I Love Lisa Simpson.

Just when you thought the Simpsons' had nothing left, this Sunday's episode was pitch perfect. After an amazing Lion King-esque montage of Itchy and Scratchy going Broadway, which really has to be seen to be appreciated, we get an off-hand Principal Skinner remark a la ex-Harvard prez Lawrence Summers about girls being bad in math. The result: a new principal (Frances McDormand) who divides the school into pink and blue halves for boys and girls. (Skinner is demoted to assistant groundskeeper.) Boys get rigorous math, while girls get to talk about their feelings about math. Of course, Lisa wants to solve math problems, which she's told is too boy-like and aggressive. So with Marge's help, Lisa poses as Jake Boyman, and ultimately wins the prize for best student in math, when all is revealed. ("We've been Yentiled" says one of her classmates.) Before getting into a chair fight with the boys, she proclaims, "I like being a girl and I like being good at math!"

You go, girl.

Speaking of Frances McDormand, she absolutely kills in Friends with Money. Totally worth seeing because of her. It's great to see a decidedly unsappy chick flick. OK, I said it. But it is. It's all about relationships and no-one gets killed or exploded, which, as far as my husband is concerned, makes it so.