Huh. Well, whaddaya know about that.

Many happy returns, Perri! Even had an idea for a present to put together, except that it seems Windows Movie Maker (boo hiss) is gonna be distilling clips until your next birthday. Assuming it doesn't take the Frankintel and melt it down on my desk.

Odd stuff:

Who woulda thunk it? I did a search on Stan Rogers through Google and Due South came up. I've always loved "Barrett's Privateers," and reading a tidbit about Fraser singing the chanty to distract a bunch of pirates, now I want to see it. Ah well. Can't have everything.

Oh, and another music rec: "The Wreck of the Athens Queen." Part of Stan Rogers' "Fogarty's Cove" album, if it can be found. Take one freighter, one spit of land by the name of "Ripper Rock", one group of totally sozzled scavengers complete with dories, one cow, forty cases of brandy, two hundred chickens, and one green couch; mix well with the neck of a folk guitar, and get ready for some belly laughs.

For another laugh, try a Farscape rec: Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe. Spoilers for "Terra Firma". And bipartisan bashing. Plus D'Argo and the Amazing Stun Tongue. Good for numerous laughs.

For what it's worth.

Oh, and once again, happy birthday, Perri!

Close entry.

Oddly enough...

I hear stuff all the time about TV stations breaking into their programming to show car chases as they unfold, live, from chopper-cams and sky-cams and the like.

Funnily enough, though, I can't recall an instance - not one - in which the New York television stations interrupted the viewing schedule to show a car being chased on a New York highway. Of course, I hardly watch any television, but it hardly even makes the local 11:00 news unless the car ended up crashing into a minivan, and even then, the only video you get is generally the mangled aftermath.

Is showing the chases live an LA thing? Or maybe not showing them - or not detailing choppers to follow - is a New York thing? I wonder which way of handling it is more common?

Hm.

Close entry.