The new network TV season starts tonight. That means I will start each day with a recap of what’s on TV that night. There might be a second post after that, but the focus of the blog for a week or two will be the new TV season. Here’s what is on tonight. Please tell … More Tater on TV: What’s on TV Tonight 9/20/21
I actually left the house three times this week for something more than a walk. They weren’t particularly exciting things, but it did make the week seem more eventful. Time to look for the good. Lunch from the local cafe Sunday afternoon. NFL football on TV all day Sunday. New Jeopardy episodes started this week. … More What’s Good in Tater Town 9/19/21
This is the last week before the new network TV season begins. We spent all of our TV time trying to catch up on shows and clear the DVR. I did watch a new show when I was alone as I am already caught up on everything I watch without my wife. My reading has … More My Week in Books, Movies, and TV 9/17/21
Breaking Jeopardy news from AV Club. I like Ken. I hope they are considering him for the full time job. There won’t be new rotating guest hosts this time around — Read on http://www.avclub.com/mayim-bialik-and-ken-jennings-will-host-the-rest-of-the-1847688026
I’ve shared some negative customer service stories recently regarding my interactions with Verizon and AT&T. I think both of those isues are resolved, though we have had some billing issues with Verizon’s autopay. I decided today to write about a small, positive customer service experience I had yesterday. My wife shops at Safeway regularly. The … More A Positive Customer Service Story – Starbucks
The Big Leap was on my list of new shows I thought looked promising. I already have the series set to record on my DVR. I discovered yesterday that the first two episodes are availabe to stream now on Hulu. That cemented my plans for this afternoon. The Premise A group of diverse, down-on-their-luck characters … More Tater on TV: The Big Leap
Most nights I don’t remember my dreams. Sometimes I wake up feeling unsettled and I assume it was from a dream but I have no recall of the dream itself. Some mornings I wak up with the dream clearly in my head. Today is one of those days and it is lingering. In the dream, … More More Fun With Dreams
I watched the new episode of Jeopardy last night. This week is the one week Mike Richards hosted before he was fired. He was not fired due to old tweets, but for alleged actions while working for The Price is Right and for things he said on a podcast. With the Jeopardy hosting gig once … More Old Tweets and Jobs
First a warning – the new TV season starts next week which means the majority of my posts will be my daily “what’s on tonight” posts until all shows have premiered and reviews of new shows. La Brea is a new NBC show. The video below is the first five minutes of the premiere. About … More NBC’s La Brea – First Five Minutes
I’ve written here before about how my dog had started waking me up very early in the morning to go out. When this first started I would go back to bed and try to go back to sleep. That was complicated by the dog following back upstairs and jumping up in the bed to sleep … More Embracing the Pre-Dawn Hours
