Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.
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TeeVee. I watch it alot. I watch the same thing a lot. I watched Castaway last night and I think it’s the fourth time. It’s not THAT good, it’s just on TeeVee alot. So I thought I would give this meme a spin, via Sunday Stealing (love that thought) and A Light in the Dark.
Back to Sunday Stealing, I’ll start work on a meme for Breaking the Nine Commandments. I’ll go first, but you can be thinking. I’ll probably tag people, that’s always popular. So here’s your warning.
Now to the TeeVee Program Meme
1. Name a TV show series in which you have seen every episode at least twice: Just one? Andy of Mayberry, Andy Griffith Show, M*A*S*H*, Law and Order, Gunsmoke, Beverly Hillbillies, Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. … oh crap, if it’s on TVLand I’ve seen them all a couple times.
2. Name a show you can’t miss:
Survivor.
3. Name an actor that would make you more inclined to watch a show:
Angie Harmon if she was still 30.
4. Name an actor who would make you less likely to watch a show:
Barney
5. Name a show you can, and do, quote from:
None. (can that be right? think.) Yup. none. (this bothers me… I don’t want to lie here, but I don’t even quote the Stooges.) Nope, I don’t quote TeeVee programs. I’m not a snob, I just don’t remember the good lines.
6. Name a show you like that no one else enjoys:
No one else? Then it wouldn’t be on the TeeVee. Pass
7. Name a TV show which you’ve been known to sing the theme song:
Beverly Hillbillies. Have Gun, Will Travel. (ear worm, thanks!)
8. Name a show you would recommend everyone to watch:
Pass, “everyone” is too broad.
9. Name a TV series you own:
None. That’s dumb, when there’s TVland.
10. Name an actor who launched his/her entertainment career in another medium, but has surprised you with his/her acting chops in television:
Sure as hell not Fred Thompson. Good lord that guy can. not. act. Oh, that rapper guy on all the law/crime shows, you know who I mean.
11. What is your favorite episode of your favorite series?
The last episode of Newhart. Only the best ending ever – there can be no better. M*A*S*H* was my favorite series and the last episode of that was a tear jerker, but gotta go with Newhart.
12. Name a show you keep meaning to watch, but you just haven’t gotten around to yet:
MadMen – don’t get that channel.
13. Ever quit watching a show because it was so bad?
Like quit forever? Or just the episode? Yeah, Dancing With The Stars. I’ve quit that show regularly.
14. Name a show that’s made you cry multiple times:
None. TeeVee just doesn’t suck me in like that. Too many commercials.
15. What do you eat when you watch TV?
Chocolate Chip Vanilla Ice Cream with Hershey’s Chocolate Sauce and chocolate chips on top and peanuts too if there are any around. Sometimes, I’ll put M&M’s in place of the chocolate chips. And Sofi also eats some because I usually spill on myself.
16. How often do you watch TV?
Robin Meade Fix at 6:30 a.m. to 7:15 a.m. then 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. every weekday; Saturday, depends on the time of year. Sunday, same. Weekend evenings from 6:00 to 9:30/10:00/11:00. Not much this time of year because I’m not into sports. Except NASCAR and that’s just racin’ they aren’t athletes. So I’m guessing I watch about 40 hours of television a week. That’s pretty normal, right?
17. What’s the last TV show you watched?
We fall asleep with the TV on, so that’s not watching. It was… last night… wait… probably CBS because we like their news at 10… I dunno…. yes I do, they replayed the Olympic Opening Ceremonies and that was it. Ta Da!
18. What’s your favorite/preferred genre of TV?
The one currently on the screen.
19. What was the first TV show you were obsessed with?
Twilight Zone, creeped me out a lot.
20. What TV show do you wish you never watched?
Some spin-off of another show. And that would be… Joanie Loves Chachi
21. What’s the weirdest show you enjoyed?
Winky Dink and You.
22. What TV show scared you the most?
Twilight Zone
23. What is the funniest TV show you have ever watched?
I really like the Carol Burnett skits with Harvey Korman and Tim Conway. But maybe that’s because of all the infomercials.
TeeVee – the vast wasteland and worst time suck of all time – even worse than computers. I wish the whole TeeVee deal would die.
Imagine the fun we would have.
I hate TeeVee.
Derby and I just came in from the cold, void that was the NASCAR/Cigar Bar after contemplating how NASCAR could get themselves in such a fix. NASCAR layed off 1,500 people, lost the title sponsor for one the series races, and the former Big Three auto manufacturers will spend less money on winning NASCAR races next year.
