Guys. I just wrote and deleted a really long post about how I was avoiding the internet this week because of Harry Potter. It ran several paragraphs, was kind of weepy, and included my pitch for everyone to join my new James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George Weasley) Appreciation Society (they’re the tall ones).

But I’ve spared you, and for that, you should be grateful. And perhaps you will find it in your hearts to forgive me for not posting all that much this week. Or last. Or the one before that.

I’m incapable of coming up with actual content, so here are some mental lists I’ve been working on recently. Feel free to add to them in the comments.

TV Things That Always Make Me Smile
the Deadwood theme song
Joel McHale laughing at himself
movies in HD
David Pogue’s “It’s All Geek to Me”
I don’t know Butchie instead

TV Things That Deserve a Strong Frowny-Face
Jon and Stephen going on vacation
the level of hygiene evident in camp Deadwood
the interns writers who are responsible for the movie version of My Super Sweet 16
that Lorelai Gilmore will probably not get an Emmy nomination (again) on Thursday

Things I’m Afraid Of (TV)
House runs out of illnesses
Alec Baldwin runs out of 30 Rock
Viva Laughlin is as bad as everyone says it is
Heroes only had one good season in it
Lost will lose momentum because we know they survive (sorta)

Things I’m Afraid of (General)
standing in line
people in front of me in the Harry Potter line on Friday
people who work in bookstores and have access to the internet
blindness
Dementors

Okay, so I won’t be around much for the next few days (you know — other stuff happens).  But here are some nuggets for you to chew on.

• Here’s an interview with Chelsea Handler, who is getting her own show on E! Haven’t read it, but I usually think she is very funny. So, yeah.
• Catfight at NBC about that failed Coupling show.
• Here’s an AV Club thing about Last Comic Standing.
• The Real World: Sydney will have the series’ first Iranian-American.