I absolutely agree - she is knocking it out of the park.  And after watching the pilots of The New Normal and Partners, it's nice to see an LGBT sitcom character where the joke isn't "Hahaha!  Gay people like shopping and Bette Midler!  Woooo!"

I'm torn.  My first instinct was to be angry that Helen Hunt may be up for another Oscar after her severely undeserved win, but if she's truly great in The Sessions and then doesn't win, I'll feel like some balance has been restored to the universe.

I'm torn.  My first instinct was to be angry that Helen Hunt may be up for another Oscar after her severely undeserved win, but if she's truly great in The Sessions and then doesn't win, I'll feel like some balance has been restored to the universe.

Mostly I've been enjoying the rewatch of Soap as an adult, but one memory of watching when I was kid still stands out, and it is all about Tim and Corinne's possessed baby.

Mostly I've been enjoying the rewatch of Soap as an adult, but one memory of watching when I was kid still stands out, and it is all about Tim and Corinne's possessed baby.

This book sounds boring and unnecessary, so please allow me to reiterate my suggestion that you tackle a book that's the opposite of that for the Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club:  Bette and Joan: The Divine Feud by Shaun Considine.  It's silly, it's show-biz, and it's dripping with the venom of two famous women who…

This book sounds boring and unnecessary, so please allow me to reiterate my suggestion that you tackle a book that's the opposite of that for the Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club:  Bette and Joan: The Divine Feud by Shaun Considine.  It's silly, it's show-biz, and it's dripping with the venom of two famous women who…

Oh, I just think I'm gonna baaahrf.

Oh, I just think I'm gonna baaahrf.

I don't care what Ms. Johnson says…

I don't care what Ms. Johnson says…

And she apologized to one she was persuaded into throwing out, right?

And she apologized to one she was persuaded into throwing out, right?

Totally.  After the premiere episode, I cleaned my place from top to bottom, despite the fact that it was 10PM on a Monday.

Totally.  After the premiere episode, I cleaned my place from top to bottom, despite the fact that it was 10PM on a Monday.

He and Justin Long were also the best thing about Zack and Miri Make A Porno.

He and Justin Long were also the best thing about Zack and Miri Make A Porno.

Just hang on, Monday tv-watchers.  Only a few weeks 'til RuPaul's Drag Race.

Just hang on, Monday tv-watchers.  Only a few weeks 'til RuPaul's Drag Race.

This was an odd weekend in terms of what I wound up doing.  I had a date come over, and I invited him to pick something out on Netflix Instant to watch while we canoodled on the couch, just hoping he'd choose something mildly amusing.  He picked The IT Crowd, which I'd never seen before.  I liked it so much that the…