Then And Now

When I was a kid, we had a television set and thought we were living high on the hog, even though it was a black and white (few people had color sets yet). It looked somewhat like this one:


The family would sit together in the evenings and we would watch whatever my parents wanted to watch. It was great, the shows were a thousand times better than the junk they put on television these days.
Now days, seems like families don't do that togetherness stuff much anymore, which is a shame. But, they still like to have the latest and greatest television sets and pretend they too are living high on the hog or at the very least, keeping up with the Jonses. They get a fancy LCD HDTV. The pictures are so much better than the old sets and the screens are much, much bigger too. For instance, this one:


An incredible 80,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio and 1080p resolution brings out brilliant high definition details in everything you see. Touch of Color™ design is unlike anything you’ve seen and its other features are nothing short of amazing. Infolink™ RSS feeds customized news updates right to your screen while Auto Motion Plus 120Hz makes sure action scenes are as realistic as possible.And the screen is 40 inches wide! That's a lot of television screen. You wouldn't have to sit close to the set to see this baby and your parents wouldn't have to yell at you for doing so (sitting to close to the t.v. is going to ruin your eyes, young man).
I remember when LCDs were used in calculators and some wristwatches. Now days, it's television sets and computer screens. The pictures are so much clearer, I hate to watch horror movies on these screens, LOL
Get with the times, get yourself one of these LCD screens. You'll be glad you did, and so will your eyes.

Advertisers take note

Commercials on television have always been annoying, either by content or simply because they interrupted my show. But lately, there are two that go beyond annoying if for no other reason than they are beyond retarded.
Viagra: Okay, I get it. Way too many men have erectile dysfunction and your product swears that it can help these poor guys. Okay, that's well enough. However, if I had taken your product and gotten an erection, would I truly want my lovemaking to be in a ceramic bathtub? Nope, damned things are cold and hard. And besides, what good would it do me to have myself and erection in one bathtub while my lover is in a different bathtub? Just how long do you think you can make a penis, anyway?? Get a grip, Viagra!
Dulcolax: In my 58, almost 59, years of living I've had occasion to take this product and I can vouch that it works just fine. However, I have never taken a stool softener and then thought "what a great day to be in a boat in the middle of a lake". Hello! The only place I want to be after using a product like this is close to a bathroom so I can get rid of some waste! I hope nobody swims in that lake those people are on!
Ford: I have written before about the Ford vehicle with Synch, a Microsoft product. I wouldn't trust any part of an automobile, not even a Ford, to be controlled in any way by a product made by Microsoft. However that is besides the point here. What gets me about this commercial is when they show the inside of the car. There, in plain sight sits a lovely piece of equipment that looks exactly like an APPLE IPOD! Couldn't the geniuses at the ad agency have had enough brains to at least use the MICROSOFT ZUNE? LOL
Okay, I feel much better now that I got that off my chest :)

Casey Is A Trip!

I apologize for any commercials. Don't blame me, blame NBC!

Medium

Did you catch the return of Medium last night? I was happy to have it back as it is one of the few television shows I really enjoy watching. And I was very happy to see that they both have their jobs back :) Of course, in keeping with the shows standard things it wasn't very long into the program when Joe, the hubby, gets awakened again LOL
I do wonder what will happen to these ten o'clock shows when Jay Leno starts doing his show every night at ten o'clock. Medium, Law and Order, all those good shows. I hope they don't just get rid of them all :(

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WKRP Rises Again!

CINCINNATI (AP) - WKRP is back on the air in Cincinnati - but this time it's for real.

A low-power TV station has changed its call letters to WKRP, the same as the fictional radio station in the 1970s hit series "WKRP in Cincinnati."

The station changed its call letters to promote its new digital TV signal. It formerly went by WBQC-TV.

General Manager Elliott Block says the new call letters give the station recognition because so many people remember the television sit-com.

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On the Net:

http://www.wkrp.tv/

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Information from: The Cincinnati Enquirer, http://www.enquirer.com

Almost Here!

Weather is very lovely today, all sunny and nice.Looks like Spring has finally sprung here in the desert. Good news for me because I am not a winter person at all!
What is almost here, you ask? Baseball season, of course :) I got to watch an Angels game last night, first televised game of the year. And today they take on the Dodgers and that game will be televised as well. Want to take a guess as to where I'll be this afternoon? LOL
Happy Saturday folks :)

Another Rainy Day

It's still Winter. UGH! I am not a winter person. Never have been, never will be. I like Summer :)
But, it's rainy here, and cloudy and cold. Not good weather for me, but I am sure I will survive.
The weather makes me very lethargic, I don't really want to do anything, not even surf the net. Now, that's lethargic LOL
Maybe I will give everything a rest, as typing hurts my joints on wet days, and go vegetate in front of the television and think. Actually allow my brain cells to be used! I have some ideas sitting on the back burner of my brain, ideas pertaining to blogging, and nothing makes my mind wander faster than television, so I should be able to think some things through :)