I didn’t mind too much when I heard that “Desperate Housewives” would fast-forward five years for this season. After all, they have kind of planted their flag in kitschy plot devices so I thought it would be fun. For the most part, they have succeeded with one notable exception – the Scavo kids. First of […]
A few months ago, Maria and I discovered something wonderful on our cable lineup. One of our local stations had added something called RTN to one of the new digital channels. RTN stands for Retro Television Network, which is a lower-budget version of TV Land, but just as enjoyable. What really attracted me to this […]
The other day, Bridget finished reading the first book in the Little House series. I think we gave it to her for her birthday. We were in the car when she finished so I started asking her questions. I wanted to know if she liked the book. I wondered if she wanted to read more […]
I felt like a total and utter geek last night. Moreso than usual. The closer it got to the revelation of who won Big Brother 10, the more nervous I got. I have no idea why. I don’t know any of these people. I had no financial stake in the game. I just really wanted […]
If you’re hiding from Olympic results, shame on you. You’re gonna get spoiled here, and I don’t really care. If I “ruined’ the result of the soccer game today, take that as your warning to stay away from my site for the next few weeks. When I hear news, I don’t like to keep it […]
I really enjoyed the first two seasons of NBC’s Last Comic Standing. Thanks to those summer shows, I found out about comics like Rich Vos, Todd Glass, Rob Cantrell, Kathleen Madigan, John Heffron and Alonzo Bodden. Then NBC went and turned Season 3 into a fiasco as they tried to take advantage of the success […]
With summer TV season here, we have to really search sometimes to find something good to watch. Some nights, we don’t even watch anything. We read. Prety quaint, right? The other night we hit the jackpot though. Maria was in the other room as I scrolled through the channels. I couldn’t believe my eyes when […]
So the soccer team from the Czech Republic had a game the other day. They got all ready to face Latvia in a friendly match. Problem was, they were playing Lithuania. D’oh! Vaclav Tichy, the spokesman for the Czech soccer federation, took responsibility and resigned. His deputy was canned. No word on whether they have […]
One of the greatest crimes of the last 20 years is the decline of the music video. MTV has turned into a shell of itself with horrible “reality” shows designed to feed the egos of vapid youngsters eager to shock the world. Should I have prefaced that with [cranky old man]? Anyways, I previously mentioned […]
For a few moments, I felt as if I had lost a child. I came home from work on Monday to an empty house. I had to stay late for an event at work, so Maria took Bridget with her to the PTO meeting. I figured I would cook myself a small dinner, plop myself […]