the blog that wouldn't suck
Law & Order -- okay, it's formula, but I can watch a 2-day marathon and not tire of it.
ER, however, has twice over exhausted its plot. What happens? Dumb people get hurt. Smart people get screwed. Hospital politics. And of course, every loved one of every doctor is on the HMO that gets them treated at county general by America's favorite doctors. The only thing that changes is the cast, and the plot's pinnacle of constancy is Dr. Carter -- who will someday realize that he's no Sam Waterston. Moral: the show has run it's course; it's soap-opera drivel now.
Yesterday, I deleted the following comment from my post:
"Devdoot, you have made many good moves and many bad moves in your time, but creating a blog and putting an Hours review along with a "life is like" metaphor in your first five posts has to rank up there with.... [intentionally omitted]
You want a slice of your existence interspersed with your thoughts and feelings on life? Write your Great American Novel. Otherwise, this just falls short of entertaining and lands in a field of sad."
And it took me an entire day to figure out that this type of remark was only appropriate from the witty but carious Brian Loux.
And with that low point, I make a committment to avoid blatherings that border on sentimentality. Dammit, this will be entertaining, not sad. One can only hope...
ER, however, has twice over exhausted its plot. What happens? Dumb people get hurt. Smart people get screwed. Hospital politics. And of course, every loved one of every doctor is on the HMO that gets them treated at county general by America's favorite doctors. The only thing that changes is the cast, and the plot's pinnacle of constancy is Dr. Carter -- who will someday realize that he's no Sam Waterston. Moral: the show has run it's course; it's soap-opera drivel now.
Yesterday, I deleted the following comment from my post:
"Devdoot, you have made many good moves and many bad moves in your time, but creating a blog and putting an Hours review along with a "life is like" metaphor in your first five posts has to rank up there with.... [intentionally omitted]
You want a slice of your existence interspersed with your thoughts and feelings on life? Write your Great American Novel. Otherwise, this just falls short of entertaining and lands in a field of sad."
And it took me an entire day to figure out that this type of remark was only appropriate from the witty but carious Brian Loux.
And with that low point, I make a committment to avoid blatherings that border on sentimentality. Dammit, this will be entertaining, not sad. One can only hope...
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