Last weekend of peace before I travel down to Harrisburg to visit the family. I have to get stuff over the weekend for travel and buy some grey catnip mice from the local pet store for my mom's and sister's cats.
Do you every notice that when you are single, you have to buy two birthday cards for friends of yours that are a couple, but they only have to send you one and they both sign it? What a racket!
Burn Notice (USA) was very good last night, a A rating. Next week is the summer finale and USA just renewed this and Royal Pains for another season.
Oh well.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Thoughts: 30-July-2009
This has been a crazy week, I am going on vacation starting Aug. 6 and work has been very hectic. Trying to get my own studies run and my mid year evaluation written, and then finding out our intern has a poster session next Tuesday. I spent the morning first working with her and then meeting with our lab head to try and get a final draft done.
I will be traveling to visit my mom for her 80th birthday (Aug. 10) and visiting the rest of my family who all live in PA. No computer, No Internet, and basic cable only at Mom's house. I plan on spending some time with my sister in State College where she has upgraded cable and access to a computer. Also, I can relax at my sister's house as it is very difficult to relax at Mom's.
So, I will be breaking my daily streak of writing this blog. Maybe I can get an update in while down there, but I will be mostly ranting and raving how I miss my home and cable TV and computer.
Of course, maybe a break from TV would be welcome. HawthoRNe (TNT) had a dopey episode where a 18 year old pregnant mom to be has scammed two couples into thinking they are getting her baby. And of course she cons them out of money beyond what the adaptation agencies told them to pay. Then the Baby Daddy shows up and wants custody back, even though he signed his rights away. We get a happy ending where Baby Daddy with his parents are cooing over the newborn while Baby Mama is off in post care working out something with the people she screwed over and out of money. Hopefully she is get arrested for fraud, but no information presented to ruin the happy ending.
The subplot with the homeless woman who got pregnant and had a baby with spinal bifida more or less ended. Her baby went to foster parents who can provide adequate care, she quits her job and returns to the street, and when the one legged nurse offers to put her up for the night, she steals her titanium leg. Which would never have happen if the nurses on this show acted like real nurses, or at least the tough caretakers of Nurse Jackie. This show gets a C (I found it amusing that the leg got stolen), but really is a D for getting really annoying.
With some pretty good shows, Dark Blue (TNT), Royal Pains (USA), and Warehouse 13 (SyFy), showing up, it really makes HawthoRNe look even worst than it is.
Oh well.
I will be traveling to visit my mom for her 80th birthday (Aug. 10) and visiting the rest of my family who all live in PA. No computer, No Internet, and basic cable only at Mom's house. I plan on spending some time with my sister in State College where she has upgraded cable and access to a computer. Also, I can relax at my sister's house as it is very difficult to relax at Mom's.
So, I will be breaking my daily streak of writing this blog. Maybe I can get an update in while down there, but I will be mostly ranting and raving how I miss my home and cable TV and computer.
Of course, maybe a break from TV would be welcome. HawthoRNe (TNT) had a dopey episode where a 18 year old pregnant mom to be has scammed two couples into thinking they are getting her baby. And of course she cons them out of money beyond what the adaptation agencies told them to pay. Then the Baby Daddy shows up and wants custody back, even though he signed his rights away. We get a happy ending where Baby Daddy with his parents are cooing over the newborn while Baby Mama is off in post care working out something with the people she screwed over and out of money. Hopefully she is get arrested for fraud, but no information presented to ruin the happy ending.
The subplot with the homeless woman who got pregnant and had a baby with spinal bifida more or less ended. Her baby went to foster parents who can provide adequate care, she quits her job and returns to the street, and when the one legged nurse offers to put her up for the night, she steals her titanium leg. Which would never have happen if the nurses on this show acted like real nurses, or at least the tough caretakers of Nurse Jackie. This show gets a C (I found it amusing that the leg got stolen), but really is a D for getting really annoying.
With some pretty good shows, Dark Blue (TNT), Royal Pains (USA), and Warehouse 13 (SyFy), showing up, it really makes HawthoRNe look even worst than it is.
Oh well.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Thoughts: 29-July-2009
I watched Nurse Jackie (Showtime) last night and I have to say that we are getting a much more realistic portrayal of nurses than TNT's HawthoRNe. The CNO on Nurse Jackie yells at the nurses to work harder, spends her day in the office, and gleefully informed Jackie that she would be short four nurses on her shift. She did get her a temp, who was wasted out of his mind. Jackie boots him out and he says "It takes one to know one" which means that Jackie is not hiding her own drug habit very well.
Why Showtime can do this in 30 minutes and TNT is unable to with a 60 min time slot is a bit amazing. TNT has its first flop with HawthoRNE. Nurse Jackie gets a solid B for this weeks show.
Raising the Bar (TNT) was okay this week. The rich public defender giving three million (only the first installment from this trust fund) to the public defender's office to beef up its civil law arm. And the PD lose a case for a change. B is the rating.
Oh well.
Why Showtime can do this in 30 minutes and TNT is unable to with a 60 min time slot is a bit amazing. TNT has its first flop with HawthoRNE. Nurse Jackie gets a solid B for this weeks show.
Raising the Bar (TNT) was okay this week. The rich public defender giving three million (only the first installment from this trust fund) to the public defender's office to beef up its civil law arm. And the PD lose a case for a change. B is the rating.
Oh well.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Thoughts: 28-July-2009
While Crankshaft has gone back to normal, Funky Winkerbean is really pushing the button for ultimate gloom. Wally has been rescued and has been turned into a zombie like creature with amnesia. Remember when newspaper comics were fun to read?
