full of nuns? Oh wait, who? Cohen does!”

“Well, they have God on their side ok, Summer? I’m not going to beat Jesus.”