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When people use the phrase "cutting the cord" in reference to anything but childbirth, it makes me violently angry. Watching TV is not such a big problem that it requires you to cut anything to make your life livable again. TV is glorious and anyone who says anything else is wrong. That being said, I'm going to cancel cable as soon as I watch all of my recorded Olympics programming. And I'm not doing it to cut ties with society or to stop watching TV. It's just that 90% of the shows I watch are available on Hulu, Netflix, or CBS All Access anyway, so it's kind of pointless. But the phrase is the real problem. Without being overtly negative, the assumption is that I'm somehow tied down to my TV, which hasn't been true since before DVRs were invented. In fact, cancelling cable will tie me more to my TV because if I want to watch something and actually participate on Twitter, I have no choice but to watch it live - and actually live, not like I start wat

I read Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on the 31st, the day it came out. It doesn't matter what I think about the book, really, or whether or not it's good. I mean, those things matter, but not to this discussion. My general opinion is that there is nothing greater than reading a brand new Harry Potter book when you haven't read one in what seems like forever. I purposefully avoided finding out anything about the book or the plot because I wanted it to be like it was when I read the other books. The internet wasn't used in the same way and I couldn't just look up the hashtag. However, what drives me crazy is that people continually shout on social media, "NO SPOILERS" and then bully those who spoil it for them. There was a time when all TV was on live, and there was no chance to record it. Since I've been around, there was always the possibility of recording onto a VHS tape, but largely, people didn't do that. To watch an episode of Friends or,

Difficult People is the greatest show, and definitely the best Hulu original that has ever existed. Because I'm in my thirties, I assume that anything that isn't a network or cable show shouldn't be trusted. I mean, of course there are the notable exceptions: House of Cards . Okay, that's really it. But still. Anyway, you should be watching Difficult People - everyone should think it's funny, especially if they know me, because they say the kind of garbage I say all the time. It's like if my twitter feed got it's own TV show. I'm not even going to tell you what it's about - just watch the first episode. Anyway, I really wish there was a job where I could watch TV and tell people what I liked and didn't like and that was the whole thing. I would be the greatest at that because I talk a lot of shit about TV I like and also don't like. So maybe I will really try and blog again, only about the TV I watch. The new fall season is as good a tim

I feel bad that I never blog. But I never have time to do it. I'm too busy working or thinking about work or playing with the dog or watching TV. Or, most recently, reading The Walking Dead  comic books. Not sure if comic books are supposed to be italicized or if I'm actually supposed to call them graphic novels or not. Don't care. Yes, I feel crappy that when I finally get into comic books it's like the most common and popular comic book - my geek genes are unhappy about that. However, I am loving it. The only beef I have with the writers/drawers/whatever is the PC term/colorist/grey scaler - is that they draw kids horribly. They just look like tiny adults, so it's creepy. Like when you go to an art museum and you realize the painter has never seen a baby before because it just looks like a midget. Uh oh, here I go with the PC terms again. Please insert the least offensive term. I think the changes from the comics to the TV show are fine, but some don't rea