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We’ll provide a few services, and use the lion’s share of revenues to pay the bribes.
More than providing services to ‘em, taking people’s money is what makes organizations real. Be they formal, informal, or temporary.
Mayor E.B. Farnum as depicted in the Series Deadwood, episode “No Other Sons or Daughters”
Wow. This episode had a very big event at the end. Good episode, although in some ways it seemed a bit by-the-numbers. Plus, there was a revelation about “Sam,” with its own fallout. There really is only one story this week, with some interrelated subparts.
Jonas, Mack and Bob are [...]
Another week with no Charles, and Mack stays home. Our 3 story lines are (1) Jonas and Bob undertake a 2-man mission in Hong Kong, (2) Molly and Susan Gillum get kidnapped by the Leon Drake gang, and (3) Mack and Tiffy discover that their older daughter is dating an older man.
This episode seems to have left a lot of people scratching their heads, but I liked it. There were really just 2 stories, apart from the cold open, instead of the usual 3: Sam (Whiplash) attempts to rape Bridget (Red Cap), and flees; and Mack and Tiffy inherit a home in Western Springs, Wyoming, where [...]
So after two people from team Boxee graced my comboxes in this post, I felt compelled to give it another shot. I bought a new 2GB Sandisk Cruzer Micro USB stick, ran the Patchstick creator, plugged it into the back of my Apple TV, and it worked. Further, I am glad that I [...]
On Sunday I spent a few hours trying to install Boxee on my Apple TV. Among other uses, Boxee allows you to watch various streaming web content providers through your Apple TV (ATV) on your television. The experience was very disappointing. To install Boxee on an ATV, you create a bootable [...]
There is a saying that “No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.” In this week’s episode of the Unit, no plan — for battle or for a wedding — survives contact with your allies.
As usual, there are 3 story lines:
(1) Jonas, Bob, and Mack go after Leon Drake, the man behind the [...]
Who do you know, and who can you trust. These issue intersect in three stories this episode. In the primary action story, the team, minus Grey and Red Cap (marking the second episode in a row in which she does not appear), attempts to extricate the leader of a revolution is an unidentified [...]
Wow. After watching this episode, I’m stocking up on duct tape and bottled water.
The team and their families find themselves in the middle of a poisonous gas attack. Chlorine is being released to the air through the water supply. Everyone in their town has to get indorrs, seal off vents, windows, and doors, and hope [...]
Spoiler Alert
If you haven’t yet seen the final episode of Battlestar Galactica and plan to do so, stop.
Immediately after establishing that the Galactica has found the real Earth, and showing us that the entire fleet has arrived, the show basically took a turn I never would have anticipated. As I’ve mentioned earlier (check the “bsg” [...]
