I don’t know how many stations DirecTV pipes into my home. A hundred and fifty? Two fifty? No idea. I just know that whenever I get a new receiver, I spend several hours setting up which stations are visible from the onscreen guide. Few make the cut. I could probably get by with ten stations. [...]
Tomorrow Never Knows
May 8, 2012 by 2 Comments
Last night’s episode of Mad Men was one of my favorites. I’m still getting accustomed to the new, gentler Don Draper. That Megan isn’t a pushover makes their relationship less predictable and more interesting. TV shows such as Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, and Mad Men are so good that I’ve lost interest in firing [...]
The Shield
October 8, 2010 by Leave a Comment
First came the Christmas episode of the BBC version of the Office where Dawn drives away in the taxi with her butthead of a boyfriend. It looks like that’s the end of Tim and Dawn. And then we watch as she opens the oil paints. Tucked inside is a napkin with a picture Dawn drew [...]
Mad Men
September 28, 2010 by 2 Comments
Although I’d watched Seinfeld for a few years, it wasn’t until season four when I began to believe Jerry, Elaine and the gang were creating a show that would transcend the sitcom. I felt the same towards basketball watching Jordan drop 63 on the Celtics or the album on my first listen of Dark Side [...]
World’s Wildest Remote
November 18, 2008 by 1 Comment
My Tivo remote isn’t working correctly. No matter what I press, it locates a showing of World’s Wildest Police Videos. This is a problem because no matter what’s going on around our house, I’m can’t take my eyes off the car chases and crashes and car chases that end in crashes. It’s television at its [...]
Hong Kong Phooey
October 2, 2008 by 4 Comments
I thought it would be fun to set the Tivo to grab a few episodes of my favorite cartoon as a kid, Hong Kong Phooey. When I was a young, I’d wake up at 6 am and plop in my beanbag chair with a cold Pop Tart to catch new episodes of my favorite crime [...]
The Error of My Ways
April 20, 2008 by 4 Comments
As a dad, I’ve made a number of mistakes. I’ve failed to use fabric softener on a number of occasions which means the kids clothes come out of the dryer looking like a gigantic cotton bolus. I’ve given the kids Diet Coke and filled the bath water to questionable depths. I’ve even been known to [...]
Lessons I have learned by watching Cartoons
December 1, 2007 by 1 Comment
When I was young, I’d wake up at 6 am to watch back to back episodes of Hong Kong Phooey. You’ve got to love a cartoon that includes a dog who is skilled in marital arts driving around in a Phooeymobile that could transform into whatever was needed by using the “bong of the gong”. [...]
