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BLOGS: FAILBlog Doesn’t Fail

August 26, 2009 at 12:09 am | In Various | Leave a Comment

Take it from the #1 news anchor in America, Brian Williams:

One more thing: While it’s not for everyone, I wanted to recommend a very funny place: FAILblog. The name will quickly become self-explanatory. Remember that I said it’s not for everyone.

SURVIVOR: Great Finale

May 18, 2009 at 12:34 am | In Various | Leave a Comment

Alright, this is going to be just a stream of consciousness…so beware.

Great finale to Survivor season 18 tonight…I’m glad J.T. won, he absolutely deserved it. I’m kinda surprised he and Stephen are still friends…but hey, that’s stuff (truth and lies) that you work out after the show is over.

Coach is an idiot, I hate him I hate him I hate him…but I will give him that he did a great blindside of Jeff with the lie detector test. And I still don’t believe him.

I can’t believe Taj got voted off…bad move by Stephen and J.T…but hopefully they worked that out as well.

Great season guys, congrats to J.T. and Jeff you rock!

SURVIOR: Season 18 Starts Tonight!

February 12, 2009 at 1:14 pm | In Various | Leave a Comment

That’s right fellow Survivor fans. Season 18 starts tonight on CBS at 8pm ET/PT. They do 2 seasons per year, so this is technically wrapping up year 9 of the show. It is still fantastic every year — especially 2 of the last 3 years.

This season is located in Tocantins, Brazil and Jeff Probst is back to host. Enjoy everybody.

SURVIVOR: Season 18 Cast Announced!

January 14, 2009 at 5:41 pm | In Various | Leave a Comment

That’s right, CBS‘ Survivor is in Season 18. I’ve watched every single Survivor episode of the first 17 episodes except for 3 — yea I’m kind of crazy.

The cast was announced today. View them here.

And just know the season premiere, in High-Definition Tellyvision, is February 12th at 8pm ET/PT.

J SCHIL’s BLOG: Happy Birthday

January 8, 2009 at 10:41 pm | In Various | 3 Comments

One year ago today, I started this blog. And one year and 458 posts later, it continues to be a joy to write.

Thanks to each and every one of you that read this blog with so much anticipation every day, for all those (especially you QU guys) who give me advice so often on how to make this thing better. I hope to continue to improve on what I’ve done over the first 365 days of the blog and make this year even better.

(EDIT: I just saw that the birthday was actually yesterday…but heck, a lot of you probably first saw it on 1/8/08, so it doesn’t matter in the end, does it?)

TIU Outtake: A Search Ended

December 25, 2008 at 10:58 am | In TIU Outtakes, Various | 1 Comment

AOL Instant Messenger is a wonderful thing. My 6th grade class concluded our annual play/musical/whatever you want to call it with a song that included the lyric “life is a road and I wanna keep going.” It’s chased me for the last 9 years until last night when I saw an away message with familiar lyrics.

A Google search, and I found my answer: from the movie “Anastasia” – At the Beginning. Merry Christmas!

Guest Blog: Andrew Fletcher

December 16, 2008 at 10:57 pm | In Guest Blogger, Various | Leave a Comment

(Editor’s Note: Andrew writes Scott Proctor’s Arm, a fantastic Yankees blog. When I offered him a guest blogging slot and said he could blog about anything, he took it literally, and here’s the result. And please note, the opinions expressed by the guest blogger are those solely of the guest blogger and may not represent those of the editor.)

I have a major issue with headphones, also known as earphones or earbuds, but whoever calls it that should be shot in the face immediately.

I don’t like many things in life, but headphones are at the top of the list. For starters, people look absolutely ridiculous in them. I always want to laugh at someone who’s wearing those gigantic headphones that look like they belong on the tarmac of an airport. Why are these in style? Seriously. I thought things are supposed to be getting smaller nowadays.

I also have a problem with the iPod headphones. You know, the trademark white wires. There was a time when that was a safety concern on mass transit. Displaying the white wires on the New York City subway could essentially be equated to wearing red in a Crip stronghold in South Central. You just don’t do it.

I hate how when you take off headphones, it still feels like you’re wearing them. There’s a reason why you took them off. I hate that feeling. It haunts you, for at least 15 minutes. It’s torture. It also bothers me how easily they fall out of your ear. Have you ever tried lying down with those things in your ear? It’s impossible.

Noise-cancelling headphones are super expensive, and are only worth it in extreme circumstances. Like we don’t have enough things to worry about in this economy. Oh no, my father worked for Citigroup and is now out of a job. It’s OK, I’m going to spend $90 so I don’t hear the airplane’s engine on my $1,000 flight.

Most audio products come with warnings that if you play it too loudly, you can damage your ears. That’s all the headphones’ fault. Would you buy a product that could make you blind or take away your sense of smell? No!

Headphones: bad for your health, bad for America and bad for freedom.

Breaking News: NYT: Leno Going to 10pm on NBC

December 8, 2008 at 9:24 pm | In Various | Leave a Comment

Bill Carter of the New York Times‘ is reporting that “NBC is expected to announce Tuesday that it has signed its late-night star Jay Leno to a new contract that will keep him at the network in a new format that will give him the 10 p.m. time period each weeknight for a show similar to the one he has done on NBC’s “Tonight Show” show since 1993.”

Conan O’Brien is taking over the Tonight Show on June 1, 2009 and Leno was seen to have interest from FOX and ABC.

Win-win situation for all, if true. And I’ll get to see my favorite late night show go on well into the future.

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 28, 2008 at 1:49 pm | In Various | Leave a Comment

So I may have taken too many words than anyone even cares about to describe the episode of Teeing It Up I recorded two days ago but I forgot the simplest thing: to wish all my loyal readers a Happy Thanksgiving.

It means a lot to see the hit numbers come in everyday. I hope those that have read my blog so far in the 11 months that I’ve been posting have learned something and been enlightened in some way, shape, form or fashion.

Keep it up! (Oh, and go listen to TIU.)