Sports should seriously be against the law.

I don't know they need to be against the law, but there's really no reason to show them on the tv.

Great baseball tonight. Isn't it a blessing when the current season of OC gets pre-empted by sports? So many bad tv shows, playoffs so short.

<Heats up some nachos, pops open a beer and settles in to watch>

I'm suddenly craving lemonade, and I don't even really like the stuff.

Those are some cute cats, Perkins!

Sports on TV is why I watch all TV shows on DVD (or TiVo, back when I had TiVo). Although, I actually like watching baseball, and it doesn't seem like fall without a football game on in the background.

These days, the DH watched baseball via the internet, and we are catching up on Dead Like Me and Wonderfalls.

Hec, regarding Dead Like Me, what was your cryptic comment about Rebecca Gayheart? Did it have to do with her leaving the show?

Also, I will exchange quality olive oil, embassy swag, and/or Greek porn for Slings and Arrows on DVD.

Saturn Films' Norm Golightly

Huh. I had no idea "Golightly" was a real name.

Cage will next produce and star in "The Wicker Man" for writer-director Neil LaBute

NOOOOOOooooo!!!!

I realized I missed it this week. I enjoyed the first ep very much. My first love this season is still My Name is Earl. But both EHC and MNiE both have familiar senses of humor to me.

I caught my first My Name is Earl this week. I liked it, but I didn't yet love it. Last night's Everybody Hates Chris was better than last week, and very funny, but nothing (for me) tops the premiere. Scott and I had trouble breathing at one point. Thank goodness for TiVo and the ability to pause and rewind. Christopher finally thinks the title is funny. It really (understandably--he's 5) put him off, last week.

What kind of embassy swag are we talking about? Spy gear, classified documents, that kind of thing?

Python bursts, trying to digest aligator. [link]

MIAMI --The alligator has some foreign competition at the top of the Everglades food chain, and the results of the struggle are horror-movie messy.

A 13-foot Burmese python recently burst after it apparently tried to swallow a live, six-foot alligator whole, authorities said.

The incident has heightened biologists' fears that the nonnative snakes could threaten a host of other animal species in the Everglades.

Ick, and ugh. Waste of a perfectly good alligator and snake, if you ask me.

Oh, I saw that the other day. Creeped me right out.

The local newscaster here was introducing a segment with something to do about dogs, and commented that she's had her dogs for five years now and they're still not fully house trained. WTF? It took me like a week to train Lucy, and she maybe had some accidents for a few months after that, but five years? How do you live like that? And it's not good for dogs, anyway - they like to do what they're supposed to. If five years have gone by and you haven't managed to communicate that, it makes me feel really bad for the dogs.

(I think the segment is on dealing with smells, or stains, or something.)

Neat! [link]

What kind of embassy swag are we talking about? Spy gear, classified documents, that kind of thing?

Hmm...I could send you the ambassador.

Waste of a perfectly good alligator and snake, if you ask me.

Concur.

If five years have gone by and you haven't managed to communicate that, it makes me feel really bad for the dogs.

And again, I agree.

In other dogly news, my niece just sent me a photo of her latest dog wearing Doggles. Apparently they are driving to Oregon from NM, and the dog will be riding in the bed of the pickup the whole way, so they are making him wear goggles. (bangs head)