Science Can Answer Moral Questions

This is a little more deep than what I usually post, but I thought it was interesting. It's about 23 minutes long.

Sam Harris: Science can answer moral questions | Video on TED.com

By the way, I first learned about the TED conference from Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List.

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards Ceremony is tonight and I have to go to a party for it, even though I don't really want to. I like my friends, but I don't like watching the Grammy Awards live, I usually just tape it so I can fast-forward past the 85% of the show that I don't care about. I don't want to see Taylor Swift perform live with Neil Young (or something like that). Ugh, plus, apparently Michael Jackson's children are going to be put on display. Yuck.

Since I can't avoid it, however, there are a few categories that I guess I won't mind seeing. Here they are (I've put in bold the ones I wouldn't mind seeing get a win):

Best New Artist:

Zac Brown Band (winner)

Keri Hilson

MGMT

Silverson Pickups

The Ting Tings

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:

"I Gotta Feeling" - The Black Eyed Peas (winner)

"We Weren't Born to Follow" - Bon Jovi

"Never Say Never" - The Fray

"Sara Smile" - Hall & Oates

"Kids" - MGMT

Best Alternative Music Album

Everything That Happens Will Happen Today - David Byrne & Brian Eno

The Open Door - Death Cab For Cutie

Sounds of the Universe - Depeche Mode

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix (winner)

It's Blitz - The Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

"Ego" - Beyonce & Kanye West

"Knock You Down" - Keri Hilson, Kanye West, & Ne-Yo

"Run This Town" - Jay-Z, Rhianna, & Kanye West (winner)

"I'm On a Boat" - The Lonely Island & T-Pain

"Dead and Gone" T.I. & Justin Timberlake

Best Comedy Album

"Back From The Dead" - Spinal Tap

"A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All!" - Stephen Colbert (winner)

"Internet Leaks" - "Weird Al" Yankovic

"My Weakness Is Strong" - Patton Oswalt

"Suckin’ It For The Holidays" - Kathy Griffin

"Tall, Dark & Chicano" - George Lopez

Depeche Mode is also nominated in the Best Short Form Music Video category for "Wrong." That video is scary. It's about, like, a guy with a mask who is tied up and driving backwards. Wrong is right.

My friends like country music and Lady Gaga. Gah.

65 Hollywood Hits and Misses of 2009

It's the end of the year and the end of the decade, so it's time for lists. The other day the L.A. Times put out a list of 65 (why 65?) Hollywood hits and misses. Read it here. And here is my list of the only things on the list I know about:

#1: Miley Cyrus does poll dancing on some awards show: I only know about this because of The Soup and Kathy Griffin.

#11: Perez Hilton gets punched in the face by some guy: I didn't really know about this, I just thought it was awesome.

#28: Watchmen: Who watched the Watchmen? Me, but only on DVD.

#41: LOST: I still watch, but I'm about half a season behind. I think you can watch instantly on Netflix now... I've gotta check into that...

#52: Deadwood: No, it wasn't really on this year. I guess the "miss" is that they never made another season. I still love Timmy O.

#53: Project Runway: I used to call this, without a doubt, my favorite show. Not so much after last season - there wasn't even one designer I could really route for (or hate). Mad Men and Glee were much more exciting.

What were your hits and misses of the year? Leave your thoughts in the comments.