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Sunday, July 04, 2004

It's a TV programmer! It's a power tool brand name!*

Joining the ranks of my blogroll/Bloglines list is Bill Binford's Bill's Musings. I think he saw my link on my AOL profile, so that's another sign I should take this seriously.

And yet just yesterday I finally fullfilled my jones for free-for-postage-and-handling VistaPrint business cards and got cards to leave around town to push people to the site. Why? Why do I want more page views? I mean, it's not in the number of page views for me, though there's a SiteMeter at the bottom of the template. I guess it's a two-edged sword.....

DIANA: How many stations does this go out live to?
MAN: Sixty-seven.
...
DIANA (to HERB): Who are you talking to?
HERB: WCCG, Atlanta.
DIANA: Are they yelling in Atlanta, Herb?
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MAN ON PHONE: They're yelling in Baton Rouge.
(DIANA listens)
DIANA: Sonuvabitch! We struck the mother lode!

-- "Network"

I know, I know, I'm no Howard Beale. And this is far less important. I just get a kick out of having a pulse on things. And I know I technically have a pulse on hundreds of viewers in Rhode Island every morning but I'm not the one speaking and I don't want to include unexpurgated opinion in that forum.

Bill Binford brings up a great quote from Bill Cosby which I saw on the wires and feeds this week, about how people of many walks of life and occupations, not just people on television, have to be well-spoken and articulate. In particular Cosby refers to doctors: "Everybody knows it's important to speak English except these knuckleheads. You can't be a doctor with that kind of crap coming out of your mouth."

And that same entry of Bill's has a great rip on Michael Moore: "Imagine Ken Starr carrying on like Jon Stewart." Nice. Personally, if I haven't made it clear I'm both a big fan of Michael Moore as well as the deconstruction of Michael Moore.

Bill also clued me in to the realization that AOL NOW OFFERS ITS MEMBERS BLOGS. What won't they do in order to prove their necessity?

I also have to figure out how I'm going to read more of Television Without Pity.

* see any episode of "Home Improvement"

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