Double catastrophe
We turned on our TV one night, and the sound came on but the screen was black. Three days later, on the bedroom TV the same thing happened.
Coincidence? In this case: YES. I am not sure what our main TV’s problem is. The repair man will come next Monday. On the Westinghouse television, it appears that it is a very common standard problem. A bad capacitor in the power supply.
We decided to simply buy another television, so we got an LG 32 inch television, and we will sell the Westinghouse on eBay. Meanwhile, we have been using our computer to watch Netflix.
Here are some of the things that we have enjoyed watching with this alternate viewing schedule:
From Time to Time . A very well-done British film with much subtle imagery. As an unexpected surprise, two of the characters from the Harry Potter movies have major parts.
Grounded for Life: sitcom: a mildly amusing family sitcom about weak parents and a dominant daughter and unique son. Worth the watch.
Battlestar Galactica: series: starring Lorne Greene as Commander Adama, this classic follows a ragtag group of colonists on their trip through space in search for the planet earth
Sirens: sitcom: a fairly recent comedy following three EMTs (actually six EMTs) through their day today adventures. One very wannabe macho, one very gay, one probably in denial, one old guy, one borderline autistic counter, and one voodo princess. Very fun.
Saturday Night Live: I still can’t graduate from the glory days of John Belushi and Dan Ackelroid. Don’t bother.
Pocahontas: the movie: okay, so we finally watched it. Mildly entertaining. Worth a watch, but I still don’t like the ending AT ALL.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: series: I expected bad, but was mildly surprised. Worth watching just to know what they are doing.
Miss Fisher’s murder mysteries: British sitcom: still too early to tell, but seems like it might be okay.
Patton: The movie: this one is one also that I have known about for a long time, but have never watched. Patton was a son of a bitch as expected. The plot holds together pretty well, and it is well acted.
Brain Games: can’t say enough about this one. Watch it.
Psych: I knew it was stupid and very entertaining. We are watching it again. We have not been disappointed.
Derek: made for Netflix series: if you watch only one thing on this entire list, watch Derek. Ricky Gervais does a stunning job in about eight episodes.