Book review: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

I've never seen The Office, I saw only a few minutes of the Mindy Kaling Project, but I picked up the book after reading some good reviews, and the reviewers were on target. It's a funny, funny book. A critic said it was like chatting with a very chatty girlfriend and he/she was right.

Coming so close on the heels of Tina Fey's "Bossypants," there's going to be some comparisons. It's pretty much laid out the same way: stories of an awkward childhood, breaking into comedy small time, breaking into comedy big time. But whereas Fey's book had a few serious moments, Kaling keeps things light through the whole book.

Favorite lines: Some people say living well is the best revenge, I say it's acid in the face!

There has ceased to be a difference between my awake clothes and my asleep clothes.

Hilarious stuff.

Pick it up, it's a lot of fun.

Evolution of 30 Rock

Just saw the "Runt" episode of "30 Rock" on cable and am amazed at how much the show evolved from the first season. First, the focus was on the writers, now they're background characters. Second, when Liz had a problem she discussed it with Pete, now it's Jack, and finally it's so surreal now, comparatively speaking this episode was a drama (watch Tracy's speech about diabetes) ! Rip Torn plays it totally straight, two seasons later he'd be over the top.

I'm not complaining, as the show got more surreal it just got funnier. All signs seem to point to just one more season though.

(Read Bossypants, Fey touches on the difficulties of being a female in charge that this episode focuses on.)