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	<title>A Cry for Help &#187; TV</title>
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	<description>A maddeningly reasonable take on the world</description>
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		<title>Wonderfalls</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Em just told me that the creator of Pushing Daisies, one of our favorite shows, also created my favorite 3-episodes-and-out show Wonderfalls! That makes me a little nervous about the pie man and his quirky friends. It also reminded me that I bought the Wonderfalls DVD set way back and never watched it through. Maybe [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Em just told me that the creator of Pushing Daisies, one of our favorite shows, also created my favorite 3-episodes-and-out show <a title="Wonder-wonder-wonder-wonderfaaaaallllls" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderfalls" target="_blank">Wonderfalls</a>! That makes me a little nervous about the pie man and his quirky friends.

It also reminded me that I bought the Wonderfalls DVD set way back and never watched it through. Maybe deep down I didn't want to watch them all and face the fact that the show was really never coming back.

Or maybe I just forgot. Now where did we pack up those DVDs...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Harry Potter and the Spoiler Evasion</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may have heard, the Harry Potter series (supposedly) wrapped up this week. Also this year, The Sopranos ended its TV run (you may have heard a thing or two about that, too). I have never read Potter or watched Sopranos, but deep down my social conditioning tells me that some day I might, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As you may have heard, the Harry Potter series (supposedly) wrapped up this week. Also this year, The Sopranos ended its TV run (you may have heard a thing or two about that, too). I have never read Potter or watched Sopranos, but deep down my  social conditioning tells me that some day I might, maybe, hunker down for a week and read the Potter Canon or watch 6 seasons of Tony Soprano non-stop.

Maybe.

Most likely I'll never get around to either. But still, there's a little voice that compels me to try to avoid reading any spoilers about how these series end. Last month, it was impossible to remain ignorant of whether or not Tony survived the finale. Now, as the slower reading muggles finish up Deathly Hallows, I have a feeling I'll be inadvertently learning Harry's fate any day now.

The lesson? I'll be watching the Lost finale in 2009 in real time. There are no more pop culture secrets in the internet age.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sticking it to Big Cable</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sticking-it-to-big-cable/596/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sticking-it-to-big-cable/596/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After months of flirting with the idea, Em and I finally cut the cord. Or, more precisely, the coaxial cable. This week we returned our digital high def DVR cable box to the mothership (Warwick Mall) and bid adios to Cox Cable*. Now, after hearing other people's stories about what happened when they threatened to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After months of flirting with the idea, Em and I finally cut the cord. Or, more precisely, the coaxial cable. This week we returned our digital high def DVR cable box to the mothership (Warwick Mall) and bid adios to Cox Cable*.

Now, after hearing <a href="http://www.wisebread.com/last-night-i-threatened-to-disconnect-my-cable" title="Comcastic!">other people's stories</a> about what happened when they threatened to cut back on their wildly overpriced packages, I was sorely disappointed that Cox didn't even make an effort to keep us hooked up. I was just looking for some validation! Affirm my value as a customer, dammit! But no, nothing. Not even a half hearted offer to give us cheap phone service (not that we even have a phone...).

So begins an experiment in entertainment deprivation. The biggest problem is not getting NESN for the Sox games, but it turns out you can follow the action on, get this, the radio! I'm hoping I'll lose 10lbs, read more, write a web app, learn Mandarin, and maybe get that old cold fusion thing working.

And if that doesn't work out, I think we're getting FiOS in a few months...

* not totally adios, of course. Man can live without cable, but high speed internet is, in reality, indistinguishable from oxygen.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>No Shep, that&#8217;s not for you</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/no-shep-thats-not-for-you/591/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/no-shep-thats-not-for-you/591/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Em has a scary good memory, so when she read about that tainted pet food story last week, she immediately thought SNL. I had no idea what she was talking about until she tracked this video down: Oh, the irony. Sad, sad, hilarious irony.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Em has a scary good memory, so when she read about that tainted pet food story last week, she immediately thought SNL. I had no idea what she was talking about until she tracked this video down:

<embed src="http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf" flashvars="m=1562890671&type=video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="430" height="346"></embed>

Oh, the irony. Sad, sad, hilarious irony.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My crowning achievement of 2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 129 episodes, watching Colin Farrell teach Turk and JD a life lesson was the last leg of my journey to watch every episode of Scrubs. And just in time, too, because Em is returning our cable box to Mothership Cox this week. So what did I learn? Scrubs is a good show. It has [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After 129 episodes, watching Colin Farrell teach Turk and JD a life lesson was the last leg of my journey to watch every episode of Scrubs. And just in time, too, because Em is returning our cable box to Mothership Cox this week.

So what did I learn? Scrubs is a good show. It has that absurd comedy that I just love (like The Simpsons and one of my new faves, 30Rock) but has an emotional honesty that you don't see on sitcoms. And the new episodes are just as hilarious as ever. Now, what show can I get hooked on next...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Too much Scrubs</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/too-much-scrubs/588/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote some new code today that I thought might break some old stuff I wrote a few weeks ago, so I went back and tested it out. Apparently I did break something, because here's the error message I got: "The change could not be saved for some unknown reason. Frick." Yeah, this is what [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I wrote some new code today that I thought might break some old stuff I wrote a few weeks ago, so I went back and tested it out. Apparently I did break something, because here's the error message I got: "The change could not be saved for some unknown reason. Frick."

Yeah, this is what happens when you stay up way too late watching way too much Scrubs. (Only 6 episodes left until I've seen them all!)]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Just like the first time</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/just-like-the-first-time/585/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/just-like-the-first-time/585/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to my spreadsheet, I've now seen 113 episodes of Scrubs in the last month. And after 113 episodes, I finally got to see the first one ever. First episodes are weird to watch after you've been following a show for a while. I can picture the writers trying to balance introducing their characters with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[According to my spreadsheet, I've now seen 113 episodes of Scrubs in the last month. And after 113 episodes, I finally got to see the first one ever.

First episodes are weird to watch after you've been following a show for a while. I can picture the writers trying to balance introducing their characters with the backstory and future ideas already mapped out. There's so many little clues to who these people are that you miss the first time around.

So number one was my 114th, which leaves me with only 13 episodes left. Another week and I'll be free to go to bed at a decent hour (but of course I'll miss laughing my ass off at 2am).]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Lost time</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/lost-time/581/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/lost-time/581/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As someone who has seen 18 minutes of American Idol in my life, I can't be the only one who resents Lost getting moved to 10pm, right? And while I'm complaining, I'm ready to stick ice picks in my ears after missing entire scenes of dialogue because WLNE's HD feed can't be bothered to keep [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As someone who has seen 18 minutes of American Idol in my life, I can't be the only one who resents Lost getting moved to 10pm, right? And while I'm complaining, I'm ready to stick ice picks in my ears after missing entire scenes of dialogue because WLNE's HD feed can't be bothered to keep continuous audio (which, I believe, is NOT Cox's fault).

On the plus side, I do like me my Lost, and it wasn't 9° outside this morning, and there's eight episodes of Scrubs waiting for me before bed, so on balance, a good day.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Scrubbing in</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/scrubbing-in/580/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/scrubbing-in/580/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since Em and I are contemplating canceling our cable, I've been trying to get in some quality time with the DVR while I still can. The best use of it I can figure is to find one of those shows that is played 6 times a day on various channels. I thought I might be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Since Em and I are contemplating canceling our cable, I've been trying to get in some quality time with the DVR while I still can. The best use of it I can figure is to find one of those shows that is played 6 times a day on various channels. I thought I might be limited to Seinfeld and Law &amp; Order (all flavors), but it turns out my new favorite show Scrubs gets recorded six times a day!

Of course, I can't just watch a show, so I made a spreadsheet checklist; in the last 3 weeks I've checked off 88 episodes. I figure another week or two and I can stop, which Em will appreciate since I've taken to randomly yelling "newbie!" and doing little Turk dances.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Back from Mars With T-Shirts for Everyone</title>
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		<title>Wonderfalls</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Em just told me that the creator of Pushing Daisies, one of our favorite shows, also created my favorite 3-episodes-and-out show Wonderfalls! That makes me a little nervous about the pie man and his quirky friends. It also reminded me that I bought the Wonderfalls DVD set way back and never watched it through. Maybe [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Em just told me that the creator of Pushing Daisies, one of our favorite shows, also created my favorite 3-episodes-and-out show <a title="Wonder-wonder-wonder-wonderfaaaaallllls" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderfalls" target="_blank">Wonderfalls</a>! That makes me a little nervous about the pie man and his quirky friends.

It also reminded me that I bought the Wonderfalls DVD set way back and never watched it through. Maybe deep down I didn't want to watch them all and face the fact that the show was really never coming back.

Or maybe I just forgot. Now where did we pack up those DVDs...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Harry Potter and the Spoiler Evasion</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/harry-potter-and-the-spoiler-evasion/608/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/harry-potter-and-the-spoiler-evasion/608/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may have heard, the Harry Potter series (supposedly) wrapped up this week. Also this year, The Sopranos ended its TV run (you may have heard a thing or two about that, too). I have never read Potter or watched Sopranos, but deep down my social conditioning tells me that some day I might, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As you may have heard, the Harry Potter series (supposedly) wrapped up this week. Also this year, The Sopranos ended its TV run (you may have heard a thing or two about that, too). I have never read Potter or watched Sopranos, but deep down my  social conditioning tells me that some day I might, maybe, hunker down for a week and read the Potter Canon or watch 6 seasons of Tony Soprano non-stop.

Maybe.

Most likely I'll never get around to either. But still, there's a little voice that compels me to try to avoid reading any spoilers about how these series end. Last month, it was impossible to remain ignorant of whether or not Tony survived the finale. Now, as the slower reading muggles finish up Deathly Hallows, I have a feeling I'll be inadvertently learning Harry's fate any day now.

The lesson? I'll be watching the Lost finale in 2009 in real time. There are no more pop culture secrets in the internet age.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sticking it to Big Cable</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sticking-it-to-big-cable/596/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After months of flirting with the idea, Em and I finally cut the cord. Or, more precisely, the coaxial cable. This week we returned our digital high def DVR cable box to the mothership (Warwick Mall) and bid adios to Cox Cable*. Now, after hearing other people's stories about what happened when they threatened to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After months of flirting with the idea, Em and I finally cut the cord. Or, more precisely, the coaxial cable. This week we returned our digital high def DVR cable box to the mothership (Warwick Mall) and bid adios to Cox Cable*.

Now, after hearing <a href="http://www.wisebread.com/last-night-i-threatened-to-disconnect-my-cable" title="Comcastic!">other people's stories</a> about what happened when they threatened to cut back on their wildly overpriced packages, I was sorely disappointed that Cox didn't even make an effort to keep us hooked up. I was just looking for some validation! Affirm my value as a customer, dammit! But no, nothing. Not even a half hearted offer to give us cheap phone service (not that we even have a phone...).

So begins an experiment in entertainment deprivation. The biggest problem is not getting NESN for the Sox games, but it turns out you can follow the action on, get this, the radio! I'm hoping I'll lose 10lbs, read more, write a web app, learn Mandarin, and maybe get that old cold fusion thing working.

And if that doesn't work out, I think we're getting FiOS in a few months...

* not totally adios, of course. Man can live without cable, but high speed internet is, in reality, indistinguishable from oxygen.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>No Shep, that&#8217;s not for you</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/no-shep-thats-not-for-you/591/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Em has a scary good memory, so when she read about that tainted pet food story last week, she immediately thought SNL. I had no idea what she was talking about until she tracked this video down: Oh, the irony. Sad, sad, hilarious irony.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Em has a scary good memory, so when she read about that tainted pet food story last week, she immediately thought SNL. I had no idea what she was talking about until she tracked this video down:

<embed src="http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf" flashvars="m=1562890671&type=video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="430" height="346"></embed>

Oh, the irony. Sad, sad, hilarious irony.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My crowning achievement of 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/my-crowning-achievement-of-2007/590/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 129 episodes, watching Colin Farrell teach Turk and JD a life lesson was the last leg of my journey to watch every episode of Scrubs. And just in time, too, because Em is returning our cable box to Mothership Cox this week. So what did I learn? Scrubs is a good show. It has [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After 129 episodes, watching Colin Farrell teach Turk and JD a life lesson was the last leg of my journey to watch every episode of Scrubs. And just in time, too, because Em is returning our cable box to Mothership Cox this week.

