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• Northern Exposure is Identity We’re working through Season 3: Disc 5 of Northern Exposure (specifically My Sister, My Mother). In it, we find a nameless baby, Adam riding a roller coaster of emotions, and Shelly’s mom pretending to be her sister. Add these story-lines to the series’ general fish-outta-water-ness and there’s a lot of identity theory - Jewish or otherwise.
• Amazing Race 8 - Episode 7 Looks like the Detour is painting wheels or hauling bamboo (needless to say, I’m not paying as close attention as other weeks). Loading bamboo seems much less tedious than painting wooden wheels. We’ve watched enough Amazing Race to know the game is won and lost at the airport - finding the right seat on the right
• House is Better than Boston Legal When James Spader started on the Practice, his dialogue transformed the show into something worth watching. The same is true of Boston Legal, well, was true. The “We’re firing Alan Shore” storyline is tiresome. Firing Alan Shore would make all the fans stop watching. The threat alone turned me off. Fortunately, Jen introduced me to House.
• Initial Thoughts on the Rojas-Winer-Calacanis Podcast Device I’ve been pondering the dedicated podcast devices tossed around by Rojas-Winer-Calacanis. The power and simplicity of it are quite attractive. I’m on board with the following: Data Input/Output: Wifi. No need for anything else. Supported Media Formats: MP3, Ogg Vorbis, anything else open & cheap. Pre-selling a small initial run as financing. As an interface designer and podcaster, the biggest
• House: Nothing’s Changed They finally ended the ridiculous series-killing storyline (House v. Detective). This puts Hose back where I prefer it: bizarre medical mysteries and a predictable - even Encyclopedia Brown-esque - routine with snarky dialogue. Just the way I like it.