Posts tagged “television”

I am Biography.

Generally I enjoy watching Biography on A&E. I really don’t like their new tagline, though. “You’re either Biography, or you’re not.” What is that supposed to mean? Are they saying that I am not Biography? I think it’s insulting. Hmph.

TeamSprint

I have met this blogger in person. Do you know the SprintPCS commercials with the guy in the trench coat? “Talking over the static.” That guy? I don’t wanna freak you out or anything, but check it: same guy. I’m not kidding. Billy is the SprintPCS guy.

Trains

This makes sense. I could never get why trains sometimes have locomotives on the *back* of the line. Why are there *pusher* engines? The answer was provided by – quelle surprise – The Discovery Channel. The Crash Files: On the Inside of the NTSB mentioned that longer trains need pusher engines on the rear to

What a strange way to put it …

“Ten years ago I might not be sitting here today.” – from a commercial for America’s Pharmaceutical Companies

Discovery Channel Reminders

The Discovery Channel web site is really excellent. They are doing so many things right. If you join their ‘community’ you can have them eMail you reminders when certain episodes or specials are going to air. What a terrific idea! (They could make the site a smidge friendlier to the bandwidth-impaired; I’m only on a

Non-Fiction Addiction

Good gravy! I’ve been suffering from a severe case of non-fiction addiction lately. I managed to grab three of the five Oscar movies over the weekend, but otherwise for the last month or so I’ve watched almost nothing that wasn’t on TLC, Discovery, or A&E. I’ve seen specials on mummies, temples, “the Iceman”, pyramids, tombs,

Six Feet Under

Six Feet Under (Main Theme) – Thomas Newman

Tony Kornheiser

In which I make a mistake on national radio

TWL

Today might be the day. A few months ago I was a contestant on The Weakest Link. No, not the prime-time game show with the annoying British host. The show is so ridiculously popular that NBC decided to syndicate it. There is now a daytime version with an annoying American host. The total amount you

What Is This?

davidgagne.net is the personal weblog of me, David Vincent Gagne. I've been publishing here since 1999, which makes this one of the oldest continuously-updated websites on the Internet.

bartender.live

A few years ago I was trying to determine what cocktails I could make with the alcohol I had at home. I searched the App Store but couldn't find an app that would let me do that, so I built one.

Hemingway

You can read dozens of essays and articles and find hundreds of links to other sites with stories and information about Ernest Hemingway in The Hemingway Collection.