Friends is returning to television in four two-hour specials this season. Wait a second. They canceled Malcolm in the Middle and The West Wing, but Friends is coming back? Further proof that either (1) there is no God; or (2) He hates all of us.

The broadcast flag is back. Under the Digital Content Protection Act of 2006, the FCC would have the authority to mandate that all devices capable of receiving a digital signal must respect broadcast flags in the signal. (A broadcast flag is a little piece of data encoded in the signal that tells the receiving device how the signal can be used. For example, a broadcast flag might say "don't allow a TiVo to record me" or "don't allow any downstream devices to intercept me," and the device would have to respect that.)

President Bush's State of the Union address is Jan. 31 at 9 PM EST. Please review the rules for the State of the Union Address Drinking Game 2006.

BATS Improv provides hilarious improv comedy in San Francisco for only twelve dollars! And since their theater is in Fort Mason Center, parking is free! Holy crap! Jared and I actually saved money by not taking public transportation! BATS is currently engaged in its "Rock 'n' Roll Theatresports," a multi-week contest among teams of all the BATS improv artists. Teams compete to win the Rock 'n' Roll Theatresports Finals on Feb. 25. Be there!