This Week’s Episode of The Shield

In case anyone is interested, I’ve got a new post up over at my other blog discussing tonight’s next to next to last episode of The Shield.  If you haven’t been watching, you’ve missed out on an amazing series.  Fortunately, the twenty-first century being as clever as it’s been, there are lots of ways to see it, from DVDs to Amazon-on-Demand to Netflix, so get to it, bozo!  There are no excuses, unless, perhaps you’ve lost your job in anticipation of the upcoming HopeyChangey goodness and have no money.  If that’s the case, then you’re really going to need to distraction, and The Shield will definitely absorb your attention.

A Quick, Half-Assed Rationalization for Writing About TV

I’ve made a half-hearted attempt to maintain a sister blog of television reviews and commentary, but, as “half-hearted” would imply, my efforts have been…wait for it…half-hearted.

Partially this is because I’m remarkably lazy.  Partially it’s because I find it deeply shameful that my life can be so empty at times that I’ve nothing to write about other than that I’m watching on television.  Perhaps more significantly, It’s also partially because I think television criticism is the work of parasites feeding upon the hard work of genuine artists, and then also partially because I don’t think I’m very good at it.