Not your Grandma’s Antenna
Remember those days of tinfoil wrapped rabbit ears, or going back even further through Mr. Peabody’s “Wayback Machine”, when you had to go outside and manually turn that giant pole attached to an antenna on the roof? After all the sweating, cursing, and adjusting, the picture was still fuzzy and wavy enough to make you [...]
I’m Digging Coal
Somehow, I missed Thom Beers’ (Deadliest Catch) latest reality show, Coal. Maybe it was because the series, set in West Virginia, aired on Spike TV. I have no idea where the channel is, what it is, or if I even get it on my cable provider. Lucky for me, however, Coal showed up in my [...]
A Tale of Two Grits
I watched the remake of True Grit last night on Netflix Instant View. Either I had forgotten, or I didn’t know that the screenplay for Charles Portia’s classic novel was written and directed by Ethan and Joel Coen. If I had known, I would have watched it a lot sooner, since they’re responsible for some [...]


