Random tidbits once again:
- I’m really pleased with the results of my latest slate tile project. Now I’m itching to switch into woodworking mode. I’m super excited about the new episodes of the New Yankee Workshop: Norm is building kitchen cabinets. I plan to eventually build cabinets for the mudroom and perhaps the garage (as practice for the potential “big job” of the actual kitchen). I think I’ll go ahead and buy the DVDs.
- I’m gradually building up my home entertainment system to match the new TV. I’ve gotten a fancy HDMI-switching receiver and a fairly cool iPod dock thingy. Next on my list is a TiVo HD. Then some surround speakers of some sort (I’m still living in stereo, folks…). And then maybe an Xbox 360, finally. (Still holding out for GTA4 on that one.)
- On the fitness front, my weight dipped below 200 pounds for the first time in a while yesterday. It’s back above today, but we’ll assume that’s temporary. I’m going to join a climbing gym soon, I think. A great new motivator I have is the Garmin Forerunner 205 I got for Xmas. It’s not as sexy as the new 405 everyone is drooling over, but it’s pretty darned cool. Of course, now I’m obsessed with tracking the slightest walk / jog / jaunt to the mail box. When The Wife teased me about it I quipped, “Are you kidding? I’m gonna track my trips to the bathroom from now on!”
- Lots of interesting gossip about former coworkers and new coworkers. That’s about all I’ll say about that, I suppose.
- I’m still an Obama cheerleader, though I don’t generally like to air my politics on this site. I like the look of things right now.
- Trent Reznor isn’t exactly excited by the results of the Niggy Tardust experiment.
- TV sucks almighty ass right now. I know there’s a writer’s strike going, but why aren’t networks taking better advantage by replaying some of the good stuff we might have missed previously? Example: AMC’s Mad Men? (Ooh! There’s an encore starting Jan 21. Nice.) At least I always have books to read.
So yeah… What’s new with you?
“TV sucks almighty ass right now”
both my TiVo’s have gone dry. I figure I gained an extra week of watching due to my new football obsession, but that’s over pretty soon as well.
Back to downloaded Divx series for me. I also heard that NBC is gonna play 12 episodes of Dexter. I can’t see how it will be nearly as good. May as well cut out Deb from the show altogether…
but the new season of Lost looks great.
Just got to the finale of Burn Notice and now our Myth box is empty too
[btw I recommend Burn Notice, it was great fun and Bruce Campbell is in it!].
SciFi’s retelling of the Wizard of Oz (Tin Man) was pretty bad (they were calling it the “O.Z.” for starters) but we stuck with it out of desperation.
I’m sure y’all will gag upon reading this but we’ve taken to watching any Food Network show with Alton Brown in it. He’s wicked smaht.
I want a Wii.
bruce campbell is all i need.
peter weller went and got a masters from syracuse and now he hosts shows on history channel, i peed a little.
i really really wanted to like tin man. i could only watch about forty five minutes.
alton brown… i just looked at his wiki and eh, too metro for further thought. the one with the dude who makes dinner for you and your someone from stuff you have in the fridge is okay.
shows that i wouldn’t mind seeing again as they are the water marks for good tv for me:
wkrp
taxi
barney miller
mash (always on somewhere, but even so… damn that was a good show)
dick van dyke show
newhart
all in the family
andy griffith
star blazers
mary tyler moore
wii?
Wii is a totally different mode of entertainment. You have to be willing to engage a bit, not just veg out like you do watching TV.
This could, I suppose, be a good thing.