To begin this double post, allow me to clarify one thing: When I say that TV sucks, I don't mean that all TV sucks, just 99.9% of it. Take, for instance, the ample amount of quality football that can be found on TV. I love football, especially when it's on TV, and even more so when I can receive broadcasts of my favorite games in the comfort of my own home, where I don't have to listen to the incessant boobery of foulmouthed, tipsy, fat guys (Rush Limbaugh doesn't do sports, otherwise I would).
Beyond football, there is another thing I have been known to enjoy on occasion: 30 Days. This is a show from the guy who made the documentary Supersize Me, which I also recommend (especially for you, Limbaugh). The show works the same as the movie: someone who is usually an activist, or the host himself, is put into a situation with which they ardently disagree, for 30 days. They usually do really hotbutton issues like gun control, homosexuality, animal rights, there was one episode where the mother of a girl who attends ASU went on a 30 day drinking binge to try to get her daughter to stop drinking (completely serious here, it's all online). The drinking one was acually quite moving, seriously. However, they aren't always hot topics: in one, a former NFL player confines himself to a wheelchair for 30 days; the host spends 30 days working as a coal miner. You get the gist. In all, though, this show will get you going at times, and always give you much to talk about. They usually begin 2 hour conversations with Kaaryn and I. But, like any good art, it will teach you more about yourself than the people in the show.
The shows are all available online for free at hulu.com. Here is a link.
http://www.hulu.com/30-days
One thing. On hulu, it frequently says they have mature content and require a password. I've yet to come across any mature content, but I haven't seen them all. I would definitely call this family entertainment. But watch out, I guess.
Here's one of my favorite episodes. Use the link above and you can do a full-screen viewing.
Last week, Salem and I got to go on Daddy-Daughter date. We went to the Duck Pond at Trinity Park. She was very well behaved and a lot of fun. Enjoy some pictures.
There was a particularly handsome man behind the camera.
I kept trying to take pictures of the ducks, but Salem wouldn't get out of the way.
"Anyone got some milk I can throw at that baby?"
(Insert joke about nuts here)
We've started lectures on sucker theory. You can see she still has a ways to go.