So what did I learn? Scrubs is a good show. It has that absurd comedy that I just love (like The Simpsons and one of my new faves, 30Rock) but has an emotional honesty that you don't see on sitcoms. And the new episodes are just as hilarious as ever. Now, what show can I get hooked on next...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Too much Scrubs</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/too-much-scrubs/588/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/too-much-scrubs/588/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote some new code today that I thought might break some old stuff I wrote a few weeks ago, so I went back and tested it out. Apparently I did break something, because here's the error message I got: "The change could not be saved for some unknown reason. Frick." Yeah, this is what [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I wrote some new code today that I thought might break some old stuff I wrote a few weeks ago, so I went back and tested it out. Apparently I did break something, because here's the error message I got: "The change could not be saved for some unknown reason. Frick."

Yeah, this is what happens when you stay up way too late watching way too much Scrubs. (Only 6 episodes left until I've seen them all!)]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Just like the first time</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/just-like-the-first-time/585/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to my spreadsheet, I've now seen 113 episodes of Scrubs in the last month. And after 113 episodes, I finally got to see the first one ever. First episodes are weird to watch after you've been following a show for a while. I can picture the writers trying to balance introducing their characters with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[According to my spreadsheet, I've now seen 113 episodes of Scrubs in the last month. And after 113 episodes, I finally got to see the first one ever.

First episodes are weird to watch after you've been following a show for a while. I can picture the writers trying to balance introducing their characters with the backstory and future ideas already mapped out. There's so many little clues to who these people are that you miss the first time around.

So number one was my 114th, which leaves me with only 13 episodes left. Another week and I'll be free to go to bed at a decent hour (but of course I'll miss laughing my ass off at 2am).]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Lost time</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/lost-time/581/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As someone who has seen 18 minutes of American Idol in my life, I can't be the only one who resents Lost getting moved to 10pm, right? And while I'm complaining, I'm ready to stick ice picks in my ears after missing entire scenes of dialogue because WLNE's HD feed can't be bothered to keep [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As someone who has seen 18 minutes of American Idol in my life, I can't be the only one who resents Lost getting moved to 10pm, right? And while I'm complaining, I'm ready to stick ice picks in my ears after missing entire scenes of dialogue because WLNE's HD feed can't be bothered to keep continuous audio (which, I believe, is NOT Cox's fault).

On the plus side, I do like me my Lost, and it wasn't 9° outside this morning, and there's eight episodes of Scrubs waiting for me before bed, so on balance, a good day.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Scrubbing in</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/scrubbing-in/580/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/scrubbing-in/580/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since Em and I are contemplating canceling our cable, I've been trying to get in some quality time with the DVR while I still can. The best use of it I can figure is to find one of those shows that is played 6 times a day on various channels. I thought I might be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Since Em and I are contemplating canceling our cable, I've been trying to get in some quality time with the DVR while I still can. The best use of it I can figure is to find one of those shows that is played 6 times a day on various channels. I thought I might be limited to Seinfeld and Law &amp; Order (all flavors), but it turns out my new favorite show Scrubs gets recorded six times a day!

Of course, I can't just watch a show, so I made a spreadsheet checklist; in the last 3 weeks I've checked off 88 episodes. I figure another week or two and I can stop, which Em will appreciate since I've taken to randomly yelling "newbie!" and doing little Turk dances.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Back from Mars With T-Shirts for Everyone</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2008/wonderfalls/678/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2008/wonderfalls/678/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Em just told me that the creator of Pushing Daisies, one of our favorite shows, also created my favorite 3-episodes-and-out show Wonderfalls! That makes me a little nervous about the pie man and his quirky friends. It also reminded me that I bought the Wonderfalls DVD set way back and never watched it through. Maybe [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Em just told me that the creator of Pushing Daisies, one of our favorite shows, also created my favorite 3-episodes-and-out show <a title="Wonder-wonder-wonder-wonderfaaaaallllls" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderfalls" target="_blank">Wonderfalls</a>! That makes me a little nervous about the pie man and his quirky friends.

It also reminded me that I bought the Wonderfalls DVD set way back and never watched it through. Maybe deep down I didn't want to watch them all and face the fact that the show was really never coming back.

Or maybe I just forgot. Now where did we pack up those DVDs...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Cry for Help &#187; TV</title>
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		<title>Wonderfalls</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2008/wonderfalls/678/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Em just told me that the creator of Pushing Daisies, one of our favorite shows, also created my favorite 3-episodes-and-out show Wonderfalls! That makes me a little nervous about the pie man and his quirky friends. It also reminded me that I bought the Wonderfalls DVD set way back and never watched it through. Maybe [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Em just told me that the creator of Pushing Daisies, one of our favorite shows, also created my favorite 3-episodes-and-out show <a title="Wonder-wonder-wonder-wonderfaaaaallllls" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderfalls" target="_blank">Wonderfalls</a>! That makes me a little nervous about the pie man and his quirky friends.

It also reminded me that I bought the Wonderfalls DVD set way back and never watched it through. Maybe deep down I didn't want to watch them all and face the fact that the show was really never coming back.

Or maybe I just forgot. Now where did we pack up those DVDs...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Harry Potter and the Spoiler Evasion</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/harry-potter-and-the-spoiler-evasion/608/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/harry-potter-and-the-spoiler-evasion/608/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may have heard, the Harry Potter series (supposedly) wrapped up this week. Also this year, The Sopranos ended its TV run (you may have heard a thing or two about that, too). I have never read Potter or watched Sopranos, but deep down my social conditioning tells me that some day I might, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As you may have heard, the Harry Potter series (supposedly) wrapped up this week. Also this year, The Sopranos ended its TV run (you may have heard a thing or two about that, too). I have never read Potter or watched Sopranos, but deep down my  social conditioning tells me that some day I might, maybe, hunker down for a week and read the Potter Canon or watch 6 seasons of Tony Soprano non-stop.

Maybe.

Most likely I'll never get around to either. But still, there's a little voice that compels me to try to avoid reading any spoilers about how these series end. Last month, it was impossible to remain ignorant of whether or not Tony survived the finale. Now, as the slower reading muggles finish up Deathly Hallows, I have a feeling I'll be inadvertently learning Harry's fate any day now.

The lesson? I'll be watching the Lost finale in 2009 in real time. There are no more pop culture secrets in the internet age.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sticking it to Big Cable</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sticking-it-to-big-cable/596/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sticking-it-to-big-cable/596/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After months of flirting with the idea, Em and I finally cut the cord. Or, more precisely, the coaxial cable. This week we returned our digital high def DVR cable box to the mothership (Warwick Mall) and bid adios to Cox Cable*. Now, after hearing other people's stories about what happened when they threatened to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After months of flirting with the idea, Em and I finally cut the cord. Or, more precisely, the coaxial cable. This week we returned our digital high def DVR cable box to the mothership (Warwick Mall) and bid adios to Cox Cable*.

Now, after hearing <a href="http://www.wisebread.com/last-night-i-threatened-to-disconnect-my-cable" title="Comcastic!">other people's stories</a> about what happened when they threatened to cut back on their wildly overpriced packages, I was sorely disappointed that Cox didn't even make an effort to keep us hooked up. I was just looking for some validation! Affirm my value as a customer, dammit! But no, nothing. Not even a half hearted offer to give us cheap phone service (not that we even have a phone...).

So begins an experiment in entertainment deprivation. The biggest problem is not getting NESN for the Sox games, but it turns out you can follow the action on, get this, the radio! I'm hoping I'll lose 10lbs, read more, write a web app, learn Mandarin, and maybe get that old cold fusion thing working.

And if that doesn't work out, I think we're getting FiOS in a few months...

* not totally adios, of course. Man can live without cable, but high speed internet is, in reality, indistinguishable from oxygen.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>No Shep, that&#8217;s not for you</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/no-shep-thats-not-for-you/591/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/no-shep-thats-not-for-you/591/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Em has a scary good memory, so when she read about that tainted pet food story last week, she immediately thought SNL. I had no idea what she was talking about until she tracked this video down: Oh, the irony. Sad, sad, hilarious irony.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Em has a scary good memory, so when she read about that tainted pet food story last week, she immediately thought SNL. I had no idea what she was talking about until she tracked this video down:

<embed src="http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf" flashvars="m=1562890671&type=video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="430" height="346"></embed>

Oh, the irony. Sad, sad, hilarious irony.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My crowning achievement of 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/my-crowning-achievement-of-2007/590/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/my-crowning-achievement-of-2007/590/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 129 episodes, watching Colin Farrell teach Turk and JD a life lesson was the last leg of my journey to watch every episode of Scrubs. And just in time, too, because Em is returning our cable box to Mothership Cox this week. So what did I learn? Scrubs is a good show. It has [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After 129 episodes, watching Colin Farrell teach Turk and JD a life lesson was the last leg of my journey to watch every episode of Scrubs. And just in time, too, because Em is returning our cable box to Mothership Cox this week.

So what did I learn? Scrubs is a good show. It has that absurd comedy that I just love (like The Simpsons and one of my new faves, 30Rock) but has an emotional honesty that you don't see on sitcoms. And the new episodes are just as hilarious as ever. Now, what show can I get hooked on next...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Too much Scrubs</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/too-much-scrubs/588/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/too-much-scrubs/588/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote some new code today that I thought might break some old stuff I wrote a few weeks ago, so I went back and tested it out. Apparently I did break something, because here's the error message I got: "The change could not be saved for some unknown reason. Frick." Yeah, this is what [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I wrote some new code today that I thought might break some old stuff I wrote a few weeks ago, so I went back and tested it out. Apparently I did break something, because here's the error message I got: "The change could not be saved for some unknown reason. Frick."

Yeah, this is what happens when you stay up way too late watching way too much Scrubs. (Only 6 episodes left until I've seen them all!)]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Just like the first time</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/just-like-the-first-time/585/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/just-like-the-first-time/585/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to my spreadsheet, I've now seen 113 episodes of Scrubs in the last month. And after 113 episodes, I finally got to see the first one ever. First episodes are weird to watch after you've been following a show for a while. I can picture the writers trying to balance introducing their characters with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[According to my spreadsheet, I've now seen 113 episodes of Scrubs in the last month. And after 113 episodes, I finally got to see the first one ever.

First episodes are weird to watch after you've been following a show for a while. I can picture the writers trying to balance introducing their characters with the backstory and future ideas already mapped out. There's so many little clues to who these people are that you miss the first time around.

So number one was my 114th, which leaves me with only 13 episodes left. Another week and I'll be free to go to bed at a decent hour (but of course I'll miss laughing my ass off at 2am).]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Lost time</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/lost-time/581/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As someone who has seen 18 minutes of American Idol in my life, I can't be the only one who resents Lost getting moved to 10pm, right? And while I'm complaining, I'm ready to stick ice picks in my ears after missing entire scenes of dialogue because WLNE's HD feed can't be bothered to keep [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As someone who has seen 18 minutes of American Idol in my life, I can't be the only one who resents Lost getting moved to 10pm, right? And while I'm complaining, I'm ready to stick ice picks in my ears after missing entire scenes of dialogue because WLNE's HD feed can't be bothered to keep continuous audio (which, I believe, is NOT Cox's fault).

On the plus side, I do like me my Lost, and it wasn't 9° outside this morning, and there's eight episodes of Scrubs waiting for me before bed, so on balance, a good day.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Scrubbing in</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/scrubbing-in/580/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/scrubbing-in/580/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since Em and I are contemplating canceling our cable, I've been trying to get in some quality time with the DVR while I still can. The best use of it I can figure is to find one of those shows that is played 6 times a day on various channels. I thought I might be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Since Em and I are contemplating canceling our cable, I've been trying to get in some quality time with the DVR while I still can. The best use of it I can figure is to find one of those shows that is played 6 times a day on various channels. I thought I might be limited to Seinfeld and Law &amp; Order (all flavors), but it turns out my new favorite show Scrubs gets recorded six times a day!

