Kathleen David weighs in on Friday's Doctor Who episode "The Sound of Drums". And Geoffrey Wessel grouses about a line cut from the show that I forgot about but sounds right, given the characters. It's Sci-Fi-town, Jake. They'll have all sorts of violence on there (when they're not showing mutant bug or animal movies, or ECW) but first sign of sex out comes the viewer discretion warnings and the scissors.

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I missed the first half hour but watched the rest of a film on The Movie Channel called Life After Tomorrow. It's about interviewing the girls who played the orphans and titular role in the musical Annie. It's interesting learning how literal the phrase "life changing role" can be, not only for those girls but their families. Not only that, but them having to deal with the fallout and repurcussions of those changes, wondering if it was their fault somehow, not to mention when the limelight fades for them. Some even talk about dreaming about doing their roles. I know I still have dreams about doing old jobs from time to time.
They're doing a free preview weekend for Showtime and The Movie Channel, so the only chances to catch it are if you subscribe to either of those services: October 3rd at 9:05am or the 9th at 5:45pm on Showtime 2, and the 11th at 10:15am on Showtime or 1:15pm on Showtime West. All times are Eastern, and non-dish subscribers may be subject, so please, I beg of you, if you want to watch the show, check your listings.

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With prices going up, wages not so much, and the housing market going down the tubes, many people are looking into the idea of do-it-yourself home improvement. But a lot of times, they're scared off. The reason behind that may be the amount of work involved, and that's on top of all the work you do nowadays just to get through the day to day. I have to admit that's one of my problems, getting started. But I can tell you, there's no better feeling than after you've worked toward fixing or improving something. You may not be done at the end of the day, but you have a good feeling that you've worked toward a goal.
But I suspect the biggest reason is the lack of knowledge in doing home improvements. I doubt there's any plumbers reading this, so who really knows how to remove and replace your toilet? And I'm going to go out on a limb here and say there's no electricians out there either. How in the world do you do any home wiring with destroying the house or yourself? Or any other home improvement chores? What if I told you you could even get DVDs on hot to remove and replace your toilet, do drywall or home wiring? Remember, knowledge is power, so why shouldn't you have the power?

After Kathy's nap and reading, we watched the first episode of "Dirty Sexy Money". Peter Krause of "Six Feet Under", "Sports Night" and "The Lost Room" miniseries on Sci-Fi (Kathy watched the latter but I didn't. She remarked that Elle Fanning, who plays his daughter in DSM also played her in "The Lost Room" also serving as the McGuffin) is a lawyer whose father was a lawyer for a rich and powerful family and swears not to be sucked into that life as his father was, but ends up having the abyss call and stare at him before he stares back. With enough intrigue and plot twists to keep the engine going on this for awhile, and to keep me interested, even though Kathy says the family's "messed up". I check "Grand Slam" because I missed the last episode and GSN is rerunning it, but it's one we've seen before. We wrap up the night finishing off the last 3 episodes of disc 2 of "How I Met Your Mother" season 1 DVD. Hopefully we'll be done before the release of season 2 on Tuesday and get through that to watch the just started season 3.

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Went to take Kathy to work this morning, did a little reading and went back to bed. Got up, did some stuff on the computer, and went to pick her up. We went and got Subway for lunch/supper and I got the early Sunday edition of the Indianapolis Star, some lottery tickets I won, and bought a couple of more. Jackpot's $49 million, or over $30 million in the cash option. At least it's fun to dream of winning and helping out friends and family. Ate lunch and watched Legion of Superheroes that suffered from a bad signal the station got and a sucky storyline, a Corner Gas, Doctor Who, and Deal or No Deal from last night. Also getting the laundry done while all this is going on. Then Kathy went in the bedroom and rest before tackling her reading (about a month ago, her church had the Bible in 90 days challenge that she signed up for) and we'll watch some more stuff either on TiVo or DVD.

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Call this a pre-emptive post before SuperWife does it: pets in Star Wars costumes.
Hopefully this doesn't scare her away, we are all anxious to hear what she, her hubby, and new in town friend are up to.
And while we're on the subject: I'm sorry to hear that Gordon has been having some problems both personal and blogwise, and hope things'll go better soon. Most of the time, the things we enjoy, whether it's reading a blog, listening to a podcast, and heck, most things not having to do with a computer, we enjoy without making comment. While a lot of times, people are overwhelmed with feedback (as in the more popular arenas, such as television) some times, no feedback is coming except to point out something wrong. If you're having a bad day or week, it may set you off. But a lot of times, people will enjoy what you're doing but out of habit don't say anything. And no, this isn't me fishing for compliments. If you like what I do here, check out some of the others in the blogroll at right or say hi to Gordon. They're all very good reads, and if you haven't checked them out, why not do so now? And if you're not happy with what you see here, I apologize and will be glad to refund what you paid, as they say over at Podculture.

