Midnight Ponderances (sp?)

So people who have talked to me for more than 10 minutes have some idea how my mind works.  Some.  You may have heard me quote various tv shows (simpsons, arrested development, scrubs to name a few). On several occasions people have asked me to explain how (or more importantly, why) it is I do this.  I've tried, and I've failed.  The simplest explanation is, I don't know.  All I know is, it's what I do.  I remember these things.  Whether it's tv shows, comic strips, movie quotations, odd factoids, you name it.  Generally if it has some sort of comic merit and I've seen or heard it at least once, I can probably recite it back to you.  


While I'm still not sure why my brain works this way, I just had a moment that I feel truly captures the essence of my little comedic nugget-hoarding ways:



I was just reading House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (which is an incredibly interesting book by the way.  I picked it up the other day, because I remember reading a few pages when I was crashing at my brother's place in Chicago a few weeks back.)  In any case, I read the phrase "Three months since I dragged away a black, unremarkable, paint spattered trunk, which as I quickly found out was one of those old cedar lined jobbers, buit in Utica, NY, special thanks to the..."  I cut off the quotation there, because I didn't make it past those words.


I didn't make it past those words because all of a sudden I knew who plays Kev, Adam's boss on Traffic Light, A NEW COMEDY ON FOX. 


Yep.  That's right.  Are you ready for this?  


I had been getting caught up on the last few episodes of the show on Hulu (my god, this is the product-placingest blog I've ever read.  Or written.), and It was driving me crazy because I just could not place the actor who plays Kev, the annoying (and possibly homosexual) boss at Bloke Magazine.  But then reading that passage above, I was immediately reminded of the episode of The Office in which Michael and Pam go on a road trip to the different Dunder-Mifflin branches to tout his secrets for running a successful branch.  The first episode (it was a two-parter) contained this lovely quotation: "Get ready...For the Utica Chain Store Massacre!", with Michael waving a chain saw at Karen.  


For devotees of the show, you'll remember that after visiting Utica, Pam convinced Michael to go to Nashua so he could confront Holly and get closure on their relationship.  Instead, he meets A.J., Holly's new squeeze.  


And there you have it.  A.J. and Kev are both played by actor Rob Huebel.  


Keep in mind this all took place in under 5 seconds.


So for those of you who have been annoyed with my semi-constant quoting and whatnot of various media outlets, just be thankful that I know how to censor myself.  I guess it's a good thing I moved out here after all.  If only there were more wacky hijinks happening in my immediate vicinity...