Of course, I can't just watch a show, so I made a spreadsheet checklist; in the last 3 weeks I've checked off 88 episodes. I figure another week or two and I can stop, which Em will appreciate since I've taken to randomly yelling "newbie!" and doing little Turk dances.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Back from Mars With T-Shirts for Everyone</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/harry-potter-and-the-spoiler-evasion/608/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/harry-potter-and-the-spoiler-evasion/608/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may have heard, the Harry Potter series (supposedly) wrapped up this week. Also this year, The Sopranos ended its TV run (you may have heard a thing or two about that, too). I have never read Potter or watched Sopranos, but deep down my social conditioning tells me that some day I might, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As you may have heard, the Harry Potter series (supposedly) wrapped up this week. Also this year, The Sopranos ended its TV run (you may have heard a thing or two about that, too). I have never read Potter or watched Sopranos, but deep down my  social conditioning tells me that some day I might, maybe, hunker down for a week and read the Potter Canon or watch 6 seasons of Tony Soprano non-stop.

Maybe.

Most likely I'll never get around to either. But still, there's a little voice that compels me to try to avoid reading any spoilers about how these series end. Last month, it was impossible to remain ignorant of whether or not Tony survived the finale. Now, as the slower reading muggles finish up Deathly Hallows, I have a feeling I'll be inadvertently learning Harry's fate any day now.

The lesson? I'll be watching the Lost finale in 2009 in real time. There are no more pop culture secrets in the internet age.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Cry for Help &#187; TV</title>
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		<title>Wonderfalls</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2008/wonderfalls/678/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Em just told me that the creator of Pushing Daisies, one of our favorite shows, also created my favorite 3-episodes-and-out show Wonderfalls! That makes me a little nervous about the pie man and his quirky friends. It also reminded me that I bought the Wonderfalls DVD set way back and never watched it through. Maybe [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Em just told me that the creator of Pushing Daisies, one of our favorite shows, also created my favorite 3-episodes-and-out show <a title="Wonder-wonder-wonder-wonderfaaaaallllls" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderfalls" target="_blank">Wonderfalls</a>! That makes me a little nervous about the pie man and his quirky friends.

It also reminded me that I bought the Wonderfalls DVD set way back and never watched it through. Maybe deep down I didn't want to watch them all and face the fact that the show was really never coming back.

Or maybe I just forgot. Now where did we pack up those DVDs...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Harry Potter and the Spoiler Evasion</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/harry-potter-and-the-spoiler-evasion/608/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/harry-potter-and-the-spoiler-evasion/608/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may have heard, the Harry Potter series (supposedly) wrapped up this week. Also this year, The Sopranos ended its TV run (you may have heard a thing or two about that, too). I have never read Potter or watched Sopranos, but deep down my social conditioning tells me that some day I might, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As you may have heard, the Harry Potter series (supposedly) wrapped up this week. Also this year, The Sopranos ended its TV run (you may have heard a thing or two about that, too). I have never read Potter or watched Sopranos, but deep down my  social conditioning tells me that some day I might, maybe, hunker down for a week and read the Potter Canon or watch 6 seasons of Tony Soprano non-stop.

Maybe.

Most likely I'll never get around to either. But still, there's a little voice that compels me to try to avoid reading any spoilers about how these series end. Last month, it was impossible to remain ignorant of whether or not Tony survived the finale. Now, as the slower reading muggles finish up Deathly Hallows, I have a feeling I'll be inadvertently learning Harry's fate any day now.

The lesson? I'll be watching the Lost finale in 2009 in real time. There are no more pop culture secrets in the internet age.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sticking it to Big Cable</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sticking-it-to-big-cable/596/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sticking-it-to-big-cable/596/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After months of flirting with the idea, Em and I finally cut the cord. Or, more precisely, the coaxial cable. This week we returned our digital high def DVR cable box to the mothership (Warwick Mall) and bid adios to Cox Cable*. Now, after hearing other people's stories about what happened when they threatened to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After months of flirting with the idea, Em and I finally cut the cord. Or, more precisely, the coaxial cable. This week we returned our digital high def DVR cable box to the mothership (Warwick Mall) and bid adios to Cox Cable*.

Now, after hearing <a href="http://www.wisebread.com/last-night-i-threatened-to-disconnect-my-cable" title="Comcastic!">other people's stories</a> about what happened when they threatened to cut back on their wildly overpriced packages, I was sorely disappointed that Cox didn't even make an effort to keep us hooked up. I was just looking for some validation! Affirm my value as a customer, dammit! But no, nothing. Not even a half hearted offer to give us cheap phone service (not that we even have a phone...).

So begins an experiment in entertainment deprivation. The biggest problem is not getting NESN for the Sox games, but it turns out you can follow the action on, get this, the radio! I'm hoping I'll lose 10lbs, read more, write a web app, learn Mandarin, and maybe get that old cold fusion thing working.

And if that doesn't work out, I think we're getting FiOS in a few months...

* not totally adios, of course. Man can live without cable, but high speed internet is, in reality, indistinguishable from oxygen.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>No Shep, that&#8217;s not for you</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/no-shep-thats-not-for-you/591/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/no-shep-thats-not-for-you/591/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Em has a scary good memory, so when she read about that tainted pet food story last week, she immediately thought SNL. I had no idea what she was talking about until she tracked this video down: Oh, the irony. Sad, sad, hilarious irony.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Em has a scary good memory, so when she read about that tainted pet food story last week, she immediately thought SNL. I had no idea what she was talking about until she tracked this video down:

<embed src="http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf" flashvars="m=1562890671&type=video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="430" height="346"></embed>

Oh, the irony. Sad, sad, hilarious irony.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My crowning achievement of 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/my-crowning-achievement-of-2007/590/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/my-crowning-achievement-of-2007/590/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 129 episodes, watching Colin Farrell teach Turk and JD a life lesson was the last leg of my journey to watch every episode of Scrubs. And just in time, too, because Em is returning our cable box to Mothership Cox this week. So what did I learn? Scrubs is a good show. It has [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After 129 episodes, watching Colin Farrell teach Turk and JD a life lesson was the last leg of my journey to watch every episode of Scrubs. And just in time, too, because Em is returning our cable box to Mothership Cox this week.

So what did I learn? Scrubs is a good show. It has that absurd comedy that I just love (like The Simpsons and one of my new faves, 30Rock) but has an emotional honesty that you don't see on sitcoms. And the new episodes are just as hilarious as ever. Now, what show can I get hooked on next...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Too much Scrubs</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/too-much-scrubs/588/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/too-much-scrubs/588/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote some new code today that I thought might break some old stuff I wrote a few weeks ago, so I went back and tested it out. Apparently I did break something, because here's the error message I got: "The change could not be saved for some unknown reason. Frick." Yeah, this is what [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I wrote some new code today that I thought might break some old stuff I wrote a few weeks ago, so I went back and tested it out. Apparently I did break something, because here's the error message I got: "The change could not be saved for some unknown reason. Frick."

Yeah, this is what happens when you stay up way too late watching way too much Scrubs. (Only 6 episodes left until I've seen them all!)]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Just like the first time</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/just-like-the-first-time/585/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/just-like-the-first-time/585/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to my spreadsheet, I've now seen 113 episodes of Scrubs in the last month. And after 113 episodes, I finally got to see the first one ever. First episodes are weird to watch after you've been following a show for a while. I can picture the writers trying to balance introducing their characters with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[According to my spreadsheet, I've now seen 113 episodes of Scrubs in the last month. And after 113 episodes, I finally got to see the first one ever.

First episodes are weird to watch after you've been following a show for a while. I can picture the writers trying to balance introducing their characters with the backstory and future ideas already mapped out. There's so many little clues to who these people are that you miss the first time around.

So number one was my 114th, which leaves me with only 13 episodes left. Another week and I'll be free to go to bed at a decent hour (but of course I'll miss laughing my ass off at 2am).]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Lost time</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/lost-time/581/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/lost-time/581/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As someone who has seen 18 minutes of American Idol in my life, I can't be the only one who resents Lost getting moved to 10pm, right? And while I'm complaining, I'm ready to stick ice picks in my ears after missing entire scenes of dialogue because WLNE's HD feed can't be bothered to keep [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As someone who has seen 18 minutes of American Idol in my life, I can't be the only one who resents Lost getting moved to 10pm, right? And while I'm complaining, I'm ready to stick ice picks in my ears after missing entire scenes of dialogue because WLNE's HD feed can't be bothered to keep continuous audio (which, I believe, is NOT Cox's fault).

On the plus side, I do like me my Lost, and it wasn't 9° outside this morning, and there's eight episodes of Scrubs waiting for me before bed, so on balance, a good day.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Scrubbing in</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/scrubbing-in/580/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/scrubbing-in/580/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since Em and I are contemplating canceling our cable, I've been trying to get in some quality time with the DVR while I still can. The best use of it I can figure is to find one of those shows that is played 6 times a day on various channels. I thought I might be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Since Em and I are contemplating canceling our cable, I've been trying to get in some quality time with the DVR while I still can. The best use of it I can figure is to find one of those shows that is played 6 times a day on various channels. I thought I might be limited to Seinfeld and Law &amp; Order (all flavors), but it turns out my new favorite show Scrubs gets recorded six times a day!

Of course, I can't just watch a show, so I made a spreadsheet checklist; in the last 3 weeks I've checked off 88 episodes. I figure another week or two and I can stop, which Em will appreciate since I've taken to randomly yelling "newbie!" and doing little Turk dances.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Back from Mars With T-Shirts for Everyone</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sticking-it-to-big-cable/596/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sticking-it-to-big-cable/596/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After months of flirting with the idea, Em and I finally cut the cord. Or, more precisely, the coaxial cable. This week we returned our digital high def DVR cable box to the mothership (Warwick Mall) and bid adios to Cox Cable*. Now, after hearing other people's stories about what happened when they threatened to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After months of flirting with the idea, Em and I finally cut the cord. Or, more precisely, the coaxial cable. This week we returned our digital high def DVR cable box to the mothership (Warwick Mall) and bid adios to Cox Cable*.

Now, after hearing <a href="http://www.wisebread.com/last-night-i-threatened-to-disconnect-my-cable" title="Comcastic!">other people's stories</a> about what happened when they threatened to cut back on their wildly overpriced packages, I was sorely disappointed that Cox didn't even make an effort to keep us hooked up. I was just looking for some validation! Affirm my value as a customer, dammit! But no, nothing. Not even a half hearted offer to give us cheap phone service (not that we even have a phone...).

So begins an experiment in entertainment deprivation. The biggest problem is not getting NESN for the Sox games, but it turns out you can follow the action on, get this, the radio! I'm hoping I'll lose 10lbs, read more, write a web app, learn Mandarin, and maybe get that old cold fusion thing working.

And if that doesn't work out, I think we're getting FiOS in a few months...

* not totally adios, of course. Man can live without cable, but high speed internet is, in reality, indistinguishable from oxygen.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Cry for Help &#187; TV</title>
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		<title>Wonderfalls</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2008/wonderfalls/678/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Em just told me that the creator of Pushing Daisies, one of our favorite shows, also created my favorite 3-episodes-and-out show Wonderfalls! That makes me a little nervous about the pie man and his quirky friends. It also reminded me that I bought the Wonderfalls DVD set way back and never watched it through. Maybe [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Em just told me that the creator of Pushing Daisies, one of our favorite shows, also created my favorite 3-episodes-and-out show <a title="Wonder-wonder-wonder-wonderfaaaaallllls" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderfalls" target="_blank">Wonderfalls</a>! That makes me a little nervous about the pie man and his quirky friends.

It also reminded me that I bought the Wonderfalls DVD set way back and never watched it through. Maybe deep down I didn't want to watch them all and face the fact that the show was really never coming back.