For the record, I was smoking a Vega Talanga, Corojo Series, Reserva En Tericio, a handmade cigar from the Honduras.
Let’s review:
- 1,500 people have been layed off in NASCAR. NASCAR, the governing organization itself employs 1,100 total, that shows you the depth of the despair car makers and team owners and track owners are feeling for 2009.
- Craftsman decided that they won’t sponsor truck racing for 2009.
- The Former Big Three are cutting from 20-30% of out their NASCAR racing budgets for 2009.
So the title sponsors for next year’s NASCAR top racing series will be:
- Phone company – Sprint Nextel
- Insurance company – Nationwide
- Camping company – Camping World
None has a “real” connection to racing. They are band-wagon jumpers. Bill France built a helluva franchise and made believers out of a lot of car builders, parts suppliers, and vendors that had direct ties to cars/trucks. They sponsored cars and races and tracks.
Then, it happened. NASCAR got real popular, and NASCAR got greedy. NASCAR got caught up in itself. Bill France died and his son Brian took over but it started earlier…
Jeff Gordon and Tide.
Jeff Gordon is too pretty to be in NASCAR.
Remember, NASCAR’s roots are in rebels souping up sedans and running whiskey away from the revenuers. When Jeff Gordon, a California boy, wanted to drive in NASCAR, Bill France should have stepped in with his mammoth fist and broke Gordon’s nose. Gordon’ probably would have decided that NASCAR is not a place for a California boy.
So now we have Carl Edwards and Juan Pablo Montoya running in NASCAR, fer chrissakes. Way to pretty – they can race in Formula 1 or the IRL if they have the racing bug. But NASCAR is for guys that cuss and don’t shave and say “ain’t.”
Formula 1 is for brie-eaters, Indy Racing League is for suits, and both are for clean shaven drivers that say “quiche.”
NASCAR car drivers should be rough and tumble: ” rubbin’ is racin’ ” isn’t just a saying. It should be a way of life. NASCAR drivers should rub some people the wrong way off the track too.
Tide is a laundry detergent.
Tide may not have been the first, but it the worst. Tide removes grease and dirt. NASCAR IS grease and dirt.
Bill France discovered that somehow, women became NASCAR fans. So, the NASCAR marketing machine went to work and convinced companies targeting women that it would be smart for them to sponsor cars.
- Target
- M & M’s
- Crown Royal
- Viagra
- Little Debbie
- Juicy Fruit
These are all major sponsors of NASCAR teams. Shopping, candy that doesn’t melt in your hands, whiskey in a purple bag, the ladies happiness pill, tiny little cream cakes, and fruit gum??? There was a pink car for at least one race: Breast Cancer Awareness. OMG. C’mon! NASCAR! Sponsors should be beer, car parts, tools, whiskey that doesn’t come in bags, and the like.
People will accuse Brian France and Bill Helton and the Credit Crunch for killing NASCAR, but now you know better. It’s all a bunch of crap. Jeff Gordon and Tide killed NASCAR.
This looked like a fun meme I found while reading Blog 365. Annie wrote hers and I found it interesting. It seems like it requires SOME thought, but not the deep soul-searching on which many memes focus. It’s a gloomy, chilly fall day, and NASCAR doesn’t start for a few hours. I’ve added some qualifiers in parentheses for some of the questions. Here goes:
Four places that I go to over and over:
Bed, Target, Kroger, Bathroom
Four people who e-mail me (regularly):
Nancy, Amy, Going Like Sixty Comments, Google Alerts
Four of my favorite places to eat:
Rudy’s Worst Barbeque in Texas; (I surprised myself in choosing a chain BBQ, but they are big enough to keep good workers, be open longer than family owned places, yet small enough to keep their quality high.) Maruba Spa and Resort; (and no, it’s not just because it’s in Belize. It was the most consistently high quality food and presentation I have ever experienced – breakfast, lunch and dinner.) El Mazatlan, fast, friendly, frugal; Dairy Queen; chocolate milk shake. Except our local DQ has gone to really, really flimsy straws that collapse! Freaks. I’ve complained but they don’t care. I still return. DQ is owned by Warren Buffet, so I may just drop him a note.
Four places I would rather be right now:
Negril, Belize, Ft. Myers, Paris
Four TV shows I watch over and over:
Andy of Mayberry, Dick Van Dyke, M*A*S*H, Morning Express with Robin Meade.
