Random randomness

I like getting chances to get away for a while with peeps. I don't like when most of the peeps can't or don't join in.

For the ones of you that may be wondering why I haven't done any football picks lately, it's because football is dead to me. It will be even deader once Vanderbilt has its way next weekend. At least I have Weir to fall back, oh that's right, they've been struggling a bit lately. Yeah, they've won their last two, but a big game this coming Friday could mean playoffs or no playoffs. And playoffs without Weir is like this blog with readers. (bizarro)

Finally got some TV watching done. The Office rules, which is a known fact. My Name Is Earl still produces some moments.

Heroes. 'Nuff said.

SVU came out of the gate swinging. I would go to Munch's bar. The new ADA needs to let her hair down. Mariska Hargitay is still hot.

Haven't watched the CBS dramas yet, so I don't know who blowed up on Criminal Minds, how Mac escaped or what the heck is happening in Vegas.

The state fair is in town. And I haven't been yet.

I wish I could golf more often.

There's going to be a Wings Stop downtown, not too far from work. If they are open late, like the one in Ridgeland, I might say screw it and forget brown bagging it and spend what little money I have.

I'll skip the "why I'm still single" rant.

Back to your lives.

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Time for a roundup post

Another week is done. Another project finished at work. I can't link to it yet, but I'll let the outdoors guru tell you himself.

Outside of that, it's been a pretty unproductive week. I had been hoping to take a day or two off to do some golfing and goofing off. Rain and work stopped that. But nothing will stop me next week.

So in the meantime, here's some various, insignificant items that I've done lately.

Doubt you can notice, but I edited the HTML of the blog template today. The middle column wasn't wide enough to hold YouTube videos. So I bumped it up a few pixels and now things look like they fit.

Speaking of the blog, I decided to check out all the reports generated by SiteMeter (located in the right column) and Google. The number of hits is low, which is expected because no one clicks here. Some of the referring pages was interesting. Here's a sampling.

- shortcuts.com: This is a coupon site. I'll say that it's not the greatest thing, but if they offered more coupons, it would be awesome. I talked about it here.

- joe gant ms football: Coach Gant was my football coach back at Weir. He's now the offensive coordinator, after sitting out a few years of retirement. Look up 'MS high school football winner' in the dictionary, and his picture is there. He took tiny Weir (a small 1A school) to the state championship game at least 7 times and won 5 of them. Flat out, the man could coach and win with a bunch of small-town boys. Where does he fit in my blog? Oh, I don't know.

- at&t roadside: Oh boy, what a night that was.

- tmbg widget: Linked to my They Might Be Giants concert report.

- There were a number of Google image links to this post about Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law. ("Open it.")

I gotta give a special shoutout to one reader. Mariann, thank you for the tens of clicks. :)

Now if I can just get the Topiary back.

Speaking of getting stuff back, I'm trying to figure out why I can't post photos from my cell phone anymore. I took a couple recently and now, have no way of displaying them. This sucks.

I haven't posted about how much I'm glad my TV shows are back. Law and Order: SVU is ruling, as always. CSI:NY is kicking serious hind end. The Office, the greatest. Even Earl is picking things up. 30 Rock still rocks. And I still can't miss CSI: and Criminal Minds. Good stuff going on.

I'll end this here. I got some important stuff to get to. That PlayStation isn't going to play itself. Oh, be on the lookout for a post about JubileeJAM! coming Monday.

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Not dead yet

But I sure do feel like it.

Been extremely busy at work and trying to come back to reality outside of it. Spent all day Saturday in Starkville. Nothing major happened. (17-12)

Was finally able to catch up on some TV watching.

- Last week's South Park was about Guitar Hero.

- The CSI:/Without A Trace combo case was pretty good. Never watched Without A Trace before. Doubt that this will get me to start watching it now, but the combo was a nice touch.

- Law & Order: SVU. Thank you WLBT for replaying it. I still can't figure out why election results are more important than my dose of Liv.

- I think my sister deleted Criminal Minds before I could watch it.

- Said it before, but Earl just doesn't seem the same now as it used to.

- The Office continues to rule the TV world.

- While I still like CSI:, CSI:NY is much better than the original.

- Heroes. Still rules. That is all.

- And I end the TV listings on a sad note. I noticed on Yahoo! yesterday that one of their must-see shows this week was a new SpongeBob Squarepants special. I didn't know about it. Now, I'm hoping to catch a repeat.

Yes, I used to watch SpongeBob regularly. FINLAND!

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The writer's strike

If you haven't heard, TV writers in Hollywood and New York are picketing. (links) They want to get paid.

Fine with me. Everyone deserves to get paid what they are worth. I'll stop that thought right now before I get tasered.

The immediate impact of the strike is that late night talk shows have to show reruns. No one to write material, no show. While I don't watch late night TV like in the past, I do watch The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. They are affected as well. So no truthiness for a while.

In the near future, sitcoms and dramas will be affected big time. Reports are coming out that shows like The Office may end their season early. Such a shame to deny people their weekly dose of Dwight K. Schrute.

My Name Is Earl would also be affected. Though personally, while I like the show, it seems like the writers have already gone on strike. Something just doesn't seem right about this season.

What's really going to get me is cutting Heroes short. I read somewhere that the producer will likely rewrite the ending of an upcoming episode and make that the season finale. The way Heroes is setup, the first half of the season is one storyline which leads into the second half for a new storyline. Cutting off mid-story will be a major buzz kill. Plus, there's been talk of a spin-off show that would describe how people got their powers. Now it's being canceled.

And I won't even try to explain what a Mariska Hargitay withdrawal will do to me.

But there is one solution to all this. More reality shows. And there would be one result to this solution. More PlayStation time for me.

Dear executives, PAY YOUR EMPLOYEES. (ouch)

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Thursday night is must-see-TV

Earl, 30 Rock, The Office. Quality from beginning to end.

From Randy's blog to Schrute-Space. Non-stop hilarity.

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Week 1 of the new TV season is done,

and all I can say is "Holy &#!+!"

"Heroes" - If you didn't watch season 1, you may be lost. Supposedly, season 2 is mostly independent of 1, but there are important stories from 1 that have to be known. For instance, how is Hiro in ancient Japan? I may feel about Heroes the way most chic^H^H^Hwomen feel about "Grey's Anatomy". I really really really like this show.

"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" - Maybe it's the drama. Maybe it's the crime-solving aspect. Maybe it's Mariska Hargitay. Either way, this is also high on my 'must record' list. The twist on this season's first show wasn't quite as shocking as some in the past. But it was enough.

"The Office" - Support the Rabid

"My Name is Earl" - I feel for Randy.

"Bionic Woman" - I'm giving this one a shot. So far, it looks interesting.

"CSI:NY" - Ok, I understand someone wanting to bring a murderer to justice. But I don't think you hatch an elaborate plan of defacing Lady Liberty and murdering two people to accomplish this. And Montana is cuter than ever.

"CSI:" - Did they find Sara? Surely you've watched it by now.

"Criminal Minds" - Why am I listing this one last? Because the ending of it made me jump off the couch and yell as mentioned above. The case itself was average. Nothing too out of the ordinary. The results afterward was shocking.

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