Television is taking over.....

I admit it seems as though television is taking over my life. I am either staring at that tube or the one on my desk. PC or TV? Since getting high speed cable for the Mac and the digital television package all together, it seems as though the mapping of an evenings viewing is mandatory. Paying that much for television, you want to max out your usage. So far I don't regret the STARZ package. A few good movies each week, and a few that we watch anyway. The first thing you notice is the increase in the amount of crap from the earlier crap levels. There really is a plethora available. On the plus side is the BBC America, although it isn't as great as I had hoped. Turner Classic Movies is always breaking up into pixilated particles on me, which is a disappointment.

I am a sitcom addict, and I will watch any mildly intelligent sitcom. BBC's "The Office" was better than the USA version of course, although the USA version certainly has the more harsh quality that probably does exist in the offices around the country. Instead of feeling sorry for the boss, I just loath him, whereas I felt sorry for the Ricky Gervais character and wanted to like him more. Well, you can't beat an original. It is hard to step into a character someone else got a Golden Globe for!

Benedict...

The new pope, Benedict the XVI has been chosen. Yesterday he was Cardinal Ratzinger of Germany, and he has been the upholder of Catholic Conservatism for quite some time. These things can play out in a way we cannot foresee, so caution in judgement is the wisest move.

Links and popes...

Well, I had to add links, now didn't I? Isn't that what blogs are supposed to be about, other than random hot air polluting the net? After what was a lovely Spring day in New England, we are once again nose to the grindstone.

The bishops are in conclave today. How long will the white smoke take. Whomever is elected, the pope must be able to stand for the Catholic Church in the world, and one would hope that would be done, as in the case of John Paul II, with compassion and kindness, dealing with all sorts of people, and remaining a beacon for the eternal truths.

iTunes delight...

Now that we have "speedy delivery" internet, my first move was to download a whole album from iTunes...OH THE JOY. Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits now reside on the Mac and the 'Pod. Oh the joy. Was there any other reason for high speed internet?! Well, talking on the phone was another reason. Gave up on the whole DSL thing - our phone number apparently is scheduled for this service sometime in the next decade - or is that century? So cable modem it is.

New look for Spring...

Spring is upon us, the time changes this weekend, and a Springy blog theme appealed. Maybe it will propel me to foist more hot air out here on the airwaves. I am not even bothering to add the links on the side this time...although I have archived my own copy of the previous carefully tweaked template.