As some of you may or may not know, I’m a (mostly) regular contributer to www.renerd.com, a site dedicated to reviews and commentary on entertainment for the coming zombie apocalypse (movies, TV, video games). I’ve just posted a review of Cube Runner, a game I’ve been playing on my iPhone.
Check it out here.
~ Jason
It’s no small secret that one of my favourite TV shows of all time was The West Wing. There was a time when Wednesday nights was my absolute favourite night of the week… sure Friends and Seinfield on Thrusday nights were pretty good but man, nothing beat the whitty dialog of the West Wing.
Every other drama on the airwaves at the time had good characters, strong writing and plot lines that would keep you talking at the water cooler for days but they also had internal character conflict. Man how we hated Dr. Romano on ER. The West Wing was very much an us-vs-them type show. The main cast were all on the same side of every issue. Sure there were internal conflicts but there was no big-bad adversary that we loved to hate. I’ve always been partial to banding together as a team and having trust and faith in your coworkers/friends/family. The nature of this show just spoke to me.
Well, for the last few years, CLT has been playing episodes of The West Wing at 7pm and 11pm. The nice thing about CLT is that they showed (from what I can tell) all the episodes, in order. I had my PVR set up to record it every day and I very much looked forward to catching up on a few episodes every couple of days.
I’m sad to say that as of September, they’ve changed their line-up and stopped playing them. This saddens me greatly… for one, I won’t be able to get my daily (or bi-daily) fix of my favourite show… but the kicker is that they stopped airing the show in the middle of the last season! They didn’t even have the decency to finish out the series. For crying out loud, the stopped after playing the first half of a to-be-continued episode. It was election day and we didn’t even get to find out how it turned out… and OMG something is wrong with Leo!!!!
Now, I’ve seen the whole series and I know exactly what happens (Santos wins and Leo died… RIP John Spencer). I’ll have to rent or buy the last season just to exercise my need to see what happens. I’ve been meaning to pick up the series on DVD and this just may be the kick in the pants to do it.
I’m disappointed in TV today… and that doesn’t happen often.
~ Jason
The Pottery Barn Kids announced last week that they would be bringing back an old time favourite… Star Wars Sheets!!!! I never had this great bedding as a kid but I remember my cousin TiJean having them… and curtains too!
Well, they’re back. I’m not sure if I’m embarrassed or proud, but I can happily say that Jenny and I got a complete set. We ventured down to Yorkdale Mall this afternoon (braving the crowds of Sunday shoppers) and picked up the only set of Queen sheets they had left. Now, I ask you, what is the Pottery Barn Kids doing offering these in a Queen sized option… if not for us 30 something folks?
And, I didn’t even have to convince Jenny that this would be a good idea. Yesterday, at a house-warming BBQ at our good Friends Dave and Grace (shameless plug for www.renerd.com), the sheets came up in conversation. Jenny looked at me and asked, “Why didn’t you tell me about this?!?”. A plan was hatched right there and then to go to Yorkdale and get them as soon as possible.
As soon as we got home, they went into the wash and now, they’re ready to be put on the bed.
How nerdy are we?
~ Jason
I just thought I’d try out posting from my iPhone. A new WordPress app for the iPhone has just been released. I can tell you one thing… I’m going to get a lot better at typing on this thing… that’s for sure.
A big thanks to these folks.
~ Jason
I’ll admit that I got lucky. I walked in to the Rogers store up the street to ask them some more questions about switching from Fido… and they had one in stock and it was available.
A dude came in behind me… like 3 seconds behind me, and he offered me money to let him take the iPhone. I felt kind of bad but I turned him down… And, now I have an iPhone.
Switch from Rogers has been not so good, though, and it’s all my fault. I’m not going to go into too much detail, but, I’m still waiting for my phone number to switch over to the iPhone (so I now have to carry around the iPhone and my old phone). And, through a series of bad decisions by me and some unlucky messing around with Jenny’s phone to allow her to use it on the Rogers network, I managed to wipe out her phone’s memory. All her pictures and her phone numbers are lost forever… sweety, I’m sorry.
It’s a bitter-sweet triumph. Every time I use it, I know that Jenny paid a price for me to use this wonderful piece of technology. I’ll make it up to her, somehow.
I do like the iPhone, and now I’m pretty much connected everywhere I go, except when I’m on the subway. Go ahead, send me a message… bet you I get it right away.
~ Jason
