Category: Media Consumption

People. People. If a friend, loved one or family member asks you to be on the Jerry Springer show with you… PLEASE. Stop and think. There is never anything good that comes from being on Springer. Oprah? Sure. Sappy stories that make you cry happen on Oprah. Springer is guaranteed to bring you stories like “I’m sleeping with my daughter’s fiancee” or “Now that we’re married … baby, I’m a man.” How about “I’m a prostitute and my sister’s fiancee pays me to sleep with him.” Things that will make you want to scream. Things that will make you miserable. Do you really want to have that stuff happen on national television?

Although, like the guy said on Springer last week, Jerry Springer is a great humanitarian. Whenever I’m feeling down or like I’m just not good enough – watching this shoe all but guarantees that I’ll feel better about myself when it’s over. Meanwhile, I’ll realize that there are a lot of freaks in this world, and watching Springer is just like slowing down to look at a bad traffic accident.

While I was in Boston, I took about 30 pictures (at least) of the Old State House. It’s location is close to Quincy Market, and not far from the cemetaries that I photographed or Boston Common. Basically, we passed it 2-3 times a day for 4 days.

A sign that you’ve seen a bit too much of a building? I was watching an episode of “Crossing Jordan” last night. The show is set in Boston, and since my return from there I watch the episodes closely to look for landmarks that I saw on my trip. Last night it went a bit too far though. They flashed the image up of the eagle statue on the back of the building which has a plaque with a crest above it … and I recognized it immediately as the Old State House. You know a few too many details about a building if you can recognize it based on a statue and a crest. A statue that I could never manage to get a picture of because it was backlit every time I tried – so I just ended up with a silhouette of the building. That’s ok though – I can always catch it on TV.

Kymberlie and I were just discussing Mikey’s post about the “Attack of the Clones” and … I have a confession. See, I knew that Anakin was Darth Vader, and that he was Luke’s father. (“Luke, I am your faaaaather…”) But you see, I had no clue that Princess Leia was his twin sister. Dude! How did I live all these years without knowing that? I had no clue! That explains why my life has felt so incomplete.

Seriously, I haven’t watched the first three movies (now numbered 4 through 6) since they came out in the theater, and I only saw them then because I was a kid and taken there with my friends. I never saw Episode I. I saw Episode II, but I couldn’t keep half the characters straight. I enjoyed it, but didn’t know really what was going on.

But I had no idea that Luke & Princess Leia were twins. I can’t believe it. Really, you can laugh at me – I’m ok with it. I still just don’t believe I had no idea. Did you know? Was I the last person to find out the truth?

Arsenio Hall is on Leno right now and they are showing clips from him interviewing people on the red carpet at the ESPY awards. Cal Ripkin, Jr. walked up with his wife and kids, and Arsenio said to him, “You obviously have kids. Have you talked to them about freezing you?” Cal was speechless. I was laughing so hard I almost dropped the laptop. That was TOO funny. Don’t get me wrong, the actual situation that prompted that comment, the fact that Ted William’s son wants to (or has?) freeze him is very sad. But the look on Cal’s face? Classic. I needed a good laugh!

Yesterday Kymberlie posted about one of my all-time favorite commercials, EDS.com’s Cat Herding. So I asked her if she had found a source for the “Clinton’s Final Days” video since AdCritic.com shut down. Today she hooked me right up … and you can watch it too here!