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Like with computers, people are getting new cell phones and not sure what to do with their old ones. Also like computers, you can't just throw it away due to some potential toxic materials present. Some lawmakers are even passing laws in response to environmental impact saying that old cell phones can't be tossed away. Plus, you don't want to be contributing to the disposable society, but want to make a contribution to society and not be so wasteful. One drawback is that it isn't as well known where you can take your old cell phones to do better. You may have heard something on TV or the radio, or even read it online, but you can't recall any details, or at least details that are sufficient for you to take your old cell phone and have it do some good.
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Fangoria Comics is no more. Apparently some corporate restructuring had to be done, as not many people want to pay 8 bucks for a Starlog full of articles and information gleamed online a few weeks before. I'm guessing Fangoria is the same deal. Pardon me for a moment of scherdenfraude, as I recall the Starlog editorials extolling you to follow your dreams and they'll come true, and I sent some cartoons I did for consideration for publication, and got a note with the comics back that they didn't look at unsolicited submissions, contradicting their written policy in the magazine. That was it for me.

Nickelodeon is promoting their fourth annual Worldwide Day of Play today by "going dark" for 3 hours. And there's a repeating message playing so you won't think your TV is on the fritz. Cartoon Network is doing it's part by showing the movie "Son of the Mask" at 1:30pm, and TV Land continues it's downward slide by showing "Major League" at 1pm. So Nick has their story set up to CYB when they have to go testify to Congress about the youth obesity epidemic.

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A Marine just got a second honorary promotion for all the good work he's done for them. Surprise, surprise, surprise, it's Jim Nabors. If I didn't have so much stuff to watch, I'd crack open the Gomer Pyle, USMC season 1 DVD set I got up at Book and Music Exchange to celebrate. Thanks to Mark Evanier for the link.

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Captain Spaulding's brother points out the inconsistencies in the King of Kong documentary. As Spaulding notes, the real shame is that the doc doesn't have a single song from the "Pac Man Fever" album. And they had a Donkey Kong song, no less. It goes to show you that Roger Ebert is right: the falsest words ever shown on a movie screen are "this is a true story".

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Billy Zabka who is best known as the "bad guy" in Karate Kid and Back to School, decides to make a movie based on a tale heard at Church camp as a youth. The only problem is as he takes off, he doesn't know where he'll film it, who'll star in it, not even a script. Many obstacles including the Polish mafia later, he has a short film with an Academy Award nomination.
Hey, at least he didn't end up as the Gimp.

Noted that a lot of people are talking about saving energy. With the costs of energy going up, people are looking at ways to save energy. One way people are talking about it is by cutting out those energy uses are are frivolous, such as Christmas lights. It's a point that has a lot of emotional and personal stakes. Although that would be rational to cut out the extravagant Christmas lights, people are afraid to say anything because they would be accused of not having the holiday spirit, that they're a "Scrooge". It's one argument where the emotions way too heavily to try to engage in debate. But they do bring enjoyment to people. I know Kathy likes to look at all the Christmas decorations and see how people have their houses done up. One could argue that the lights do serve a purpose.
There is one way to still have Christmas lights and not worry about their energy use. With LED holiday lights you can still have your display and save 80-99% on your energy use with them. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, if everyone who used Christmas lights used LED Christmas lights, they would save enough energy to power 200,000 homes for a year. Plus, LED holiday lights last for more than 50,000 hours.

Riker pulls an OJ. And I know it doesn't need to be said, but the article's a joke.
Free TeeVee: Sarah Jane Adventures on YouTube. For now.
Has JJ Abrams found his Captain Kirk?

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Some people look at offers of getting some of the money they've paid into a business with skepticism. But there are actually such things. My phone company, for example, is a rural cooperative that has the people who use their service as members of the company. Every year, after deducting expenses, etc. a certain amont of profits from about 5 years ago is given to the members, being part owners of the business. It's pretty nice getting something back each June.
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The warm weather that made a comeback last week has left this morning. I started getting the house ready for colder weather, and turned off the ceiling fans. I'm trying to get things done before Kathy gets home from work so we can go out, cash her check, and get some groceries. She's been talking about going to a local restaurant chain to eat, and that's what it looks like we'll have for lunch. We're hoping to get back home as soon as possible, so we can rest and catch up on some of the shows we recorded.

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The warmer weather that made a comeback up here is gone. It was cold when I got up. Guess it looks like I'll have to get the air conditioners out of the windows and see about getting the house ready for winter. It makes me start thinking of warmer climates, such as the Dominican Republic's consistent weather of around 77 degrees. I never really thought about vacationing in the Dominican Republic, but reading about what all they have to offer, and I have to say that the idea of an all-inclusive resort sounds ideal right about now.

