Let's talk about famous people.

* Larry David is waiting for November 4.

* Scott McClellan gives Barack Obama the kiss of death.

* Alan Greenspan's lost his faith.

* Will Ferrell returns to Saturday Night Live.

* And Stephen King again finds himself confronted by one of his own creations.

Thursday links as I just about catch up to where I need to be:

* My friend, fellow culturemonkey, and "Ecology and Ideology" co-editor Ryan Vu is doing a series on his home blog called Dispatches from the American Left about a recent trip he took to Mountain Justice Summer, a retreat in Kentucky for environmental activists.

* In the wake of cataclysmic Arctic Sea melting, humanity has finally decided to come together and figure out how to begin to solve the environmental crisis who owns the new shipping lanes. Sigh.

* Robokill: a game. Just about exactly what it sounds like.

* "It’s not a happy ending, we end up with almost nothing." Edward James Olmos on the end of Battlestar Galactica. Via io9.

* Also of BSG note: a blog all about the science of Battlestar Galactica.

* What Liberal Media? Part 1,000,000: In the wake of the Scott McClellan book, Jessica Yellin reports that network executives at ABC pressured her to make Bush look good.

Well, I'm showing up late today. Sorry about that.

* Scientists have taught monkeys how to control robotic arms with their thoughts. We are so screwed. Via Alex Greenberg, Matt Yglesias, and MetaFilter.

* 24: Season Two: The Musical. From the people who brought you Silence of the Lambs: The Musical. The first song at least made me laugh.

* National Geographic on "the real crystal skulls."

* Scott McClellan has his come to Jesus moment. More at The Nation. MetaFilter debates whether we should care.

* Via Tim, MoveOn is giving away free anti-McCain bumper stickers He's also got a telling link on a redacted CIA document on interrogation techniques that's been nearly entirely blacked out.