Or maybe I just forgot. Now where did we pack up those DVDs...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Harry Potter and the Spoiler Evasion</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/harry-potter-and-the-spoiler-evasion/608/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/harry-potter-and-the-spoiler-evasion/608/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may have heard, the Harry Potter series (supposedly) wrapped up this week. Also this year, The Sopranos ended its TV run (you may have heard a thing or two about that, too). I have never read Potter or watched Sopranos, but deep down my social conditioning tells me that some day I might, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As you may have heard, the Harry Potter series (supposedly) wrapped up this week. Also this year, The Sopranos ended its TV run (you may have heard a thing or two about that, too). I have never read Potter or watched Sopranos, but deep down my  social conditioning tells me that some day I might, maybe, hunker down for a week and read the Potter Canon or watch 6 seasons of Tony Soprano non-stop.

Maybe.

Most likely I'll never get around to either. But still, there's a little voice that compels me to try to avoid reading any spoilers about how these series end. Last month, it was impossible to remain ignorant of whether or not Tony survived the finale. Now, as the slower reading muggles finish up Deathly Hallows, I have a feeling I'll be inadvertently learning Harry's fate any day now.

The lesson? I'll be watching the Lost finale in 2009 in real time. There are no more pop culture secrets in the internet age.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sticking it to Big Cable</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sticking-it-to-big-cable/596/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sticking-it-to-big-cable/596/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After months of flirting with the idea, Em and I finally cut the cord. Or, more precisely, the coaxial cable. This week we returned our digital high def DVR cable box to the mothership (Warwick Mall) and bid adios to Cox Cable*. Now, after hearing other people's stories about what happened when they threatened to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After months of flirting with the idea, Em and I finally cut the cord. Or, more precisely, the coaxial cable. This week we returned our digital high def DVR cable box to the mothership (Warwick Mall) and bid adios to Cox Cable*.

Now, after hearing <a href="http://www.wisebread.com/last-night-i-threatened-to-disconnect-my-cable" title="Comcastic!">other people's stories</a> about what happened when they threatened to cut back on their wildly overpriced packages, I was sorely disappointed that Cox didn't even make an effort to keep us hooked up. I was just looking for some validation! Affirm my value as a customer, dammit! But no, nothing. Not even a half hearted offer to give us cheap phone service (not that we even have a phone...).

So begins an experiment in entertainment deprivation. The biggest problem is not getting NESN for the Sox games, but it turns out you can follow the action on, get this, the radio! I'm hoping I'll lose 10lbs, read more, write a web app, learn Mandarin, and maybe get that old cold fusion thing working.

And if that doesn't work out, I think we're getting FiOS in a few months...

* not totally adios, of course. Man can live without cable, but high speed internet is, in reality, indistinguishable from oxygen.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>No Shep, that&#8217;s not for you</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/no-shep-thats-not-for-you/591/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/no-shep-thats-not-for-you/591/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Em has a scary good memory, so when she read about that tainted pet food story last week, she immediately thought SNL. I had no idea what she was talking about until she tracked this video down: Oh, the irony. Sad, sad, hilarious irony.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Em has a scary good memory, so when she read about that tainted pet food story last week, she immediately thought SNL. I had no idea what she was talking about until she tracked this video down:

<embed src="http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf" flashvars="m=1562890671&type=video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="430" height="346"></embed>

Oh, the irony. Sad, sad, hilarious irony.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My crowning achievement of 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/my-crowning-achievement-of-2007/590/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/my-crowning-achievement-of-2007/590/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 129 episodes, watching Colin Farrell teach Turk and JD a life lesson was the last leg of my journey to watch every episode of Scrubs. And just in time, too, because Em is returning our cable box to Mothership Cox this week. So what did I learn? Scrubs is a good show. It has [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After 129 episodes, watching Colin Farrell teach Turk and JD a life lesson was the last leg of my journey to watch every episode of Scrubs. And just in time, too, because Em is returning our cable box to Mothership Cox this week.

So what did I learn? Scrubs is a good show. It has that absurd comedy that I just love (like The Simpsons and one of my new faves, 30Rock) but has an emotional honesty that you don't see on sitcoms. And the new episodes are just as hilarious as ever. Now, what show can I get hooked on next...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Too much Scrubs</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/too-much-scrubs/588/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/too-much-scrubs/588/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote some new code today that I thought might break some old stuff I wrote a few weeks ago, so I went back and tested it out. Apparently I did break something, because here's the error message I got: "The change could not be saved for some unknown reason. Frick." Yeah, this is what [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I wrote some new code today that I thought might break some old stuff I wrote a few weeks ago, so I went back and tested it out. Apparently I did break something, because here's the error message I got: "The change could not be saved for some unknown reason. Frick."

Yeah, this is what happens when you stay up way too late watching way too much Scrubs. (Only 6 episodes left until I've seen them all!)]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Just like the first time</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/just-like-the-first-time/585/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/just-like-the-first-time/585/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to my spreadsheet, I've now seen 113 episodes of Scrubs in the last month. And after 113 episodes, I finally got to see the first one ever. First episodes are weird to watch after you've been following a show for a while. I can picture the writers trying to balance introducing their characters with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[According to my spreadsheet, I've now seen 113 episodes of Scrubs in the last month. And after 113 episodes, I finally got to see the first one ever.

First episodes are weird to watch after you've been following a show for a while. I can picture the writers trying to balance introducing their characters with the backstory and future ideas already mapped out. There's so many little clues to who these people are that you miss the first time around.

So number one was my 114th, which leaves me with only 13 episodes left. Another week and I'll be free to go to bed at a decent hour (but of course I'll miss laughing my ass off at 2am).]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Lost time</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/lost-time/581/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/lost-time/581/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As someone who has seen 18 minutes of American Idol in my life, I can't be the only one who resents Lost getting moved to 10pm, right? And while I'm complaining, I'm ready to stick ice picks in my ears after missing entire scenes of dialogue because WLNE's HD feed can't be bothered to keep [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As someone who has seen 18 minutes of American Idol in my life, I can't be the only one who resents Lost getting moved to 10pm, right? And while I'm complaining, I'm ready to stick ice picks in my ears after missing entire scenes of dialogue because WLNE's HD feed can't be bothered to keep continuous audio (which, I believe, is NOT Cox's fault).

On the plus side, I do like me my Lost, and it wasn't 9° outside this morning, and there's eight episodes of Scrubs waiting for me before bed, so on balance, a good day.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Scrubbing in</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/scrubbing-in/580/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/scrubbing-in/580/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since Em and I are contemplating canceling our cable, I've been trying to get in some quality time with the DVR while I still can. The best use of it I can figure is to find one of those shows that is played 6 times a day on various channels. I thought I might be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Since Em and I are contemplating canceling our cable, I've been trying to get in some quality time with the DVR while I still can. The best use of it I can figure is to find one of those shows that is played 6 times a day on various channels. I thought I might be limited to Seinfeld and Law &amp; Order (all flavors), but it turns out my new favorite show Scrubs gets recorded six times a day!

Of course, I can't just watch a show, so I made a spreadsheet checklist; in the last 3 weeks I've checked off 88 episodes. I figure another week or two and I can stop, which Em will appreciate since I've taken to randomly yelling "newbie!" and doing little Turk dances.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Back from Mars With T-Shirts for Everyone</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/no-shep-thats-not-for-you/591/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/no-shep-thats-not-for-you/591/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Em has a scary good memory, so when she read about that tainted pet food story last week, she immediately thought SNL. I had no idea what she was talking about until she tracked this video down: Oh, the irony. Sad, sad, hilarious irony.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Em has a scary good memory, so when she read about that tainted pet food story last week, she immediately thought SNL. I had no idea what she was talking about until she tracked this video down:

<embed src="http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf" flashvars="m=1562890671&type=video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="430" height="346"></embed>

Oh, the irony. Sad, sad, hilarious irony.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Cry for Help &#187; TV</title>
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	<description>A maddeningly reasonable take on the world</description>
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		<title>Wonderfalls</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2008/wonderfalls/678/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Em just told me that the creator of Pushing Daisies, one of our favorite shows, also created my favorite 3-episodes-and-out show Wonderfalls! That makes me a little nervous about the pie man and his quirky friends. It also reminded me that I bought the Wonderfalls DVD set way back and never watched it through. Maybe [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Em just told me that the creator of Pushing Daisies, one of our favorite shows, also created my favorite 3-episodes-and-out show <a title="Wonder-wonder-wonder-wonderfaaaaallllls" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderfalls" target="_blank">Wonderfalls</a>! That makes me a little nervous about the pie man and his quirky friends.

It also reminded me that I bought the Wonderfalls DVD set way back and never watched it through. Maybe deep down I didn't want to watch them all and face the fact that the show was really never coming back.

Or maybe I just forgot. Now where did we pack up those DVDs...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Harry Potter and the Spoiler Evasion</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/harry-potter-and-the-spoiler-evasion/608/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/harry-potter-and-the-spoiler-evasion/608/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may have heard, the Harry Potter series (supposedly) wrapped up this week. Also this year, The Sopranos ended its TV run (you may have heard a thing or two about that, too). I have never read Potter or watched Sopranos, but deep down my social conditioning tells me that some day I might, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As you may have heard, the Harry Potter series (supposedly) wrapped up this week. Also this year, The Sopranos ended its TV run (you may have heard a thing or two about that, too). I have never read Potter or watched Sopranos, but deep down my  social conditioning tells me that some day I might, maybe, hunker down for a week and read the Potter Canon or watch 6 seasons of Tony Soprano non-stop.

Maybe.

Most likely I'll never get around to either. But still, there's a little voice that compels me to try to avoid reading any spoilers about how these series end. Last month, it was impossible to remain ignorant of whether or not Tony survived the finale. Now, as the slower reading muggles finish up Deathly Hallows, I have a feeling I'll be inadvertently learning Harry's fate any day now.

The lesson? I'll be watching the Lost finale in 2009 in real time. There are no more pop culture secrets in the internet age.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sticking it to Big Cable</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sticking-it-to-big-cable/596/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sticking-it-to-big-cable/596/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After months of flirting with the idea, Em and I finally cut the cord. Or, more precisely, the coaxial cable. This week we returned our digital high def DVR cable box to the mothership (Warwick Mall) and bid adios to Cox Cable*. Now, after hearing other people's stories about what happened when they threatened to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After months of flirting with the idea, Em and I finally cut the cord. Or, more precisely, the coaxial cable. This week we returned our digital high def DVR cable box to the mothership (Warwick Mall) and bid adios to Cox Cable*.

Now, after hearing <a href="http://www.wisebread.com/last-night-i-threatened-to-disconnect-my-cable" title="Comcastic!">other people's stories</a> about what happened when they threatened to cut back on their wildly overpriced packages, I was sorely disappointed that Cox didn't even make an effort to keep us hooked up. I was just looking for some validation! Affirm my value as a customer, dammit! But no, nothing. Not even a half hearted offer to give us cheap phone service (not that we even have a phone...).

So begins an experiment in entertainment deprivation. The biggest problem is not getting NESN for the Sox games, but it turns out you can follow the action on, get this, the radio! I'm hoping I'll lose 10lbs, read more, write a web app, learn Mandarin, and maybe get that old cold fusion thing working.

And if that doesn't work out, I think we're getting FiOS in a few months...

* not totally adios, of course. Man can live without cable, but high speed internet is, in reality, indistinguishable from oxygen.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>No Shep, that&#8217;s not for you</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/no-shep-thats-not-for-you/591/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/no-shep-thats-not-for-you/591/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Em has a scary good memory, so when she read about that tainted pet food story last week, she immediately thought SNL. I had no idea what she was talking about until she tracked this video down: Oh, the irony. Sad, sad, hilarious irony.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Em has a scary good memory, so when she read about that tainted pet food story last week, she immediately thought SNL. I had no idea what she was talking about until she tracked this video down:

<embed src="http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf" flashvars="m=1562890671&type=video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="430" height="346"></embed>

Oh, the irony. Sad, sad, hilarious irony.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My crowning achievement of 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/my-crowning-achievement-of-2007/590/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/my-crowning-achievement-of-2007/590/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 129 episodes, watching Colin Farrell teach Turk and JD a life lesson was the last leg of my journey to watch every episode of Scrubs. And just in time, too, because Em is returning our cable box to Mothership Cox this week. So what did I learn? Scrubs is a good show. It has [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After 129 episodes, watching Colin Farrell teach Turk and JD a life lesson was the last leg of my journey to watch every episode of Scrubs. And just in time, too, because Em is returning our cable box to Mothership Cox this week.

