tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61568962024-03-13T13:32:41.986-04:00KronicFatigue's Big Bowl Of Toleranceand by "tolerance" i mean furious anger and murderous rage.KronicFatiguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08790175103081570382noreply@blogger.comBlogger608125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156896.post-70336635002432286992010-12-23T13:31:00.002-05:002010-12-23T13:39:09.198-05:00Will this be me in ten years?My understanding of the internet decreases every day. Not in the aggregate, but rather comparative to the younger generation. I wonder how long it will take to pass me by.I'm listening to the Coffeehouse on Sirius and an accoustic version of "Change" comes on. It made me think of the HBO commercial that used it, so I try to find the video. The first link I get is this:http://KronicFatiguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08790175103081570382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156896.post-87542410820481306352010-12-23T10:17:00.002-05:002010-12-23T11:36:35.620-05:00The ending of The Shawshank RedemptionI've long argued that the last scene of The Shawshank Redemption doesn't fit and should be removed. In short, the theme of the movie is that hope can set you free. Red becomes free the second he has hope of finding his friend Andy; whether or not he finds him is immaterial. Wrapping the story up with a big red bow at the end felt cheap and too "Hollywood". Today I learned that I was right (as is KronicFatiguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08790175103081570382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156896.post-32664686273685404102010-10-31T13:49:00.002-04:002010-10-31T13:58:42.068-04:00Gabrielle Christian is a terrible actressI normally can't notice "bad acting", but Gabrielle's performance in House's "Unplanned Parenthood" was truly draw dropping. Make an effort to find the episode on Hulu. In particular, pay attention to her voice-over work in the opening scene. The scene is supposed to be her character filming her mother giving birth, but comes across as if we're watching a bad student-film.I spent that entire KronicFatiguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08790175103081570382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156896.post-18183541822946307152010-09-19T10:28:00.002-04:002010-09-19T10:35:25.101-04:00Highlights vs. Recap...tWWL gets it wrong againI always kick myself for not using mlb.com's videos more. If I had the time, I'd watch the recaps of all their games. I say recaps, because not only do they show the highlights, but they also tell the "story" of the game. tWWL, on the other hand, gets it all wrong. Sure, they talk about the story, but it's just a voiceover while the highlights are being shown in quick succession. Take, forKronicFatiguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08790175103081570382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156896.post-31949806907384256072010-09-12T23:43:00.003-04:002010-09-13T00:09:43.464-04:00I don't like brown M&M's in my TV shows.As a kid, I barely knew who Van Halen was, but I was acutely aware of their "demand" for brown M&M's to be removed from backstage at their concerts. Like many, I mistook this as the ultimate in prima donna behavior. It was only years later that I understood their motives: it was their litmus test to see if the venue had met their more important requests in their rider. Such demands were often KronicFatiguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08790175103081570382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156896.post-18711722673656712182010-07-18T01:39:00.002-04:002010-07-18T01:48:31.446-04:00I wouldn't allow myself to go to sleep until I had proof that "The Invention of Lying" would break it's own rulesI missed the first five minutes, so I'll to double back on HBO West to confirm the rules, but it feels like there are two main rules:1) You can't lie. and2) Witholding information is lying. I didn't think the writers had the intelligence to stay true to this. I was correct.A) On the first date, Garner says "I'm sorry about that" to Gervais after hanging up the phone (with her mother). I don'tKronicFatiguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08790175103081570382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156896.post-78871941258193600322010-04-17T22:14:00.002-04:002010-04-17T22:16:23.476-04:00Ok, I actually took the time to write down this Tim McCarver quoteThere are so many dumb things said by announcers, that I usually don't have the energy to remember them. But this one was something special.Felipe Lopez, a position player, is now pitching for the Cardinals b/c they are out of pitchers. With a runner on first, he's forgetting to pitch from the stretch."Lopez has never done this before. He's only seen it on TV".KronicFatiguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08790175103081570382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156896.post-89404987925785775512010-04-10T16:22:00.002-04:002010-04-10T20:01:50.449-04:00Watch