Archive for August, 2005
27 listeners
TR has been slumping for months. Usually there are only two or three listeners at night. Somehow, in the past half hour, a flood of listeners have begun to tune in. There have been 20-27 listeners for twenty minutes now. I’ve never seen anything like it. It’s as [Read More]
Approval rating at new low
Bush at 40% approval So many thoughts, all incindiary, so I’ll obstain. I’ll just say I’m glad to see this piece of news. [Read More]
Toastie’s LJ interests
How common are toastie97′s interests Universal animals (121542)cats (177703)photography (322719) Popular beer (65422)politics (78071)psychology (87344)sarcasm (68445)the simpsons (73745) Common buffy (33962)buffy the vampire slayer (36275)democrats (10936)hawaii [Read More]
1840
Six Feet Under is a remarkable show. I just watched the last three episodes of season 3. I haven’t been up at 2:30 in the morning in quite awhile. The cats are being angelic at the moment… [Read More]
Peter Jennings
I’m watching ABC’s commercial-free two-hour tribute to Peter Jennings, and it’s a remarkable show to have put together in just a couple of days. He was an extraordinary man. I’m in awe. I’m wishing I had spent more time watching him instead of [Read More]
Miss Ellie Dead
I loved Dallas. Barbara Bel Geddes (Miss Ellie) has passed away at 82. I never realized how close in age to Larry Hagman (who played her son J.R.) to her; he’s 73. Anyway, hers and Peter Jennings’s passings remind me of my childhood glued to [Read More]
Three and a half more years of this nightmare
Today’s headlines: Bolton begins work at U.N. • Bush signs controversial CAFTA • Bush: Schools should teach ‘intelligent design’ [Read More]
Meetup.com
Just signed up for a 20/30something meetup group. I’m sure my social life is about to explode! [Read More]
Damn spoilers
I’m only on the Season 3 DVDs, and there are news stories out there trumpeting a major spoiler that is happening at the end of Season 5 right now on Six Feet Under. Oh, well, I suppose I’d be more pissed if I actually had HBO now and were caught up and [Read More]
