A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT: In case you weren't aware, at some random point during the next week or two this blog will cease to be updated regularly, for a period of 3-5 days, minimum.

(Translation: Jen's due date was yesterday. Read all about it here.)

Oh, dear, you must be wondering, how can I amuse myself if Adam's not around? My life before this blog was solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.

Fear not. For starters, check out all the links down the left-hand side. I am particularly happy to note that TV Tattle is back to near-daily publication for May sweeps, and once you check it out you'll realize just how lazy I am some days when it comes to finding links for y'all. And for those not in the media business and already-knowing, Jim Romenesko's MediaNews is invaluable daily reading for the best news about the news, mostly focusing on the world of print journalism.

If that's exhausted, let me suggest a few good time-sucks:

1. Fark.com, for good links and great Photoshop spoofery, like today's set of movie poster hacks.

2. The Atlantic Monthly always has good archived articles online. Read them.

3. Better yet, you did know that every single episode of public radio's This American Life was available online, didn't you?

4. Peruse lists of items required and tasks needing to be performed during past University of Chicago Scavenger Hunts. Be proud that our nation's best and brightest not only designed these weekend-long activities ("Bring a lightbulb from the birthplace of Thomas Edison"; "Make mathematical sense of Jay-Z's ``H.O.V.A.'' and interpret its meaning in the context of the song", "Have Arthur Andersen audit a class", etc.), but also faithfully execute them, every year.

5. If you have to, spend more time at work doing work. Yeah, I know, not ideal.

6. Read the spoiled endings from over a hundred movies at Jim's Cinepad.

7. Learn more about the real-life General Tso.

8. Back to archives: all of Bill Simmons' ESPN writings are online, even if his previous "Boston Sports Guy" columns are not.

9. Even if you missed the original airings, re-read Television Without Pity's recaps of every Amazing Race episode ever. Or all six seasons of Survivor. (From Survivor episode 1-1: "Each team treks onto the beach, where an elaborately constructed and ridiculously stupid obstacle course awaits them. Is Jeff Probst extremely self-important or is it just me? He makes them all touch their life on the island, the immunity idol. How very Bradys Go To Hawaii. And how'd he get away with removing it from the construction site, anyway?")

Or some other show.

That should be enough to hold you over for at least a few days. :)

Okay, and one last thing, one I haven't mentioned before in five months of blogging: why not read the first chapters of Jen's books, and, if you're sufficiently entertained, buy one. C'mon, dawg.