Scott Blomquist's space: Television

Amazing Honda ad

Sat, 18 Feb 2006 04:37:47 GMT

Visit http://www.honda.co.uk/civic/

Click "Watch Civic".

Enjoy.

The wisdom of Earl Hickey's friend Philo

Fri, 03 Feb 2006 07:46:57 GMT

Tonight's "My Name Is Earl" yielded a brilliant quote that I feel certain to be able to use someday:

I don't vote, I already have a religion, and I hate whales.

Now, technically speaking, not all of those are true, but I figure it'll stun the person on the other side of my screen door enough that I can get back to whatever I was doing before they rang the doorbell.

The numbers in Lost

Thu, 06 Oct 2005 04:52:58 GMT

So, I don't claim to understand the numbers in Lost, but it's a rare episode where I don't notice some patterns. In this episode, the numbers "108" and "540" both came up. 108 is the sum of the "4 8 15 16 23 42" numbers, and 540 is 5 times that much.

Now, that's great, but what the heck do they mean?

Bill Nye the (political hack) Science Guy

Wed, 05 Oct 2005 00:51:21 GMT

When I tuned in to "The Eyes of Nye", I was expecting more of the same "science with a comedic nerd" style stuff that I got from Bill Nye the Science Guy (Science Rules!). Wow, was I disappointed.

I watched my first episode, Genetically Modified Foods, and was expecting a science education, but what I got was an agenda-filled political rant about something that happens to involve science. At least half of the episodes I've seen since then have also come with an agenda.

I easily agree with him on most of the positions he takes in the show, but I sure wasn't expecting what I ended up getting. Oh, and the show averages really glum, too.

I guess he kinda makes no qualms that it's something of a dressed up op-ed, as even evidenced by the title. And the way he closes. "<the sky falling! we're all going to die if we don't get smart!> At least that's how I see it, and I'll see you next time on "The Eyes of Nye"."

Now that my expectations have been through a violent, reactive reset, I still mostly enjoy the show. There's still the campy sense of humor (Science with Mr. Sanders is a particularly twisted (and hilarious) recurring segment of the show), and even mostly good science.

At least that's how I see it, and I'll see you next time on "Scott Blomquist's space".