If you didn’t catch any of The Colbert Report this week, you missed a lot of good stuff. The show was recorded in Baghdad and included lots of good segments about the military and the Iraq war. Here’s an overview:

My favorite segment of the week was when he went to basic training:

Charlie Brooker’s Newswipe on BBC has a history of “Oh, Dear-ism” in the media, a term I hadn’t heard before:

It’s a convincing case, I think.

(via waxy)

Apparently, the next release of Windows will be named Windows 7. I doubt I’m the only one who immediately thought of the Seinfeld episode in which George wants to name his child “Seven”.

JERRY: Seven? Yeah, I guess I could see it. Seven. Seven periods of school, seven beatings a day. Roughly seven stitches a beating, and eventually seven years to life. Yeah, you’re doing that child quite a service.
GEORGE: Yes I am. I defy you to come up with a better name than Seven.
Jerry walks toward the kitchen. He sees an item on the counter.
JERRY: Alright, let’s see. How about Mug? Mug Costanza, that’s original. Or uh, Ketchup? Pretty name for a girl.
GEORGE: Alright, you having a good time there?
JERRY: I got fifty right here in the cupboard. How about Bisquik? Pimento. Gherkin. Sauce. Maxwell House.
GEORGE: Alright already!! This is a very key issue with me, Jerry. I had this name for a long time.

If you didn’t see 60 minutes last night, you might be interested in watching this segment. It’s the story of an undercover FBI agent who came very close to becoming a made man. The things he had to do to prepare are pretty fascinating (including watching the Food Network to learn about Italiatn food… he’s Cuban, but he does look rather Italian).

I was watching Law & Order SVU with my roommate and discussing how many of the actors on that show were also in Oz (the HBO prison drama). To verify one of my claims, I looked up the cast list for Oz, and noticed that Luke Perry was on the list, which was hilarious. I mentioned it to Chris and he said “I thought you were talking about SVU.” I was confused for a moment, then I looked up and Luke Perry was on screen guest starring in that episode. What a coincidence!

OK, hopefully this is my first and last post involving Luke Perry.

I finally saw a couple of episodes of Flight of the Conchords this weekend, though I’d heard a few of their songs before. It was enjoyable and recommended. My favorite song by them so far is The Most Beautiful Girl in the Room, which I’ve chosen for this week.

Here’s the live (audio-only) version from their album The Distant Future:

I prefer that version over the version that occurred in the first episode, though the video does add some humor:

“… like a… tree!”

So, according to David Letterman, John McCain canceled going on his show at the last minute, saying he needed to get to Washington to, you know, fix America, leaving Letterman with a bunch of dead time and a bad taste in his mouth.

.. then he finds out that McCain didn’t go to DC, he was being interviewed by Katie Couric. Whoops!

For some reason I’m starting to feel bad for the McCain campaign tonight… don’t worry, I’m sure it’ll pass.

In case you missed it… this one’s for the West Wing fans:
Aaron Sorkin Conjures a Meeting of Obama and Bartlet

Obama reminds me of Bartlet a bit, in that they’re both smart and a bit professorial and get painted as elitists for it.

Discussion of intelligent presidents always reminds me of one of my favorite Onion articles: Bush Regales Dinner Guests With Impromptu Oratory On Virgil’s Minor Works. The article is funnier than the title (unlike many Onion articles).