Catching up on TiVo backlog:

• Veronica Mars just keeps getting better. The line from this episode that was so awesome:

  Just another day in the life of a human Google.

  She goes from one search to the next and back. I'm all about hard-boiled detectives right now, and VM fits in perfectly: she's scrappy, she's a working-class private detective in a rich-person's world, her personal morals are the highest thing for her—even when it means busting a good friend. And it's excellently written. Bonus! It got picked up for a second season.
• Did the Kung Fu Hustle. Its slot as the #1 Kung Fu Comedy in America is well-earned. Fantastic.
• Peter MacNichol, how do you capture our hearts so? We enjoyed your stomach-rumbling antics on Ally McBeal, and your friendly mentor-ness on NUMB3RS continues to endear.
• Ocean's Twelve. Meh.
• Finally watched (from tape) last week's Amazing Race. High point: Rob calling Uchenna and Joyce "stupid" while they were quietly kicking his butt. Mid point: Kelly tells Ron he "got out of his commitment to the military" by "being a P.O.W." He gets angry but shows remarkable restraint, given the comment. Low point: otherwise tiresome Ron and Kelly are spared the axe in favor of destitution. Question: will anyone give them anything? (Probably not.)
• Last: saw Pac-Man related graffiti on Thursday: