The Rantings of Pab Sungenis
Over 40,000 people are dead and hundreds of thousands more homeless after the tsunami in the Indian ocean.
We’re sending $15 million in aid.
Then, three weeks from now, we’re spending $40 million to celebrate the inauguration of George Bush.
Shouldn’t those two dollar figures be reversed?
For those of you not familiar with ABC News Now, it’s ABC’s fledgling attempt at an all-news network. Since it can’t get cable carriage to save its life, ABC keeps it alive by forcing its network-owned affiliates to carry it on one of their digital subchannels. Other affiliates can carry it if they want to, and they are strongly encouraged to.
It’s basically CNN-Lite. Lower-tech, lower-key. Still a Bush rah-rah box, but not as obnoxious. Plus, they have some other interesting shows.
I got in the habit, back when I first got HDTV, of popping over to Channel 6.2 (WPVI-DT-2) back when it was “The Action News Channel.” Regular repeats of the latest local news and reruns of the public affairs shows. ABC forced all that off the air back during the election when they started pushing ABCNN. Still, I occasionally pop over there.
At the end of the 7:30PM EST show, “Good News, Really!” (I kid you not) I found myself wondering how many people out there actually watch this. Then I listen to the host sign off.
“And that’s all for ‘Good News, Really….’
“…Thank you both for watching.”
Now I have to find that other person. Is he my evil twin?
There is a new TiVo commercial airing out there this week. It’s the countdown for New Year’s. 10…9…8…7…6…5…
The TV then pauses. We hear a toilet flush. The TV unpauses. We then see a man and woman sitting on the couch holding hands on the couch finish the countdown to the new year.
Problem is, we hear the flush, but we don’t hear anyone wash their hands.
Ick. I can’t live without my TiVos, but despite all the cool shit they do, they don’t kill germs.
Okay. One little mini-rant. I know, it’s the thought that counts, but to quote my friend
Three friends all of whom I love very much and value, for Christmas gifts, got me (respectively) “Peppermint Peckers,” “Dunkin’ Dickies,” and “Spermies: The Candy You Love To Swallow.”
Okay, for the record. I may be gay, but I’m not that gay! I don’t appreciate the jokes.
To all you straight people out there, please don’t get gay-themed or (especially) sex-themed gifts for your gay friends. Okay? We don’t get you “peppermint pussies” or dildosicles, so keep the sex-themed jokes to a minimum.
On a positive note, congratulations to my friend, and occasional guest host, Kayo Myers, who will be getting married to Amy Whipple next November. He proposed this week. Congratulations to the future Whipplemyer family!
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