I figured it’s that time of the day again.

The McCain/ Palin satanists representatives are now throwing some heat in the direction of Saturday Night Live and NBC regarding the season premiere’s skit. In the clip, Amy Poehler plays an unimpressed Hill-dog, and Palin is portrayed by her biological twin, Tina Fey.

From MSNBC:

“The portrait was very dismissive of the substance of Sarah Palin, and so in that sense, they were defining Hillary Clinton as very substantive, and Sarah Palin as totally superficial,” McCain advisor Carly Fiorina told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell on Monday. “I think that continues the line of argument that is disrespectful in the extreme, and yes I would say sexist.”

The Fey/Poehler sketch satirized such topics as Palin’s religious beliefs and foreign policy.

“Just because Sarah Palin has different views than Hillary Clinton does not mean that she lacks substance. She has a lot of substance,” Fiorina said.

The skit itsself was one of a rare times that SNL has been funny in the last 8 or so years. It keeps getting yanked down from YouTube, so here’s a snippet of the morons at Fox News hashing over a small clip.

When he’s not busy pwning Mark Spitz and winning over 9000 gold medals, Michael Phelps is seemingly always rocking some shit on his iPod. Since for at least this week he’s bigger than Miley Cyrus, Yahoo! Sports lurked into what’s on Phelps’ iPod, and guess what? It’s mostly shit, shit and more shit:

While his pre-race tracklist varies, Phelps has said that “I’m Me” by Lil’ Wayne has been on his playlist in Beijing. Other artists that populate Phelps’ iPod include: Jay-Z, Young Jeezy, Eminem and Outkast. (What, no ‘Pac?) Occasionally, he’ll throw some techno into the mix, but usually keeps things rap-centric. Phelps doesn’t speak much about the specific songs he’s listening to, but he did tell NBC in 2004 that Eminem’s “‘Til I Collapse” was on his most-played list at Athens. In 2005, he created a playlist for the website Rhapsody that included the songs “Roses” by Outkast, “Burn” by Usher, “Overnight Celebrity” by Twista and  “Smile” by G-Unit.

On today’s Today, Jane Fonda–no stranger to controversy–sent producers rushing for the dump button when discussing the Vagina Monologues. The play is celebrating its 10th anniversary.

Ms. Vieira had conducted the interview with “Monologues” writer Eve Ensler and Ms. Fonda, who said she initially resisted the invitation to participate in the play years ago.

As Ms. Fonda recalled it, “I was asked to do a monologue called ‘C—,’ and I said, ‘I don’t think so. I’ve got enough problems.’”

“Today” dropped the sound and slipped in a still photo to make sure no one could lip-read the word for Central, Moutain and Pacific feeds of the No. 1 morning show, but they retained Ms. Vieira’s apology in the later feeds.

“Before we go to break, in our last half-hour we were talking about ‘The Vagina Monologues’ and Jane Fonda inadvertently said a word from the play that you don’t say on television.” Ms. Vieira said. “It was a slip, and obviously, she apologizes and so do we. We would do nothing to offend the audience, so please accept that apology.”

Society is still doing its best to soldier on in light of the tragedy.

It’s been a crazy past three months, huh? Without new TV programs to keep us occupied, Americans actually had to go out and do things, keep up with current events. A lot of us even voted.

I don’t know about you, but I was getting pretty nervous, what with all this activity and all. I even went walking this past Saturday. Not because I needed to get to work or whatever, but because I thought, “Boy, it sure is nice out. I should get my fat ass to the park.” Thankfully, the writers are back.

Even though the ink’s not dry on the new agreement forged between the WGA and the studios, CBS is already rushing to get new shows back on the air. Two and a Half Men, How I Met Your Mother and Big Bang Theory will all return March 14th. A whole bunch of other shows I don’t watch such as Numb3rs, The Ghost Whisperer and the entire gaggle of CSI programs will follow suit in the following weeks.

No offense to Meg Oliver, but I don’t watch anything on CBS (except Up to the Minute, of course), so I could really give a fuck about this announcement. My only hope is that other networks will follow suit, and NBC can get Heroes and The Office back ASAP. Thx.

Let me preclude this blog by stating explicitly that I watch way too much television. I know that it is detrimental to my general level of intelligence, but I just can’t help myself. So, the very much arbitrary (hence the title) notion struck me to give some suggestions as to what you may want to catch this season on the good ol’ boob tube. My proposed daily itinerary is as follows:

Mon: 11:30PM the Boondocks: This show dabbles in Manga-style animation and has the likes of John Witherspoon, Samuel L. Jackson, Charlie Murphy, and Regina King lending their comedic and vocal talent. It’s like “Word, ya know whatt’a mean?”

Tues: This day can be completely free from television. Go out and kick around some leaves or something.

Wed: South Park at 10:00PM. I feel secure that you all know what South Park is about. What kind of person couldn’t find at least some enjoyment in the “Imagination Land” trilogy?

Thurs: Thursday is a fine day for vegging in front of the blessed television screen. The Office airs at 9Pm on NBC, and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia airs at 10PM on FX. Watch them both, and, trust me, you will be entertained.

Fri: What? You would actually watch T.V. on a Friday night? What a loser you are. Just kidding, having a life is overrated. I guess you could watch Deal or No Deal on NBC, if you have a thing for Bob Saget, or are for some other reason so inclined.

Sat: What else but NBC’s Saturday Night Live? See, it’s completely legit to stay in Saturday night, it is in no way comparable to staying in on a Friday.

Sun: At least a fraction of your “day of rest” could befittingly include watching a cartoon or two (or three, or four, or five). Although there is often some variation regarding show times, (and interference from those pesky athletic events), you can usually catch a chain of animated hilarity starting at 7:30PM on FOX that includes episodes of King of the Hill, the Simpsons, Family Guy and American Dad. The entertainment doesn’t cease there. Metalocalypse, Robot Chicken, and Lucy the Daughter of the Devil also air on Sunday night, starting at 11:30PM.

*It should also be noted that Late Night with Conan O’Brien is an excellent show that can be caught Monday through Friday on NBC at 12:37PM.

So, there you have it. Mind-numbingly awesome entertainment just waiting for you to take advantage. Life is good, no?