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As magnicifent an experience as having a child is, the whole process really makes you appreciate your downtime. The couple hours between Ava’s bed time and our bed time are really exquisite little pieces of the day when Leah and I most often plop down in front of the tube to indulge in some trashy […]

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Huge, huge entertainment industry news.  Keep an eye on how this changes the face of Apple’s video content offerings at the iTunes music store.

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I was browsing my Webalizer logs this morning like I do every day and was surprised to see that my mention of Steve Carrell’s acceptance speech at the Golden Globes was a pretty hot search topic. So this post doesn’t come across as too blatant a hit-whoring tactic, I will say that I’m consistently amazed […]

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There’s a story on the front page of the Wall Street Journal today about Disney being in serious talks to buy Pixar.  This would be a huge win for Steve Jobs.  Absolutely huge.  And not just because it would make his stake in Pixar worth about $4 billion.  Consider the investment genius here, from the […]

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Just started watching it at 7:30 CST. Some random musings: Geena Davis is a big woman. I’ve never watched more than 10 straight minutes of this House M.D. show, and this guy is winning a Golden Globe? Pamela Anderson looks like she’s smuggling tortoises in a Hefty bag. Terrible dress. I like Steve Carrell’s acceptance […]

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I’m sitting here watching Law & Order.  Yes, yes.  Whatever. Anyway, there’s a woman in tonight’s episode who looked vaguely familiar to me.  Sure enough, I’d seen her before. Her hair looks a lot better now.

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Leah and I have been getting a big kick out of the local dustup over NBC’s new show The Book of Daniel. The other night we took a couple minutes to watch a roundtable sponsored by our NBC affiliate in Waterloo that brought together area clergymen to watch an episode of the program and comment.  […]

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I just remembered a very disturbing episode from our otherwise-splendid New Year’s Eve celebration. At 11 we tuned in to the  New Year’s Rockin’ Eve celebration just in time to see the fancy ball drop for NYC’s new year.  I was surprised to see Dick Clark sitting behind his usual table somewhere over the crowds […]

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And “The Office,” too, for that matter. Thursday nights used to be killer for NBC. Friends, followed by Seinfeld. Or was it the other way around? In any case, that one-two small screen punch blew away everything else in their time slots for years. But those days are gone, and now the Peacock is looking […]

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Leah and I have become hooked on this show, “Supernanny.” It’s really come at a great time for us, because we can excuse our consumption of this pap as homework, study into the methods of how best to raise an obedient, happy little kid. Of course we’re really into it for the same reasons everyone […]

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