9.30.2008

Going Down on Lesbos

Reuters ran a story about an air traffic controller on the Greek island of Lesbos who fell asleep while pilots on two different planes radioed for permission to land.

The planes circled the island for 30 minutes, burning fuel, waiting for the sleeping Lesbo-an to wake up.

It's barely news, and there's no apparent connection to Karma.

But the title was too good to pass up.

I apologize in advance.

9.09.2008

Here's a Hundred Mil--Continue to Dumb Down the Country, Please

In a disturbing case of reverse Karma, Seth MacFarlane cut a deal for $100 million with Fox TV to continue producing "content" through 2012*--making him the least-deserving multi-millionaire in history.

As someone who doesn't "get" MacFarlane's "humor," I threw my issue of Entertainment Weekly across the room when I read this last night.

Why am I so pissed off? Because truly genius shows like Arrested Development and Wonderfalls were cancelled by the same Fox suits who champion unoriginal shows like Family Guy and American Dad.

There's no funny payoff to this post. Consider it my tribute to every Seth MacFarlane gag.

* The scheduled Apocalypse, yo! It all fits!