Most disappointing

If you've been let down by my lack of recent updates, I'd like to distract with something even more disappointing: The NY Times' online Q&A with Tina Fey.

At this point you are certain to remark, "Tina Fey? I love her! Her television program, Thirty Rock, is an exemplar of crackerjack comedy writing. I can't wait to see that Q&A, for it cannot fail to delight!"

To which I would respond, "Who talks like that? And it's 30 Rock, not Thirty Rock. I can't believe I let you talk on my blog. I am so embarrassed. Almost as embarrassed as whoever produced the Q&A with Tina Fey idea."

Why should that person be embarrassed? I don't know.

It could be that allowing people to post questions reveals NY Times website readers as the same sort of mouthbreathers who read comment on Yahoo news stories or post on IMDB forums. Half the questions involve people asking how they can get work writing sitcoms, and half of those are people looking for internships on 30 Rock.

Of the non-desperate questions, there are winners like this one: "... is there a 'Linda Richmond' type in your new family??" Surely there must be, because Tina lives in New York City and clearly every third woman there resembles the nuanced, non-stereotypical, utterly realistic character of Linda Richman (not Richmond, idiot). Mike Myers is such a douche.

To be fair, there were a handful of really good questions, but because there were 179 total questions I'm not about to dig through the muck to pull out the gems.

"Oh, 179 questions! I wonder how many Tina Fey answered," you say like a normal person this time.

She answered three.

I don't blame Tina Fey for answering only three questions; according to that American Express commercial, she's a busy lady! Actually, I don't know if there's anyone to blame. The entire thing looks like someone had a good idea at first, and then everyone sorta forgot about it. That's a classic recipe for disappointment.