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Next Great American Restaurant


21 Mar

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Watching the “Next Great American Restaurant” -the founder of Chipotle and Bobby Flay want to help you open your own chain.

The contestants didn’t do all their homework. They should have watched cooking competitions, even though they aren’t chefs. The first thing you learn is not to argue with the judges when they say your food isn’t good.

Additionally, they needed to do research on venture capital, because that’s what they’re getting here. They needed to learn that passion is good, but you have to make the people who are giving you money happy. Ignoring their concerns equals zero dollars.

What Not to Wear


09 Mar

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My husband is in class on Tuesday nights, and I’ve started watching “What Not to Wear” on TLC. Overall, I enjoy the show. I think the hosts do a very good job of being sensitive to the needs of the women they are working with.

But what gets me most is what these people get (or don’t get) with their $5,000 dollars from the show. I accept that they are shopping in New York city, but does that mean they aren’t allowed to shop sales, or go to someplace like Penny’s or Sears, where prices are a little more reasonable?

 

American Idol


08 Mar

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I am watching American Idol this year, from Hollywood week on. I never watch the auditions because I hate seeing them make fun of the bad singers. Overall, I am pretty happy with the top 13. None of it was a huge surprise. I’m cheering for Casey Abrams to take 2nd because he plays upright bass and reminds me of my husband.

I cheer for 2nd because we determined long ago that the most talented person always ends up in 2nd, because they will still sell albums months after the show ends, and they are forced into a worse contract.

 

Oscar Alternatives


28 Feb

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I used to love award shows, especially the music award shows, but I watched them all. Now, I pretty much avoid award shows. I just do not find them that interesting. I can always look on the internet the next morning to find out who won what. And with youtube, I can generally go find any performance that I might have really wanted to see.

Luckily, other networks tend to show marathons during awards shows, so I get to watch Mike Holmes fix people’s houses, which I find a lot more interesting that finding out which movie Hollywood liked best.

 

Guest Stars


19 Oct

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I love the randomness of guest stars on network television. Take Chuck, so far this season, we have Linda Hamilton as their mom (on a show that had Scott Bakula as the dad), and a cadre of famous bad guys– Dolph Lundgren, Bronson Pinchot, Lou Ferigno, Armand Asante, Eric Roberts, Bautista, and one of the interns from Bones (Joel Moore). Perhaps the odd thing for me was that I was more tickled to see Joel Moore than I was Eric Roberts.

Famous actors are fun, but less known actors that you enjoy showing up in unexpected places are even better.

 

TV


22 Sep

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I like to think that I don’t watch that much television. Then the new fall season starts and suddenly I’m looking at the schedule trying to figure out what I’m watching, what I’m recording, and when will I watch what I’ve recorded… And I’m forced to be honest with myself. I watch television. Maybe not as much as some, but certainly more than others- more than my husband would watch if he weren’t married to me.

Still, no new shows have grabbed my attention so far this season, so mostly I’m figuring out where my favorites have been moved to.

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