I am old enough to remember watching a black and white television as a kid. No, I am not talking about black and white movies on a color television, I am referring to a television with no color. When I grew up, color television was not groundbreaking, but it was still an upgrade from the […]
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The Front Line
After the Superbowl I spent an hour watching the new CBS program Undercover Boss. The show featured the CEO of the company Waste Management posing as a new hire for the company in numerous front line service jobs. He picked up litter on a hillside, helped manage traffic at a landfill, cleaned portable toilets, and […]
2 Cents on 2 Bucks
Once Upon A Time: As a kid I was fascinated by Nielsen, you know the TV ratings people. I yearned to have my household chosen to be a Nielsen family. I imagined how cool it would be to have one of those mysterious ratings boxes I heard so much about, but never actually saw, sitting […]
Pepsi, Leno, and Choice
Place a Coke and a Pepsi in front of me, ask me to choose one, and I will always pick the Coke. Restaurants offer a different scenario. They typically carry either only Coke or Pepsi. When I go out to eat I always ask for a Coke, but if the restaurant carries Pepsi, I happily […]
Ha Ha
A few weeks ago I decided to write a post about how I was going to watch less television in 2009. No sooner than I hit publish, did PBS start hitting me with some can’t miss programming in the form of the series Make Em Laugh. Let’s face it. We all can use a good […]
Hel Of A Show
Yes I am cutting back on Television for 2009. There is however, one exception and that is PBS. Case in point is the program I caught over the weekend — Independent Lens, Helvetica. This show is all about the story of the font Helvetica. It seems sort of strange to think that someone invented Helvetica, […]
Less of That…
So I posted my list of things that I am going to do more of, but time does not come in an infinite supply. Thus in order to accomplish more of what I want to do, I offer up a list of things I hope to do less of in 2009. In 2009 I plan to […]
