“The Daily Show” is real news?

TV critics vote for merit, message This is odd: At the 20th annual Television Critics Association awards show, “The Daily Show” won for outstanding news and information programming — over rivals like PBS’ “Frontline” and ABC’s “Nightline.” Sad to say, though, that “The Daily Show” is one of the more informative news shows on TV …

New iPods out…

Apple has released the fourth generation iPods soon. I’m going to start my list of reasons to justify getting one now…

Arrested Development

TV Critics Heap Awards on ‘Arrested Development’ Fox’s dysfunctional-family comedy “Arrested” was voted best new program and best comedy, two days after the freshman series scored a surprise berth in the Emmy race for best comedy. “Arrested” creator/executive producer Mitch Hurwitz told TCA attendees that it was the support of critics that saved the show …

Time to take a break

Well, last night’s game clinches it: I have to take a break from the Red Sox. I don’t mind when they lose while playing well, but they’ve been playing some of the ugliest baseball for the past two months. How does a “good” team have the bases loaded and no out, and not score a …

The 10 Best Internet Fads

The 10 Best Internet Fads We’ve all seen ’em before, but it’s good to revisit old “friends.” From Mahir to Bubb Rubb, all your fads are belong to us…

Bill Brasky Quote Archive

“Bill Brasky is a son of a bitch!” “Bill Brasky was a two ton man-mountain who could palm a medicine ball!” “He drives an ice cream truck covered in human skulls.” “Brasky’s family crest is a picture of a barracuda eating Neil Armstrong.” “I once saw him scissor kick Angela Landsbury.” Bill Brasky Quote Archive

Zakim skatepark

There’s a proposal for a $1.1 million 40,000 square foot skatepark to be built under the Zakim bridge. “It’s definitely going to put the city of Boston on the map of skateboarding,” said Jon Evjy, 21, who works at a Commonwealth Avenue skate shop called the Underground. Naturally, I assumed that bikes would not be …

Yeardley Smith on Here & Now

Yeardley Smith — the voice of Lisa Simpson — is interviewed on Here & Now, discussing working on The Simpsons and her off-Broadway show. Plus, hear Lisa read a Kleenex box!

Bush vs. Letterman

Check out a damn funny clip from David Letterman — “George W. Bush Invigorating America’s Youth” — and Dave’s reaction to the White House calling the video a fake. Links to both videos available here at k10k.

Weekend Gardening

While using my company’s TV product, MyBestBets.tv, I was recommended a show on DIY Network, “Weekend Gardening,” so I TiVo’d it and checked it out. Not only was it a pretty good show, but the episode was about starting a garden from seeds — something I was planning to do this year. So why am …