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Love is ...

Love is fiddling around with the antenna to pull in the digital broadcast of GPB so as to not suffer the grainy analog picture-induced headache while watching the first episode of Masterpiece's The Complete Jane Austen.

My brain was fried last night, so I can't say I was able to follow Persuasion all that well (and that in spite of seeing another version of it some time ago). I'm sure the book was better anyway. Still, it was worth messing with the antenna to get GPB in HD, if only for the resulting cheers from the interested party.

Still funny

We were a bit disappointed when we put Pinky and the Brain in the DVD player. Some of the episodes were extremely dated; they just didn't age well.

But The Tick. Ahh, The Tick. The Tick is timeless. And it's still funny. How could you go wrong with Tickisms like this:

"I am mighty! I have a glow you cannot see. I have a heart as big as the moon. As warm as bathwater! We are superheroes, men, we don't have time to be charming. The boots of evil were made for walkin'. We're watching the big picture, friend. We know the score. We are a public service, not glamour boys. Not captains of industry. Keep your vulgar moneys. We are a justice sandwich. No toppings necessary. Living rooms of America, do you catch my drift? Do you dig?" (The Tick vs. The Tick)

"You know, evil comes in many forms, be it a man-eating cow or Joseph Stalin. But you can't let the package hide the pudding. Evil is just plain bad. You don't cotton to it. You gotta smack it on the nose with the rolled up newspaper of goodness. Bad dog! Bad dog!" (The Tick vs. Arthur's Bank Account)

Strangely enough, I still remember most of the dialogue from The Tick vs. The Tick, probably the defining episode of the entire show. The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs At Midnight and the Sidekick's Lounge? I mean, could it get any funnier? I think not.

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Spoon!

It's about time. Season one of The Tick is coming out on DVD next month. According to some of the reviews it'll be missing an episode (The Tick vs. The Mole Men). Pity. But oh well. Duh-dweeeee-duh-duh-duh-dweee-dow!

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Pretty revealing

I just couldn't resist. The slop trough of phosphors had been off for over a week, but after reading the post at blogs4God about NBC's Revelations, I figured I might as well sit down and watch it.

As far as shows go, it was decent. Not great, but not terrible. It was almost like X-Files in some ways, with a skeptic and a believer investigating unexplained phenomena. Except in this case the phenomena are all pointing to the end of days (as envisioned by the popular modern interpretations of the book of Revelation). Science and faith were cast as mortal enemies, making the characters seem a bit flat. And of course there were the usual sneering references to pro-lifers.

I still don't know whether I liked it enough to watch it again next week. I'll decide when next week rolls around. But I'm reminded of something from a Calvin & Hobbes strip: "Oh, great altar of passive entertainment, bestow upon me thy discordant images at such speed as to render linear thought impossible!" Maybe I'll just leave the stupid thing off again and read a book.