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vovatI believe yesterday was the vernal equinox. If not, today is. Either way, happy spring. The weather has been warming up as of late, but I wouldn't be too surprised to get an April snowstorm or something, because the weather is crazy like that. Actually, I heard it was supposed to snow last night, and it didn't, which was good.
Last night's Simpsons episode wasn't great, but it wasn't bad, either. Like last week, there was a lot of Homer getting hurt, but at least this time it was for a reason. Still, Homer's hand in the paper shredder was going a bit far, I think. Anyway, the basic premise was another "Homer and Marge's marriage in jeopardy" kind of deal, but, although there have been plenty of episodes about marital strife and about the family's problems with money, I can't recall them ever temporarily splitting up over financial issues before. There wasn't really anything side-splittingly hilarious in the episode, but there were plenty of funny moments. I liked the Flanders' sinister Jesus hallucination, some of the discount products Marge bought, and Homer's note on the Flintstones Fun Map. (Incidentally, an Ask Jeeves search for "Is Dino short for dinosuar?" revealed that it was, but not on a page relating to the Flintstones.) Interestingly, the last time Homer and Marge split up, Weird Al appeared on the show. This time, they played a They Might Be Giants song at the end. Maybe next time, XTC will be used in some capacity. {g} Anyway, I do wonder whether the use of TMBG confirms the rumors that Matt Groening is a fan. Not that Matt decides on every single music cue, but I think NRBQ appeared on the show several times because he liked them, so I don't know.
I also watched last week's American Idol, where the theme was the sixties. One of the girls commented that she was born in the eighties, so she didn't know that many songs from the sixties. What, she never listened to anything from before she was born? Then Ryan Seacrest said something about how, since the songs were from the sixties, they would be new to a lot of the contestants. Seriously, how culturally illiterate do you have to be to not know any songs from the sixties, regardless of how old you are?
Last night's Simpsons episode wasn't great, but it wasn't bad, either. Like last week, there was a lot of Homer getting hurt, but at least this time it was for a reason. Still, Homer's hand in the paper shredder was going a bit far, I think. Anyway, the basic premise was another "Homer and Marge's marriage in jeopardy" kind of deal, but, although there have been plenty of episodes about marital strife and about the family's problems with money, I can't recall them ever temporarily splitting up over financial issues before. There wasn't really anything side-splittingly hilarious in the episode, but there were plenty of funny moments. I liked the Flanders' sinister Jesus hallucination, some of the discount products Marge bought, and Homer's note on the Flintstones Fun Map. (Incidentally, an Ask Jeeves search for "Is Dino short for dinosuar?" revealed that it was, but not on a page relating to the Flintstones.) Interestingly, the last time Homer and Marge split up, Weird Al appeared on the show. This time, they played a They Might Be Giants song at the end. Maybe next time, XTC will be used in some capacity. {g} Anyway, I do wonder whether the use of TMBG confirms the rumors that Matt Groening is a fan. Not that Matt decides on every single music cue, but I think NRBQ appeared on the show several times because he liked them, so I don't know.
I also watched last week's American Idol, where the theme was the sixties. One of the girls commented that she was born in the eighties, so she didn't know that many songs from the sixties. What, she never listened to anything from before she was born? Then Ryan Seacrest said something about how, since the songs were from the sixties, they would be new to a lot of the contestants. Seriously, how culturally illiterate do you have to be to not know any songs from the sixties, regardless of how old you are?
