Blogging at a Snail’s Pace - NYTimes.com

CLEARLY NOT US: Some people are trying to start a "slow blogging" movement.

THE TRIUMPH OF THE EEEEE! In spite of decidedly mediocre reviews, Twilight is going to gross $70M+ this weekend, and the studio has already greenlit a sequel, which I'm guessing will be rushed for Christmas '09 if they can. Any "Twihards" (yes, that's apparently what they call themselves) here want to opine?

I SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE PRESIDENT: There's never a bad time for this "West Wing" clip.

POST BEING POSTED: From the Department of Lack of Thesaurus Usage comes the following Playbill headline -- "Decision on American Buffalo's Future to be Decided November 24."

DARYL AND I JUST DID WHAT WE DID AND WORKED REALLY HARD AND LITTLE BY LITTLE THINGS FELL INTO PLACE: Philadelphia's City Paper sits down with John Oates.

Deep Vote predicts the Oscars:Last year, he batted 1000 :: rogerebert.com :: Oscars

MADNESS, AS YOU KNOW, IS LIKE GRAVITY. ALL IT TAKES IS A LITTLE ... PUSH: Roger Ebert talked to his reliable inside-Oscar source, "Deep Vote," and he's ready to make his predictions. Best Supporting Actor, he claims, is assuredly Heath Ledger's, and as for the big prize?

Best Picture, 'Slumdog Millionaire,' 'Frost/Nixon,' 'Doubt,' 'Revolutionary Road,' 'The Reader.' Maybe 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.' Extremely strong possibility of 'The Dark Knight.' 'WALL-E' is good enough, but voters will cover it in the best animation category. 'Synecdoche, New York' is easily good enough, but they're embarrassed you had to explain it to them.

The big wild card? No one's seen Clint Eastwood's 'Gran Torino' yet.

BRONX DIGS TONKS, BUT KNOX AND MADDOX READ VOX: So you're Pete Wentz. You're expecting a baby with your wife Ashlee Simpson any minute now, and you're killing some time chatting with Ryan Seacrest while you wait. Ryan asks you if you've picked out a name yet. You reply that you and Ashlee are waiting to meet the baby first, but that you've got a methodology in place:

You've got to have a baby with a name that could be a rock star or a senator, so he'll get work either way.

And so a few weeks later, Ashlee has a baby boy. Ladies and gentlemen, I present the newest addition to the United States Senate, Bronx Mowgli Wentz.

Better hope that little Bronx can carry a tune.

(see also Baby Name Wizard Laura Wattenberg's take on the Jolie-induced trendiness of names ending in "x'")