So what did I learn? Scrubs is a good show. It has that absurd comedy that I just love (like The Simpsons and one of my new faves, 30Rock) but has an emotional honesty that you don't see on sitcoms. And the new episodes are just as hilarious as ever. Now, what show can I get hooked on next...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Too much Scrubs</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/too-much-scrubs/588/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/too-much-scrubs/588/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote some new code today that I thought might break some old stuff I wrote a few weeks ago, so I went back and tested it out. Apparently I did break something, because here's the error message I got: "The change could not be saved for some unknown reason. Frick." Yeah, this is what [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I wrote some new code today that I thought might break some old stuff I wrote a few weeks ago, so I went back and tested it out. Apparently I did break something, because here's the error message I got: "The change could not be saved for some unknown reason. Frick."

Yeah, this is what happens when you stay up way too late watching way too much Scrubs. (Only 6 episodes left until I've seen them all!)]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Just like the first time</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/just-like-the-first-time/585/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to my spreadsheet, I've now seen 113 episodes of Scrubs in the last month. And after 113 episodes, I finally got to see the first one ever. First episodes are weird to watch after you've been following a show for a while. I can picture the writers trying to balance introducing their characters with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[According to my spreadsheet, I've now seen 113 episodes of Scrubs in the last month. And after 113 episodes, I finally got to see the first one ever.

First episodes are weird to watch after you've been following a show for a while. I can picture the writers trying to balance introducing their characters with the backstory and future ideas already mapped out. There's so many little clues to who these people are that you miss the first time around.

So number one was my 114th, which leaves me with only 13 episodes left. Another week and I'll be free to go to bed at a decent hour (but of course I'll miss laughing my ass off at 2am).]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Lost time</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/lost-time/581/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/lost-time/581/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As someone who has seen 18 minutes of American Idol in my life, I can't be the only one who resents Lost getting moved to 10pm, right? And while I'm complaining, I'm ready to stick ice picks in my ears after missing entire scenes of dialogue because WLNE's HD feed can't be bothered to keep [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As someone who has seen 18 minutes of American Idol in my life, I can't be the only one who resents Lost getting moved to 10pm, right? And while I'm complaining, I'm ready to stick ice picks in my ears after missing entire scenes of dialogue because WLNE's HD feed can't be bothered to keep continuous audio (which, I believe, is NOT Cox's fault).

On the plus side, I do like me my Lost, and it wasn't 9° outside this morning, and there's eight episodes of Scrubs waiting for me before bed, so on balance, a good day.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Scrubbing in</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/scrubbing-in/580/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/scrubbing-in/580/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since Em and I are contemplating canceling our cable, I've been trying to get in some quality time with the DVR while I still can. The best use of it I can figure is to find one of those shows that is played 6 times a day on various channels. I thought I might be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Since Em and I are contemplating canceling our cable, I've been trying to get in some quality time with the DVR while I still can. The best use of it I can figure is to find one of those shows that is played 6 times a day on various channels. I thought I might be limited to Seinfeld and Law &amp; Order (all flavors), but it turns out my new favorite show Scrubs gets recorded six times a day!

Of course, I can't just watch a show, so I made a spreadsheet checklist; in the last 3 weeks I've checked off 88 episodes. I figure another week or two and I can stop, which Em will appreciate since I've taken to randomly yelling "newbie!" and doing little Turk dances.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Back from Mars With T-Shirts for Everyone</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/my-crowning-achievement-of-2007/590/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/my-crowning-achievement-of-2007/590/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After 129 episodes, watching Colin Farrell teach Turk and JD a life lesson was the last leg of my journey to watch every episode of Scrubs. And just in time, too, because Em is returning our cable box to Mothership Cox this week. So what did I learn? Scrubs is a good show. It has [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After 129 episodes, watching Colin Farrell teach Turk and JD a life lesson was the last leg of my journey to watch every episode of Scrubs. And just in time, too, because Em is returning our cable box to Mothership Cox this week.

So what did I learn? Scrubs is a good show. It has that absurd comedy that I just love (like The Simpsons and one of my new faves, 30Rock) but has an emotional honesty that you don't see on sitcoms. And the new episodes are just as hilarious as ever. Now, what show can I get hooked on next...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Cry for Help &#187; TV</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/category/tv/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
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		<title>Wonderfalls</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2008/wonderfalls/678/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2008/wonderfalls/678/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Em just told me that the creator of Pushing Daisies, one of our favorite shows, also created my favorite 3-episodes-and-out show Wonderfalls! That makes me a little nervous about the pie man and his quirky friends. It also reminded me that I bought the Wonderfalls DVD set way back and never watched it through. Maybe [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Em just told me that the creator of Pushing Daisies, one of our favorite shows, also created my favorite 3-episodes-and-out show <a title="Wonder-wonder-wonder-wonderfaaaaallllls" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderfalls" target="_blank">Wonderfalls</a>! That makes me a little nervous about the pie man and his quirky friends.

It also reminded me that I bought the Wonderfalls DVD set way back and never watched it through. Maybe deep down I didn't want to watch them all and face the fact that the show was really never coming back.

Or maybe I just forgot. Now where did we pack up those DVDs...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Harry Potter and the Spoiler Evasion</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/harry-potter-and-the-spoiler-evasion/608/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/harry-potter-and-the-spoiler-evasion/608/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may have heard, the Harry Potter series (supposedly) wrapped up this week. Also this year, The Sopranos ended its TV run (you may have heard a thing or two about that, too). I have never read Potter or watched Sopranos, but deep down my social conditioning tells me that some day I might, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As you may have heard, the Harry Potter series (supposedly) wrapped up this week. Also this year, The Sopranos ended its TV run (you may have heard a thing or two about that, too). I have never read Potter or watched Sopranos, but deep down my  social conditioning tells me that some day I might, maybe, hunker down for a week and read the Potter Canon or watch 6 seasons of Tony Soprano non-stop.

Maybe.

Most likely I'll never get around to either. But still, there's a little voice that compels me to try to avoid reading any spoilers about how these series end. Last month, it was impossible to remain ignorant of whether or not Tony survived the finale. Now, as the slower reading muggles finish up Deathly Hallows, I have a feeling I'll be inadvertently learning Harry's fate any day now.

The lesson? I'll be watching the Lost finale in 2009 in real time. There are no more pop culture secrets in the internet age.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sticking it to Big Cable</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sticking-it-to-big-cable/596/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sticking-it-to-big-cable/596/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After months of flirting with the idea, Em and I finally cut the cord. Or, more precisely, the coaxial cable. This week we returned our digital high def DVR cable box to the mothership (Warwick Mall) and bid adios to Cox Cable*. Now, after hearing other people's stories about what happened when they threatened to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After months of flirting with the idea, Em and I finally cut the cord. Or, more precisely, the coaxial cable. This week we returned our digital high def DVR cable box to the mothership (Warwick Mall) and bid adios to Cox Cable*.

Now, after hearing <a href="http://www.wisebread.com/last-night-i-threatened-to-disconnect-my-cable" title="Comcastic!">other people's stories</a> about what happened when they threatened to cut back on their wildly overpriced packages, I was sorely disappointed that Cox didn't even make an effort to keep us hooked up. I was just looking for some validation! Affirm my value as a customer, dammit! But no, nothing. Not even a half hearted offer to give us cheap phone service (not that we even have a phone...).

So begins an experiment in entertainment deprivation. The biggest problem is not getting NESN for the Sox games, but it turns out you can follow the action on, get this, the radio! I'm hoping I'll lose 10lbs, read more, write a web app, learn Mandarin, and maybe get that old cold fusion thing working.

And if that doesn't work out, I think we're getting FiOS in a few months...

* not totally adios, of course. Man can live without cable, but high speed internet is, in reality, indistinguishable from oxygen.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>No Shep, that&#8217;s not for you</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/no-shep-thats-not-for-you/591/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/no-shep-thats-not-for-you/591/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Em has a scary good memory, so when she read about that tainted pet food story last week, she immediately thought SNL. I had no idea what she was talking about until she tracked this video down: Oh, the irony. Sad, sad, hilarious irony.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Em has a scary good memory, so when she read about that tainted pet food story last week, she immediately thought SNL. I had no idea what she was talking about until she tracked this video down:

<embed src="http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf" flashvars="m=1562890671&type=video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="430" height="346"></embed>

Oh, the irony. Sad, sad, hilarious irony.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My crowning achievement of 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/my-crowning-achievement-of-2007/590/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/my-crowning-achievement-of-2007/590/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After 129 episodes, watching Colin Farrell teach Turk and JD a life lesson was the last leg of my journey to watch every episode of Scrubs. And just in time, too, because Em is returning our cable box to Mothership Cox this week. So what did I learn? Scrubs is a good show. It has [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After 129 episodes, watching Colin Farrell teach Turk and JD a life lesson was the last leg of my journey to watch every episode of Scrubs. And just in time, too, because Em is returning our cable box to Mothership Cox this week.

So what did I learn? Scrubs is a good show. It has that absurd comedy that I just love (like The Simpsons and one of my new faves, 30Rock) but has an emotional honesty that you don't see on sitcoms. And the new episodes are just as hilarious as ever. Now, what show can I get hooked on next...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Too much Scrubs</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/too-much-scrubs/588/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/too-much-scrubs/588/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote some new code today that I thought might break some old stuff I wrote a few weeks ago, so I went back and tested it out. Apparently I did break something, because here's the error message I got: "The change could not be saved for some unknown reason. Frick." Yeah, this is what [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I wrote some new code today that I thought might break some old stuff I wrote a few weeks ago, so I went back and tested it out. Apparently I did break something, because here's the error message I got: "The change could not be saved for some unknown reason. Frick."

Yeah, this is what happens when you stay up way too late watching way too much Scrubs. (Only 6 episodes left until I've seen them all!)]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Just like the first time</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/just-like-the-first-time/585/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/just-like-the-first-time/585/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to my spreadsheet, I've now seen 113 episodes of Scrubs in the last month. And after 113 episodes, I finally got to see the first one ever. First episodes are weird to watch after you've been following a show for a while. I can picture the writers trying to balance introducing their characters with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[According to my spreadsheet, I've now seen 113 episodes of Scrubs in the last month. And after 113 episodes, I finally got to see the first one ever.

First episodes are weird to watch after you've been following a show for a while. I can picture the writers trying to balance introducing their characters with the backstory and future ideas already mapped out. There's so many little clues to who these people are that you miss the first time around.

So number one was my 114th, which leaves me with only 13 episodes left. Another week and I'll be free to go to bed at a decent hour (but of course I'll miss laughing my ass off at 2am).]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Lost time</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/lost-time/581/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/lost-time/581/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As someone who has seen 18 minutes of American Idol in my life, I can't be the only one who resents Lost getting moved to 10pm, right? And while I'm complaining, I'm ready to stick ice picks in my ears after missing entire scenes of dialogue because WLNE's HD feed can't be bothered to keep [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As someone who has seen 18 minutes of American Idol in my life, I can't be the only one who resents Lost getting moved to 10pm, right? And while I'm complaining, I'm ready to stick ice picks in my ears after missing entire scenes of dialogue because WLNE's HD feed can't be bothered to keep continuous audio (which, I believe, is NOT Cox's fault).

On the plus side, I do like me my Lost, and it wasn't 9° outside this morning, and there's eight episodes of Scrubs waiting for me before bed, so on balance, a good day.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Scrubbing in</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/scrubbing-in/580/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/scrubbing-in/580/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since Em and I are contemplating canceling our cable, I've been trying to get in some quality time with the DVR while I still can. The best use of it I can figure is to find one of those shows that is played 6 times a day on various channels. I thought I might be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Since Em and I are contemplating canceling our cable, I've been trying to get in some quality time with the DVR while I still can. The best use of it I can figure is to find one of those shows that is played 6 times a day on various channels. I thought I might be limited to Seinfeld and Law &amp; Order (all flavors), but it turns out my new favorite show Scrubs gets recorded six times a day!

