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So as you can see it's been a pretty slow summer in terms of blogging inspiration. I'm hoping things will turn around, and this isn't an indication that even I too am eventually fated to stop blogging all together. Then again, as the increasing personal desire for 'better' content morphs into the question "what exactly makes for good blogging?" and is then compounded with a dwindle in traditional readership and shift over to new (not much larger) audiences, I also can't help but just wonder "What's the point?"

So fuck it, I'm just going to talk about My Boys. Jim Gaffigan left the cast and I am deeply annoyed. Even worse, I am annoyed at the writers for coming up with such an extremely and utterly retarded way of explaining his absence on the show. Rural China!? Really?

1.) The entire reason that Andy quit his old job and took up a new one he wasn't as passionate about was so that he could live in the City and be closer to his friends. Why then, would a promotion in said uninteresting but well paying job that involves moving to China be appealing?

2.) It's said that this 'promotion' actually involves a pay cut, so even more of a reason for it not to make sense.

3.) Andy has a wife and children who basically make all of his life decisions for him. Why would they agree to move to rural China? Can international, english-speaking schools even be found in Rural China, as opposed to a metropolitan center?

4.) Why is a Corporate Lawyer needed in rural China? Why would American law even be relevant in rural China? At least say he's working with the international headquarters in some city like Tokyo.

5.) In the latter episodes leading up to the fourth season, a major plot arc was the possibility of Andy and his family moving to the outer suburbs, basically ensuring he would barely ever seen anyone on the show again. The house he was going to live in turned out to be uninhabitable due to mold, however, preventing the move. Why not just find a new house and move to the suburbs after all? That would have made perfect sense!!!

Oh, and putting someone who has based their entire life off of good rock music in a Good Charlotte shirt? That's almost even more unbelievable.




I know the second Sex and the City movie was clearly contrived in an afternoon but this is almost worse.