July, 17, 2001 archives

did you know that cable channels slice and dice their syndicated shows as much or even more than local broadcast channels? i like the author's idea of an "american television classics" companion to "american movie classics" (which is one of the best cable channels out there). another scourge to eliminate is shows that start before or run after their scheduled times. (mtv is one of the worst offenders on that front. for some reason their schedule often drifts about five minutes off.)

fox is going to run it's new show 24 (which sounds like a very interesting concept, even starring kiefer sutherland) more than once a week. i'm surprised this hasn't really been tried by other broadcast networks before. wouldn't you think a second showing of a popular show would often fare better than some of the crap that the networks shovel at us?

i knew that i had too much freedom.

well, the formatting is funky (and the note that is supposed to preface the recipe went missing), but mr. cook now features my world-famous, formerly-top-secret turkey chili recipe. (okay, it isn't really world-famous. in fact, nobody else has ever had it. but i like it.)

here is a cool tribute to bukowski.

well, inside.com finally switched to a for-pay-only model, so i guess that's the end of that. i'll have to find another source for my entertainment industry fix. any suggestions?

by the way, if you're subscribed to the inside.com feed through a tool like radio userland, you should stop the subscription!

i finally got my july bank statement, so i was able to do a little burn-rate calculation to see how my financial situation has progressed over the last six months. the bottom line: about eighteen months before i need a job. while i'm not really planning on holding out that long, it is nice to know i've got the time.

(ah, if only i'd sold my red hat and va linux stock at their peaks. a lot of time was lost there. and webvan. oh, the humanity.)