Sorry; I don’t know what the post title means either. Howdy, buckaroos, and happy Thursday to you. Today is, of course, International Bow Day, so feel free to take a bow, look for a [rain]bow, grab a bow (arrows are optional), and hye thyself to the nearest boat bow. Oh, and today is also when… Continue reading Random Thursday: Spreading jam on the toast of life
Category: Television & Radio
Ambient Bias Lighting for Your TV: A Review of the Halo
So, I’m kind of a sucker for Best Buy‘s Deal of the Day. It’s not so much that the prices are that low — although sometimes, for some items, they really are — but they often draw my attention to products that I might not ever consider buying, or even know about. I’ve been known… Continue reading Ambient Bias Lighting for Your TV: A Review of the Halo
Tivo Problemo
One of our Tivos (Tivoes? Tivii?) went out last night, right in the middle of an episode of iZombie on Netflix. One second we were watching Liv feast on a delectable dish of brains au gratin, and the next we saw that ridiculous Tivo emoji-guy and the dreaded “One moment while Tivo restarts” message. We… Continue reading Tivo Problemo
Filling the Dance Gap
I spent much of a Sunday afternoon downloading Seventies and Eighties TV show theme songs from iTunes and editing them* into gain-consistent 20-second clips with tasteful fade-ins and -outs to serve as fillers between songs in the playlist I’m compiling for an upcoming ballroom dance. If this sounds like fun, you must be a geek,… Continue reading Filling the Dance Gap
A Moving Experience at Church
Have you ever visited the Grand Canal Shoppes at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas? It’s a spectacular indoor setting mimicking the watery “streets” of Venice, complete with singing gondoliers. I’ve never been to Italy, but I’m sure it’s exactly like this except for the Harley Davidson store and Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs, but with… Continue reading A Moving Experience at Church
Ask and Ye Shall Receiver, or Not
Have I mentioned that we got a new A/V receiver a couple of months ago? Astute Gazette readers may recall this tragic post in which I documented our tragic inability to watch 3D movies at home because of our tragically old-and-busted equipment (which was really neither, but technology is a harsh mistress). It’s a Pioneer… Continue reading Ask and Ye Shall Receiver, or Not
Make Your Yard Art a TV Star!
One of the fun things about blogging is that you never know who’s going to show up. This email appeared in my inbox earlier this week: Hi Eric… Let me start by congratulating you the ‘Fire Ant Gazette’…I’ve been enjoying not only the pics, but your descriptions are quite comical…I really enjoy your writing style. … Continue reading Make Your Yard Art a TV Star!
“Twin Towns” Casting Call: Pack up the family
Well, when you’re down on your luck, and you ain’t got a buck,in London you’re a goner.Even London Bridge has fallen down,and moved to Arizona,now I know why. Midland has four “sister” cities, one each in China, Mexico, Guyana, and the United Kingdom. I’m not sure about the significance of having (or being) a sister city,… Continue reading “Twin Towns” Casting Call: Pack up the family
Dancing With The Stars, You’re Dead to Me
It’s been several days and I’m still stewing about the final results from Dancing With The Stars. The fact that Chelsea Kane, by far the best dancer on the show this season, didn’t even make the top two is astounding to begin with, but to think that she was beaten by Kirstie Alley, who was… Continue reading Dancing With The Stars, You’re Dead to Me
ABC’s “Combat Hospital” raises moral issues
ABC is airing promos for a new summer fictional drama entitled Combat Hospital. This is a Canadian-conceived show set in 2006 in a military hospital at the Kandahar Airbase in Afghanistan, and purports to depict “the frantic lives of the hospital’s resident doctors and nurses from Canada, America, the UK and other allied countries.” Wartime… Continue reading ABC’s “Combat Hospital” raises moral issues