Last week, around Thursday, I was sick. It was a pretty far gone kind of sick, too. The kind that hits you really hard early on with a pillowcase full of Sick Bricks™ which basically just lays you out flat for the rest of the day. So, laid up in bed (with unfortunate periodic trips […]
Weather is great for sitting inside and watching Nova
I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned this here on the blog before, but all of us in my family are guilty of being Nova-philes. We gather together every Tuesday evening to watch interesting stories about exploding stars, or volcanic eruptions, or Mayan culture, or melting icebergs. It’s fascinating, and what really makes me smile is […]
All these wonderful toys!
I’ve picked up a few nice toys in the past week or so. They’re so much fun, I thought it was time to share what I’ve been playing around with. My first HDTV. The reviews aren’t spectacular for this particular model, but the price was right: $100 from a co-worker. He explained the issues that […]
Guilty pleasure of the weekend
American Gladiators. I’m willing to bet this show earns some pretty substantial viewership ratings tonight. Nostalgia sells, and this show is such sweet, merciless, wonderful nostalgia. Production values are high, cheese factor is through the roof, and the Hulkster is aging well. There is no way this show won’t survive a full season. No way […]
Hooray for NPR and IPTV!
You gotta love my fellow freedom-loving Iowans: Earlier this year, we announced that Iowa Public Radio and NPR will partner to produce two live national presidential debates in Des Moines on January 9-10, to be offered on public radio and online. Debates are a core part of our public service mission, and our goal is […]
Surviving no TV week
It’s TV turn-off week, and though it isn’t affecting us greatly, it is having an influence. We aren’t overly dependent upon the televisions in our home, but it is nice to take this opportunity to unplug and show our boys that every now and then, you have to have something else be the focus and/or […]
Studio 60
From this point on, Caleb will have to go to bed early every Monday evening. My wife and I actually got the opportunity to watch an actual prime-time television show last night. Luckily, what we ended up catching in this miraculous boon was the premiere episode of Studio 60, the new NBC show written by […]