Sitting around waiting for the laundry to finish and the Sox game to start..

- My favorite network show right now is "The Office". It is just so spot on as far as office politics, the Peter Principle, and the whole "no one gets out of here alive" general malaise that pervades so many companies today. The brilliant original English version was something that I didn't think could be duplicated by American television, and after watching the very first NBC episode that stuck SO closely to Gervais initial episode, I had my doubts as to the show's future. But the writers, producers and cast have done a terrific job of creating their own awful, awful little world where small men like Micheal Scott supervise people whose IQs dwarf his, while he grovels and ineptly self promotes himself to his "on to him yet stuck in her own little slice of hell" boss, Jan. I've seen three of the cast's blogs: Pam's,B.J. Novak's, who uses his real name and is yet another Havaaad grad gone Hollywood apparently,and, of course Dwight's. It looks like Jenna Fischer, who plays Pam the receptionist, really does put a lot of effort into her blogging during filming, as is claimed by those associated with the show.

- I was thinking recently that with the low ratings drawn by "The Office" in its first two seasons, and the big hit that was "The 40 Year Old Virgin, maybe NBC could take advantage of Steve Carell's newfound movie stardom. I mean, we know that Micheal never actually had SEX with Jan, and appears a likely candidate to be a virgin just like the one he played in last summer's hit film, albeit with a better job and a better haircut. And I wouldn't be a bit surprised if Micheal had an Asia poster somewhere in that new condo he bought on the show recently. So I ask: why burn a great character like Andy Stitzer, stereo salesman? I say that Micheal Scott is the REAL 40 Year Old Virgin...so why not change the name of the show to something like "The 40 Year Old Office Virgin"?