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Every Day We Are Faced With Life Altering Decisions.

Modern Smart TVs can provide us with hundreds of viewing choices. Every morning, mine gives me the option to work or to watch Indiana Jones movies. Decisions, decisions.

Happy Wife. Happy Life.

Taking the afternoon off to install Diane's new TV. She is ecstatic, and I have a lot of install and setup work to do. It is nice to see her smile; although, she is always smiling. Once of the reasons I love her.

Guilty Pleasures - Science Fiction Meets Space Opera Meets The Master Chief.

Halo Comes To Paramount Plus. I have loved science fiction since I was a small boy. The evolution of special effects and storytelling has brought the genre into places that I can go to escape the reality of any current crisis in my life. Kids (and some adults) play video games for the same reasons. While I have never had time to spend on video games, I like the tech, and Halo has been one of the best. The Master Chief, a Mandalorian style warrior gets dropped on a planet overrun by monsters called the Covenant, and he spends his days blowing them away. Basic drama; but, fun. Now, the story comes to Paramount Plus in March, and I will enjoy losing myself for an hour at a time in a fantastic world of good guys versus monsters. At my age, silly guilty pleasures don't seem so silly anymore. Who's with me?

 

Samsung Galaxy Tab View = 18.4 Inches Of TV Cool.

Galaxy View 18.4 inches Tablet Some years ago, I splurged on a huge tablet from Samsung that never really took off. It was a huge 19.4 inch Android tablet that was intended as a living room and kitchen home browsing device. It languished in the living room, getting little use until a year ago, when Diane discovered it, and has used it since for its intended purpose. She browses with it in the living room and the kitchen, and decided to bring it along on our current RV trip. It serves as a great TV for the RV, and sits on the couch or dinette table or kitchen counter We are watching the Rays versus Red Sox game now. The Rays are losing, thanks to former Ray, Hunter Renfroe; but, for us, TV in the evening while traveling is a home run.

Drug Commercials - We Watch Too Much TV

Are there more drug commercials on TV, or are we just getting old?

Best TV Show Themes?

A comment by friend, Eva Gunn Ward, in which she identified the theme from Hill Street Blues as her all time favorite, got me thinking, and I spent some pleasant moments listening to it, and my favorite, St. Elsewhere. TV drama with authentic characters, issues, and themes isn't in fashion much anymore. But, the Dave Grusin theme for St. Elsewhere rekindles a recognition of the timeless themes of life and death, happiness and sadness, peace and strife. Where is great Television when we need it?

Woke Culture, Cancel Culture, Find Me A Safe Space, Please.

A newspaper in California has actually editorialized that Sleeping Beauty should be banned because it depicts a man kissing a sleeping woman without consent. I kid you not. College Professors have been fired for using the N word, not as a pejorative; but, in order to teach students about such words. College students are marching to have Professors fired because they espouse politically conservative viewpoints. Bill Maher puts this all in perspective in this little video in which he follows woke culture to its logical conclusion. 

It's A Cost-Benefit Analysis Thing.

What is it worth to you to never have to watch QVC again? For Rat, it is $10 a month. Life, like law practice, has its tradeoffs.

 

Lord, Let Me Live Long Enough To Have One Of These.

165 inch folding screen. Comes up out of the floor like a flower growing and unfolding in real time. I would probably sell the 3000GT to have one of these.

 

The World Has Turned Upside Down.

Muppet Show Disclaimer. The world has gone insane. When I discovered the Babylon Bee satirical post about a warning being placed on old Muppets episode by Disney, it never occurred to me that it was true. I thought the Bee was being the conservative gadfly taking potshots at the cancel culture. But, then I see this Althouse post, thanks to Michael Wade at Execupundit, and I see that there really is a warning from Disney Plus about the posting of old Muppets episodes. Apparently, comedy and humor and satire are no longer allowed in our society without a warning label, like cigarettes. This is bad for you, don't do it; but, we know you will do it anyway. WTF? Has everyone gone insane? I hereby proclaim that I will actively seek out edgy humor for the rest of my days. You may poke fun at my ethnicity, my weight, or any other thing that amuses you. I feel like Alice in Wonderland, looking through the looking glass. Jonathan Swift is rolling over in his grave. If you are a snowflake or a woke person who feels the need to disapprove of anything that might be "offensive" to you or anyone else, I suggest you stay socially distanced from me. And, don't forget to wear your mask. Jeez.