YOUSEF IS A PUNK ROCKER: Okay, so maybe Ozzfest, Bahrain is still a few years out.

#72 -- RESURRECT GREGORY HINES: An annual favorite here, the 2004 University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt list is now available online. (PDF) They're on the streets as we speak.

Let us know your favorites in the Comments.

EUROBLOG: Figured I'd open up to the waiting and willing audience. I'm travelling to London and Paris on vacation for much of the last half of the month (starting this time next week). Fret not, as I'll try and blog from the road with the wonders of modern technology. But, audience members, you're invited to share your thoughts on what the cool kids are doing in London and Paris these days in comments.

THE NAME REMAINS THE SAME: For the eighth straight year, Emily is the most popular name for young girls coming into the world, while Jacob is the top boys name for the fourth consecutive year. Rounding out the top 10 for girls are: Emma, Madison, Hannah, Olivia, Abigail, Alexis, Ashley, Elizabeth, and Samantha. For boys, Nos. 2-10 are: Michael, Joshua, Matthew, Andrew, Joseph, Ethan, Daniel, Christopher, and Anthony.

editor's note: The new SSA data is available via this link.

I'LL SEE YOUR "O.C." AND RAISE YOU "90210": Even if you won't have reruns of "The O.C." to tide you over this summer, at least you have Celebrity Poker Showdown 2. Sadly, no all "West Wing" table this time, and (as always), a few inexplicable selections (Mena Suvari, both of the Masterson brothers, and professional tennis player James Blake), but some of the selections for players (Lauren Graham, Andy Richter, Jon Favreau, Matthew Perry, Sara Rue) are top-notch.

Of course, nothing will top next week's "Jeopardy Power Players" tournament, which will finally answer the question that's been burning in my mind--"Where in the world is Ashleigh Banfield? And is she smarter than Ari Fleischer?" (My guesses for who wins big--Anderson Cooper and Al Franken.)

YOUR FAITH WAS STRONG, BUT YOU NEEDED PROOF: I love The O.C., and the O.C. loves the Seger.

I didn't get into the show until 2/3 through the season, but, damn, that's some fine-tasting candy. Just a great prime-time soap, one that that treated its teen plots and adult plots with equal care and infused the whole enterprise with great characters, real emotion and rare intelligence. It allowed you to ignore the fact that most of the "high school students" looked at least 25 -- certainly, at a minimum, older than Steve Sanders looked throughout the first six seasons of 90210.

But, especially, kudos to honcho Josh Schwartz for the finale. Plenty of shows have ended their seasons with characters in peril, but I can't think of any that left every single character feeling sad, lonely and stuck, taking away from each of them a connection held dear.

And then, add on top of that Jeff Buckley's cover of "Hallelujah", the one song guaranteed to provoke an emotional reaction from every Gen-Xer (that and Nirvana's "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?", right?), and you've got A+ television.

Someone tell me why they're not airing reruns all summer long. (I mean, I understand the whole concept that cable and the success of the original Survivor destroyed traditional notions as to what the summer tv schedule could look like, but, c'mon, please?)

I TOO HAVE SHAME: Since we're admitting things here: I am a 33-year old heterosexual male who, through the twin magic of TiVo and Noggin, sometime this weekend will finish watching every single episode of TNBC latecomer Just Deal.

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