BJ and Tyler are the greatest team, if only because they’re giving tribute – via their t-shirts – to previous Race teams; “Bowling” / “Moms”. Rad. Detour – Foundry or Laundry Uh. Laundry. No Question. “We Choose Not to Yield” Exactly it’s way too early to yield. The teams in the lead are too even […]
Category: Television
Amazing Race Season 9 – Episode 4
Deutsche Bahn…I have such fond memories of the DB. Like the time I caught a trip from Hamburg to Hannover on St. Niklaus Day – and the conductor’s passed out apples w/the DB logo grown into them. Ahhh, German hospitality. Wall of Death Jen, “Can I do it?” No argument here. “Awe, you don’t get […]
Degrassi Junior High – Awkward. Funny. Awkwardly Funny.
Jen and I are revisiting our awkward years via Degrassi Junior High (thanks Netflix). Aside from the oddly vague and ambiguous endings, they’re very enjoyable. Especially the public announcements in the school – full of on-subject jokes.
Amazing Race Season 9 – Episode 3
The hippies (BJ & Tyler) are playing better than anyone yet – in any season. They’re playfulness at the beginning of this episode – greeting everyone at the zip line by jumping on their cars – is what this is race is all about. “I was hoping we wouldn’t have to go to Russia.” – […]
Amazing Race Season 9 – Episode 2
“Then what are we going to do, hook up with hippies” – Jeremy So, Team Pink thought they could get a boy to help them build the motorcycle last episode? So, they didn’t watch any of the past seasons. Roadblock: Fire Drill Jen’s doing it (yes, you still gotta call it in armchair racing). We […]
Citywide WiFi Needed in the Twin Cities, As Is Symmetrical DSL
I grabbed lunch with Leif Utne earlier this week. As you might expect, it was a pretty intense conversation on podcasting, technology, politics, and the overlap. First order of business, I’m down with Minneapolis going with a private company to run citywide WiFi network for the two reasons cited in the Strib article: Startup CostsThe […]
Amazing Race Season 9 – Episode 1
Two-hour kick off to Season 9. Premieres are tough, lots of people to meet right away, 11 teams, 22 people. Nobody jumped out at us during the introductions. They all talked smack in the same way, “Everyone else will underestimate us, and we’ll beat them.” Blah. Once is bravado – 11 times is scripted insipidity. […]
A Perfect Day for Cicely, Alaska
“I have grown really tired of contact sports…you can break an ankle, but can you die?”- Joel Fleischmann It’s -1°F this Saturday in the Twin Cities (weather.com says ‘feels like -18°F’, Thanks). Fortunately, NetFlix sent over Northern Exposure Season 2, Disc 2 this morning. This disc contains “All is Vanity”, the episode where Maggie has […]
RocketBoom Ads Not Worth $15,000
I wasn’t surprised to hear RocketBoom is pursuing a sponsor (via eBay even), nor was I surprised they want to keep full creative control (they should). I was surprised that the high bid (as of this writing) of $15,099.99 hadn’t passed their hidden reserve. Now, I know you need 10x that for a decent music […]
How I Met Your Mother Same But Better Than Coupling
If you follow this blog, you’ll know how much Jen and I enjoyed the BBC’s Coupling. We never caught the US version, but heard it was awful. Unlike the US Office – it didn’t last long enough to grow into it’s own. Lately we’ve been really enjoying How I Met Your Mother. Yes, Neil Patrick […]