Manda Mia

Dear BBC America, On Thanksgiving, while the rest of the family is in the kitchen catching up on recent events and generally being sociable, I can frequently be found in the living room playing with my uncle’s glorious digital cable. Thus, Thanksgiving is the one day of the year when I can watch your fine channel, [...]

Sorry, couldn’t resist. After 8 years of wallowing in Windows 98 I’ve finally entered the new millennium! Old computer: Windows 98 (initially Win98, upgraded to WinMe then back to Win98SE) New computer: Windows XP Media Center 2005 Old computer: AMD Duron 950 Mhz, 256 MB RAM New computer: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0 GHz, 1 GB RAM Old computer: 6.4 [...]

Edit (12/5): The “save the cheerleader…” promo line has been retired! Yay! [TV Week via EW] If I hear/see the phrase “save the cheerleader, save the world” one more time I swear I’m going to scream. Much like SciFi and Battlestar Galactica, Bravo and Top Chef, you can’t turn on the channel without seeing something about Heros and I’m getting fed [...]

Oh Internet, how we crave thee… 1. How much time do you spend on the Internet daily? Let’s just say more than what’s healthy… 2. What are your favorite 3 websites? Bloglines (still, even though I keep having to move certain feeds to other newsreaders in order to view them like I want), Listology (because I love movie & TV lists and am addicted to Netflix Tracker), and the DVDTalk forums (as bad for the credit [...]

I’m not sure if it’s the time change, colder weather, or the impending holidays, but I haven’t much felt like blogging lately. Here’s what I’ve been thinking about instead. Website worries - My domain expires in under a week. My hosting also expires around that time (after 3 years of free hosting, it’s tricky to get [...]