Of course, I can't just watch a show, so I made a spreadsheet checklist; in the last 3 weeks I've checked off 88 episodes. I figure another week or two and I can stop, which Em will appreciate since I've taken to randomly yelling "newbie!" and doing little Turk dances.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Back from Mars With T-Shirts for Everyone</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/too-much-scrubs/588/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/too-much-scrubs/588/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote some new code today that I thought might break some old stuff I wrote a few weeks ago, so I went back and tested it out. Apparently I did break something, because here's the error message I got: "The change could not be saved for some unknown reason. Frick." Yeah, this is what [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I wrote some new code today that I thought might break some old stuff I wrote a few weeks ago, so I went back and tested it out. Apparently I did break something, because here's the error message I got: "The change could not be saved for some unknown reason. Frick."

Yeah, this is what happens when you stay up way too late watching way too much Scrubs. (Only 6 episodes left until I've seen them all!)]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Cry for Help &#187; TV</title>
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		<title>Wonderfalls</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Em just told me that the creator of Pushing Daisies, one of our favorite shows, also created my favorite 3-episodes-and-out show Wonderfalls! That makes me a little nervous about the pie man and his quirky friends. It also reminded me that I bought the Wonderfalls DVD set way back and never watched it through. Maybe [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Em just told me that the creator of Pushing Daisies, one of our favorite shows, also created my favorite 3-episodes-and-out show <a title="Wonder-wonder-wonder-wonderfaaaaallllls" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderfalls" target="_blank">Wonderfalls</a>! That makes me a little nervous about the pie man and his quirky friends.

It also reminded me that I bought the Wonderfalls DVD set way back and never watched it through. Maybe deep down I didn't want to watch them all and face the fact that the show was really never coming back.

Or maybe I just forgot. Now where did we pack up those DVDs...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Harry Potter and the Spoiler Evasion</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/harry-potter-and-the-spoiler-evasion/608/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/harry-potter-and-the-spoiler-evasion/608/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may have heard, the Harry Potter series (supposedly) wrapped up this week. Also this year, The Sopranos ended its TV run (you may have heard a thing or two about that, too). I have never read Potter or watched Sopranos, but deep down my social conditioning tells me that some day I might, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As you may have heard, the Harry Potter series (supposedly) wrapped up this week. Also this year, The Sopranos ended its TV run (you may have heard a thing or two about that, too). I have never read Potter or watched Sopranos, but deep down my  social conditioning tells me that some day I might, maybe, hunker down for a week and read the Potter Canon or watch 6 seasons of Tony Soprano non-stop.

Maybe.

Most likely I'll never get around to either. But still, there's a little voice that compels me to try to avoid reading any spoilers about how these series end. Last month, it was impossible to remain ignorant of whether or not Tony survived the finale. Now, as the slower reading muggles finish up Deathly Hallows, I have a feeling I'll be inadvertently learning Harry's fate any day now.

The lesson? I'll be watching the Lost finale in 2009 in real time. There are no more pop culture secrets in the internet age.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sticking it to Big Cable</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sticking-it-to-big-cable/596/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sticking-it-to-big-cable/596/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After months of flirting with the idea, Em and I finally cut the cord. Or, more precisely, the coaxial cable. This week we returned our digital high def DVR cable box to the mothership (Warwick Mall) and bid adios to Cox Cable*. Now, after hearing other people's stories about what happened when they threatened to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After months of flirting with the idea, Em and I finally cut the cord. Or, more precisely, the coaxial cable. This week we returned our digital high def DVR cable box to the mothership (Warwick Mall) and bid adios to Cox Cable*.

Now, after hearing <a href="http://www.wisebread.com/last-night-i-threatened-to-disconnect-my-cable" title="Comcastic!">other people's stories</a> about what happened when they threatened to cut back on their wildly overpriced packages, I was sorely disappointed that Cox didn't even make an effort to keep us hooked up. I was just looking for some validation! Affirm my value as a customer, dammit! But no, nothing. Not even a half hearted offer to give us cheap phone service (not that we even have a phone...).

So begins an experiment in entertainment deprivation. The biggest problem is not getting NESN for the Sox games, but it turns out you can follow the action on, get this, the radio! I'm hoping I'll lose 10lbs, read more, write a web app, learn Mandarin, and maybe get that old cold fusion thing working.

And if that doesn't work out, I think we're getting FiOS in a few months...

* not totally adios, of course. Man can live without cable, but high speed internet is, in reality, indistinguishable from oxygen.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>No Shep, that&#8217;s not for you</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/no-shep-thats-not-for-you/591/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/no-shep-thats-not-for-you/591/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Em has a scary good memory, so when she read about that tainted pet food story last week, she immediately thought SNL. I had no idea what she was talking about until she tracked this video down: Oh, the irony. Sad, sad, hilarious irony.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Em has a scary good memory, so when she read about that tainted pet food story last week, she immediately thought SNL. I had no idea what she was talking about until she tracked this video down:

<embed src="http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf" flashvars="m=1562890671&type=video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="430" height="346"></embed>

Oh, the irony. Sad, sad, hilarious irony.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My crowning achievement of 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/my-crowning-achievement-of-2007/590/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/my-crowning-achievement-of-2007/590/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 129 episodes, watching Colin Farrell teach Turk and JD a life lesson was the last leg of my journey to watch every episode of Scrubs. And just in time, too, because Em is returning our cable box to Mothership Cox this week. So what did I learn? Scrubs is a good show. It has [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After 129 episodes, watching Colin Farrell teach Turk and JD a life lesson was the last leg of my journey to watch every episode of Scrubs. And just in time, too, because Em is returning our cable box to Mothership Cox this week.

So what did I learn? Scrubs is a good show. It has that absurd comedy that I just love (like The Simpsons and one of my new faves, 30Rock) but has an emotional honesty that you don't see on sitcoms. And the new episodes are just as hilarious as ever. Now, what show can I get hooked on next...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Too much Scrubs</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/too-much-scrubs/588/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote some new code today that I thought might break some old stuff I wrote a few weeks ago, so I went back and tested it out. Apparently I did break something, because here's the error message I got: "The change could not be saved for some unknown reason. Frick." Yeah, this is what [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I wrote some new code today that I thought might break some old stuff I wrote a few weeks ago, so I went back and tested it out. Apparently I did break something, because here's the error message I got: "The change could not be saved for some unknown reason. Frick."

Yeah, this is what happens when you stay up way too late watching way too much Scrubs. (Only 6 episodes left until I've seen them all!)]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Just like the first time</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/just-like-the-first-time/585/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/just-like-the-first-time/585/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to my spreadsheet, I've now seen 113 episodes of Scrubs in the last month. And after 113 episodes, I finally got to see the first one ever. First episodes are weird to watch after you've been following a show for a while. I can picture the writers trying to balance introducing their characters with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[According to my spreadsheet, I've now seen 113 episodes of Scrubs in the last month. And after 113 episodes, I finally got to see the first one ever.

First episodes are weird to watch after you've been following a show for a while. I can picture the writers trying to balance introducing their characters with the backstory and future ideas already mapped out. There's so many little clues to who these people are that you miss the first time around.

So number one was my 114th, which leaves me with only 13 episodes left. Another week and I'll be free to go to bed at a decent hour (but of course I'll miss laughing my ass off at 2am).]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Lost time</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/lost-time/581/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As someone who has seen 18 minutes of American Idol in my life, I can't be the only one who resents Lost getting moved to 10pm, right? And while I'm complaining, I'm ready to stick ice picks in my ears after missing entire scenes of dialogue because WLNE's HD feed can't be bothered to keep [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As someone who has seen 18 minutes of American Idol in my life, I can't be the only one who resents Lost getting moved to 10pm, right? And while I'm complaining, I'm ready to stick ice picks in my ears after missing entire scenes of dialogue because WLNE's HD feed can't be bothered to keep continuous audio (which, I believe, is NOT Cox's fault).

On the plus side, I do like me my Lost, and it wasn't 9° outside this morning, and there's eight episodes of Scrubs waiting for me before bed, so on balance, a good day.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Scrubbing in</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/scrubbing-in/580/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since Em and I are contemplating canceling our cable, I've been trying to get in some quality time with the DVR while I still can. The best use of it I can figure is to find one of those shows that is played 6 times a day on various channels. I thought I might be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Since Em and I are contemplating canceling our cable, I've been trying to get in some quality time with the DVR while I still can. The best use of it I can figure is to find one of those shows that is played 6 times a day on various channels. I thought I might be limited to Seinfeld and Law &amp; Order (all flavors), but it turns out my new favorite show Scrubs gets recorded six times a day!

Of course, I can't just watch a show, so I made a spreadsheet checklist; in the last 3 weeks I've checked off 88 episodes. I figure another week or two and I can stop, which Em will appreciate since I've taken to randomly yelling "newbie!" and doing little Turk dances.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Back from Mars With T-Shirts for Everyone</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/just-like-the-first-time/585/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/just-like-the-first-time/585/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to my spreadsheet, I've now seen 113 episodes of Scrubs in the last month. And after 113 episodes, I finally got to see the first one ever. First episodes are weird to watch after you've been following a show for a while. I can picture the writers trying to balance introducing their characters with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[According to my spreadsheet, I've now seen 113 episodes of Scrubs in the last month. And after 113 episodes, I finally got to see the first one ever.

First episodes are weird to watch after you've been following a show for a while. I can picture the writers trying to balance introducing their characters with the backstory and future ideas already mapped out. There's so many little clues to who these people are that you miss the first time around.

So number one was my 114th, which leaves me with only 13 episodes left. Another week and I'll be free to go to bed at a decent hour (but of course I'll miss laughing my ass off at 2am).]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Cry for Help &#187; TV</title>
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		<title>Wonderfalls</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Em just told me that the creator of Pushing Daisies, one of our favorite shows, also created my favorite 3-episodes-and-out show Wonderfalls! That makes me a little nervous about the pie man and his quirky friends. It also reminded me that I bought the Wonderfalls DVD set way back and never watched it through. Maybe [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Em just told me that the creator of Pushing Daisies, one of our favorite shows, also created my favorite 3-episodes-and-out show <a title="Wonder-wonder-wonder-wonderfaaaaallllls" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderfalls" target="_blank">Wonderfalls</a>! That makes me a little nervous about the pie man and his quirky friends.

It also reminded me that I bought the Wonderfalls DVD set way back and never watched it through. Maybe deep down I didn't want to watch them all and face the fact that the show was really never coming back.

Or maybe I just forgot. Now where did we pack up those DVDs...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Harry Potter and the Spoiler Evasion</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/harry-potter-and-the-spoiler-evasion/608/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/harry-potter-and-the-spoiler-evasion/608/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may have heard, the Harry Potter series (supposedly) wrapped up this week. Also this year, The Sopranos ended its TV run (you may have heard a thing or two about that, too). I have never read Potter or watched Sopranos, but deep down my social conditioning tells me that some day I might, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As you may have heard, the Harry Potter series (supposedly) wrapped up this week. Also this year, The Sopranos ended its TV run (you may have heard a thing or two about that, too). I have never read Potter or watched Sopranos, but deep down my  social conditioning tells me that some day I might, maybe, hunker down for a week and read the Potter Canon or watch 6 seasons of Tony Soprano non-stop.

Maybe.

Most likely I'll never get around to either. But still, there's a little voice that compels me to try to avoid reading any spoilers about how these series end. Last month, it was impossible to remain ignorant of whether or not Tony survived the finale. Now, as the slower reading muggles finish up Deathly Hallows, I have a feeling I'll be inadvertently learning Harry's fate any day now.

The lesson? I'll be watching the Lost finale in 2009 in real time. There are no more pop culture secrets in the internet age.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sticking it to Big Cable</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sticking-it-to-big-cable/596/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After months of flirting with the idea, Em and I finally cut the cord. Or, more precisely, the coaxial cable. This week we returned our digital high def DVR cable box to the mothership (Warwick Mall) and bid adios to Cox Cable*. Now, after hearing other people's stories about what happened when they threatened to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After months of flirting with the idea, Em and I finally cut the cord. Or, more precisely, the coaxial cable. This week we returned our digital high def DVR cable box to the mothership (Warwick Mall) and bid adios to Cox Cable*.

