Best Hump Day in a while....

What started out as a miserable, soggy Wednesday, has now turned into a blissful day filled with hope and gusto. As most of you have probably already heard by now, the writer’s strike is officially over! What a great mid-week treat. Anyone who knows me knows that I love me some TV. LB would say probably a little too much and if I truthfully looked at myself in the proverbial mirror, I don’t think I could honestly disagree with her. For better or worse, TV is to me what classic literature is to my lovely wife. Good TV, that is, not crap like The Moment of Truth. (Hopefully now, a lot this recently emerging reality garbage will start creeping back into the cesspool it came crawling from.)

Side Note: I am not just happy that it is only a matter of time until I am once again able to get lost in all the fictitious worlds that I had grown to know and love Monday through Thursday 8pm-10pm Eastern Standard Time, but I am also pleased for the writers. I have been on their side since the very beginning. As I briefly mentioned in a post when the strike first came down, if it weren’t for the writers, the actors wouldn’t have anything to act and the powers that be wouldn’t have anything to air. It all starts with the writers. Kudos writers, Kudos. (Writers: I will gladly accept any small tokens of appreciation from your newly found riches for my undying support during this time of crisis.)

Anyway, the strike is over and good television is on its way back. I for one cannot wait. I know there will be a slight lull from today (the writer’s first day back on the job) until we start seeing the fruits of their labor, but I am giddy with anticipation of the next new Office episode, which is expected to air April 10. It has now been almost 3mo since our last new episode and by then, it will have been a total of 5mo. I will really be wiggin’ from the lack of Jim pranks on Dwight.

On to a bit better news, LOST producers have confirmed that there is a good chance that they will be able to wrap up season 4 for us Losties. Granted, they are going to have to try and cram what was supposed to be the 8 episodes left into an “ambitious” 5, but that just means more action packed into the few episodes that we have left. I have faith that they can pull it off. They have yet to let me down so far.

Sorry Beezy, but the Writers Guild of America just blew that whole pep talk you gave me about starting to train for the ½ marathon with you out of the water. You were so close to having me too.

In the stillness between now and when the networks start chugging out long awaited new episodes, here are a few TV related tidbits to keep you entertained:

Return dates for 30+ TV shows (tentative, I’m sure)
The Office quotes
The Office quote quiz – Round 1
The Office quote quiz – Round 2
Lost blog – The best that I have found (that doesn’t have spoilers.) Very detailed narrative of each episode, with possible theories as to what is going on on the island.
Lost website (unofficial) – A collection of different people’s episode synopsis’ and has more in depth possible theories.
House episodes online
Terminator: The Sara Connor Chronicles episodes online – may be a new favorite show, though I haven’t fully committed to that statement yet. I do try and catch it each week. If you like the movies, I think you will like this show.
The Mythbusters test results
The Man vs. Wild Survival quiz

In somewhat related news, I am kicking around the idea of fielding a World Series of Pop Culture team. VH1 usually holds some Regional Qualifying Games in Atlanta. I'm not sure of any dates, but wanted to throw it out there and see if any of my buds/buddettes out there are interested? I think my expertise would be TV/Movies and sports, so if you are interested and have a different "skill set" than me...let's try it out. Why not?

You know it would be fun and at the very least, we would have an experience to blog about.