QOTD
"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it."
- Robert Heinlein
New Year's day was pretty much a wonderful, lost day.
  • Watched the "Winter Classic"... Hawks v. The Commies (aka Detroit). It was fine, but I felt the hype crossed the line when Bob Costas dropped his trousers to show everyone his "Winter Classic" boxer shorts that John McDonough gave him. I heard the word "brand" (as in "developing a brand") 3-4 times in 10 minutes, so I flipped the channel back to Bugs Bunny.
  • Classic Looney Tunes was on some channel all day long. So great...
  • I also caught a few "Twilight Zone" episodes at night, including the William Shatner one on the plane. That episode is 45 years old. Shit.
Speaking of old, all this classic geezer TV drove home the point that I don't have a single new TV show I follow. None of the million CSI's or other crime shows... no reality shows or dancing or singing... no game shows... no cable-only shows with lots of swearing so they can be avant garde... no nothing. I do watch iCarly with Ty. He he.

Getting old?
I'm cranky about TV.
I don't want a cell phone that can also make toast or turn into a widescreen TV.
I'm reading more.
I'm buying less.
I suppose it's a natural process... turning away from popular culture (or vise versa).
I suppose (again) that's not a bad thing either.

I'm losing it with sports too... gotta admit.
I do miss passionately watching sports, I guess. But it feels like I'm being driven away from that as well. I mean the Orange Bowl last night was flippin Cinncinatti against Virginia Tech. Huh?!?! I flipped to it and they were reviewing a nonsensical, meaningless and obvious play. I can't watch instant replay. It's nonsense. I just can't do it.

Yup. Old, old old... old Bill.
he he... yow, bill

PS - Hey, these aren't too old... two great "scenes" I watched last week.
  1. The chase scene in the "Dark Knight"... #1 of all-time followed by "Bullit", "To Live and Die in LA", um "French Connection"...
  2. The drowning scene in "The Abyss" is awesome. Crazy Ed Harris.
Redemption?

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