I was really concerned that something bag was going to happen at Sochi, thankfully it went rather well. Glad to see the Russians had a sense of humor with the closing ceremonies.
That NBC special Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan was interesting, and Kerrigan was extremely understanding, forgiving, and complimentary of Harding.
Random crazy Olympics thought – There should be no Summer or Winter games, but an Indoors and Outdoors games.
Okay, I love ‘House of Cards’, it’s one of the greatest shows one can currently watch, but something happens in Season 2 Chapter 11 that was so far out there, so unneeded, I kind of felt it jumped the shark and left feeling extremely disappointed after viewing that episode.
Typewriters are still being sold, and a new one can cost you about $176. Why the typewriter reference? It’s an homage to a ‘House of Cards’ episode. Speaking of which, I just finished the second season. As I promised, no spoilers, but I do think season one was better but it’s hard to surpassed the first episode of season two.
Since the last episode of season three of ‘Sherlock’ aired in the U.S. three weeks ago I feel I can make comment without upsetting anyone. But just to be safe, I’ll still be a little vague. I think in season four, we’ll find out the mastermind behind everything will be this guy.
There was an “epic” party in Dallas on Saturday that had appearances from Vanilla Ice, Tone-Loc, Young MC, Rob Base, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
I have a friend that is a university athletic trainer, he gets really upset if anyone only refers to people in his trade as “trainer” since there are many types of trainers, such as horse trainers, etc – Fired Miami Dolphins trainer wins NFL trainer of the year award
Signing Jason Collins to a ten day NBA contract seems like a publicity stunt, especially with all the news of Michael Sam at the NFL combine.
Anderson Cooper interviewed Liam Neeson on ’60 Minutes’ and they talked about the death of his wife who died of head trauma. They brought up the term lucid interval, which is something I recall my mother going through when she suffered and died from a massive head injury from a fall down our stairs. Neeson also said one person that comforted him the most was Bono.
Texas schools are also required to teach personal finance. I have been teaching it for almost 20 years and it has always been a part of the economics requirement.
I agree with your assessment of House of Cards season 2 episode 11. I couldn't help but wonder why they did that or what they were thinking. All I can figure is that it is setting up for something later, as the show commonly does. A lot of the time in the show something happens and we wonder what the significance is but we don't find out until a while later, or we don't even realize it was a significant thing until it turns into one later. For example, the first time he ate at the rib joint we had no idea what would end up happening to the joint and to Freddy.
Agree 100% about House of Cards S2E11. Weird left turn and completely unrealistic. Where did the rest of the Secret Service agents go? I know the residence area is "private," but we literally saw them putting up cameras pointed toward the kitchen in an earlier episode. Just a really weird and (seemingly so far) unnecessary/pointless scene.
It's still a great show, though. I am not sure it would be as enjoyable if I wasn't able to binge watch, though. After rewatching some episodes and reading recaps of others, there are quite a few that are forgettable. But those are easy to gloss over when you can just load up another episode. That's not to take anything away from the great acting (Spacey and Wright are amazing), but I wonder if I personally would enjoy the show as much if I had to wait week to week for new episodes.
Texas schools are also required to teach personal finance. I have been teaching it for almost 20 years and it has always been a part of the economics requirement.
I agree with your assessment of House of Cards season 2 episode 11. I couldn't help but wonder why they did that or what they were thinking. All I can figure is that it is setting up for something later, as the show commonly does. A lot of the time in the show something happens and we wonder what the significance is but we don't find out until a while later, or we don't even realize it was a significant thing until it turns into one later. For example, the first time he ate at the rib joint we had no idea what would end up happening to the joint and to Freddy.
Agree 100% about House of Cards S2E11. Weird left turn and completely unrealistic. Where did the rest of the Secret Service agents go? I know the residence area is "private," but we literally saw them putting up cameras pointed toward the kitchen in an earlier episode. Just a really weird and (seemingly so far) unnecessary/pointless scene.
It's still a great show, though. I am not sure it would be as enjoyable if I wasn't able to binge watch, though. After rewatching some episodes and reading recaps of others, there are quite a few that are forgettable. But those are easy to gloss over when you can just load up another episode. That's not to take anything away from the great acting (Spacey and Wright are amazing), but I wonder if I personally would enjoy the show as much if I had to wait week to week for new episodes.