... So that must mean I have a flight out of La Guardia. Just like frickin clockwork, man.

Fresyes will be on a brief (hopefully sunny) vacation, returning next week. Until then, enjoy these tidbits:

1. Must-peck TV: Inhumane, yes, but televised cockfights do exist. (Raefried Beans)

2. Behold: A freakish device known as the war guitar. (Behold the Arctopus)

3. Which is worse: The White House that created the fake news reports, or the lazy-ass TV stations that decided to air them? (A pissed-off NYT)

4. VH1 is annoying the hell out me by dropping those "I Love the '80s" talking heads in the middle of its weekly Top 20 Countdown -- like I want stylist Phillip Bloch and his damn red beret interrupting the Evanescence video. (Okay, bad example.) But the network will never look as bad as E! and its cheaply produced ripoff, "How 'Bout Those Wacky '90s," or whatever.

5. Someone in our apartment is stoked this week. (Slatch)

6. "England," and other curse words of the stars. (Channel 4)

7. Billy Bob: "What do I look like, a freakin' idiot?" (AP)

8. Director Mark Osborne's beautiful 1999 Oscar-nominated short "More." First saw it as the video for Kenna's original version of "Hell Bent." (Trio network)