Once upon a time – at my previous job – there was talk of sending a reporter to spend the night in jail to write about the experience. It never ended up happening, but I like to think I’d have done just fine if I’d been chosen. (I had a 50/50 chance as there wereContinue reading “Everything I know I learned from television”
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Smiley things
I think I’ve said before that perspective is a hell of a thing. Life could be much worse and luckily, it’s not. That said, I’m not apologizing for my recent melodrama because it was the truth of what I was feeling at the time. Now, having come out of it – and having taken aContinue reading “Smiley things”
March 22, 2011.
A.K.A. Day 2 without The Wire. The withdrawals have begun. I already miss Omar. And Bubbles. And McNulty. And Bunk. And Herc. And Freamon. And Greggs. Hell, I even miss Rawls. Oh. Not sure what I’m talking about? Only the best show ever. Well, one of ’em anyway. We all know I like and watchContinue reading “March 22, 2011.”
Ode to a channel/Why I need to get a life
I probably should just leave the TV off before I go to bed. I’d probably sleep better. Or I could at least put it on the History Channel. That’s usually guaranteed to put me to sleep, unless of course they’re showing “Gangland” or something – because I’m not about to not learn how to surviveContinue reading “Ode to a channel/Why I need to get a life”
Quite the conundrum
I watch a fair amount of TV, it’s safe to say. I have about four shows I watch on Monday, three on Wednesday, one on Saturday, two on Sunday and, well, a bunch on Thursday. Herein lies the issue – and why I got TiVo. Thursday nights are now my night out, sometimes the onlyContinue reading “Quite the conundrum”
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