Now, after hearing <a href="http://www.wisebread.com/last-night-i-threatened-to-disconnect-my-cable" title="Comcastic!">other people's stories</a> about what happened when they threatened to cut back on their wildly overpriced packages, I was sorely disappointed that Cox didn't even make an effort to keep us hooked up. I was just looking for some validation! Affirm my value as a customer, dammit! But no, nothing. Not even a half hearted offer to give us cheap phone service (not that we even have a phone...).

So begins an experiment in entertainment deprivation. The biggest problem is not getting NESN for the Sox games, but it turns out you can follow the action on, get this, the radio! I'm hoping I'll lose 10lbs, read more, write a web app, learn Mandarin, and maybe get that old cold fusion thing working.

And if that doesn't work out, I think we're getting FiOS in a few months...

* not totally adios, of course. Man can live without cable, but high speed internet is, in reality, indistinguishable from oxygen.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>No Shep, that&#8217;s not for you</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/no-shep-thats-not-for-you/591/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/no-shep-thats-not-for-you/591/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Em has a scary good memory, so when she read about that tainted pet food story last week, she immediately thought SNL. I had no idea what she was talking about until she tracked this video down: Oh, the irony. Sad, sad, hilarious irony.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Em has a scary good memory, so when she read about that tainted pet food story last week, she immediately thought SNL. I had no idea what she was talking about until she tracked this video down:

<embed src="http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf" flashvars="m=1562890671&type=video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="430" height="346"></embed>

Oh, the irony. Sad, sad, hilarious irony.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My crowning achievement of 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/my-crowning-achievement-of-2007/590/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 129 episodes, watching Colin Farrell teach Turk and JD a life lesson was the last leg of my journey to watch every episode of Scrubs. And just in time, too, because Em is returning our cable box to Mothership Cox this week. So what did I learn? Scrubs is a good show. It has [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After 129 episodes, watching Colin Farrell teach Turk and JD a life lesson was the last leg of my journey to watch every episode of Scrubs. And just in time, too, because Em is returning our cable box to Mothership Cox this week.

So what did I learn? Scrubs is a good show. It has that absurd comedy that I just love (like The Simpsons and one of my new faves, 30Rock) but has an emotional honesty that you don't see on sitcoms. And the new episodes are just as hilarious as ever. Now, what show can I get hooked on next...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Too much Scrubs</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/too-much-scrubs/588/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote some new code today that I thought might break some old stuff I wrote a few weeks ago, so I went back and tested it out. Apparently I did break something, because here's the error message I got: "The change could not be saved for some unknown reason. Frick." Yeah, this is what [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I wrote some new code today that I thought might break some old stuff I wrote a few weeks ago, so I went back and tested it out. Apparently I did break something, because here's the error message I got: "The change could not be saved for some unknown reason. Frick."

Yeah, this is what happens when you stay up way too late watching way too much Scrubs. (Only 6 episodes left until I've seen them all!)]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Just like the first time</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/just-like-the-first-time/585/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to my spreadsheet, I've now seen 113 episodes of Scrubs in the last month. And after 113 episodes, I finally got to see the first one ever. First episodes are weird to watch after you've been following a show for a while. I can picture the writers trying to balance introducing their characters with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[According to my spreadsheet, I've now seen 113 episodes of Scrubs in the last month. And after 113 episodes, I finally got to see the first one ever.

First episodes are weird to watch after you've been following a show for a while. I can picture the writers trying to balance introducing their characters with the backstory and future ideas already mapped out. There's so many little clues to who these people are that you miss the first time around.

So number one was my 114th, which leaves me with only 13 episodes left. Another week and I'll be free to go to bed at a decent hour (but of course I'll miss laughing my ass off at 2am).]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Lost time</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/lost-time/581/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As someone who has seen 18 minutes of American Idol in my life, I can't be the only one who resents Lost getting moved to 10pm, right? And while I'm complaining, I'm ready to stick ice picks in my ears after missing entire scenes of dialogue because WLNE's HD feed can't be bothered to keep [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As someone who has seen 18 minutes of American Idol in my life, I can't be the only one who resents Lost getting moved to 10pm, right? And while I'm complaining, I'm ready to stick ice picks in my ears after missing entire scenes of dialogue because WLNE's HD feed can't be bothered to keep continuous audio (which, I believe, is NOT Cox's fault).

On the plus side, I do like me my Lost, and it wasn't 9° outside this morning, and there's eight episodes of Scrubs waiting for me before bed, so on balance, a good day.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Scrubbing in</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/scrubbing-in/580/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since Em and I are contemplating canceling our cable, I've been trying to get in some quality time with the DVR while I still can. The best use of it I can figure is to find one of those shows that is played 6 times a day on various channels. I thought I might be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Since Em and I are contemplating canceling our cable, I've been trying to get in some quality time with the DVR while I still can. The best use of it I can figure is to find one of those shows that is played 6 times a day on various channels. I thought I might be limited to Seinfeld and Law &amp; Order (all flavors), but it turns out my new favorite show Scrubs gets recorded six times a day!

Of course, I can't just watch a show, so I made a spreadsheet checklist; in the last 3 weeks I've checked off 88 episodes. I figure another week or two and I can stop, which Em will appreciate since I've taken to randomly yelling "newbie!" and doing little Turk dances.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Back from Mars With T-Shirts for Everyone</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/lost-time/581/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/lost-time/581/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As someone who has seen 18 minutes of American Idol in my life, I can't be the only one who resents Lost getting moved to 10pm, right? And while I'm complaining, I'm ready to stick ice picks in my ears after missing entire scenes of dialogue because WLNE's HD feed can't be bothered to keep [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As someone who has seen 18 minutes of American Idol in my life, I can't be the only one who resents Lost getting moved to 10pm, right? And while I'm complaining, I'm ready to stick ice picks in my ears after missing entire scenes of dialogue because WLNE's HD feed can't be bothered to keep continuous audio (which, I believe, is NOT Cox's fault).

On the plus side, I do like me my Lost, and it wasn't 9° outside this morning, and there's eight episodes of Scrubs waiting for me before bed, so on balance, a good day.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Cry for Help &#187; TV</title>
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	<description>A maddeningly reasonable take on the world</description>
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		<title>Wonderfalls</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2008/wonderfalls/678/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Em just told me that the creator of Pushing Daisies, one of our favorite shows, also created my favorite 3-episodes-and-out show Wonderfalls! That makes me a little nervous about the pie man and his quirky friends. It also reminded me that I bought the Wonderfalls DVD set way back and never watched it through. Maybe [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Em just told me that the creator of Pushing Daisies, one of our favorite shows, also created my favorite 3-episodes-and-out show <a title="Wonder-wonder-wonder-wonderfaaaaallllls" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderfalls" target="_blank">Wonderfalls</a>! That makes me a little nervous about the pie man and his quirky friends.

It also reminded me that I bought the Wonderfalls DVD set way back and never watched it through. Maybe deep down I didn't want to watch them all and face the fact that the show was really never coming back.

Or maybe I just forgot. Now where did we pack up those DVDs...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Harry Potter and the Spoiler Evasion</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/harry-potter-and-the-spoiler-evasion/608/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/harry-potter-and-the-spoiler-evasion/608/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may have heard, the Harry Potter series (supposedly) wrapped up this week. Also this year, The Sopranos ended its TV run (you may have heard a thing or two about that, too). I have never read Potter or watched Sopranos, but deep down my social conditioning tells me that some day I might, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As you may have heard, the Harry Potter series (supposedly) wrapped up this week. Also this year, The Sopranos ended its TV run (you may have heard a thing or two about that, too). I have never read Potter or watched Sopranos, but deep down my  social conditioning tells me that some day I might, maybe, hunker down for a week and read the Potter Canon or watch 6 seasons of Tony Soprano non-stop.

Maybe.

Most likely I'll never get around to either. But still, there's a little voice that compels me to try to avoid reading any spoilers about how these series end. Last month, it was impossible to remain ignorant of whether or not Tony survived the finale. Now, as the slower reading muggles finish up Deathly Hallows, I have a feeling I'll be inadvertently learning Harry's fate any day now.

The lesson? I'll be watching the Lost finale in 2009 in real time. There are no more pop culture secrets in the internet age.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sticking it to Big Cable</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sticking-it-to-big-cable/596/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After months of flirting with the idea, Em and I finally cut the cord. Or, more precisely, the coaxial cable. This week we returned our digital high def DVR cable box to the mothership (Warwick Mall) and bid adios to Cox Cable*. Now, after hearing other people's stories about what happened when they threatened to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After months of flirting with the idea, Em and I finally cut the cord. Or, more precisely, the coaxial cable. This week we returned our digital high def DVR cable box to the mothership (Warwick Mall) and bid adios to Cox Cable*.

Now, after hearing <a href="http://www.wisebread.com/last-night-i-threatened-to-disconnect-my-cable" title="Comcastic!">other people's stories</a> about what happened when they threatened to cut back on their wildly overpriced packages, I was sorely disappointed that Cox didn't even make an effort to keep us hooked up. I was just looking for some validation! Affirm my value as a customer, dammit! But no, nothing. Not even a half hearted offer to give us cheap phone service (not that we even have a phone...).

So begins an experiment in entertainment deprivation. The biggest problem is not getting NESN for the Sox games, but it turns out you can follow the action on, get this, the radio! I'm hoping I'll lose 10lbs, read more, write a web app, learn Mandarin, and maybe get that old cold fusion thing working.

And if that doesn't work out, I think we're getting FiOS in a few months...

* not totally adios, of course. Man can live without cable, but high speed internet is, in reality, indistinguishable from oxygen.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>No Shep, that&#8217;s not for you</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/no-shep-thats-not-for-you/591/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Em has a scary good memory, so when she read about that tainted pet food story last week, she immediately thought SNL. I had no idea what she was talking about until she tracked this video down: Oh, the irony. Sad, sad, hilarious irony.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Em has a scary good memory, so when she read about that tainted pet food story last week, she immediately thought SNL. I had no idea what she was talking about until she tracked this video down:

<embed src="http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf" flashvars="m=1562890671&type=video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="430" height="346"></embed>

Oh, the irony. Sad, sad, hilarious irony.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My crowning achievement of 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/my-crowning-achievement-of-2007/590/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/my-crowning-achievement-of-2007/590/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 129 episodes, watching Colin Farrell teach Turk and JD a life lesson was the last leg of my journey to watch every episode of Scrubs. And just in time, too, because Em is returning our cable box to Mothership Cox this week. So what did I learn? Scrubs is a good show. It has [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After 129 episodes, watching Colin Farrell teach Turk and JD a life lesson was the last leg of my journey to watch every episode of Scrubs. And just in time, too, because Em is returning our cable box to Mothership Cox this week.

So what did I learn? Scrubs is a good show. It has that absurd comedy that I just love (like The Simpsons and one of my new faves, 30Rock) but has an emotional honesty that you don't see on sitcoms. And the new episodes are just as hilarious as ever. Now, what show can I get hooked on next...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Too much Scrubs</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/too-much-scrubs/588/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote some new code today that I thought might break some old stuff I wrote a few weeks ago, so I went back and tested it out. Apparently I did break something, because here's the error message I got: "The change could not be saved for some unknown reason. Frick." Yeah, this is what [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I wrote some new code today that I thought might break some old stuff I wrote a few weeks ago, so I went back and tested it out. Apparently I did break something, because here's the error message I got: "The change could not be saved for some unknown reason. Frick."

Yeah, this is what happens when you stay up way too late watching way too much Scrubs. (Only 6 episodes left until I've seen them all!)]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Just like the first time</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/just-like-the-first-time/585/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/just-like-the-first-time/585/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to my spreadsheet, I've now seen 113 episodes of Scrubs in the last month. And after 113 episodes, I finally got to see the first one ever. First episodes are weird to watch after you've been following a show for a while. I can picture the writers trying to balance introducing their characters with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[According to my spreadsheet, I've now seen 113 episodes of Scrubs in the last month. And after 113 episodes, I finally got to see the first one ever.

