Venting -- Why Folks "No Longer" Watch Television -- Now It's OTT -- August 6, 2023

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The only thing I watch on "television"  -- serial, scheduled programming" -- any more: sports. That's it. 

I just got back from running an errand. I turned on the television at 2:40 p.m. local time to catch either a) NASCAR; or, b) PGA.

I clicked on NASCAR first. I had to sit through five minutes of commercials ... mostly for urologists .... and then when NASCAR appeared -- a weather delay. You have to be kidding.

So, I switched over to the PGA tournament. Same thing. Three minutes of commercials. Finally, golf. A no-name golfer. Then, another commercial. About ready to give up and then Hoffman sinks an albatross -- two strokes on the par -5 fifteenth hole.

So, perhaps it was worth it. But, still, how many minutes of commercials for twenty seconds of sports?

And networks wonder why folks are "done" with television.

Later, PGA: and now another weather delay with just a few holes left for the championship. I just don't have time for this. LOL. 

Later, NASCAR: so, I switch over to NASCAR ... oh, give me a break, in stage 2 thirty of 75 laps, they're just getting out of their cars, covering them with tarps, and getting the umbrellas out. As noted, I just don't have time for this. Over to Amazon.com to watch Good Omens. 

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Storage

I'm guilty.

In addition to personal storage now, I also have instructions to the executor on storing my "things" after I die. The estate will pay for the storage. Storage is way cheaper than a bigger house. 

By the way, one can use storage for a lot more than "storage." 

Link here.

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The Dumbest Politician Award

The Dan Quale Award

This is really nasty and I shouldn't be doing this. 

About six months ago, SecEnergy said something so dumb, CNBC actually deleted the original video, re-wrote the story, and deleted any reference to her quote. I was going to post that but I missed it --- CNBC had already deleted it and re-posted a new video without the quote.

That was after a similarly dumb quote by Ms Granholm some months earlier.

Now this:

I may start a new series, to go along with the Darwin Awards and the Geico Rock Awards.

It would be nominations for the dumbest "active" US politician. "Active": currently holding some political office (elected or unelected) or "running" for some political office (such as Chris Christie). 

It would be the Dan Quale award. Or the Quale award for short. Though spelled differently than the bird, now that the "blue bird icon of twitter" is available -- perhaps that could represent the award.

Algore would be ineligible because, to the best of my knowledge, he is not currently holding any political office. 

My reply to the reader who sent me the graphic above: 

Clearly the dumbest US politician: Granholm. And she's got a lot of competition, starting with Kamala Harris.