Ah well...onto the musings
- Home Improvement Shows: Just like everyone else, I am stuck from feeding my television addiction due to the writers strike. Even with LOST premiering next week and Eli Stone showing promise, there just really isn't going to be a lot of TV for me to watch. So, I have been perusing other channels that I haven't visited, or revisiting shows that I've given up. What I have started to fall back into is the love of home improvement shows. Before my addiction to the Food Network, I was all over Trading Spaces, While You Were Out, and shows of that ilk. I loved Trading Spaces, and I mainly watched While You Were Out because the host was/is hot. I switched over to the Food Network after Paige was unceremoniously dropped from TR. Well, apparently, Paige (and Hilde!) is coming back to the show on Monday, and I plan on checking her out. To ease myself back into it, I've been catching a lot of stuff on the Home & Garden Channel, which I never really watched before, and last night, between American Idol and Project Runway, I switched over to Deserving Design hosted by Vern Yip (formerly of TR, natch). It's kind of like Extreme Makeover: Home without all the demolition and Ty Pennington screaming. Anyway, screw the story. It's all about the Handyman:
Kyle Carlson! He is one of the two above because, well, they're twins, and I have no idea which is which. Apparently, they have been masturbatory fantasies for gay men since they stared in Abercrombie & Fitch catalogs. I'm sorry, Jeff Ranieri. I have found another lover(s). All of a sudden, this show may become appointment television for me....nah, I can only take Vern crying in small doses. Hmmm, maybe they could get rid of Vern and just have Kyle walk around shirtless for 30 minutes. Also, what is it with these shows and hot contractors? (of course, they're only catering to their audience...desperate women and gay men). - Project Runway: Last night was pretty boring all around, outside of the cat fights on and off camera. I am happy to see people getting annoyed with Christian. Yes, he's talented, but he reminds me of a lesbian cockatoo squawking around the design room.
- Political Roundup, Part I: I am with James Carville. Yes, the ragin' cajun, who is nuts, but he had a point this morning on the Today show. He basically said he is tired of all these people whining about all the fighting for the Democratic nomination. Yes, its not exactly comfortable when they go for the jugular, but these are people who are passionate about becoming President. Do we really want them to have a debate where they agree on everything? We're suppose to be deciding who it is that we want to run for President, not the School Board! The fact of the matter is that, no matter the grey areas, Hillary Clinton DID serve on the WalMart Board and Barack Obama DID represent a slum lord who is now a major contributor. Plus, if you think the Republicans are going to be milquetoast about stuff and just give Barack Obama a free ride, well, you're in crazy town.
- Political Roundup, Part II: Everyone is at wits end because of the roll that Bill Clinton is playing in his wife's campaign. Yes, he is playing a large role, but what is he supposed to do? We've never had a former first lady run for president. So, it is safe to say there aren't any Miss Manners rules on how he should comport himself. Plus, if he weren't to campaign for her as vigorously as he is, the media would be all over it saying stuff like "he doesn't think she can win." Only one person in the history of the United States can say he has experienced this, and that is Bill Clinton. On top of that, he's a rockstar in the Democratic Party. Yes, the media and the punitocracy are beside themselves about him, but the rank and file are eating it up.
- Political Roundup, Part III: Obama is a uniter! Ha! Yesterday, Hillary was asked if the party will be able to coalesce around one candidate when he or she gets the nomination, and she, unequivocally, said yes they would. She even went so far as to say she would support the eventual nominee 100%. Obama, in an interview, questioned whether Hillary will be able to bring in his voters. While it is a valid point to bring up, it really makes him out to be pretty petty. If he does not get the nomination, he should not be a child and take his voters and go home. It is his responsibility as a member of the Democratic Party to deliver those votes. I'm so happy he is for a new type of politics. It certainly seems like the old kind to me.
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I can't remember what station it was on, but there was a short-lived home improvement show called - seriously - Nice Package, in which the home owners were given a big box of stuff from which they needed to use to make imporvements. And the carpenters on that one were really, really hot. Sadly, no longer on tv.
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