Four (unusual) things in the room I’m in:
Spinning wheel, dog crate, 8 boxes of Kleenex, fireplace screen (we don’t have a fireplace.)
Four concerts (as opposed to stage peformances) I’ve been to:
Beach Boys, Dionne Warrick, The Carpenters (yes, only three in sixty years!)
Four things on my calendar:
I don’t use a calendar, I have a wife. (O-boy, that will get me in trouble.)
Four fears:
Tower of Terror, Roller Coasters, gross anatomy stuff, (like Nancy was watching some emergency room reality show and a person came in with worms growing in her head. I don’t want worms growing in my head. I guess that would be cranialwormophobia), airplane turbulence.
Four (unusual) things in your purse or wallet:
Blog cards, security codes (for realz), that’s it, other is usual junk.
Four chores you hate doing:
Trash, mowing, repairs, updating Windows.
Four favorite animals:
dogs, giraffes, horses, Hannibal Lector.
Four speed dials on your cell phone:
Don’t own a cell phone.
Four places you have called home:
In order: Michigan, Missouri, Indiana (twice) and Kentucky.
Four websites (not blogs) you visit:
Pandora, TrendHunter, eBay. (If it’s not in RSS, I can’t be bothered.)
Four people who have been in your car:
Nancy, Cat, Taylor, fixer-dude.
Four things you are wearing:
Fleece, underwear, khaki pants, wedding ring.
Four things you are looking forward to:
Next weekend, time off for good behavior, probation, vacation.
Four favorite types of candy:
M&M’s plain regular size, Snickers, Hershey Bars, Hershey Kisses.
Four sports teams you like:
meh. don’t care.
Four things found in your fridge:
Various cheeses, Miller Chill, Oliver Wine, Pepsi
Four rituals (not just a task) you do (every) day:
Groom myself (tongue optional), play with dogs, (tongue optional), read RSS, pick my nose.
Four things currently within reach:
Tivo remote, TV remote, knitting paraphenalia (not mine), new Visa cards.
Four things you know how to cook (not bake or grill):
Toasted cheese and baloney sammich, drippy eggs, french toast, hmmmm.
And my addition… four ways I know how to say four:
quatre, cuatro, vier, five minus one.
How many times have you said to someone else, or muttered under your breath, “who would do such a thing?” Here is the definitive answer. If you are with someone and they say “who would do such a thing?” you have the answer. You can say “I know! I actually know!”
Who would do such a thing?
- Parks on the white line in the parking lot. Help’s my aim to just line up the Mercede’s star on the line.
- Empties car trash out the window on the interstate – actually sometimes I just open the sunroof and all the windows and – hmmmm, stuff flies out the window!
- Picks and flicks
- Pays for all purchases with exact change
- Pays for all purchases with exact change even at the drive through even if I have to go to the center console and rummage for nickels and pennies
- Rolls through stop signs
- Never indulges in the “courtesy” yield when behind the wheel
- Chats up the checkout clerk when there is a line up
- Goes thru the express lane with as many items as I want to
- Turns the bass up as high as it goes – even when I have Yanni in the CD
- Eats all the Halloween candy before Oct. 31, and then turns off the porch light
- Tailgates you at any speed
- Argues with TSA about taking off my shoes. It is NOT a rule anymore!
- Stares at people with facial deformities – but I don’t giggle and point
- Leaves dog’s turds in your yard
- Sets personal vehicle speed limit
- Slams my airplane seat back back ASAP and never move it until told to.
- Laffs and points at adults wearing bicycle helmets
- Eavesdrops on your conversation and adds two cents
- Orders Crown Royal and Coke
- Arrives at the time indicated on the invitation
- Spits in the drinking fountain
- Keeps suitcase beside me on the moving sidewalk in the airport
- Unbuckles seatbelt before the Captain gives me the OK
- Makes change from the “leave a penny” tray
- Puts gum underneath a public seat
- Remains seated while an old lady stands
- Treats wait staff like a stranger
- Tells Nancy to “man up” and then admit her to the hospital a week later
- Tells tech support I want a different person – one that learned English
- Takes a 5 gallon can of gasoline to Nashville to resell it
- “Exports” Kentucky cigarettes to Florida
- Doesn’t aim well at the urinal
- Takes the second newspaper in a stack and mess the top one up
- Opens M&M’s when the movie is real quiet.
Me. It’s not a pride thing. This is a public service. Now you can spread the word – you found the guy!