HBO just for the extended "You Don't Know Jack" commercialYou HAVE to see Pacino's hair when he's being interviewed. It's unbelievable. I don't think I'm going to be able to watch The Godfather for a long time.KronicFatiguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08790175103081570382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156896.post-10898668719838849862010-04-10T11:46:00.001-04:002010-04-10T11:51:01.849-04:00Even Yahoo's TV Listing search is terribleWhat a joke of a company! I have my cable package loaded into their tv listings website, so I typed in "soccer" to see what channel Real Madrid was on today. Here are the results:TV SHOWS 1. The Secret Life of a Soccer Mom (Documentary, Kids, 2007 - 2008) Reality series will following stay at home moms, devoted to their families and secretly take on a new career. They are then KronicFatiguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08790175103081570382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156896.post-39896302844385936402010-04-10T11:04:00.006-04:002010-04-10T11:10:58.745-04:00Excellent blog post about how a comedy agesA Modern Family rerun led to me searching out Alan's old review of it, which led to him linking to this blog. In short, the guy shows a clip of the Honeymooners and asks his readers if they find it funny. Watch it, then read the comments. It leaves more questions than answers for me, but it's exactly the kind of stuff I've wondered about before.http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2010/02/KronicFatiguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08790175103081570382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156896.post-48657306010953295062010-04-06T22:30:00.001-04:002010-04-06T22:31:48.470-04:00I can't believe I forgot the most mindblowing element of Girardi's moves in game 1He had Mitre, not Mo, warming up in the top of the 9th.If the yankees scored one run, it would be a tie game going into the bottom of the 9th.If they scored more than one run, it would be a save situation.If they scored zero runs, the game would be over.In all three situations, Mo >>>>>>>>>>> Mitre.KronicFatiguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08790175103081570382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156896.post-14817656537393659112010-04-05T15:40:00.002-04:002010-04-05T15:42:14.277-04:00Shoot, the whole Girardi post could have been summed up in one line...Managers manage to avoid being blamed for losses.KronicFatiguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08790175103081570382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156896.post-32163532234992692142010-04-05T15:15:00.004-04:002010-04-05T15:29:56.502-04:00The "Product Placement" in this week's Modern Family didn't bother me, and here's why......it wasn't "product placement". Product placement is when everyone at the table is drinking Snapple, and all the bottles conveniently face the camera ever so perfectly to expose the label. Product placement is distracting because you see Carmela Soprano holding her shopping bag in an awkward way to expose the name of the store, or because characters crowbar brand names into conversation KronicFatiguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08790175103081570382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156896.post-74179732714794309142010-04-05T14:30:00.003-04:002010-04-05T15:13:15.678-04:00Game 1 out of 162 does in fact matterI'm growing quite tired of the "don't worry, it's a long season" mentality swimming around the Internet today, after the Yankees opening night loss. While it is in fact only 1/162 of the season, 1/162 matters. And because it was against Boston, it matters twice as much, literally. Instead of being a game up against their toughest competition, they are now a game behind. That's a two game swing. KronicFatiguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08790175103081570382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156896.post-57086675700750890612010-04-04T15:47:00.001-04:002010-04-04T20:25:47.601-04:00YES! Network gets it right...Pitchcounts listed on the top graphic. Always there looming. Love it.KronicFatiguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08790175103081570382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156896.post-42292580444147015372010-03-31T19:40:00.003-04:002010-03-31T19:55:47.469-04:00Yahoo is terrible at googlingIf your computer doesn't have a Google Toolbar, you can just type your search terms in the URL bar and Google or Bing will pop up with the results. Most people don't realize that, but it's true. The other day, however, when I lazily did this, I must have been on a computer that had yahoo as its default search engine. The results were stunning.Guess what I was looking for with these simple terms: KronicFatiguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08790175103081570382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156896.post-48691240029308048722010-03-30T20:11:00.004-04:002010-03-30T21:15:10.767-04:001834 