OK, so about that thing with Heroes being Lost for the ADD-afflicted? Yeah, nevermind. Now that they know they’ve got a fairly steady base, they’ve adopted the same glacial pace as Lost. They do it slightly differently, but that’s to say six of one, half a dozen of the other. And I’m talkin’ about a REAL dozen, not that baker’s dozen, because that would mean 6 of one, 7 of the other which is really not the effect I’m going for here.

OK, so Lost spends an episode revealing the history of ONE guest at a time. So this Wednesday (figuratively; Lost isn’t on until Feb 7th, 2007) we might see a hour devoted to the history of Jack. Now, let’s say, for fun, that there’s 6 (or half a dozen) people on the island. For us to know an hour’s history for everyone, that’s six episodes.

Now Heroes just does it ⅙th at a time for each hour episode for each for everyone, with the same 6 characters. And guess what? It still takes the same 6 episodes (or half a dozen) to get an hour’s-worth of history for each dude or dudette on the show.

Lost and Heroes make a great case for TIVO though. Whether you prefer dozens or whole numbers. Like, record a few episodes, remove commercials, and commence. I like the idea. I just need TIVO now.



Brett Favre can’t win for losing
OK, so for absolute YEARS he and the GB Packers menaced my 49ers in the playoffs, sending my team home early instead of to the super bowl. Let’s just say that I calmly grew to hate the guy. Now last night, it’s the Seahawks (played by people in this reenactment) versus this man and his GB crew. Except last night, my pool ended in a tie going into MNF, and I had picked GB over Seattle.

For some strange reason, Brett Favre (pronounced “Fucker.” Yeah I know, you’d think it would be “Fav-ra”) managed to almost single handedly lose the game. Come the 4th qurater, and wouldn’t you know it, he thinks the Seattle defenders are on his team.

So the bastard doesn’t really like to win, he just likes to frustrate me. At least now I know. Cost me $20 damn dollars, you know. I’m writing my congresswoman.



I shop Macy’s, Darling
No really, I do. Er, um, at least I did last night. See, as you may recall from this blog post, we have nothing to our names at the moment for our move up north save for a kick-ass entertainment system (so that we – well, – stay entertained). We had gone this weekend and picked up a flatware set for what we thought was a great deal at Mervyn’s for $39.99. Turns out, however, that deal was sort of sour as the silverware bends rather easily. Hey, I’m hard on spoons; I use them to scoop my ice cream, and they need to take the abuse and still look good, dammit.

Last night at Macy’s, we found that set. From Oneida, which I remember as a quality set from my childhood. Yay childhood memories, huh? Anyways, we picked it up for about double the price of Mervyn’s which was in line with the pricing @ Kohl’s and other places. But it’s a quality set and also a little bigger, weighing in at a hefty 53 pieces. Yay to pieces.

Nifty thing I liked about Macy’s? They have the sets out on display, so I could touch, hold, and attempt to bend (successfully on some sets) the silverware and such. Not so nifty, depending on your take? This means they also have their cutlery sets out so you can touch and feel them, too. Cutlery. As in, sharp, razor blade edges that anyone could grab and accidentally use as a weapon. Had thoughts about how that could go awry, but I would hate to see anything locked down, so I refrained from saying anything. Maybe I should? Nah.

Peace.

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