random bits

[cellio]

Ok, you guys were right: Heroes rocks, at least so far. I picked up the first season recently; I was hooked after two episodes and have seen six so far. It looks like the second season will be released on DVD in August, which means I won't have too long a wait. Increasingly, I'm coming to think that this is the way to watch most TV shows. (I should also be able to return the first season of Lost to the person who lent it to me and exchange it for the second season soon.) Still, I want to get an antenna up on the roof too. (Note to self.)

We've been having some modem troubles (two modems with different failure modes), so we ordered another recently to experiment with. It looks like we have a family of modems -- maybe a breeding program. given the evidence, I'd have to say that Westel-ness is a dominant gene. :-)

My vet wanted to see Erik recently (just a quick check on something), so while we were there I asked if she could try again to teach me how to push pills into him. (Currently he gets his medicine ground up in canned food, as I seem unable to reliably get a whole pill down.) She demonstrated, then had me try... and she finally said "it's ok; mixing it into the food won't hurt him". I feel inadequate; even my vet gave up on me. :-) (Yes, I have tried that plunger-like gadget. I haven't found the cat treats that have pockets for hiding pills in, but I suspect he's too smart for that.)

A bakery run on the honor system seems not to be loosing money. Interesting idea. (Someone on my reading list posted this link, but I forget who.)

I have a question for the Hebrew-literate. Please humor me. How would you say "I will thank you" (masculine, singular)? I thought I knew, and then I heard a different formation in a song, so I asked a native speaker, who provided a third option. (I think "odecha", song was "odeka", speaker said "odelecha". It's entirely possible that "odecha" is biblical and "odelecha" is modern, but what's with "odeka"?)

Comments

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

I would warn you: the second season is a mess. The writers REALIZED it was a mess, and the end of the season starts to pull itself together, before the writers' strike, but it's not as good as the first season.

[cellio]

Thanks for the warning. I was guessing that the strike had messed up the season anyway; I didn't realize it had been having problems even before.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Basically, they didn't really figure out what direction they wanted to go in. They had a cool idea for an overarching plot, but didn't know what they wanted to DO with it, or how to get there, and they introduced a bunch of characters who they didn't really figure out how to use.

I wonder if people on your friends list have tagged their entries, because a LOT of good snark was going around MY f-list about it. I mean, we were all WATCHING it -- but much of it was snark-worthy. Heck, I'm proud of some of the snark I came up with.