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WTF: Picket Lines

Thursday, November 08, 2007

Hollywood writers are on strike. We're already screwed with late night television, and scripted shows could go into reruns next.

Yes, it will be annoying if the strike affects our TV watching, but the idea of the picket line bothers me more.

Are the studio executives unaware of their writers striking? Is this why they need picket lines? So, when the bosses come to work and they see the picket lines they think "Oh yeah, no one's writing new material. I better put that on my 'to do list.'"?

If I were asked to be in a picket line, I'd refuse and go watch some cartoons or something. Shouldn't I enjoy my striking experience? The fact that I'm not at work should me more than enough to let them know I'm not working.

WTF?

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WTF: NFL in High Def

Sunday, October 07, 2007

Today's Chiefs game isn't in high definition. Unacceptable.

Channel 9's local news broadcasts in high definition, and you're telling me CBS doesn't have enough high-def equipment to cover all their NFL games? They pay $622.5 million per year for NFL rights, and full-HD coverage puts them in the red? WTF?

This pisses off and confounds me to a point I can't express.

60 Minutes isn't in high def either, but this can be blamed on Andy Rooney.

Katie Couric looks similar in high def

Meanwhile, CBS broadcasts The Young and the Restless in HD for Christ's sake! I'm not joking. Christ is a huge Young and the Restless fan.

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WTF: Green Dot

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

I'm not sure if you've noticed, but NFL quarterbacks have ugly green dots on the back of their helmets this year.

Every helmet with a green dot has a headset inside. Only one headset is allowed on the offense at a time. With these fun dots, refs can make sure only one is on the field at any given time.

But that green dot is so lame. Here's what I propose instead: