Dotcomments, or, as we like to call it, DanVoices
Unlike Greymatter, which I think you have to have a degree in nuclear physics (or be Harlan or Rod) to master, I think I’m going to give Dan’s solution a try. It looks simple enough, even for me…

Watched “Mallrats” last night. While I can see how some movie critics wouldn’t like the film, and I can see how Universal tried to get Kevin Smith to make the film too much like “Animal House”, I still thought it was hysterical. Maybe it was just having grown up in that “Jersey Mall Culture” Smith managed to capture so perfectly. Maybe it was seeing Jay and Silent Bob kick the crap out a mall Easter Bunny. I dunno.

One question, though – and I guess this is better asked of whoever scouted locations for the film as opposed to Smith himself, but I just have to ask it…

Minnesota? They had to go all the way to Minnesota to find a suitable mall to use for the film? Drive in any direction from the center of Red Bank, NJ, and within 30 minutes you’ll hit a major shopping mall (Freehold Raceway Mall, Woodbridge Center, Monmouth Mall, etc.).

I knew something didn’t feel quite right about the locations when the film started, and there’s my reason.

I mean, Minnefreakin’sota? They didn’t even bother to change the name on the mall to something more Jersey-centric than “Eden Prairie Center”…

Zap2It.com: Drew Carey Hosts All-Improv ‘SNL’
Drew – I hate to break this to you, but speaking as someone who has done it in the past, YOU’RE NOT VERY GOOD AT IMPROV!!! For everyone’s sake, try to minimize the number of sketches you’re in, and let the SNL cast (and hopefully some Whose Line players) shine…

Stuck in My Head
Limp Bizkit, “My Way”

The BlogVoices comment count has been removed (by the BV programmer). This is both a positive and a negative. Positive, in that the blog is now loading MUCH faster. Negative, in that I can’t tell who the heck, if anyone, is commenting anymore. So PLEASE continue to post comments…

Things learned on Saturday night
1) Brian Douglas is a cool guy. (Well, actually, I knew that already, but…)
2) Jenkinson’s is not my type of place. Sure, there were tons of scantily clad women, but I really wasn’t into all the loud, poorly remixed dance music played between sets, the annoying lighting, and the close quarters. Also, it had to have been over 100 degrees in that room…
3) Yahoo Maps joins the list of things that suck Darren’s ass.
3a) It’s REALLY EASY to get lost based on directions from said ass-sucking maps.

Well, Blogger is apparently feeling better. Whatever that means.

I have come to the same (or similar) conclusion as…well, pretty much everyone else – BlogVoices is too slow, and causes the page to take forever to load. Options are being investigated.

So, I know I haven’t had much to say this week, aside from the usual collection of goofy links. I’m trying to get myself going with diet and exercise this week (the treadmill arrives today), which is the main reason I haven’t called anyone and said “wanna get something to eat tonight?” I’m also doing what I can to get my career prospects back into shape – and as much as I don’t want to, I have to face the reality that work is work is work, and that very few jobs are going to make me genuinely happy. So if I seem a little quiet this week, I guess its just because I’m in something of a reflective period.

AdCritic.com Commercials: Fox Sports – China Ad
Folks, this one is just totally f*cked up.