One significant difference between my generation and the one before us deals with television. Our parents grew up with TV - all three channels of it. My generation has had numerous channels for most of our lives. That difference became most apparent to me after spending a week with my parents in Florida. Every night my dad sits in front of the TV with the remote and asks what we like to watch on that night. Monday - CSI? Tuesday - CSI? Wednesday - CSI? Thursday - CSI? Friday - ICS? (a change of pace.) The answer from Chick and myself is always the same - we don't watch network shows.
In September I made an effort to watch some of the new shows on the networks. I like Pushing Daisies and Dirty, Sexy, Money. Bionic Woman was not bad. And I continued to watch Grey's Anatomy and its spinoff - I can't think of the name but it's on after Pushing Daisies. But thanks to the writers strike, I haven't seen any of those shows in quite a while. And I am here to tell you, I don't care. I have over 200 channels including about 30 movie channels. I have a computer that can lead me all around the world. I have a library of books filled with stories that I could read over and over again. Yes, tv shows are easy enjoyment. But they are not important. Or necessary.
So if by some crazy chance anyone that is a television writer or even a network executive steps into the Garden, here's what I have to say - you are not significant. Stop acting as if you are.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Don't Cry
I left the refrigerator open last night. Well, not really open, but ajar. I kind-of-sorta remember that it was open but I thought I had closed it. Apparently it popped back open. Or ajar. There seemed to be a pie that was stopping the door from closing completely. I have been making pies lately. Not necessarily from scratch but pies nonetheless. The pie that kept the refrigerator door ajar was a peach pie. It was delicious but not good. If it were good it would not have kept the door ajar.
I received the bad news of the refrigerator being left ajar from Chick - she was the first one downstairs this morning. (I should not have slept in.) Unfortunately I also took the bad news out on her. Yes, I shot the messenger. In my defense, I felt as if she presented me with the information as if I really screwed up. It wasn't my fault, it was the pie's. And just because I made the pie it doesn't mean that I am responsible for its actions. That's like suggesting that all the problems of the planet are the fault of God or Kronos or whatever star exploded five billion years ago.
Regardless, I did not take the incident of the refrigerator door left ajar well. This is my job. It is my responsibility to make sure that our children are healthy, our house is well maintained and our family is as happy as possible. Spoiled milk puts a damper on those things.
So, I went to the store. I got new milk, new yogurt, new butter, new ranch dressing, new tartar sauce, new orange juice, new cream cheese, and new sour cream. (Even though the old sour cream was already sour to begin with - someone is going to have to explain that to me.) I did not replace the one pound of no-longer fresh chicken but I did get a twelve pack of Miller High Life. When I got home, Chick told me that she didn't remember any beer going bad. I told her she didn't look hard enough.
I received the bad news of the refrigerator being left ajar from Chick - she was the first one downstairs this morning. (I should not have slept in.) Unfortunately I also took the bad news out on her. Yes, I shot the messenger. In my defense, I felt as if she presented me with the information as if I really screwed up. It wasn't my fault, it was the pie's. And just because I made the pie it doesn't mean that I am responsible for its actions. That's like suggesting that all the problems of the planet are the fault of God or Kronos or whatever star exploded five billion years ago.
Regardless, I did not take the incident of the refrigerator door left ajar well. This is my job. It is my responsibility to make sure that our children are healthy, our house is well maintained and our family is as happy as possible. Spoiled milk puts a damper on those things.
So, I went to the store. I got new milk, new yogurt, new butter, new ranch dressing, new tartar sauce, new orange juice, new cream cheese, and new sour cream. (Even though the old sour cream was already sour to begin with - someone is going to have to explain that to me.) I did not replace the one pound of no-longer fresh chicken but I did get a twelve pack of Miller High Life. When I got home, Chick told me that she didn't remember any beer going bad. I told her she didn't look hard enough.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Monday, January 07, 2008
Winter Blues? Dumbass!
Today was one heck of a day to finish out the first week of January. It was nearly 70 degrees in these parts and often sunny enough to squint. We actually turned off the furnace and opened the windows for a bit of fresh air. It certainly has been a nice relief that is certain to be followed by a foot of snow in the upcoming weeks.
It would not be surprising to hear many people claim that this minor surge in temperature has to do with global warming. While I have the utmost respect for science, especially when it is compared to religion, I am not completely sold on the global warming thing. My main premise is this - the Earth is estimated to be around 4.5 billion years old. As homo sapiens we have only been a part of the planet for a little more than 100,000 years. We really only have a history of our time on Earth for a few thousand years. And, most importantly, our recorded history of weather patterns only goes back a few centuries. Sure, our scientist have done a lot of very sophisticated research in recent times, but are we really smart enough to have any idea what is truly happening to this planet? Hell, we still don't know what Goofy is. A dog? A horse? What the hell is he?
