Apologies for the delay with today’s blog. As I explained earlier, I stayed up too late last night putting together the comic and there wasn’t an opportunity over my lunch hour today to update the site.

But I’m here now, babies. We’re together again. That’s all that matters.

It’s rare that I should be forced to dip into DVD satire during the holiday season. So it might seem a little out of place that I’m riffing on Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.  What can I say? There’s very little humor to be mined from movies like Blood Diamond.

Sidebar: Cami was watching E! News this evening after we came home from work and they made some passing reference to Blood Diamond and the extremely rare pink diamond at the center of it’s plot. They then seugeway into a story about a "Jewler to the Stars!" Someone who finds rare diamonds to adorn the spidery fingers of the Hollywood elite – totally side-stepping the geo-political strife surrounding diamond mining integral to the film’s message.

I’m treading on thin ice right now. I got taken to task last week with my Apocalypto strip and the accompanying Mel Gibson assessment because it showed a lack of understanding of the larger world. My defense at the time was that as an and entertainment side, I didn’t feel particularly responsible for addressing larger issues. So I suppose it would be slightly hypocritcal to accuse E! News of the same thing. No one would ever confuse that program for one with any actual integrity. At any rate, I thought it was a very awkward transition.

Back on track – I’m very anxious to get Talladega Nights on DVD. I only got to see the film once this summer and it’s authentic that I didn’t feel like I was able to download the film’s one-liner’s completely into my memory bank. Anchorman was filmed two years ago. I’ve seen it two dozen times on DVD. I know that film backwards and forewards and I enjoy quoting it with friends. I want the same thing with Talladega Nights. Is that selfish?

At any rate, I read that there is a hilarious commentary track on the DVD purportedly recorded in 2031 in which John C. Reily has become a milita leader in the "island state" of Michigan. That alone is worth the price of admission – to say nothing of the customary deleted scenes and alternate takes of these kind of films.

I’d better wrap things up. It’s getting to be the time that I need to set up for my weekly talkcast. I hope you guys check it out! Talk to you soon!