Category: Idiot Box

  • What I’ve Been Doing 16 April 2012 [FB/IB/F/BT/GO]

    I didn’t do much this week, but cut me some slack, man! I was in Las Vegas! Movies Nope TV Mad Men – My thoughts on the last episode are here, but it’s a safe bet to say that I love this show and this season has been great so far. Books Ha! Nope. Should […]

  • Mad Men S5E03: “Mystery Date” [IB]

    You know what’s my favorite thing about Mad Men? Even when it’s dead serious or surreal it’s not above brilliant jokes. I want to hit on the lighter moments first, because this episode was very dark and violent. Moment numero uno has to be the scene with Peggy and Sterling. It’s just perfect to see […]

  • What I’ve Been Doing 9 April 2012 [FB/IB/F/BT/GO]

    Baseball. It signals the end of winter. Guess what, guys? Winter is GONE! The Marlins are off to a rocky start (1-3), but they’re still looking pretty good and, in the past two games, playing pretty well too. I really hope this season is better than the last, but, either way, at least baseball has […]

  • Mad Men S5E02: “Tea Leaves” [IB]

    Not every episode can be a bombastic “Zou Bisou”, can it? A lot of people don’t like Betty, but this episode featured centered around her in a truly bizarre fat suit. Betty has a little bit of a health scare related to a lump found on her thyroid which sends ripples through the Francis and […]

  • Mad Men S5E01: “A Little Kiss” [IB]

    Mad Men is back, y’all, and it’s better than ever! Season four flirted with perfection, but that was somewhere around 17 months ago. Now it’s time for something new. I think it’s fair to guess that season five is probably going to deal with the civil rights issue that its protagonists have mostly dodged for […]

  • What I’ve Been Doing 2 April 2012 [FB/IB/F/BT/GO]

    Guys, Goon was really good. More later, but you should check it out. This week was a real scattershot weekend as I tried to play a bunch of games I didn’t give much time to before. Movies Martha Marcy May Marlene – The cult in the movie is an interesting contrast to the fundamentalist Christian […]

  • What I’ve Been Doing 26 Mar 2012 [FB/IB/F/BT/GO]

    Mad Men is BACK…but shhhh! I haven’t seen the premiere yet. Trying to finish S4 first and I’ve got about three episodes to burn through. I’ll get it tonight. Don’t worry. Movies Was supposed to watch one, but…didn’t get around to it. TV Persona 4: The Animation – This show continues to be awesome. The […]

  • What I’ve Been Doing 19 Mar 2012 [FB/IB/F/BT/GO]

    I’ll get into it more later, but despite it being pretty standard fare for a sitcom, Happy Endings is actually hilarious and kind of awesome. I blew through season 1 this weekend (half on Netflix, then I bought the entire season on DVD). Just catching any TV is impressive considering that I haven’t watched a […]

  • Official Spoiler Rules [ER/IB]

    I think a standardized set of rules regarding spoilers would do the world a lot of good. All of these fine actors agree.

  • What I’ve Been Doing 12 March 2012 [FB/IB/F/BT/GO]

    Smoke alarms! They notify us about fires, but they also incessantly beep when their batteries are low. It’s tough to sleep when that happens and you don’t have 9V batteries laying around. Oh, yeah, also Mass Effect 3 came out this week and obliterated my TV watching. Movies Wanderlust – Sharing a lot of the […]