Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I used to watch mexican telenovelas. Without really understanding the language. OMG, they trump ANY other soap for angst and improbability and class issues.
I actually heard a piece on the radio recently about how popular they are in Russia.
Man, I'm taping SO MUCH TV. And I don't consider myself that much of a tv watcher (from years of not watching.) Time to reevaluate the selfimage.
I just bailed on TAR:FamilyFeud. Can't take the screaming.
TAR: I hope the screamers get eliminated fast.
I'm ok with a few bunches of screaming adults. Now, at kids? Or bratty kids? Might turn me off.
Wanna bet this is going to be more The Great American Roadtrip than Round the World edition?
Also, it helps that I watch TAR thusly: get up. get a drink. scoop catboxes. pee. wash dishes watching reflection in glass doors. sort through read and unread Monitors. catch up here. post here. read lj. pay electric and gas bill.
etc.
Live giant squid photographed for the first time: [link]
I had fresh regular squid caught for me in Mozambique. I don't like squid. Even in garlic and butter over a campfire. And squid guts 5 hours later? Stink. Also, I finally learned where cuttlebone came from. I could do without.
HOWEVER. Gianty squid PICTURES? Cool.
Huh. People have been trying to photograph a giant squid in its natural environment for many years.
I saw a program on TV about Humboldt Squid the other night. They are nasty critters, with teeth on their suckers, and a habit of leaping out at anything that moves, especially divers. (They are probably 3 feet long, not 25.)
The dude diving for them, with a big camera, was wearing body armor.
Live giant squid photographed for the first time:
All I can say is, "IT'S ABOUT FREAKIN' TIME!!!" Do they know how many National Geographic specials I sat through waiting to see them live, only to be left disappointed?
It looks to me like [TAR] the families who most annoy aren't likely to hold up terribly long. But I've been burned before. Also, I'm watching behind, so I could already be wrong.