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Just a peck?
Jan 21st
I’ve noticed many times on TV shows that just a peck thing. At the end of something professional between a man and woman, either the man pecks her on the cheek or she pecks him. For instance, tonight’s episode of The Mentalist, there’s an uptight math-is-life woman who – completely out of character – kisses Patrick Jane on the cheek. How is that considered professional?
I figure if two men in business wouldn’t dare think of kissing one another on the cheek, neither should a female in the mix. I haven’t been in the professional world in some time, so is this normal? Has the handshake between a man and a woman been replaced with the peck on the cheek?
It might be different in a working environment where everyone knows each other, feels something like family or whatever. But I keep seeing it between characters who are brought in for a short time. I would never think of kissing anyone I didn’t know well on the cheek, much less someone in a business relationship.
Am I missing something or are the TV writers and actors? Is this how people really act in a business matter or just on TV?
And wouldn’t this fall under sexual harassment?
Cox (Non)Communications
Jul 28th
First let me say, Ralph Wiggins*.
Last week I popped online to make arrangements to move my existing Cox service to my new address. I logged in and after a few false tries, found the actual link that says, “move existing service.” You’d think that would be the right one, right?
It logged me out and sent me to the new service page with all the stupid bundle (meaning they can’t give phone service away) options. I logged in again and looked for a different link, maybe that one was faulty. No such luck so I tried again… about 4 times. Tried again the next day. Every single time I was logged out automatically and sent to the new service page.
Stupid Internet provider. You’d think they could at least get that right, right?
Drove over to the local Cox office on Broadway. Building is empty. Really empty – meaning they moved. Girlchild and I had a race on our smartphones to try and find where it went. The new store at Tempe Marketplace didn’t show up on Google Maps. Swell.
So… I went in yesterday to move my existing service from point A to point B. Sounds simple, eh? Sure, they’re all smiley like they want to help you. But I get the new guy.
Again, Ralph Wiggins!
I will say there was a nice female employee that took charge of Kira and kept her amused while I spent 27 minutes trying to schedule moving my existing service moved to a new address. IT AIN’T THAT HARD! Stop account #blah at this address on August 1 and start account #blah at this address on July 31. One day overlap because I just know they’ll fuck it up. Even though I’m doing all the physical moving myself and all they have to do it tell their computer.
Thank you nice lady who amused Kira, but the rest of you people are useless.
* referring to our Atheist cuss word that replaces Jesus Christ!
The Good Guys
Jun 15th
Here’s my disclaimer: I haven’t watched the show yet and have no desire to do so.
I’ve always liked Bradley Whitford, but the ‘stache is awful. Ladies man? Uh, no, not this lady or any lady I know. Dumbchick magnet maybe.
And doesn’t Colin Hanks look like he should have a British accent?
I don’t think this show will last. When does a mis-matched cop show ever succeed? Where can the story go? It might be friggin’ hilarious, but I’ll betcha it gets old fast and dies.
LOST
May 24th
I was a rabid fan the first season. I hit the message boards, I really got into the clues, I played the games. Ginnie and I loved LOST. By the second season I was still a fan but much more passive. I recorded and watched every week and made occasional comments about certain characters.
I’ve always disliked both Kate and Jack. I really don’t like emo characters. I’ve always liked Sawyer and Hurley the most. And over the years I appreciated the Ben character. He was brilliantly played.
But last night was a huge let down. The island as purgatory? You make peace with yourself and you finally move on? Fine if that’s what the show put out there in the first place. So what was the point of the rest of the entire series? I had noticed over the years that when a character “came to peace” they tended to die off, but that wasn’t carried across every character – just look at Rose and Bernard. And in the end Jack had to be convinced, Sayid needed to be led – it wasn’t a decision. Utter trop.
Ending the whole thing as a religious thing leaves me wondering what was the whole point of the adventures beforehand. What was the point of the numbers? Was every battle with the Others, the constant wonder of who was good and who was evil, the time travel, the… the… the… was everything a bunch of stupid metaphors?
I wish I had missed the final episode and been left wondering. It would have been more satisfying.
"V"ing and being a skeptic
May 12th
I watch “V” and I often think to myself that I’d be too skeptical to believe the aliens are benign. I’d definitely be a Fifth Column type person. I think there’s a lot in that show that isn’t portrayed as realistic. Would the entire world roll over and show their belly just because a bunch of ginormous spaceships appear all over? I think there’d be a lot more dissent. Humans are portrayed more like sheep than we really are. And those people that assume an advanced society wouldn’t have evil intent are naive.
Am I wrong to think an advanced alien species would act like humans? Humans as a group are seldom that altruistic. Sure, we’ve found less advanced societies here on earth and given them things, but what was the true intent? To buy their cooperation usually.
And then I think of all the other skeptics I know. They are all very scientific people. Would their excitement over advanced information availability over-ride their skepticism? As in don’t look a gift horse in the mouth? Would the scientists welcome an advanced alien for what they could learn without questioning the alien’s intent?
I don’t know. The whole easy healing stuff might buy me. Instantly curing my asthma and making me healthy would go a long way towards dampening my natural skepticism. But I’m pretty sure I’d still be “thank you, but…” about it.
So skeptics, which side would you lean towards? The oh-goody-lots-of-new-stuff-to-learn! side or the what-happens-when-the-other-shoe-drops? side.
Grrr
Feb 6th
The stupid show has been off for 45 minutes and I still have Islands in the Stream stuck in my head.
Save Dresden!
Sep 13th
If you’re a Dresden fan:
Taking a page from the “Save Jericho” script, one of our Slice of SciFi fans by the name of John VanSeters took our cue about Mike’s suggestion of sending drum sticks to the network to the next level and got SCI FI President Bonnie Hammer’s snail-mail address. The drum stick is an appropriate message to send to Hammer since Harry Dresden uses one for his magician’s wand.
You can mail those drum sticks to:
The Sci-Fi Channel
Attn: Bonnie Hammer, President
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020-1513
Now get those drum sticks going and don’t forget to print “SAVE DRESDEN” on each stick you send to Ms. Hammer.
Drumsticks are cheap! And if you don’t want to send new ones, buy new ones and donate them to your favorite band department in exchange for old, used ones.
