HE CATCHES TOUCHDOWNS, AND HE GETS THE GOLDEN JACKET:  At long last, Cris Carter is being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, along with Jonathan Ogden, Bill Parcells, Larry Allen and frequent litigant Warren Sapp. The five beat out Jerome Bettis, Andre Reed, Michael Strahan, Charles Haley, and Aeneas Williams on the final balloting; those five will be joined on the 2014 ballot by first-time-eligibles Derrick Brooks, Tony Dungy, and Marvin "Person of Interest" Harrison.

OKAY, CAMPERS, RISE AND SHINE, AND DON'T FORGET YOUR BOOTIES 'CAUSE IT'S COOOOOOLD OUT THERE TODAY: It's February 2, so it's time to talk about the movie again. Do you buy the whole Buddhist thing, or should we just quote lines for a while and generally discuss its awesomeness?

Participate in this thread, or it's gonna be cold, it's gonna be grey, and it's gonna last you for the rest of your life. (Or maybe not: Phil tweets that he sees no shadow.)

THE PRESIDENT HAS THIS DISEASE AND HAS BEEN LYING ABOUT IT, AND YOU GUYS ARE WORRIED THAT THE POLLING MIGHT MAKE US LOOK BAD? IT'S THE FALL THAT'S GONNA KILL YA: From the same people that brought you the Law and Order conviction rate database comes an effort to chart Jed Bartlet's first-term approval ratings and compare them to other Presidents.

Unrelated, but still fun: their efforts, before last night's episode, to reconcile Alec Baldwin's role on 30 Rock with the show's having "Kim Jong-Il" rip off his Glengarry Glen Ross speech.

EIGHTH ANNUAL SEASON-ENDING BIG GAME POOL: Five questions, one blog:

1. Winner/final score.
2. Official Game MVP.
3. Which advertiser tops the USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter?
4. Predict something interesting about Beyonce's performance. [Portions of the setlist have been leaked.]
5. Will Alicia Keys' rendition of the National Anthem run over/under 2:15?

Tiebreaker: Pick a prop bet as listed on Football Outsiders. Get it right. The tougher the odds of winning your bet, the more credit you get.

Previous winners: 2006: Benner; 2007: me; 2008: Joseph J. Finn ; 2009: Scott; 2010: Scott again; 2011: GoldnI; 2012: Phil. As they will tell you, the prizes are Fame and Glory within this community, but nothing financial.

[My picks: San Francisco 24-20, Colin Kaepernick, Dorito's, Jay-Z will not appear, and under. Tiebreaker Prop: Dennis Pitta scores first TD of game.]

THAT BALD SALAD RUINER:  I'm a little verklempt right now; Alan's recap is a good place to start on how they shut it down, and I may add more in the morning.  In the meantime, there are many good lists of 30 Rock lists out there, and ... oh, I will miss this show.

WELL, IT'S NOT TITLED THE HANDSOME REPORTER WHO SAVES THE DAY: So, there are reports that The Girl Who Played With Fire may get made with an interesting twist--writing out Mikael Blomkvist because Daniel Craig wants more money--though David Fincher and Rooney Mara would return.  From a creative standpoint, I don't mind so much--Salander is a far more interesting character than Blomkvist, who becomes a more and more blatant Mary Sue figure as the trilogy goes on, and the second book in particular focuses on her.  It's an interesting career call for Craig, on the other hand, for whom Dragon Tattoo has been the only real commercial success other than Bond.  Do we care?  Does a Craig-free, but Fincher-directed version of this excite you?

NO, IT'S NOT UMA THURMAN DAY ON THE BLOG, BUT ... Really, we almost had a Pulp Fiction with Daniel Day-Lewis, William Hurt, Sean Penn, or Bruce Willis as Vincent Vega?  (Okay, I'd actually want to see the Hurt version.)