tivo

No, seriously. Just noticed it on the Tivo menu for the first time today.

A few weeks ago, Bravo’s rerunning of The West Wing made it back around to the series’ beginning, so I happily queued up the TiVo and have since been enjoying the idealism, sincerity and optimism of the Bartlet White House.

Tivo’s remote, lest I keep you in suspense, is the most indispensable gadget I have around the house. It is also the one I use the most and the one that gives me the biggest frustration.

I'm thankful for family and friends and those who serve and for each new day, plus some other random things in no particular order:

This is the post where I should talk all about how wonderful my vacation was and bore the socks off all those who read my blog. “Oh, goody” they’ll think to themselves. “She’s going to prattle about the sun and fun while we’ve been stuck here in a reality with varying degrees of suckitude.”

Lefty bloggers have been all over this moment at the end of the debate:

I have a patient who owns a pumpkin farm and he's bringing me a pumpkin to carve today! Since I'm off today, I'll have to pick it up tonight at our mandatory staff meeting. At 7PM. Yeah, I'm going to miss Earl and The Office. I'm very devastated.

I’m a little behind, but just finished watching tonight’s debate on TiVo. I think you’ve got to score this one as a win for Senator Obama. Not a blowout by any stretch of the imagination, but still a win. His demeanor was calm, and while not particularly charismatic, he didn’t come across [...]

I’m a little behind, but just finished watching tonight’s debate on TiVo. I think you’ve got to score this one as a win for Senator Obama. Not a blowout by any stretch of the imagination, but still a win. His demeanor was calm, and while not particularly charismatic, he didn’t come across as unlikable or too professorial, I don’t think.