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12/30/2007
Team FP/G Through 12/29
1. Kurtis Blow's Ballers 46.44 (+0.03)
2. Peoria Opies 45.63 (+0.12)
3. Big D's Monsters 44.29 (+0.29)
4. Vandelay Industries 43.65 (-0.36)
5. Mineral Wells Steam 42.04 (+0.11)
6. Noodle Arm Choirboys 41.60 (+0.14)
7. Chalkdust Torturers 40.81 (+0.32)
8. Arnie's Army 40.34 (+0.12)
9. The Catamounts 38.10 (+0.06)
10. LA Kobes 37.95 (+0.26)
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12/25/2007
How to beat the Writers' Strike blues
I know there's going to be new shows I love returning in early 2008, despite the Writers' Strike. LOST, The Wire and The Shield will all be returning (at least I hope The Shield is coming back soon).
But for all the shows I will be missing, Christmas was a great time to stock up on DVDs of TV shows. My wonderful wife got me 3 seasons of NYPD Blue, the second season of The Office, and the first (and only good) season of Boomtown. I got her 2 more seasons of Seinfeld for her collection, and the complete series of Kids in the Hall.
Combined with what we already have, we will be able to hold out longer than the writers will.
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12/23/2007
Team FP/G Through 12-22
1. Kurtis Blow's Ballers 46.41 (+0.88)
2. Peoria Opies 45.51 (+0.60)
3. Vandelay Industries 44.01 (-0.09)
4. Big D's Monsters 44.00 (-0.18)
5. Mineral Wells Steam 41.93 (-0.87)
6. Noodle Arm Choirboys 41.46 (+0.93)
7. Chalkdust Torturers 40.49 (+0.81)
8. Arnie's Army 40.22 (+0.57)
9. The Catamounts 38.04 (+0.22)
10. LA Kobes 37.69 (-0.02)
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12/16/2007
Team FP/G Through 12-15
1. Kurtis Blow's Ballers 45.53 (+0.48)
2. Peoria Opies 44.91 (-0.09)
3. Big D's Monsters 44.18 (-1.19)
4. Vandelay Industries 44.10 (-0.88)
5. Mineral Wells Steam 42.20 (-0.48)
6. Noodle Arm Choirboys 40.53 (+0.18)
7. Chalkdust Torturers 39.68 (+0.25)
8. Arnie's Army 39.65 (+0.40)
9. The Catamounts 37.82 (+0.51)
10. LA Kobes 37.71 (-0.23)
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12/09/2007
Team FP/G Through 12-8
1. Big D's Monsters 45.37 (-0.81)
2. Kurtis Blow's Ballers 45.05 (+0.06)
3. Peoria Opies 45.00 (+0.74)
4. Vandelay Industries 44.98 (+0.76)
5. Mineral Wells Steam 42.68 (+1.03)
6. Noodle Arm Choirboys 40.35 (-1.09)
7. Chalkdust Torturers 39.43 (+0.47)
8. Arnie's Army 39.25 (-0.25)
9. LA Kobes 37.94 (-0.50)
10. The Catamounts 37.31 (-0.39)
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12/07/2007
Why I hate EW.com
It's been growing and growing for over a year now, and I've just had enough.
I hate EW.com.
For one reason, I hate EW.com because it now has everything that is in the magazine, plus more, for free. Why the hell do I bother subscribing to the magazine? I don't know when our subscription runs out, but I'm already trying to convince my wife to cancel the next time it comes around for renewal.
The other reason is all the dolts who write the TV Watch entries for gobs of shows. They write them for reality shows, which I don't watch, so I don't read. And they write them for certain scripted shows, many of them just pop culture fodder. But then there's the precious few shows they write TV Watches for that I actually watch. And all these writers do is bitch and moan about how terrible the show is. They appear to want every show to cater to their every desire, all the time, with all the characters, and all the nuances and plot twists to please them. And if this doesn't happen, the writers bemoan the awful characters, unsatisfying plot lines, unanswered questions, decor, costumes, time slots, and on and on and on.....
You know what? If these idiots think they're some special critic, I'm here to tell them they aren't. Critics are good when they can see the picture as a whole, and then deconstruct it to point out strong points and flaws. This is more and more apparent because the dolt who has been hammering a show for weeks on end will turn around after one episode and proclaim what a great show this is, that all the plotlines that they've accused of being pointless and meandering now make sense.
A great example of this, especially concerning EW, was the HBO comedy "The Comeback." From the get-go, the official TV critic didn't think much of the show. Then it didn't get any attention from the magazine. Then, at the end of the show, they started writing about what a great show it was. And you know what? All that bad-mouthing and lack of coverage resulted in the show being cancelled. And then the EW morons started lamenting the loss of the greatest show ever to be on television.
So shut up already. TV shows that stretch out over the course of a season, or have continuing plotlines, aren't designed to give the viewer complete and total gratification at the end of each and every episode. If you don't understand that, you're a moron. And you need to shut up.
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12/02/2007
Team FP/G Through 12-1
1. Big D's Monsters 46.18 (-0.34)
2. Kurtis Blow's Ballers 44.99 (-0.05)
3. Peoria Opies 44.26 (+0.23)
4. Vandelay Industries 44.22 (-0.51)
5. Mineral Wells Steam 41.65 (+0.41)
6. Noodle Arm Choirboys 41.44 (-0.03)
7. Arnie's Army 39.50 (-0.24)
8. Chalkdust Torturers 38.96 (-0.44)
9. LA Kobes 38.44 (-0.54)
10. The Catamounts 37.70 (-0.54)
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