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Would someone pull this shrimp off the barbie!?! Man I'm just downright dead. I still have 2 and a half months in the semester but I can barely crawl out of bed every morning.

Here's a bit of advice for all you soon to be or current college students. Never ever take more that the average number of classes. I mistakenly took 18 credit hours this semester and boy was that a stupid idea.

I keep telling myself "You only have one more semester, then you're free!" but I can't see the end of the tunnel yet.

Now if you excuse me I'm off to do a huge backlog of homework...

Well the Season Finale of Dead Like Me was on Friday. I missed it but caught the repeat Saturday. It was a very good show and I liked how they ended the season.

It was a nice happy ending. Obviously the writers didn't want to end with a big cliff hanger since they didn't know at the time if there would be a season two. The major plot was about Georgia getting her job back at Happy Times and her family placing the tombstone at her grave. After the family left Georgia and the rest of the reapers celebrated her new after-life by drinking champagne at the grave. It was all peaceful and joyous.

Sunday was the Alias season premier on ABC. A bit disappointing in how it turned out. They left us last season with Sidney waking up in Hong Kong 2 years after the big fight scene where she passed out at the end. The plot followed very closely to the pilot episode.

The plot goes something like this... She was an outsider but needed to get in and earn the trust of the leaders. So she goes awol and single handily retrieves the object everyone wants but can't get. Everyone trust her and it's all back to normal. A little too squeaky clean for my liking.

Still it's nice to have something to watch on Sundays again.

Finally there are two new shows on CBS.

The first is called Joan of Arcadia. It's about a teen girl Joan who God talks to. He takes on different forms and tells her to do things. It's a bit messed up but looks promising long as they keep the religious overtones to a minimum. It's the usual dysfunctional family deal; a workaholic father, goofy mother, geeky little brother, and sports jock older brother who had an accident and is now wheelchair bound. Admirably it was a bit corny at times but it still managed to keep my attention for an hour which is surprising.

The other is The Handler. Joe Pantoliano plays a FBI agent that manages people that do undercover work. He brings them in, trains them, and places them in positions to infiltrate criminal groups, drug dealers, prostitution rings, whatever. Similar to Joan of Arcadia being a new show there was a lot of character development so it didn't flow as well. But it also kept me watching for a hour and Joe plays the part pretty good.

So that's what's up with TV lately. Here's the rundown
Joan of Arcadia - 8pm Fridays - CBS
The Handler - 10pm Fridays - CBS
Alias - 9pm Sundays - ABC
Dead Like Me - Season is over but keep an eye for repeats - Showtime

Shesh... Damn judges and their stupid egos.

Just when I though all was good some dumb ass federal judge from Denver claims the do not call list is illegal. His claim is that the list infringes on telemarketers freedom of speech.

What a load of crap. I'm all for free speech but damnit I'm also for not being harassed and having the phone ring every day. I’m sick of people bothering me trying to sell me stuff. If I need to buy new windows or siding for my house don't you think I'd go out and hire someone. Honestly who the frell has bad windows and just sits around going "hmm, I really wish a window company would call me and sell me some new windows."

Telemarketing is right up there with spam. It's people trying to get me to buy junk I don't need. I don't give a flying F about your rights.

Hey mister judge, you empty headed animal food trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!

Good news everyone. Congress still works!

Cnn.Com is reporting that the House of Representatives voted to back the FTC Do-Not-Call list and that the Senate is expected to pass a similar measure tonight.

Who knew congress still worked. Hell who knew they could move so fast? Those fat lazy old farts can still surprise even me. Maybe they're useful afterall.

I really liked Rep. Billy Tauzin's, R-Louisiana, quote where he said "Fifty million Americans can't be wrong". Ya know I agree! If 1 in 5 Americans sign up for the list it's a pretty good indication that something must be wrong. Only 1 in 5 signed up but I bet the other 4 out of 5 hate telemarketers just as much.

Door to door sales are dead, soon telemarketing will be too. Now if we can just get rid of the spam email problem I'll be very happy!

Well it's about darn time! Browns won their first game. Been a diehard fan all my life but this year I was getting rather worried. Defense has been junk, offense was looking very 1 dimensional.

Thankfully they pulled through today and won against San Fran. Give the boys a little happiness in their lives. Maybe they'll start playing like a real team and make it to the playoffs this year. I can only hope!