I never thought I'd refer to Gilmore Girls and Halo in the same post

• Near the end of September, you'll find it's going to be easier to drive to work, to find a seat at the restaurant, to walk the streets with bumping into anyone you know. A sizeable chunk of the work force will come down with "the flu" and the pizza delivery business will experience an upsurge. Just stay clear of the chaos at Best Buy: on September 25th, Halo 3 for X-Box 360 is hitting store shelves.
• That's it for the chatty women of Stars Hollow, as "Gilmore Girls" wrapped up last night. "What's Alan Watching" shares some thoughts on the finale, and "Jen at No Such Nonsense" shares her favourite moments. Maybe we can hope for a new series with Matthew Perry & Lauren Graham together. Please? I endured through "Studio 60", and you all endured through the disappointing Amy Palladino-less final season of "Gilmore Girls". Don't we deserve something?
• Sorry to deliver more bad news, but things aren't looking good for fans of "Veronica Mars" fans. At this time last year, we had the new CW network scheduling Veronica Mars and Gilmore Girls on the same night. We had such high hopes. TV, you are a cruel mistress.
• I'm looking forward to a quick trip to the shops to prepare for the long weekend: Michael Chabon's new novel "The Yiddish Policeman's Union" is on the shopping list (N.Y. Times review here). It's a mash-up of different genres: a hard-boiled detective novel in the tradition of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler , set against the backdrop of Alaska, where history played out differently than our own and instead of Israel, the Jewish people settled in Alaska. I've seen nothing but good reviews and I am really looking forward to reading it. Also on the shopping list are the new Feist album "Reminder" and the new Wilco album. All of this, and I still may find time to freshen up the blog design a bit.