First episodes are weird to watch after you've been following a show for a while. I can picture the writers trying to balance introducing their characters with the backstory and future ideas already mapped out. There's so many little clues to who these people are that you miss the first time around.

So number one was my 114th, which leaves me with only 13 episodes left. Another week and I'll be free to go to bed at a decent hour (but of course I'll miss laughing my ass off at 2am).]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Lost time</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/lost-time/581/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As someone who has seen 18 minutes of American Idol in my life, I can't be the only one who resents Lost getting moved to 10pm, right? And while I'm complaining, I'm ready to stick ice picks in my ears after missing entire scenes of dialogue because WLNE's HD feed can't be bothered to keep [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As someone who has seen 18 minutes of American Idol in my life, I can't be the only one who resents Lost getting moved to 10pm, right? And while I'm complaining, I'm ready to stick ice picks in my ears after missing entire scenes of dialogue because WLNE's HD feed can't be bothered to keep continuous audio (which, I believe, is NOT Cox's fault).

On the plus side, I do like me my Lost, and it wasn't 9° outside this morning, and there's eight episodes of Scrubs waiting for me before bed, so on balance, a good day.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Scrubbing in</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/scrubbing-in/580/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/scrubbing-in/580/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since Em and I are contemplating canceling our cable, I've been trying to get in some quality time with the DVR while I still can. The best use of it I can figure is to find one of those shows that is played 6 times a day on various channels. I thought I might be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Since Em and I are contemplating canceling our cable, I've been trying to get in some quality time with the DVR while I still can. The best use of it I can figure is to find one of those shows that is played 6 times a day on various channels. I thought I might be limited to Seinfeld and Law &amp; Order (all flavors), but it turns out my new favorite show Scrubs gets recorded six times a day!

Of course, I can't just watch a show, so I made a spreadsheet checklist; in the last 3 weeks I've checked off 88 episodes. I figure another week or two and I can stop, which Em will appreciate since I've taken to randomly yelling "newbie!" and doing little Turk dances.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Back from Mars With T-Shirts for Everyone</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/scrubbing-in/580/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since Em and I are contemplating canceling our cable, I've been trying to get in some quality time with the DVR while I still can. The best use of it I can figure is to find one of those shows that is played 6 times a day on various channels. I thought I might be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Since Em and I are contemplating canceling our cable, I've been trying to get in some quality time with the DVR while I still can. The best use of it I can figure is to find one of those shows that is played 6 times a day on various channels. I thought I might be limited to Seinfeld and Law &amp; Order (all flavors), but it turns out my new favorite show Scrubs gets recorded six times a day!

Of course, I can't just watch a show, so I made a spreadsheet checklist; in the last 3 weeks I've checked off 88 episodes. I figure another week or two and I can stop, which Em will appreciate since I've taken to randomly yelling "newbie!" and doing little Turk dances.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A Cry for Help &#187; TV</title>
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	<description>A maddeningly reasonable take on the world</description>
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		<title>Wonderfalls</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2008/wonderfalls/678/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Em just told me that the creator of Pushing Daisies, one of our favorite shows, also created my favorite 3-episodes-and-out show Wonderfalls! That makes me a little nervous about the pie man and his quirky friends. It also reminded me that I bought the Wonderfalls DVD set way back and never watched it through. Maybe [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Em just told me that the creator of Pushing Daisies, one of our favorite shows, also created my favorite 3-episodes-and-out show <a title="Wonder-wonder-wonder-wonderfaaaaallllls" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderfalls" target="_blank">Wonderfalls</a>! That makes me a little nervous about the pie man and his quirky friends.

It also reminded me that I bought the Wonderfalls DVD set way back and never watched it through. Maybe deep down I didn't want to watch them all and face the fact that the show was really never coming back.

Or maybe I just forgot. Now where did we pack up those DVDs...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Harry Potter and the Spoiler Evasion</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/harry-potter-and-the-spoiler-evasion/608/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/harry-potter-and-the-spoiler-evasion/608/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may have heard, the Harry Potter series (supposedly) wrapped up this week. Also this year, The Sopranos ended its TV run (you may have heard a thing or two about that, too). I have never read Potter or watched Sopranos, but deep down my social conditioning tells me that some day I might, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As you may have heard, the Harry Potter series (supposedly) wrapped up this week. Also this year, The Sopranos ended its TV run (you may have heard a thing or two about that, too). I have never read Potter or watched Sopranos, but deep down my  social conditioning tells me that some day I might, maybe, hunker down for a week and read the Potter Canon or watch 6 seasons of Tony Soprano non-stop.

Maybe.

Most likely I'll never get around to either. But still, there's a little voice that compels me to try to avoid reading any spoilers about how these series end. Last month, it was impossible to remain ignorant of whether or not Tony survived the finale. Now, as the slower reading muggles finish up Deathly Hallows, I have a feeling I'll be inadvertently learning Harry's fate any day now.

The lesson? I'll be watching the Lost finale in 2009 in real time. There are no more pop culture secrets in the internet age.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sticking it to Big Cable</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sticking-it-to-big-cable/596/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/sticking-it-to-big-cable/596/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After months of flirting with the idea, Em and I finally cut the cord. Or, more precisely, the coaxial cable. This week we returned our digital high def DVR cable box to the mothership (Warwick Mall) and bid adios to Cox Cable*. Now, after hearing other people's stories about what happened when they threatened to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After months of flirting with the idea, Em and I finally cut the cord. Or, more precisely, the coaxial cable. This week we returned our digital high def DVR cable box to the mothership (Warwick Mall) and bid adios to Cox Cable*.

Now, after hearing <a href="http://www.wisebread.com/last-night-i-threatened-to-disconnect-my-cable" title="Comcastic!">other people's stories</a> about what happened when they threatened to cut back on their wildly overpriced packages, I was sorely disappointed that Cox didn't even make an effort to keep us hooked up. I was just looking for some validation! Affirm my value as a customer, dammit! But no, nothing. Not even a half hearted offer to give us cheap phone service (not that we even have a phone...).

So begins an experiment in entertainment deprivation. The biggest problem is not getting NESN for the Sox games, but it turns out you can follow the action on, get this, the radio! I'm hoping I'll lose 10lbs, read more, write a web app, learn Mandarin, and maybe get that old cold fusion thing working.

And if that doesn't work out, I think we're getting FiOS in a few months...

* not totally adios, of course. Man can live without cable, but high speed internet is, in reality, indistinguishable from oxygen.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>No Shep, that&#8217;s not for you</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/no-shep-thats-not-for-you/591/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/no-shep-thats-not-for-you/591/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Em has a scary good memory, so when she read about that tainted pet food story last week, she immediately thought SNL. I had no idea what she was talking about until she tracked this video down: Oh, the irony. Sad, sad, hilarious irony.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Em has a scary good memory, so when she read about that tainted pet food story last week, she immediately thought SNL. I had no idea what she was talking about until she tracked this video down:

<embed src="http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf" flashvars="m=1562890671&type=video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="430" height="346"></embed>

Oh, the irony. Sad, sad, hilarious irony.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My crowning achievement of 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/my-crowning-achievement-of-2007/590/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/my-crowning-achievement-of-2007/590/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 129 episodes, watching Colin Farrell teach Turk and JD a life lesson was the last leg of my journey to watch every episode of Scrubs. And just in time, too, because Em is returning our cable box to Mothership Cox this week. So what did I learn? Scrubs is a good show. It has [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After 129 episodes, watching Colin Farrell teach Turk and JD a life lesson was the last leg of my journey to watch every episode of Scrubs. And just in time, too, because Em is returning our cable box to Mothership Cox this week.

So what did I learn? Scrubs is a good show. It has that absurd comedy that I just love (like The Simpsons and one of my new faves, 30Rock) but has an emotional honesty that you don't see on sitcoms. And the new episodes are just as hilarious as ever. Now, what show can I get hooked on next...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Too much Scrubs</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/too-much-scrubs/588/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/too-much-scrubs/588/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote some new code today that I thought might break some old stuff I wrote a few weeks ago, so I went back and tested it out. Apparently I did break something, because here's the error message I got: "The change could not be saved for some unknown reason. Frick." Yeah, this is what [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I wrote some new code today that I thought might break some old stuff I wrote a few weeks ago, so I went back and tested it out. Apparently I did break something, because here's the error message I got: "The change could not be saved for some unknown reason. Frick."

Yeah, this is what happens when you stay up way too late watching way too much Scrubs. (Only 6 episodes left until I've seen them all!)]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Just like the first time</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/just-like-the-first-time/585/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/just-like-the-first-time/585/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to my spreadsheet, I've now seen 113 episodes of Scrubs in the last month. And after 113 episodes, I finally got to see the first one ever. First episodes are weird to watch after you've been following a show for a while. I can picture the writers trying to balance introducing their characters with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[According to my spreadsheet, I've now seen 113 episodes of Scrubs in the last month. And after 113 episodes, I finally got to see the first one ever.

First episodes are weird to watch after you've been following a show for a while. I can picture the writers trying to balance introducing their characters with the backstory and future ideas already mapped out. There's so many little clues to who these people are that you miss the first time around.

So number one was my 114th, which leaves me with only 13 episodes left. Another week and I'll be free to go to bed at a decent hour (but of course I'll miss laughing my ass off at 2am).]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Lost time</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/lost-time/581/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/lost-time/581/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As someone who has seen 18 minutes of American Idol in my life, I can't be the only one who resents Lost getting moved to 10pm, right? And while I'm complaining, I'm ready to stick ice picks in my ears after missing entire scenes of dialogue because WLNE's HD feed can't be bothered to keep [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As someone who has seen 18 minutes of American Idol in my life, I can't be the only one who resents Lost getting moved to 10pm, right? And while I'm complaining, I'm ready to stick ice picks in my ears after missing entire scenes of dialogue because WLNE's HD feed can't be bothered to keep continuous audio (which, I believe, is NOT Cox's fault).

On the plus side, I do like me my Lost, and it wasn't 9° outside this morning, and there's eight episodes of Scrubs waiting for me before bed, so on balance, a good day.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Scrubbing in</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/scrubbing-in/580/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2007/scrubbing-in/580/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since Em and I are contemplating canceling our cable, I've been trying to get in some quality time with the DVR while I still can. The best use of it I can figure is to find one of those shows that is played 6 times a day on various channels. I thought I might be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Since Em and I are contemplating canceling our cable, I've been trying to get in some quality time with the DVR while I still can. The best use of it I can figure is to find one of those shows that is played 6 times a day on various channels. I thought I might be limited to Seinfeld and Law &amp; Order (all flavors), but it turns out my new favorite show Scrubs gets recorded six times a day!

Of course, I can't just watch a show, so I made a spreadsheet checklist; in the last 3 weeks I've checked off 88 episodes. I figure another week or two and I can stop, which Em will appreciate since I've taken to randomly yelling "newbie!" and doing little Turk dances.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Back from Mars With T-Shirts for Everyone</title>
		<link>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2006/back-from-mars-with-t-shirts-for-everyone/565/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bilherron.com/cryforhelp/clippings/2006/back-from-mars-with-t-shirts-for-everyone/565/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2006 22:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hate it when my real-life friends corner me at a party and say "hey, what happened to your 30 days of posting?!" and refuse to let me get to the beer table. What I told them was some lame excuse for a guilt trip ("hey, based on the comments, no one seemed to mind. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I hate it when my real-life friends corner me at a party and say "hey, what happened to your 30 days of posting?!" and refuse to let me get to the beer table. What I told them was some lame excuse for a guilt trip ("hey, based on the comments, no one seemed to mind. *sniff*sniff").

But now, safely hidden behind my computer screen, I can admit the real reason I've been negligent in my updates: I met a girl. Her name is Veronica Mars. I've spent every night of the past two weeks with her. Em has been very understanding, which is a good thing.

I don't mind sharing, though, so if you're like me and forget you're not in high school anymore, or if you just like your blondes small and sassy, track down the first two seasons of Veronica Mars and see if your nights aren't filled with "ok, just one more episode..."]]></content:encoded>
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