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Gotta hand it to the folks at CBS. A mere two days after I post here about the garbage on network TV these days, CBS goes all in with a 30-year-old movie in primetime. And it’s a home run. Yes, … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2020
Last night on ABC I watched a show called Holey Moley. Extreme miniature golf or some such thing. First of all, why didn’t I think of this? And second, here’s what I think is happening at television studios across the country … Continue reading
Among other things in life I’m going through every episode of The Office in order. Yes, quarantine well spent. Last night I saw an episode from Season Seven I watch every December. It’s called “Classy Christmas,” an hour-long Yuletide feast that first … Continue reading
One year ago my hometown baseball club, the Washington Nationals, were in second-to-last place in the NL East, struggling with issues on and off the field. (At least one well-known local writer–who has since repented–was calling for the manager’s dismissal.) … Continue reading
Wednesday’s post detailed a traffic issue near my home, a description that was supposed to run in October. (Whoops.) Today again we examine a traffic issue near Virginia State Route 7, just a few miles down the road, also serving … Continue reading
Like digging up a relic from the past, mining the vaults of mikeoconnelljr.com brings genuine surprise from time to time. The following piece, which should have been published on October 18, 2019, I found last night in the “events” folder … Continue reading
This weekend I hit the full trifecta of sports on TV. Bundesliga, NASCAR, and Korean baseball. Not exactly the Triple Crown, but it got the job done. Until this week I had sort of dismissed the idea that sports could … Continue reading
Still looking for useful things to watch on Hulu. Well, there are a few, but they can easily be seen elsewhere. What Hulu lacks, of course, and Netflix lacks, and Amazon lacks, is anything from The Walt Disney Company. Disney … Continue reading
This week I finally broke down and ordered Hulu, pretty much the only online streaming service I hadn’t yet subscribed to already. (Now I’ve got them all.) I figured since I can’t buy anything else these days I might as … Continue reading
In this otherwise sportsless world you’ve got to take it wherever and whenever you can. But I draw the line at UFC. To get my sports fix this weekend I started rereading John Feinstein’s Play Ball: The Life and Troubled … Continue reading