The Office: Screensaver

The new season of The Office has had a few absolutely sublime moments. I'm worried that they're lobotomizing Michael a la Homer Simpson, but the supporting cast remains the strongest in TV.

And to share the glory, if you've not given the show a try, the opening scene of "Launch Party," an entirely self-contained bit in which the employees of Dunder-Mifflin become enthralled by...a DVD player screensaver.

Encyclopedia Brown and the Melting T-shirts

From the you-can't-make-this-shit up files:

Oregon Rep. David Wu helped direct more than $2 million in defense contracts to a company in his district -- its execs contributed to his campaign -- for T-shirts that Marines say they can't use in battle because they can melt, causing severe burns. Wu says he's "horrified" by the melting problem.