I Am A TV Junkie

I'm Ba-a-a-a-a-ck! Happy New Year!

Hey, it's your "I watch TV and write about it on the internet" pal Joe, and it's New Years. So of course I'm completely wasted.

Okay, not wasted, I'm writing this in advance of the big countdown. I thought I should start the year with something new posted here, after all it's been a while. I just got, you know, sick of staring at the screen wondering what to say.

Then, in the middle of my hiatus I had the biggest single day readership in the history of this blog. And I hadn't written or posted anything new. That was discouraging. I mean sure, it's great to see your stats rise but when you're actually doing absolutely nothing to make it happen and it happens ... well that sucks.

After that of course I figured I should continue to do nothing and see what went on. And unusual numbers of readers continued to show up for a few days before it finally died down.

Anyhow the holidays are just about done and life should get back to normal and I think I have been away long enough from this that I might actually care again. I'm planning for the time being to post at least one thing a day.

Of course this is all subject to change. We'll see how it goes.

UPDATED: It's All About Burning Down Escondido Bomb House Today at 10 AM Pacific

You'll love this.

A while back local law enforcement happened upon this house in Escondido, CA where for years apparently this guy named George Jakubec (not a Muslim, not a black trenchcoat wearing kid) has been making and keep bomb-making materials in this house that he rents.

RENTS! This is a key detail, folks. Hold onto this.

Am I exaggerating? My sis tells me that right next to the coffee filters in their kitchen there are a lovely selection of hand grenades. "It's like Hoarders but with somewhat less stuff but all of it is extremely hazardous," she said.

So today, in an hour actually, the County Sheriffs have decided the only way to safely dispose of all of the HIGHLY UNSTABLE MATERIALS in the house is, here it comes ... to burn down the whole frickin' thing.

I know!

And they're airing the controlled (HA!) burn today at 10 am pacific on local channels. And I'm all about sitting here and waiting for that.

I've even suspended by DVR Bones marathon (17 episodes in the last five days) to prepare myself for the impending event.

Looking for a streaming video link for you all, I'll try to get you something with an update to this post.

More from the North County Times at this link.

UPDATE: Live streaming from CBS at this link.

Grammy Surprise: This Jeff Beck Version of Nessum Dorma

Okay, the surprise for me is that it exists at all. Once I heard it I was totally on board with the Grammy nomination.

Listen to it by clicking this link, a little box from Myspace (aw, remember Myspace?) will pop up for you to click and listen.

Grammys are Feb 13 at 8 pm on CBS. Full listing of nominees at this link.

Video -- The Lost @CraigyFerg Doctor Who Number, Now Found!

Enjoy it! Watch till the end or you'll miss The Doctor.

Video -- Dueling Christmas Billboards Pit Reason v. Catholic League's Bill Donahue

You know one of the billboards is from The Catholic League. I knew that even before I clicked on the story. If there's an opportunity to be annoying and loud about God, Bill Donahue is there.

But don't worry, those of you who are sketchy about the whole supernatural deity thing. I say it's okay for you to enjoy the Santa and presents part even if you don't believe that unlike every other person who has walked this Earth one of us was born sans intercourse, came back to life after being dead and rolled a giant rock from the opening of a cave.

Oh Bill, take a pill, you need to chill. Funny, I'm happy to let William Donahue believe whatever he wants. I'm just tired of him telling me what to think.