One Week Later

Last week at this time, people were talking about Stanford possibly going to the Rose Bowl and the 49ers challenging for the top of the NFC.  One week later, there are concerns about whether Stanford can go to any bowl at all and whether the 49ers can reach .500.  It was a humbling weekend of football for both teams.  They were riding high on waves of praise and rising expectations and then knocked back down to reality.  Stanford has a really tough stretch of teams to face at the end of their schedule (Oregon, USC, Cal, Notre Dame), so they

Gloomy Day

Living in California, one gets quite used to days full of sunshine.  Heck, when I was in Los Angeles, after I had moved away from the coast in Santa Monica, it seemed like it was sunny year-round.  Every day was a t-shirts and shorts day, especially when I was working from home.  So when a gloomy day like today comes along, after consecutive months of summer sunshine, it feels quite jarring.  The gloomy weather really does make me feel a bit gloomy myself.  The feeling won’t be permanent.  I get used to the gloominess after awhile.  After all, I lived in South San Francisco for many years.  But a sudden change from sunshine to cloudiness is

Updated TV Show List

Two weeks into the new television season, I thought it was time to finally update the list of television shows that I’m recording.  (I’m including shows in my Hulu queue as being recorded.)  It’s a fairly long list at this point, so I’m sure it will get whittled down at some point.  Survival of the fittest.  I listed them, but at this point, I have yet to watch any episodes this season of “Lie to Me” or “The New Adventures of Old Christine”.  I am forcing myself to watch at least one episode of shows I’m interested in before I toss them aside, like I did with “The Mentalist”.  I watched one episode.  I think that’s enough.  “The Good Wife” may suffer the same fate soon.  I also just watched “Castle” for the first time and

Hopeless Warriors

Preseason is a time for hope and optimism.  Every team is undefeated.  The possibilities are endless.  Look at the Sharks.  The last time we saw this team, they were in shambles after yet another playoff disappointment.  But now, dreams of a Stanley Cup are alive again.  For most teams, preseason is a time to dream.  Unless the team is the Golden State Warriors.  If the team is the Warriors, the nightmare begins immediately.  Already, there has been grumbling from Stephen Jackson and Monta Ellis.  This was before a single practice was held.  Could a

Premiere Week

I’ve been sampling the fall television season like a buffet, a little here, a little there, until I decide what I really like.  I’m not limiting myself just to new shows this season.  I’ve also watched some older shows for the first time, like “The Mentalist”.  Here are some quick thoughts after premiere week.

“FlashForward” was the new show I was looking forward to the most.  It didn’t blow me away, but some of that is probably because I already knew a lot about what was going to happen in the first episode.  Except I didn’t know what was going to happen at the end of the episode, which is definitely intriguing.  I’m definitely in for now.  Hopefully, the writers know where they’re taking the story.

“Modern Family” is