On my iPhone:
Crazy Rulers of the World – The Men Who Stare at Goats: a three part documentary aired on Channel 4 in England about the infiltration and misconstruction of new-age beliefs into the US military and beyond. The first episode is baffling funny – we search for the man who can stop goat hearts just by thinking about them and wind up with a video tape that isn’t quite the same caliber. The second uncomfortably funny – going further into the conspiracies, we find that the “Earth Battalion” methods of combat are being used with horrific results. The third makes you feel guilty for laughing. Conspiracy theorists will use this as porn. The narrator is Welsh (I think) and has a rather distracting accent, but creates a compelling argument that there actually ARE crazy people who wield power today.

BoingBoingTV: They’re not using Xeni Jardin so much as presenter these days, which is a shame, because Mark F. makes me think of a creepy science teacher who’s just asked you to stay after class to clean erasers. The content of this podcast is 90% weird and wonderful (The plushies episode still makes me want to wash my eyes).

CuteWithChris.com: He’s becoming unapologetic to dissatisfied parents who poo poo his show as being dirty, taunting them into admitting that “what they had to do to become parents is dirty”. Fave character on any show to date: Pervy the Horse. Predominantly a teen viewership, but he did have a nice shout out to hairy bears who watch his shows a couple episodes back.

On my PVR:
Sarah Silverman. Doody. Rob Schrab directs and produces (creator of Scud the Disposable Assassin and Robot Bastard). ‘Nuff said.

The usual array of reality TV that I can’t seem to shake like an addiction to bed time chips: Amazing Race (Go Goths!), Survivor (ho hum), Dancing With the Stars (anyone notice that they’ve started to use a “camera shake” effect every time they show Marie Osmond hitting the floor in her infamous live faint?), Miami/LA Ink (not so much these days, it’s becoming as set up as The Hills, which I DO NOT WATCH), and of course, Miss Tyra Banks and her lovely gaggle of goosey Glamour goddesses, America’s Next Top Model.

Heroes: After a slow start, last night’s episode was like a defibulator to the series. Wham! Thank god Hiro is out of feudal Japan. That was getting a bit drawn out.

Movies:
Very dry this year, you may have noticed. Shelly is pouting. We did see Superbad (laughed), American Gangster (liked it), and uh…others. But nothing has compelled me to write about them. We’re going to see No Country For Old Men this weekend, by order of SharkBoy. I expect it will be good.