For the first time in a long time, we had three new episodes going head-to-head-to-head on Thursday night. Archer has managed to wear the crown the past two weeks with episodes that probably would have won even going up against debut episodes. But could the
animated basic cable show stand up to the might of the NBC powerhouses back from break? With the Office winding down Steve Carell’s tenure with an important run of shows, and 30 Rock
Let’s find out. Here’s how the shows unfolded on April 14, 2011:
“This year, The Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Extreme Cagefighting have merged, and plan to form a new sport . . . called ‘Murder.’”
“Cameron Diaz is developing a movie that would take place in the world of Major League Baseball, and she wants her boyfriend, Yankees’ slugger Alex Rodriguez to star in it. You can read my review for the film in ‘Norm MacDonald’s suicide note.’” (Opening joke of the series)
1. Will Ferrell must be the funniest man alive. He was either nominated for, winning, presenting, or appearing in a video for a nominated work for nearly all of the early categories. I like Will Ferrell, and I’ve enjoyed the vast majority of his work, but the level of admiration and buzz thrown his way lead me to believe this show was actually prerecorded in 2005.
attempts in mainstream music to tackle the issues of the role of the robot in modern society and the tension between humans and robots in our culture. This brave Dennis DeYoung-penned song from “Kilroy Was Here” has served as a ubiquitous anthem for robo-advocates all the way to the present day. Let’s delve into it:
Those who follow University of Richmond basketball* will recall this memorable year for a number of reasons.
When visionary / genius / weirdo Nikola Tesla first described the use of unmanned warfare drones in 1915, no one could have suspected just how instrumental these brave robots would become to modern military strategy. We would like to honor these unsung heroes as part of our celebration of 
The Axis of Ego 
Another (Unsolicited) Twitter Update
I was fully prepared to write a celebratory post about how The Axis of Ego had reached 100 Twitter followers at long last. Achieving that triple-digit milestone is a (small) point of pride for us. Alas, the intricacies of the medium have betrayed us.
Considering that I was complaining just a couple of months ago about having a paltry 53 followers, this still represents progress. However, it would have been nice to hit that magic number.
So, we reiterate our shameless plea for followers from a month ago. I would normally promise something like “you won’t be disappointed,” but I’m incapable of that level of puffery. Instead, I’ll just tell you that I guarantee you there are many, many folks on Twitter who have more followers but produce worse content (if any). I’ll leave it at that.
Here are a few recent tweets:
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