I Didn’t See Where It Started, But I Saw Where It Ended.

Unbeknownst to me until about 9:40, The Office’s season premiere aired last night (thank you Eric of the past. Also, thank you DVR Machine), to much acclaim in these parts. A quick recap of the main storyline, which might seem eerily familiar to those who keep track of certain trends: Michael severely injures one of his own, attempts to ascribe blame for the accident at first to someone else, and then to an unseen deity, and finally shifts the focus from the calamity by staging a huge, purposeless event in the name of goodwill.

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Kristin Thompson, who co-authored the first book on film I ever read for school, lists her favorite DVD extras. On her co-author’s blog. (via)

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David Banner, smarter than a room full of Congressmen.

“If by some stroke of the pen hip-hop was silenced, the issues would still be present in our communities,” Banner said in a prepared statement. “Drugs, violence and the criminal element were around long before hip-hop existed.”

Illinois Congressman Bobby Rush, bent on blaming the middleman (Hey car! Why did you get me in that crash?) and edging up against a Bill O’Reilly form of cultural ignorance:

“I am a fan of hip-hop. [But there is a need] to address the issue of violence, hate and degradation that has reduced too many of our youngsters to automatons.”