Monday, October 16, 2006
Err, Ahh, Thanks for the Complement
I've really been trying to loose weight the last month or so. No real progress to report. However I did receive a rather amusing backhanded complement at the gym last week. One of the people I run into often at the gym asked me what I was working on today. I explained that while I was doing mostly upper-body my real goal was cardio with lots of stair-machine for weight loss at which point he asked, "why, you're not fat for your age are you?"
I watched both "Heroes" and "Studio 60 on the Sunshine Strip" on NBC tonight. I've seen all the episodes since they premiered three or four weeks ago. They both showed a lot of promise, but now they are meandering. The both seem to be stretching out some thin plot line and hoping to make it last all season. I'll give both a little longer, but there are too many viewing options these days and I have too much going on to commit to two more hours a week if it isn't going to deliver on solid entertainment. When it comes to series I tend to be a bit compulsive, only watching all episodes as they arrive every week will do once I decide to watch (and never the repeats). I often enjoy the summer break in network programming, as I don't have to keep track of what needs to be watched. Life has been very busy this last two years with my new wife and new family obligations, fortunately the big networks have helped me out by showing far fewer programs that I would want to watch. I'm pretty certain I watch less than a 1/3 of the TV of the major networks than I use to. Thanks NBC CBS ABC and FOX for helping me cut down on my TV addiction.
