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Entries from October 2005

Reason #279 why Fox network executives suck

October 31st, 2005 · 2 Comments

Reason #14 : Keeping the X-Files on the air long after the show should’ve ended.
Reason #67 : Airing American Idol seven times a week
Reason #113 : Hiring people who cut the commericals for upcoming shows like 24 that give away huge plot points.
Reasons #150-#175 : Canceling Firefly.
and the latest addition:
Reason #279 : (via tvguide.com) Fox [...]

Tags: TV

Bye Weekend

October 31st, 2005 · No Comments

As much as I adore Hawkeye football, I always enjoy the bye weekend (except when its at the end of the regular season because then it doesn’t really count), as its a chance to remember what life is like the rest of the year. When you aren’t up at 6am to go tailgate and then [...]

Tags: Family · General Thoughts

Book 34 : The Dante Club

October 30th, 2005 · 1 Comment

I started this book the day before Hurricane Katrina hit and I don’t know if it was some weird mental state about that event that I tied to the book or what, but I just could not get into or finish this book. But being one of those people who won’t abandon a book she [...]

Tags: 50 books

Friday Afternoon Update

October 28th, 2005 · No Comments

Pierre Pierce got sentenced today to what will probably amount to him serving nearly a year in jail. Judge Gregory Hulse denied the request for a deferred judgment:
“To do so would seriously depreciate the seriousness of these offenses. The defendant is in need of correctional assistance, which can most effectively be provided by confinement,” Hulse [...]

Tags: General Thoughts

Wanted: Your Opinion

October 28th, 2005 · 1 Comment

I’m in the progress of getting my photos imported into my new gallery. I’m still playing with the look, deciding on black or white for the photo section.
My question to you, dear photo lookers, is how do you prefer to look for photos? Do you like all the albums up at the same level (so [...]

Tags: General Thoughts

Are you kidding?

October 28th, 2005 · 2 Comments

I was trying to think of a better title for this post, but everytime I saw the news scroll on KWWL the past two days about this topics, that’s all I could think.
From KWWL regarding the Pierre Pierce case, who is being sentenced today for
third-degree burglary, assault with intent to commit sexual abuse, false [...]

Tags: Current Events

Book 33 : One for the Money

October 26th, 2005 · 1 Comment

The characters in some of my favorite mystery series, The Cat Who… or Mrs. Murphy Mysteries, become like old friends after years of visiting them through books. I think I have made a new book friend and her name is Stephanie Plum. It is fitting that we were introduced through our mutual friend, TracyA, [...]

Tags: 50 books

Book 32: Feet on the Street : Rambles Around New Orleans

October 26th, 2005 · No Comments

Another book on loan from Lisa, another book about visiting New Orleans, another book that I read on my travels to and from New York last month, another book that made me both sad and eager at the same time, Feet on the Street by Roy Blount Jr. gave me a bit of a [...]

Tags: 50 books

Book 31: Letters from New Orleans

October 26th, 2005 · No Comments

Letters from New Orleans is a short book comprised of just what the title states, letters that the author wrote to friends and family while he was living in NOLA. On loan from Lisa, it was the perfect book to read on my flight to New York last month to see the bones. Reminded [...]

Tags: 50 books

She lives such a hard life…

October 25th, 2005 · No Comments

but I love her anyway.

Tags: Cats