Daily Archives: November 27, 2006

Grab Bag

Photo-A-Day #598 11/27/06

If you read the comments here on the blog you may have noticed that my friend Andy has put up another great rant. I asked him to critique the new BenSpark Bookstore. And he did critique it and then went off on his own journey. I thank Andy for critiquing the site. I have been an Amazon affiliate for some time now and have recently put together my own storefront with Amazon. I had the flatwater bookstore blog and I am going to let that go away. Now I am going to maintain an Amazon storefront with books, dvds and other items that pertain to topics I am interested in. I will also try to keep a couple of pages set up for items I mention on this blog.

The photo is of some kayaking books that I have read. I started the BenSpark Bookstore with Kayaking books. And there is also a kayaking shirt that I got today from Paddling.net. I joined the Paddling.net paddle perks program for 2007. If you are into kayaking then you should sign up for this newsletter. It is fantastic and informative. There is also a sweepstakes each month.

Grab Bag

Some shows we watched.. Hs/Ss

Allison and I finally got to some of the shows that we had taped.

Standoff – This was an episode from last week. Matt Flannery helps to save a young woman who has been taken hostage in his home. She begins an obsessive relationship with Matt and eventually takes a hostage of her own. Emily, Matt’s partner, realizes what has happened to the woman and she talks through to a safe outcome. The dynamic between Matt and Emily gets better and better. This week looks to be a really tough episode to watch and one that is timely.

Standoff – This was a good episode. Throughout the episode I kept going back and forth about my theories of how the show would end up. It was well written. Also, the character development was great.

The Nine – Well this is probably the last episode of the Nine that will be aired. The show got pulled out of the lineup. I hadn’t realized that I taped this show last week. But I did and it was a decent episode. We learned what happened in the hostage taking between Jeremy and Lizzie. It was a big deal too. I think the show was hitting stride but just wasn’t going to work without Lost as the lead in.

The Nine – I’m really miffed that they are taking this show off the air. It’s a great story – I love the back and forth of it all. I really do.

Also this weekend Allison and I watched the Comedy Central special – Gary Gulman – A Boyish Man. The show was hilarious. Gary is obsessed with cookies and holiday weirdness. He was just so funny. I want to see more of his stand up.

Gary Gulman – A Boyish Man was a great hour of comedy. I really love Gary Gulman. He’s funny. He’s not overly vulgar or stupid, he’s just funny. Who else talks to a Nutter Butter in their comedy routine?? Seriously. It was funny.