A quick update to clear some things off the docket…

  • Last week, in a historic moment in the world of The Jay, I actually enjoyed a product of entertainment that came from the Mother Country. My extreme disdain for all things British Comedy is well documented, in places far more prestigious than here. In fact, my hate-on for the U.K. is like a reputation that precedes me. I often meet friends of friends and are greeted with a “Hey, aren’t you the guy who hates British people? What’s up with that? How can you not like Monty Python; didn’t you go to film school?” Yeah, well, I can not like it just fine, thank you very much. Much like sushi, I’m not abhorrent to the idea of it, I just don’t care for it. I keep trying it in small doses, but have never found myself liking a British comedy. However, that all changed last week when The Lady forced me to watch the pilot episode of Coupling; grudgingly, I said yes, and even more grudgingly (or what, grudginger?), I started laughing. And I laughed all the way through it. This may be a fluke, but for the time being, the count stands at The Jay 463, British Comedy 1.

  • The last four movies I saw: Shopgirl, Zathura, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Jarhead. And they were all good. This may yet be a salvageable year for film.

  • I don’t really watch the show, but I respect what it does, so let me take a moment to wish Arrested Development a fond farewell and adieu. You did a lot of good, whether the viewing audience recognized it or not.

  • There’s been some confusion about this, so let me clear it up: this site is not a blog. It is structured like a blog, yes, but this is done only for ease of use on my part. TheJay.com is an entertainment humor site. Much like Bill Simmons, I am columnist and a journalist, not a blogger. This is why my posts tend to be longer than the average internet “writer”. If it helps your perspective on my writing, please reconsider how you observe this site. Thank you.

  • We’ve officially reached the boiling point for celebrity gossip. When the Paris Hilton car crash was on the net within twenty minutes of the fender bender, I knew we had hit critical mass. I can only hope that we are now beginning the eventual descent back to normality. So soon celebrities will still be screwed up, but hopefully, we won’t know about it. A boy can dream…

  • Hope you all caught the link update this week. I added a link to Broke and Lonely, a new web animation by a friend of mine, Jon Dabach. Do him a favor, click over, watch the first episode, and let him impress the hell out of you.

  • So I’m trying to come up with a suitable tag line for the site, and find myself coming up with very little. The only thing I got is: “If the internet were the Star Wars galaxy, The Jay would be its Yoda”. Yeah, I know, it’s slight. I’m looking for good ideas here people, so if you have one, please post it, or shoot me an e-mail and I’ll give a big ole shout out the to the one who gives me the funniest tag line.

  • On that note, there’s been some confusion on how to post comments on the site. Right under the title of each post is a clickable link that tells you how many comments have been made about the post, whether it be one, none, fifteen, etc. Click that link to open the individual post page. Once there, you should see a box on the right side of the screen that offers you the ability to “leave a response”, or in other words, to post a comment. So now that you know, I better be seeing lots of feedback from all of you out there. Let me know if you like what you read, if you hate it, or whatever. The Jay has thick skin, he can take it. Well, actually, I have really thin skin, so chances are if you flame me on my own site, I will retaliate. I’m a vindictive little bitch like that, deal with it.

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