Category: Television

  • I’ve been watching episodes of the short-lived sci-fi show, Surface, on Hulu.com recently.  What a cool show!  I am a sucker for suspenseful shows that were blatantly influenced by the X-files–with new “alien” or engineered species, government cover-ups, and heroic individuals who pursue the Truth at all costs.  I guess this show was supposed to…

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  • I started my life in the era before the prominence of VCRs and cable TV.  Before my family bit the bullet and bought cable, I remember that you could only catch cartoons (or children’s programming) in the afternoons usually sandwiched between reruns of Gilligan’s Island and (ugh) Andy Griffith.  (Note: In the 1980s, if the…

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  • Christa and I have been watching the show Monk lately.  We like the obsessive compulsive detective and find the slow-paced murder mystery genre to be quite relaxing (other than the actual murder of course.)  Tonight I saw my favorite episode to date from the second season.  It was the one where we are introduced to…

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