Ending of LOST revealed?!

Funny stuff ... if you're a geek like me.

Summertime and the TV Watchin's Easy

Historically summertime television has generally been made up of the bottom of the barrel dredges of reality programming, leftovers of cancelled shows and reruns, which is why I am pleasantly surprised and pleased that my DVR has been spoon-feeding me some of the best television of the year this summer all thanks to a couple little cable networks called HBO and Showtime.

Between the sizzling hot returning series' True Blood and Weeds and the quirky newcomers Hung and Nurse Jackie, I am up to my eyeballs in great characters, excellent writing and just plain old fashioned escapist entertainment. While the networks are busy pumping out gems like Who Wants To Marry A Complete Stranger On National Television and Make A Jackass Out Of Yourself On An International Gameshow, HBO and Showtime are busy proving once again that they are the homes of the best television on television. I loved Nurse Jackie from the first episode and was immediately hooked, Hung is a slow starter as some HBO series tend to be but I'm enjoying the premise and particularly love the two female characters Tanya and Lenore. True Blood picked up right where it left off and shot full steam into new but equally intriguing plots and some great new characters. Weeds is off to somewhat of a shaky start after last season's fantastic run which highlighted the amazingly talented and hysterical Justin Kirk as Andy (he was clearly robbed of an Emmy nod), but at it's heart it's still the show I know and love and I'm hoping for a three-peat in the widow department for Nancy Botwin to send them running back to safety and absurdity of suburbia.

Booze-bucks

Interesting experiment, coffee-by-day, bar-by-night. I think it would have been a better served if it was kept a secret that these coffeehouse/bars are actually run by Starbucks, but I'm actually kind of curious to see how this works out. The question is, if it actually turns out to be successful will Starbucks expand their plan to the mass market and in doing so, won't it be to the detriment of the very idea of indie-style eclectic coffeebars in the first place?

What's next? Scorsese directs "Pet Rock: The Film"?

Another movie based on an inanimate object. I really have nothing I can say about this, this idea is so illogical I am just speechless.

An Offer She Can't Refuse?

I know, I know I can't stop posting about Sarah Palin, but in my defense I think it's a little like watching a train wreck, you don't really want the image burned into your retinas, but somehow you can't tear your eyes away. Clearly I hate the woman and yeah I am one of those liberals who thinks she's a moron, but I don't think she would just up and quit without a real reason, I mean who quits their job in the middle of a recession, unless you've already got something lined up, the question is what and how much more annoying will it make her... perhaps as Variety reports, someone made her an offer she couldn't refuse.