You might recall my post about the buzz in the NY1 Newsroom the day two scenes of 30 Rock were shot in our midst. We’re excited to see the finished product. It’s scheduled for air this week: Thursday, March 11 on NBC.

The water utility in Edmonton, EPCOR, published the most incredible graph of water consumption last week. By now you’ve probably heard that up to 80% of Canadians were watching last Sunday’s gold medal Olympic hockey game. So I guess it stands to reason that they’d all go pee between periods.

The inquiries and comments started coming shortly after I put up my post about spotting Alan Alda at the Apple store. People wanted to know more about the real reason I was there: to ask for a solution to my growing low-battery problem with my iPhone 3GS.

I spent an hour at the Apple Store on the Upper West Side of Manhattan tonight, as I work toward resolution of my iPhone battery trouble. While I was there, actor Alan Alda stopped in to retrieve his repaired Macbook.

The Oscar buzz has been percolating for months and now that the day is almost here, I thought a little round up of Oscar-related stories was in order.