In the last planting of the garden, two different current events were mentioned that I am now having a hard time figuring out. I am not sure which story is becoming more pathetic, the Roger Clemens steroid thing or whatever the hell Britney Spears is doing. Clemens pleaded his case to Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes last night and most people are still confused. Spears has Dr. Phil helping her out and she is now more confused. Maybe Mike Wallace needs to talk to Dr. Phil and the Rocket and Britney could spend some time together. It could all be filmed and presented as a reality show on Fox.
And speaking of Fox, Republican presidential candidate Duncan Hunter gave the executives there and at ABC a good tongue lashing on Monday. He was excluded from the recent debates by the two broadcasters because he was too low in the polls. In a brief speech in which he was expected to drop out of the race, he repeatedly referred to media executives as 'knuckleheads' for excluding him and other candidates in the exchange of ideas. And instead of giving up, he vowed to press on regardless of what the media thinks of him. In the little research I did regarding Duncan I don't think I could ever vote for him, but I have to applaud his effort.
And finally, it is going to be a sad day tomorrow in my home town as the Buckeyes are about to lose another championship game. It will be the third major championship loss in one year's time - two football and one basketball. I think I'm getting tired of living in a second-rate city. It's time to head south and find a place where it's 70 degrees all winter long!!!
It would not be surprising to hear many people claim that this minor surge in temperature has to do with global warming. While I have the utmost respect for science, especially when it is compared to religion, I am not completely sold on the global warming thing. My main premise is this - the Earth is estimated to be around 4.5 billion years old. As homo sapiens we have only been a part of the planet for a little more than 100,000 years. We really only have a history of our time on Earth for a few thousand years. And, most importantly, our recorded history of weather patterns only goes back a few centuries. Sure, our scientist have done a lot of very sophisticated research in recent times, but are we really smart enough to have any idea what is truly happening to this planet? Hell, we still don't know what Goofy is. A dog? A horse? What the hell is he?
In the last planting of the garden, two different current events were mentioned that I am now having a hard time figuring out. I am not sure which story is becoming more pathetic, the Roger Clemens steroid thing or whatever the hell Britney Spears is doing. Clemens pleaded his case to Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes last night and most people are still confused. Spears has Dr. Phil helping her out and she is now more confused. Maybe Mike Wallace needs to talk to Dr. Phil and the Rocket and Britney could spend some time together. It could all be filmed and presented as a reality show on Fox.
And speaking of Fox, Republican presidential candidate Duncan Hunter gave the executives there and at ABC a good tongue lashing on Monday. He was excluded from the recent debates by the two broadcasters because he was too low in the polls. In a brief speech in which he was expected to drop out of the race, he repeatedly referred to media executives as 'knuckleheads' for excluding him and other candidates in the exchange of ideas. And instead of giving up, he vowed to press on regardless of what the media thinks of him. In the little research I did regarding Duncan I don't think I could ever vote for him, but I have to applaud his effort.
And finally, it is going to be a sad day tomorrow in my home town as the Buckeyes are about to lose another championship game. It will be the third major championship loss in one year's time - two football and one basketball. I think I'm getting tired of living in a second-rate city. It's time to head south and find a place where it's 70 degrees all winter long!!!
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Psaghetti
I'm bored. I already have the winter blues. Yes, I know it's only the beginning of January, but the lack of sunlight is draining my being on a daily basis. Sure, I know that since the winter solstice days are now getting longer. That's why we celebrate Saturnalia, duh! But I am still feeling quite lethargic. I barely wanted to open a beer earlier this evening - that's how bad it is. But, alas, here we are, four (or five) beers later...
In the news today............Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee won their respective caucuses; Roger Clemens says he was injected with vitamins, not steroids; and a witness from the San Francisco zoo has come forward stating that she saw various people taunting a lion before the tiger attack. Yeah, you know where I'm going with this one. Politics? No. Baseball? No. A tiger coming to the defense of it's friendly neighbor? Oh yeah! Everyone that has ever seen The Hair Bear Bunch knows that tigers and lions have been scheming for years to fight their oppressors and escape the confines of the zoo. I say we round up all the 'big cats' and send them to Guantanamo Bay - without legal representation - and ban them from the Hall of Fame.
Oh yeah, one more bit of news, Britney Spears' attorneys for her child custody case, dropped her as a client. Why is that news?
By the way, for those of you that don't know, this is the Hair Bear Bunch:
In the news today............Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee won their respective caucuses; Roger Clemens says he was injected with vitamins, not steroids; and a witness from the San Francisco zoo has come forward stating that she saw various people taunting a lion before the tiger attack. Yeah, you know where I'm going with this one. Politics? No. Baseball? No. A tiger coming to the defense of it's friendly neighbor? Oh yeah! Everyone that has ever seen The Hair Bear Bunch knows that tigers and lions have been scheming for years to fight their oppressors and escape the confines of the zoo. I say we round up all the 'big cats' and send them to Guantanamo Bay - without legal representation - and ban them from the Hall of Fame.
Oh yeah, one more bit of news, Britney Spears' attorneys for her child custody case, dropped her as a client. Why is that news?
By the way, for those of you that don't know, this is the Hair Bear Bunch:
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