Category Archives: Television

Let that be your last apple pie

Do you figure that on better days on Cheron, Lokai and Bele would have eaten this? Crossposted on Soccer Dad.

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Reviewing a few new shows

Flash Forward: You know how when Lost premiered, the pilot was so well done, so incredibly gripping, that you knew immediately that ABC had a hit on its hands and that you couldn’t wait for Wednesday to come around? Yeah, … Continue reading

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Two sad losses: Mary Travers and Henry Gibson

So sad. But I didn’t know they were both in their seventies! Mary Travers of Peter, Paul, and Mary is gone. No more Puff the Magic Dragon. Or any of the sixties protest songs that I still love to hear, … Continue reading

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Tuesday Snark News Briefs

Britain’s FM: Hey, terrorism can be useful sometimes! He was talking about South Africa, not the U.K., so it must be okay, right? (And of course, he probably doesn’t shed a tear for any Jews killed in terrorist attacks. What … Continue reading

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How many of my readers are Dollhouse fans?

And how many of you bought the DVDs and watched episode 13? Because, yikes—I think it was the best thing I’ve ever seen from Joss Whedon. Including my favorite Firefly and Buffy episodes.

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Wednesday SNB

Human rights, shmuman rights: The U.K. is perfectly fine with backing an economic pact between Syria and the EU in spite of its “concerns” about Syria’s human rights violations. Because after all, the almighty Euro is more important than the … Continue reading

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A conversation on unspeakable things

A phone conversation a few minutes ago: Meryl: I just saw the most bizarre news report I’ve ever seen. Sarah: Yes? Meryl: I’m watching Fox News, and they have a segment on a guy who’s been arrested for a bizarre … Continue reading

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Your Friday funny, on Thursday

Sarah sent me what may be the world’s longest elephant joke. Do not be drinking if you watch this. Boy, I miss the Carol Burnett Show.

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Oh wow, man

Cheech and Chong are on Mad TV, and, well, I have something to confess: Stoner humor is apparently just as funny today as it was when I was fourteen years old. Either that, or Mad TV’s writers got way better. … Continue reading

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The Battlestar Galactica series finale post

So, without giving away anything in case some of you out there want to someday watch it in its entirety, well, the ending sucked. Ron Moore is obviously suffering from Gene Roddenberry-itis. Because hey, overcoming human nature isn’t a problem. … Continue reading

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My weekly chick flick fix is back

If you have SoapNet, you can watch my new favorite chick show, “Being Erica.” They’ve been advertising it heavily on Soapnet (which is a great way to dip into soaps you may not have watched for years but are wondering … Continue reading

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The mystery of Starbuck

Here there be spoilers. But I’ll put them in the comments.

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Reading the archives

I’ve been reading my archives since last night (and staying up way too late, and spending way too much time on them, but hey, it’s a holiday weekend for me, and I’m home, and I can do this without consequences … Continue reading

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The most awesomely awesome night of television

Many years ago, Friday night TV was must-tape. At 8:00, you had Babylon 5. At nine, there was X-Files. At ten, time for Picket fences. Three different networks, three different kinds of shows, and all three excellent. It got to … Continue reading

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B-Movie fun

Yesterday, a couple of friends of mine drove down from NorVA and spent the evening here in New Home in Richmond. They had previously seen both my old apartment and the outside of my new home, as I couldn’t very … Continue reading

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