Friday, March 17, 2006

American Inventor

I tried watching American Inventor last night.

(Side note: When trying to type inventor, I typed "inventory". Twice. Wow, I AM in Accounting.)

I didn't just try to watch this show, I watched all but the first fifteen minutes of it. I thought the show was just "ehhhhh". Not one invention impressed me. There were cool "concepts" but no invention blew me away. I thought this show would be filled with life-changing innovations. Though I liked the idea of a sanitizer pump on a toilet tissue holder, it certainly wasn't the Next Great Invention. Or how about an additional pedal added to a bicycle so the front-handle bar passenger could help power it? This is supposed to change our world? This better get good quick before it becomes one of those shows released on DVD featuring "Episodes You Didn't See".

Maybe the lack of "eye candy" takes away from American Inventor's appeal? These people aren't even close to beautiful... they're not at all visually appealing folks. But, of course, the show is about inventors. I think an attractive cast of players adds to a show which lacks in substance. Don't get me wrong, I'm not all into looks. I'm certaily not that great to look at. I'm what you'd call "eye broccoli" - you know, not a great looker. But once you realize how good I am for you, you start likin' me? No?

Anyway, I can certainly do without this show in my TV lineup. I should have gotten caught up on Smallville, Lost, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Apprentice, or How I Met Your Mother. Yeah. That would have been better. We're only about forty shows behind...or so.

...sigh...

Thursday, March 16, 2006

The Simpsons

You know I like a video clip when I play it over and over and over and over again... And it's an especially cool clip when I've linked it to my blog. Check out this live-action version of The Simpsons opening sequence. Sure, there are things they could have done to make it more like the animated series. But, hey, what a great job!

Friday, March 03, 2006

2006 Calendar

Seldom does an email forward come my way that sends me into hysterics. However, my coworker forwarded me a PDF file of a calendar. Whoever created this is brilliant! Below is a picture of the entry for March. It is currently hanging outside of my other coworker's (Sonja) office. That's what she gets for not being here today.



...and here's my favorite month. December. David Hasselhoff? You slay me!

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Lent...

Lent. Everyone's blogging about it. I guess I should too.

Number one - I'm giving up fast food. More specifically, any dining facility which has a window from which, in your car, you can order & pickup food. Taco Time and KFC? Out. However, Dicks and Kidd Valley are still a go. But when do I ever go to those places?

Numero dos - No more pop. Soda. Soda-pop. That doesn't include Nestea or Hi-C Orange. Mmmm... Hi-C Orange... My drink of choice at Mickey Dees. There's a McDonald's a block from my work on 6th Avenue. And you know what? There's no drive-thru window at that particular McDonalds...

(Lent is not only a time to give up something. It's also a time for me to find away around those items I've pledged to stop consuming. And, did you know that "item" and "time" both have the same letters in them?)

And, lastly - No more rice. It's what I've been over-eating the past three months. Lots and lots of rice. I guess that's why I've gained so much weight...

I agree with another fellow blogger-er who says typing what you're giving up for Lent "makes it so". Word to her wiseness.