This is going to be a short blog post, but I’m watching Prime Suspect and one of the detectives used the word “asshat”. Now, we’ve been using the word asshat for years now online. I believe the first time I ever saw it in chat was back in 1999. I’d never heard anyone say it out loud. For at least five years now, the word has been commonly used in speech by a lot of people. It is clearly interchangeable with “asshole”. Continue reading
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“Mad Men” on Hiatus until 2012 Might Not be So Bad
There are two new TV shows that started this fall that caught my eye. One is ABC’s “Pan Am” and the other is NBC’s “The Playboy Club.” My husband accuses me of watching period pieces because they are period pieces, but this isn’t necessarily the case. I do like a good deal of them. I enjoyed “The Tudors” and I like “Mad Men,” but despite my enjoyment of Jeremy Irons, I couldn’t bring myself to continue watching “The Borgias” after the 4th episode. Continue reading
More Netflix Irritations Causes Hulu Plus Subscription
Recently I got this email regarding our Netflix subscription. We had the option to have 3 DVDs out per month with unlimited streaming. This cost nearly $20/month and we mostly used the DVDs to watch TV seasons. We got through all of our TV shows and decided to drop our service down to 1 DVD per month with unlimited streaming and this cost about $10/month. Continue reading
New Netflix Irritations
I’m beginning to see Netflix as a double-edged sword. On one hand, it is incredibly convenient to use the streaming feature via the XBox 360. On the other hand, it is becoming more and more irritating to find things to watch without having to head to the regular computer to find them. Continue reading
Mad Men Held Over Until 2012 Due to a Negotiation Breakdown
I’ve been reading several stories about Mad Men. If you haven’t seen it, it’s worth a watch. It airs on AMC, is set in the early 60s (Season 4 saw President Kennedy’s assassination). My husband and I just got through this season and are looking forward to season 5. He just informed me that the next season won’t be airing until 2012. Continue reading