Dick Cavett writes about the guy who died on his talk show. He starts with describing a typical conversation with someone who claims he saw the show, though it never aired. Cavett also says that although the conversation ends with him covincing the person the show wasn't aired, he recites his favorite two line rhyme to himself:
"A man convinced against his will,
Is of the same opinion still. "
How true that is.
Thanks to Johnny LaRue's Crane Shot for the link.

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They just discovered mathematically that parallel universes do exist. It also has an overview of the history of the theory. Now all we need to do is find a way to track them, and I'll find and switch places in the one where I'm rich and famous. Or at least find the one Patton Oswalt says we fell into back in 2004 where "where spinach is poison and Schwarzenegger is in politics". Or go and watch my Sliders DVD set.

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My nephew Mike is one of the most honorable and well behaved out there. He turned 23 back in June. He's been very trustworthy. So trustworthy that I let him play with my action figures, even the Super Powers Cyborg. You know how you tell other kids to be careful and mind something valuable you let them look at, and next thing you know, it's in pieces. Michael was never like that. If you told him to be careful with something, he was. He's very smart and honorable.
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Fark has a thread going asking people about restaurant chains that aren't around anymore. The link goes to a Wikipedia page about Burger Chef. The thread has people pointing out chains that aren't in their area, but in other places. And mentions some chains that aren't as good as they used to be. And there's a link to a page about the Selective Service getting a hold of a birthday club mailing list to remind kids to sign up for the draft.

Mark Evanier writes about W poised to break Reagan's record for most vacation days of a President. He doesn't slam W, though, just the concept. I like the quote he ends with: "I always liked Jay Leno's old line about how if you keep needing vacations from your job, you picked the wrong job."

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Greg Burgas has an overview of Dazzler at Comics Should Be Good. Interesting article. I've read a few issues from Essential Dazzler, but this article will help in reading the rest. I might have mentioned this before, but the hype on the first issue was that it was direct market only, and I didn't have access to a comic shop at the time, still frequenting the newsstands. Oddly enough, I found #1 for sale at a 7-Eleven when I was on vacation in Florida.

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There was a delay where I went to the comic shop later than usual. I usually go in the mornings, but ended up going late afternoon. While I was out and about, I went to Kroger's to pick up some Aunt Jemima Breakfasts that Kathy likes that were on sale, as today was the last day. Also got a couple of pounds of ground chuck also on sale and will use one of them for sloppy joes tomorrow night. I also went to Meijer's and got some sale items, such as Ore Ida french fries (which are on sale cheaper than the Kroger brand that I had been getting) and hash rounds that Kathy likes, also got her more pork fritters and I got me some Campbell's Select soups that were on sale. Then I went to Papa Murphy's and used a coupon that was due to expire to get a Chicago style stuffed pizza that we had half for supper and put up the other half for our lunch. We watched "Merv Griffin's Crosswords" that we got turned onto by Augie De Blieck Jr, an episode of "Corner Gas" a Canadian show that Superstation WGN started running and ended it with tonight's "Deal or No Deal". We still have "Reaper" from last night to watch and tonight's recording of "Bionic Woman", along with a couple of "Corner Gas" that record tonight, "Back to You", and a "Daily Show With Jon Stewart" that I watch by myself.
Wil Wheaton got his first printing of his new book, looking forward to getting it. And Dominick Dunne has an article on the Phil Spector case from Vanity Fair online that I'm going to go and read, thanks to Colleen Doran for the link.

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Shots of The Simpsons and the inspiration for that shot, side by side. It's just a drop in the bucket, and by no means comprehensive. I thought of this the other day: that The Simpsons is becoming the "Kevin Bacon" of pop culture. If you're talking about a TV show, movie, etc. you can reference The Simpsons' take on it. I saw in the listings that the local station was showing "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes" last night that I was going to record and see about doing a take-off summary of "Sundays in the Village" that Gordon's been doing. Unfortunately, there was a storm going through that cut off the second half of the episode. BTW, thanks for saying I'm one of your favorite bloggers, Gordon.

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SuperWife has shared the "new rules" she received in e-mail. Nothing against her friend, but she didn't credit Bill Maher, as it's the closing segment on his show Real Time. It's one of those shows that's good, but unfortunately, it's one of those that stuff happens that gets in the way of watching it. At the link is a video to a "New Rule" that isn't on the show, and they have a transcript for New Rules. If you liked the e-mail, you'll love the originals.

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A tourism group named Visit Milwaukee is planning to build a statue of Fonzie for downtown. Yes, they got the idea from TV Land, and Henry Winkler says he'll be there for the dedication. Another interesting point in the article is that TV Land is re-evaluating their statue promotions in light of their redesigning the channel for more comtemporary shows for boomer's children. Another cable channels goes to suckytown.

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