Alaska is pointless for people who like things

Bumped into this headline on the Net. It cracked me up.

"Bright comet excites Alaska stargazers"

Note to self: Never go to Alaska. There's nothing to do.

Omar is cool, indeed.

So over the past month or so I've been plowing through the first four seasons of The Wire. The show itself is excellent, and I'm sad that the fifth season will be the last. But that's not the purpose of the post. This is:

Omar Little is my favorite minor character in any show ever, ever.

It's unheard of to find a character so compelling, so unique, and with so much dynamism for being so minor. That's probably why the original seven-episode plan for the character has developed into thirty-something episodes.

I'll let the Wiki page at the bottom of this post give the full details, but I'll say that I originally thought that Michael K. Williams was portraying a character that truly inspired me. But then I realized that it's close to impossible to emulate Omar. It's too one-of-a-kind to serve as the basis for anything anybody can do. David Simon is a true genius for the creation of possibly the most genuine, most likable character in a show filled with good guys who are bad and bad guys who are even worse. Omar manages to live by his own code, always following rules in a city where rules are optional.

Omar Little's Wikipedia Page