Sorry, SpongeBob, Dora, and Diego, but if I wake up tomorrow and see you’re erased from our television forever. Well, then good riddance. In case you haven’t heard, Viacom is threatening to pull Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, and about 19 other channels by midnight if Time Warner Cable doesn’t agree to pay them higher carriage [...]
Friday Finds – January 25, 2008
Sara’s Finds – I don’t often have time to watch TV, but when I find a show I love, I get hooked. These days, my favorite show is Gossip Girl. Based on a popular series of young adult novels, it’s a real guilty pleasure. Gossip Girl follows the shenanigans of several super-rich kids on Manhattan’s [...]
Cashmere Mafia: Love it or Hate it?
Have you seen this show? I have, and I can’t decide if I like it or not. Here’s the premise if you’re not familiar with it. It’s about four working women who have been friends since they met in business school. Now they’re all living in New York City. Each of them have very high-powered, [...]
Friday Finds – August 24, 2007
Susan’s Finds – It’s the new speed-dating for moms: MommyMixer. Instead of enduring short but awkward conversations with assorted single guys, you’re mingling with prospective babysitters and nannies. Pay $100 for your first mixer, and $75 per event after that. If you live in one of the 20 cities where MommyMixer operates, this might be [...]
No TV = Not So Bad
Last week, my family and I observed TV-Turnoff Week as a social experiment of sorts. Surprisingly enough (to me), it was almost entirely painless. Though I have been a TV-head most of my life (hello, I sat on my mother’s lap watching All My Children as a preschooler!), I discovered that a TV-free home felt [...]
No TV for a Week–Can You Do It?
I loooves me some TV, so it may sound strange that I am participating in TV-Turnoff Week–starting today. From April 23-29, crazy people like me will be shunning their “devil boxes” in an effort to turn off TV and turn on life. What’s so wrong with TV, you ask? Well, according to the nonprofit group [...]
Friday Finds – April 20, 2007
Tela’s Finds –If you love yourself some free samples, be sure to sign up for Dove’s newsletter. They always seem to be inventing some new product and giving some of it away. I usually throw all the samples in my weekend bag to use when I go on vacation or out of town for a [...]
