Whether we're talking national politics or inter-personal relationships, I do worry quite a bit about how fractured we can be on various scales of "society" when it comes to voicing and supporting our choices/opinions and the effort we place on understanding others' choices/opinions. That is a big enough concern, let alone going the next step of ( Read more... )

It would be nice to save the nearly $90/month we are currently paying for satellite. Here is a list of the shows our family DVRs. I'm now going to try to figure out where else we can catch these shows. If I can match up enough of these, I'll be convinced to drop Dish Network. I've put the shows that I couldn't find full episodes in bold.

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James May was reviewing a Rolls Royce. He's going through his spiel, when Calvin turns to me and asks if the car is using the "Merlin engine ( Read more... )

Here is a list of the timers set on my DVR to regularly record shows. This is for the family DVR, so there is a mix of kid stuff in this list too.

( The 57 Timers on Cory's DVR )

The women of this family seem to feel they owe it to the men in the family to look relaxed, rested, and attractive at dinner time. So they are unsuspecting when they kill them.

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In the March 14th edition (I guess it's this week - my subscription expired and we're back to getting them second hand from JD's mom), they have a big section on new pop culture debates. While some were interesting to me (Judd Apatow's movies are 20 minutes too long and X-Files vs. Lost), it was the "Ye Olde Throwdowns" that made me want to chime ( Read more... )

I have over a dozen showings of MTV2's Subterranean on the DVR right now and each time I watch videos, I ensure that I find Iron & Wine's "Boy with a Coin."

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This is a truly beautiful video; from music to dancing to frame composition to the CGI effects near the end. The best part of the video for me is watching it on the big TV and admiring the ( Read more... )

Before Christmas, I would let Calvin watch a segment a night of the animated-Who's "Infinity Quest" on YouTube. I had the Doctor Who soundtrack playing one day when I picked him up from school and he kept wanting to hear the theme song over and over. He keeps asking about the show, but I know he's definitely not old enough for most of the ( Read more... )