TRYIN' TO REASON WITH THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEASON

ORLANDO -- So I'm in Orlando for the big SND workshop this weekend. Earlier fears of a Florida hurricane appear to have been overblown (ha!) so it looks like after the rain passes this afternoon we will have smooth sailing for the rest of the weekend. I've been busy setting up the SND International Web Desk for snd.org, so if you miss me this weekend, you can probably find me over here and you might also stumble across some of my Flickr photos over there.

WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS

Man, I post nothing for weeks and now I can't stop. Anyway, I got the Entourage DVDs (trying to play catch-up here) and I'm watching episode 4 where they go out for breakfast at a diner. As they are eating I think it looks familiar ... and when they walk out I realize that they are totally eating at the 101 Coffee Shop. It's in the Best Western down the block from Dan & Angie's place. Stayed there once. Eaten there many times (ok, twice). Awesome. I (heart) LA.

DON'T PLAN ON DOING ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE NEXT 40 MINUTES

It seems Ricky Gervais (in character as David Brent) and Stephen Merchant did a couple fake training videos for Microsoft that have cropped up on Google Video. The first one is funnier than the second.

LC WOULD BE PROUD

The Back to School issue of The DePauw is online. (Same day! Wo-hoo!) And I noticed that former sorta interim advisor to The DePauw and Fine Print Bookstore owner Ernie Ford had a stroke. Looks like he is doing better, but keep him in your thoughts. Meanwhile, best line from the issue: "The intellectual challenges high school posed to us compared to those of college is like comparing "Laguna Beach" to "The Hills"; it just isn't the same." So true.

AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER (HA! GET IT?! A FAIR!)

Some photos from the Indiana State Fair. (Choke on it, dial-up.) Is it lama or llama? Goat. Goat. Duck. This is some sort of chicken. I'm told. Hot chicks. They had an exhibit on famous front pages. (I'm serious.) Oddly, I'd never seen this one, but my friends, this is how you play a good photo. The fair would be better with beer. But ... you work with what you got. On to the food ... Seriously, who doesn't love a corn dog? Pork tent! Grilling up some sausage. Can't get enough corn dogs. The number of items you could purchase deep-fried is staggering. Ok, that might be enough corn dogs. Orange whip? Orange whip? Orange whip? Three orange whips. Carmel ... corn ... Carmel CANDY ... apples ... [sheesh] Elephant ears! You may see fun fair rides. I see hundreds of people banking their lives on the bolt-tightening abilities of a couple carnies. Calling it a night. Also, for those who care, we ran into Greta at the fairgrounds. She's got a 9-month-old kid. Yikes.

HOLLYWOOD FUTURE MACHINE

So I don't know if you've seen the latest instance of Hollywood's trampling on our beloved childhood memories, but Entertainment Weekly had the same reaction to the Raven Symone remake of Adventures in Babysitting that I did: "Have you no shame?" If you, too, are horrified by this development, I suggest you go visit DontFuckWithTheBabysitter.com, a site set up to monitor the remake's development. Anyway, all this seems like a good segue into a list of Future Movies (And Some TV Shows) That I Swear Are Real. (Look 'em up!) Thor (Ironic, what with the above remake) The Incredible Hulk (because the first one wasn't incredible enough) Jurassic Park IV (there was a III?) Knight Rider Rainbow Six (actually, I'm surprised this hasn't already been made) Star Trek XI (directed by J.J. Abrams and rumored to star Matt Damon as Kirk) Terminator 4 Voltron Untitled Star Wars TV Series Untitled Clone Wars TV Series Washingtonienne (how much mileage can this woman get out of sleeping around?) CHiPS (with Ponch played by ... wait for it ... Wilmer Valderrama) Dallas (with Travolta playing J.R. Ewing -- huh?) The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning (Willie Nelson returns as Uncle Jessie, but nobody else does) Fahrenheit 9/11 1/2 Magnum P.I. (Hollywood: Don't fuck with the Magnum either) Mrs. Doubtfire 2 (That RV money has already run out) Old School 2 (yeah, I'll go see it. dammit.) Ocean's Thirteen (this one too. I hate myself.) Pee-wee's Playhouse: The Movie Reno 911!: Miami Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Transformers (somebody at one of the studios has been watching too much I Love the 80s) Untitled Jon Heder/Sumo Project (they should just call it that)

NO, IT'S 30 ROCK ... NOT 3RD ROCK.

YouTube has the trailer for Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip, Aaron Sorkin's new drama on NBC about the innerworkings of an SNL-type television show. YouTube also has the trailer for 30 Rock, Lorne Michaels' new comedy on NBC about the innerworkings of an SNL-type television show. Not gonna lie, this one looks pretty funny. (But seriously. Did they both have to go for the address-as-title thing too?) via Lindsayism