The Closer (TNT) had another A episode where an ex-cop dying of cancer tries to close his big unsolved case. Really well done.
I also enjoyed watching from BBC America, Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead. David Tennant has become my favorite Doctor and it will be sad to see him leave. I also liked Michelle Ryan who played Lady Christine, she was very good and I would like to see her return in the series. A is the rating for this Easter special.
Oh well.
The Closer (TNT) had another A episode where an ex-cop dying of cancer tries to close his big unsolved case. Really well done.
I also enjoyed watching from BBC America, Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead. David Tennant has become my favorite Doctor and it will be sad to see him leave. I also liked Michelle Ryan who played Lady Christine, she was very good and I would like to see her return in the series. A is the rating for this Easter special.
Oh well.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Thoughts: 27-July-2009
Crankshaft, the comic strip, has gone back to its old format. Why Batiuk did this past week of Ed Crankshaft in his final days is not clear? His father passed away recently so that may have something to do with it.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (USA) had a very nice episode where Nichols (Jeff Goldblum) teamed up with Eames (Kathyrn Erbe) to catch Dylan Baker's character who was the head of the crime lab and used his skill to try and cover up a murder he committed. Eames notices that Nichols' partner was standing in the office when her water broke and quickly takes charge to get her to the hospital. A great scene in a great episode, the rating is an A.
Merlin (NBC) is getting a big tiresome, I expected to see some character development by now, and there has been none. I wonder how many viewers knew when the little Druid kid that Arther saved, said his name was Modred, what that meant? I give the episode a B.
I watched Being Human (BBC America) last night via DVR. I have to say that it moved a tad too slow for me and where was the premise build up for this show? It just kind of started. How did the vampire meet the werewolf, and why are they trying to be human? I don't know about this show, I was a bit disappointed in it. I give it a C and if next week's episode does not pick up, I will say bye to this show.
Oh well.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (USA) had a very nice episode where Nichols (Jeff Goldblum) teamed up with Eames (Kathyrn Erbe) to catch Dylan Baker's character who was the head of the crime lab and used his skill to try and cover up a murder he committed. Eames notices that Nichols' partner was standing in the office when her water broke and quickly takes charge to get her to the hospital. A great scene in a great episode, the rating is an A.
Merlin (NBC) is getting a big tiresome, I expected to see some character development by now, and there has been none. I wonder how many viewers knew when the little Druid kid that Arther saved, said his name was Modred, what that meant? I give the episode a B.
I watched Being Human (BBC America) last night via DVR. I have to say that it moved a tad too slow for me and where was the premise build up for this show? It just kind of started. How did the vampire meet the werewolf, and why are they trying to be human? I don't know about this show, I was a bit disappointed in it. I give it a C and if next week's episode does not pick up, I will say bye to this show.
Oh well.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Thoughts: 26-July-2009
I saw Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince today and it was as good as the previous film entries. The story is anti-climatic since I have read the books and know how it is going to end. And given that the film cannot show everything from the books, it feels a tad rushed.
The PD James novels about Adam Dalgliesh, were made into 6 hour miniseries, and that was a good way to show everything in the novels. Maybe what is needed is something along those lines. The movie is worth seeing, just a bit rushed when you have read the books.
Primeval had its series finale last night on BBC America, and it ended on a cliffhanger. Let's hope something will be done to resolve the show, overall it was an A show and deserves better.
Oh well.
The PD James novels about Adam Dalgliesh, were made into 6 hour miniseries, and that was a good way to show everything in the novels. Maybe what is needed is something along those lines. The movie is worth seeing, just a bit rushed when you have read the books.
Primeval had its series finale last night on BBC America, and it ended on a cliffhanger. Let's hope something will be done to resolve the show, overall it was an A show and deserves better.
Oh well.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Thoughts: 25-July-2009
Last night I watched the last two episodes of Torchwood: Children of Earth (BBC America). Excellent job and it gets an A rating. The way it ended could be a series finale if the ratings are bad. Let us hope that a Series 4 comes out.
I also watched HawthoRNe (TNT) on DVR last night. This show is getting a bit annoying. Any Chief Nursing Officer would have been fired a long time ago with her antics. And why do the doctors act so afraid of her, I have never known a doctor to be intimidated by a nurse the way they are. D rating and this show is sinking fast.
Crankshaft, Tom Batiuk's comic strip that he spun off from Funky Winkerbean, has taken a turn for the morose. Crankshaft has been bumped into the future where Ed is in a nursing home, stuck in a wheelchair, and barely alive. Granted the strip was a bit boring and repetitive, but Ed deserves a better fate than this. Of course, the current going ons over in Funky Winkerbean are not much better. Wally returning home from war after being a POW for several years, faces a wife who has remarried and looks to bring that strip to a new level of depression. I think Tom Batiuk needs to get some help, this constant focus on misery is not good at all.
Oh well.
I also watched HawthoRNe (TNT) on DVR last night. This show is getting a bit annoying. Any Chief Nursing Officer would have been fired a long time ago with her antics. And why do the doctors act so afraid of her, I have never known a doctor to be intimidated by a nurse the way they are. D rating and this show is sinking fast.
Crankshaft, Tom Batiuk's comic strip that he spun off from Funky Winkerbean, has taken a turn for the morose. Crankshaft has been bumped into the future where Ed is in a nursing home, stuck in a wheelchair, and barely alive. Granted the strip was a bit boring and repetitive, but Ed deserves a better fate than this. Of course, the current going ons over in Funky Winkerbean are not much better. Wally returning home from war after being a POW for several years, faces a wife who has remarried and looks to bring that strip to a new level of depression. I think Tom Batiuk needs to get some help, this constant focus on misery is not good at all.
Oh well.
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