I’ll note, too, that all TV here is heavily censored. Anything sexual is removed completely. Even for late night movies. Even if it’s a key part of the storyline. In fact, they’ll remove random scenes just to shrink the movie down to a multiple of half hour blocks, since they refuse to allow anything to… Read more
Well, the weatherman seems to be having issues with my plans for the weekend… I braved the haze and dampness this morning to go to the gym, but it’s definitely threatening rain… I’ll be going down the shops after a shower, but I don’t think it wise to stray too far from home today. 😕… Read more
The only TV show so far today that has gotten both Ash and Brett’s undivided attention is a little “expose” on Hugh Heffner and his girlfriends. It’s disgustingly cliché.
It’s funny how song associations develop and change. Sarah and I had a few songs that were special to us. And I found out that way that picking good songs to be “Our” songs is a really dumb idea… they become irreversibly tainted once you break up. After we broke up, there were a few… Read more
So, there’s a mini-series on SciFi at the moment called The Triangle. Sam Niel, the chick from Jag, and a few other familiar faces. Quite good, actually. The especially interesting part of it all – given the show’s about time travel and distortion, etc – is how all three parts have appeared on TV some… Read more
The grossly dominant brand of confectionary here is Hershey’s, of course. They’re really not that big on milk chocolate here at all – Hershey’s is not. It’s the same chocolate you get in M&Ms (which, yes, are available here, but they’re pretty expensive). While it works well in M&Ms, because it’s slightly richer, when you… Read more