Freedom

-I don’t know what took me so damn long, but I finally got some type of broadband Internet access. And it’s like a whole new world. Or something.

-Watched Alias last night. It was okay. I bought the explanation behind last season’s cliffhanger. They didn’t try and shoehorn it in too much. On the other hand, I’m not happy with the other big event, and if they did this because of her personal life, I’ma be really pissed off.

-Yankees’ magic number is 3. Gonna be an interesting weekend.

Jack-Jack Attack!

Tonight, one of the few TV shows I make it a point to watch, Alias, has it’s fifth season premier. And while for now, I find Lost to be a more compelling show, Alias still has some great characters, especially Jack Bristow, played by Victor Garber.

I’ve been thinking about this, and this Jack has a lot in common with another similarly named character, 24′s Jack Bauer. The crack research staff at the King Tom Institute for Television Awareness have been combing through old shows and have put the following chart togetether. As Warner Wolf would say, “let’s go to the videotape!”

(Continued on the click-through for those of you who don’t want to be spoiled by various 24 or Alias plot points)

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good career move, Beetlejuice!

Lost was good. More clues and hints, but no real answers. The Michael/Sawyer stuff was unintentional comedy at its finest. I would say more, but I don’t want to ruin it for those who haven’t seen it.

I read today that Michael Keaton was originally offered, but turned down the role of Jack Sheppard. Supposedly, he didn’t want to do a TV show. You know, because the theaters were just packed when he did that movie about the guy who was reincarnated as a snowman.

SPHWTMTOTH, Volume 2

Because it’s on tonight:

Lost nicknames

Concert etiquette/preference?

Question for all you people out there:

If you’re going to a concert- do you listen to the band/act beforehand? (like on the drive to the show, or if you’re just hanging out before hand)

Just looking for other views to settle a disagreement.

News and Views with King Tom

Hey gang….

-So it’s a half game, but the Yankees are in first. It’s not much, but it’s a start, and at this point in the season, I’ll take it.

-I was looking through my computer for some appropriate image to include here to celebrate the Yankees’ return to first. Couldn’t find anything that fit, but I did find this, from the great brawl of ’98:

Looking closer at the image, I have to ask, what in the world is Graeme Lloyd doing here:

Looks like he’s trying to use the Von Erich claw on Arthur Rhodes. Don’t remember what Von Erich it was that used the claw-but didn’t they all? Fritz? Kerry? Curly Joe Von Erich?

-That Rivers Cuomo is one interesting fella. But if he’s happy and at peace, who am I to judge?

-For the first time, I watched an episode of Lost live. The pacing was real different than the DVD and I can kind of understand why they’re drawing everything out. I’m avoiding spoilers, so it was nice to feel what Jack was feeling when he was seeing whatever the hell he was seeing. I did notice though a number of clues and other things to made me go hmmmmm throughout the episode. Gonna be an interesting season.

My favorite movies are rated arrrrrr…

I can’t believe I forgot today was Talk Like A Pirate Day.

Now I have to bug everyone I talk to for the rest of the day with pirate jokes.

Must See TV

I haven’t been around here in a few days. I spent the last few days in Cincinnati. Also, I’ve been getting caught up on Lost- and I’m all ready to go for this season. I’ll admit I was wrong about it, because a year ago I was bitter about Alias being pushed back ’till January while having to settle for (what I thought was) a Gilligan’s Island ripoff, but in a way, I’m almost looking forward more to the new season of Lost than the new season of Alias.

Speaking of television, today, I caught a commercial promising an all-new episode of the Simpsons tonight. I was a bit surprised, partially because I thought they were going to start the new season after the World’s Series, but also, because a large part of me really didn’t care if I caught it or not.

I’m just not as into new Simpsons episodes as I used to be. Part of it’s real life- I travel a lot on Sunday nights. But part of it is because they just aren’t as good as they used to be. Every now and then, there’s a great episode, like Jaws Wired Shut, or the Catch Me if You Can ripoff, but the quality has (in my opinion) dropped drastically. It’s still a funny show, but the stories and characters aren’t as deep and the constant guest star cameos are getting annoying. And the last time I caught a new episode- sometime last spring, it felt like the whole first block was taken up by them crediting all 103 producers who work on the show.

Another part of it may be the DVDs. I’ve been looking through the 6th season set (which Christina got me for my birthday), and those were some quality shows. I have the other season sets also- and while the animation may not be up to today’s standards, most of those shows are better than the new ones they’re coming out with recently.

Damn, I’m getting old.

And for my Friday night dinner associates, I give you exotic fruit.

A statue with speed and elusiveness

When I think of justice, unity and world peace, the Dragon usually isn’t the first person who comes to mind. But I guess it’s good that these people can agree on something:

War-torn Bosnian town to build statue of Bruce Lee.

Pumpkin Land

Yesterday, the Civee and I took a drive to Circleville. Didn’t really have a reason, we just hit the road. And yes, I knew the pumpkin show is a few weeks away- but we just wanted to go somewhere.

When we got there, we visited the Ted Lewis Museum, a quaint little memorial to one of America’s biggest entertainers about 80 years ago or so. I had heard of Lewis from his performance in Abbot and Costello’s Hold That Ghost, but thought he was just some lounge singer.

Probably the most entertaining part of the trip was the tour guide, one of Lewis’ most devoted fans. As she put it:

“Well, for me, there’s my God, my husband, then Ted Lewis, then Tecumseh.”

It was a fun little trip.