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Hello all. Today we have the first season finale, "What Kind of Day Has It Been," not to be confused with the Sports Night episode of the same name. I'm assuming we'll get a Studio 60 episode with that title any day now. In any case...

( It's been kind of a crazy day, if you're asking. )

So should I keep doing this? Let me know (don't vote if you're not interested).

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Article about fisticuffs on Black Friday. What is wrong with people? I mean, I love a good sale as much as the next person, but come on.

Article about DC's new line of comics for teenage girls. I love it when the major publishers come years late to the party.

U.S. is ranked 53rd in the world for journalistic freedom. The good news is, we're tied with Botswana and Croatia! Woo hoo, represent! Land of the free, home of the brave! Sigh. #1 is Finland. Gotta love the Finns.

Yesterday before I met up with leftofcenternyc I ducked into a Starbucks to use the bathroom. Not surprisingly there was a bit of a line, but there were two bathrooms, so it wasn't so bad. Each bathroom had a VACANT/OCCUPIED slider on it, like on an airplane. So I'm second in line and these two chicks come up who instantly reminded me of New York and her mother. And they're standing there, near the front of the line, instead of getting on the line, like they're looking for a way to cut the line. That shit makes me crazy.

So they start talking to the woman in front of me -- "Oh, there are two bathrooms? Okay. Mmmm." Then the older woman points out that one of the bathrooms says VACANT. "Oh, but that one is vacant." New York chimes in. "Is that one not working?" "There's someone in there," I mumble. "Oh, I don't know," the woman in front of me says, sounding nervous suddenly. "I thought it was working..."

"It is, there's someone in there," I repeat. "Both bathrooms are working, and someone is in there right now, they just didn't turn the lock. I saw someone go in there." "Oh, so I'm not wrong," the woman in front of me says with relief. "No, someone's in there," I say. And I swear New York and her mom are looking at me all skeptical. Sure enough, ten seconds later someone walks out of that bathroom. "See, I wasn't making it up," I mutter. And it occurred to me that this incident summed up half of what is wrong with this world. People don't want to use deductive reasoning, or even trust their own instincts. They just see a sign and assume that it instantly must be true and we must all obey the sign, because why would the sign be wrong? It's a sign! Don't think about it, just obey the sign.

And that's reason 3,532 why I hate people. *g*

(By the way, apparently some of the Flavor of Love chicks are going to be on a new reality show called Charm School. AWESOME.)