Tons of fun with the schedule for today:

WORK: 7:30-3:30
The real fun comes in when the district manager comes in to do an inspection, most likely around three. I’m not worried, save for the fact that I will be leaving at exactly 3:30. Why? ‘Cause I gotta (wait for it)…

TRAVEL TO NEW JERSEY: 3:30-5:30
I know, I figured I’d be banned from Jersey by now, too, what with all the nasty jokes I make at that poor state’s expense. Why travel to a place I mock so much? To go with the girlfriend to see (you’ll see a lot of these transitions)…

COBRA STARSHIP CONCERT AT STARLAND BALLROOM: 6:30-10:30-ish
I interviewed Alex Suarez from their band today… guy prefers pie to cake (amen!), enjoys Swedish Fish, and sounded like he had the same massive death illness that I suffered from for the past few weeks. The write-up on that, along with a promo bit for their concert in Albany, will be on Brandon’s site within the next few days. Immediately after the show, of course, there’s…

THE RIDE BACK HOME: 10:30-12:00
At least, I hope we get back in time, ’cause poor Jamie will be none too happy if we miss…

TWILIGHT MIDNIGHT SHOWING: 12:01-2:00
Yep, gonna go see the movie based on the book that involved sparkling vampires and whining emo girls. Of course, it looks like there’s a fight scene in the movie, so that might make it all the more interesting… And, failing all else, Scott will be there, so we can make fun of it together while probably driving Jamie and Melissa completely insane.

I will be posting Twitter updates throughout the day, and maybe even using the super-sexy WordPress iPhone App to blog on the road… For now, though, I should probably get something resembling sleep. Wish me luck, I’ll need it!

The economic crisis. Global warming. Terrorism. War. Let’s face it, we’re in pretty bleak times at the moment. However, the despair and horror we are facing as a nation is second only to the next terrifying thought: It’s 1:26EST, and iTunes has yet to release Weird Al’s new single.

What the hell, iTunes? I know, you’re thinking that there’s a lot going on in the world, and maybe the fact that I’m complaining about the lack of updates on Al’s new track is indicative of me being pretty well off if that’s all I can whine about, but screw that.

The debate tonight is a town-hall style thing; I want someone to ask what the candidates are going to do about this.

UPDATE: Weird Al’s site has been updated with the following comment:

Apparently there was a glitch at iTunes last night and Al’s new single - “Whatever You Like” - didn’t debut with the rest of the new releases. We’re being told that they’re working on the problem and (hopefully!!) it will be up later today. We’ll definitely let you know when that happens!

Oh, Apple… You can’t seem to do anything important right on the first try anymore. I mean, MobileMe was a mess, iPhone 2.0 software glitches were all over the place… must you screw this up, too?

I could tell you I’ve been doing something important… like attempting to solve why hot dogs come in packages of eight and hot dog buns come in packages of ten or something… but I’d be lying to you. In truth, I just lost the will to write for some reason, and so posting to this site became a bit of a chore. And once it becomes a chore instead of something fun to do, I kinda give up on writing.

I decided to take some time off; work on the site design, work on a few other sites, and basically completely lose my mind for a while which, thankfully, seemed to do the trick. So I’m back, awesome-er than ever, and ready to reclaim my title as the Ambassador of Awesome to the internet.

But you ever watch any movie where the hero (in this case being your favorite eD!) is beaten by some enemy (who I like to call “time,” “energy,” and “Yasmine Bleeth”), and has to take time to regroup and refocus his efforts? That hero never returns alone… no, sir. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have Casey Jones, Batman has Robin, and Superman has… I dunno, Jimmy Olsen as Turtle Boy is as good as any.

Well, my Turtle Boy is Mike St. James, The Professional Drunk, a man so dedicated to eliminating the terror that is domestic light beer that he has started blogging. (In truth, he was either going to write about alcohol or his odd fascination with nostrils; I think he made the right choice.)

Besides St. James, there’s a few other things that I have cooking for the next few months, including a relaunch of The Challenge: Awesome, which I may have retooled to the point where it won’t be impossible to do, a new video blog and podcast, and a few other things that are both awesome and unlikely, so I’ll be especially vague about them.

So subscribe to my RSS feed, or sign up for the e-mail updates on the sidebar, and get ready to reach new heights of awesome.

First off, it’s tough to do this when you keep finding new apps that you decide you must own. I mean, sure, they’re free (at least the ones I get), so no biggie, but still.

Anyway, on to the first round of…

This week, I’ll be eliminating 10 applications, so grab your scorecards and get ready to start choppin’ after the break!

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Over the weekend, The Dark Knight came out. To say it’s the greatest movie ever may be an exaggeration…

…but not by much. I may or may not write a review after I see it again, but if you haven’t seen it yet, for the love of all things awesome, go. Now. Seriously, call out of work and get it done.