Friday Miscellany
A few thoughts, none of which are substantial enough to justify an entire post alone . . .
Skimming the TV listings this week, I saw the most wonderful thing -- not one, but two preseason baseball games on TV Saturday, courtesy of the MLB Network. If you're a baseball fan, you should check this channel out. Spring Training is a metaphoric rebirth, when failures are forgotten and everybody has a shot at going all the way. As one coach put it, it's "all future and no past."
Speaking of TV, we are suffering a DVR crisis at the house. Because of our mutually exclusive schedules, not a lot of TV is getting watched. But we're continuing to record our favorites, and the disk filled up right quick. We use a message board to tell the other one which shows we watched so the other person can watch it and get it off the disk, but it's not getting the job done. So we have to drop shows from the recording lineup. "Lie to Me" and "The Defenders," have already been dropped. "CSI" may be next. As we frequently say during discussions on this topic, you can't watch everything.
Had a few minutes before leaving for work yesterday, and caught an episode of "Jeopardy!" Is it just me, or have the questions gotten a lot harder? The show totally kicked my ass, and it didn't use to.
Underrated '70s/'80s music of the day: Jefferson Starship. One of the original hippie bands went maintstream corporate rock, joining Toto, Foreigner, Journey, and the like, but for about three albums they hit a real sweet spot of FM-friendly rock with twinges of anarchistic weirdness. Check out "Modern Times" and my favorite, "Nuclear Furniture."
Skimming the TV listings this week, I saw the most wonderful thing -- not one, but two preseason baseball games on TV Saturday, courtesy of the MLB Network. If you're a baseball fan, you should check this channel out. Spring Training is a metaphoric rebirth, when failures are forgotten and everybody has a shot at going all the way. As one coach put it, it's "all future and no past."
Speaking of TV, we are suffering a DVR crisis at the house. Because of our mutually exclusive schedules, not a lot of TV is getting watched. But we're continuing to record our favorites, and the disk filled up right quick. We use a message board to tell the other one which shows we watched so the other person can watch it and get it off the disk, but it's not getting the job done. So we have to drop shows from the recording lineup. "Lie to Me" and "The Defenders," have already been dropped. "CSI" may be next. As we frequently say during discussions on this topic, you can't watch everything.
Had a few minutes before leaving for work yesterday, and caught an episode of "Jeopardy!" Is it just me, or have the questions gotten a lot harder? The show totally kicked my ass, and it didn't use to.
Underrated '70s/'80s music of the day: Jefferson Starship. One of the original hippie bands went maintstream corporate rock, joining Toto, Foreigner, Journey, and the like, but for about three albums they hit a real sweet spot of FM-friendly rock with twinges of anarchistic weirdness. Check out "Modern Times" and my favorite, "Nuclear Furniture."