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Finally, David Wells gets a full article or two instead of the occasional passing mention. I'm just going to touch on the Herald article here, because a) it's more entertaining and positive and also minimizes the Yankees blather from Boomer, and b) I don't have to listen Dan Shaughnessy, He Who Pulled The Curse Out Of His Ass, if I don't want to.

The back page of the Herald had an excellent picture of Wells that I wanted to make into an icon that said "BOOMAH." Sadly, I cannot find it on the website. If I had, there would be a Wells icon to go with this entry. Just so you know.

I think the entire article can be summed up in this one quote - okay, a couple mashed together - from Wells. And since I need to finish this entry in time to catch the American version of The Office (because they can't fuck it up any more than they fucked up Coupling, they just can't), then time is of the essence. Anyway. Quote: "Coming in here, I feel like I've been here twenty years. Guys are loosey-goosey and having fun, and you don't see that. [...] It's a good time. I'm having a good time and laughing more than I've ever laughed before." YAY!

The best part is that Tony Massarotti seems to think that this is news. "Write this on a slip of paper and put it away for safekeeping: David Wells and the Red Sox are a perfect fit." (That is such a weird way to phrase that. I'm going to pretend there's a reference I'm missing, because why the hell would someone do that?) Well, yeah, Mazz. Everyone knows that. Hell, I even used those exact words. Glad you could join us.

I am so excited for Opening Day. I am so excited to watch Wells pitch. And I really really really need a Wells icon, dammit. A correctly numbered shirt would be nice, too. (I am going to be telling that story for years.)

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Yay it didn't suck!

After the disaster that was Coupling US, I was deeply afraid for The Office.

But it was, as far as I could tell, good. They stuck with all the stuff that made the original so distinctive - documentary format, no laugh track, awkward humor - and didn't try to dumb it down. The casting was pretty decent; Steve Carell is no Ricky Gervais, but he was far better than I thought he'd be, because it turns out he can act. The woman who played Pam (the Dawn equivalent) made me a bit itchy, because through the entire thing she seemed about three seconds away from a complete meltdown.

The only difficulty is that the ep stuck pretty close to the UK's pilot. There were a few original jokes and such, but much of it was lifted from the original, so it was hard to make any judgment about the writing. The original jokes were funny, and there were a couple of times when I laughed pretty hard, but a few laughs do not long-term quality make. It's really going to be hard to tell if the show is good until we see a completely original episode. I didn't much care for the preview for the next ep, though. This may be just as well, since they're moving the show to a timeslot opposite The Amazing Race, so I won't be able to watch it anyway.