Bar & BurgerWay back in Aught Nine, "1834 Bar & Burger" was a charming little wine-bar called "Perle". When news of its transformation spread, I was a bit apprehensive, as wine bars are rarer than burger joints in the area. However, their bacon-wrapped tater tots instantly hooked me, and "Perle" is now a distant memory. While there are some areas that could use improvement, I'll chalk that up to growing KronicFatiguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08790175103081570382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156896.post-65508156136172548982010-03-29T18:01:00.002-04:002010-03-29T18:19:33.067-04:00NBC really dislikes its audience (customers)I'll be brief, since many people have complained about this already...the way NBC time-shift their Thursday night comedies is beyond offensive. Instead of airing at 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, and 9:30, they all start and end two minutes later. While annoying, I don't begrudge them their right to make it more difficult for viewers to go watch other channels' shows. The real crime, however, is that NBC KronicFatiguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08790175103081570382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156896.post-89915615752312453072010-02-07T22:03:00.003-05:002010-02-07T22:04:39.634-05:00Notes I took on the 1st half commercials for the SuperbowlI'm not going to actually go back and write anything up though. Just a text dump. It was so much work. Reoccurring themes that are "funny": violence, men being miserable (both at work, and with their controlling wives), animals acting like people, and old people (especially if there is violence involved). Friend noted: "omg, that's absurd" is the overwhelming theme.1. Company/Premise: Bud KronicFatiguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08790175103081570382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156896.post-62211848997977343682010-02-07T10:32:00.003-05:002010-02-07T10:56:46.584-05:00MLB 09: The Show might be the best sports game ever madeI'm going to use bullet points instead of real sentences b/c I'm dying to get back to the game. 11 hours last Saturday, and a couple hours last sunday (and yesterday) just aint going to cut it. Superbowl is being skipped b/c quite frankly, it can't live up to this game.Yankee specific awesomeness:- They have both the new and old stadiums.- They do the roll call for home games. Including the KronicFatiguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08790175103081570382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156896.post-63786013124548858522010-01-31T12:09:00.006-05:002010-01-31T14:28:57.964-05:00Why would anyone ever trust their eyes...or their brainsWhen things like this exist?http://i.imgur.com/I72qO.gifClearly our brains can be tricked into interpreting data incorrectly, and yet we take this unwavering pride in them, as though they are infallible. [it's not letting me embed the picture directly...i'll try again later. EDIT: I was able to embed a still of the .gif, but click on the link to see the actual motion]KronicFatiguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08790175103081570382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156896.post-65068035627903611502010-01-19T01:44:00.003-05:002010-01-19T02:06:53.153-05:00Carson SeacrestI haven't really followed Late Night television since college, but the Late Night Wars have caught my interest. And by caught my interest, I of course mean that I am obsessed and will read any and all articles on the subject. Color me surprised, then, when I learned that David Letterman was poking fun at Carson Daly and his 1:30 AM show. First, I didn't know even know there was a 1:30 AM show. KronicFatiguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08790175103081570382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156896.post-7988189708283920832010-01-11T11:12:00.001-05:002010-01-11T11:12:21.328-05:00Conan vs. LenoKronicFatiguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08790175103081570382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156896.post-75795787005159261922010-01-05T23:47:00.003-05:002010-01-06T00:01:52.021-05:00Well, if Howard isn't God, then I guess neither am IAttempting to give advice to JD, Howard recently explained a situation where he was awaken in the middle of the night by a wrong number calling. The old Howard, he said, would have been unable to go back to sleep and been furious at his situation. The new Howard, however, realizes that the human experience is filled with situations where you are faced with these "unfortunate" situations, and it'sKronicFatiguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08790175103081570382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156896.post-66653775992560975822010-01-04T01:04:00.001-05:002010-01-04T01:04:33.027-05:00ArtieKronicFatiguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08790175103081570382noreply@blogger.com0