tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post5392909099493969657..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: Hitchcock, Sherlock, tough guys and TV Guides - they're all Around the Dial!Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-53095700013990833182015-02-06T23:27:43.080-05:002015-02-06T23:27:43.080-05:00Thanx for the suggestions, but neither one is open...Thanx for the suggestions, but neither one is open to me.<br /><br />I have no idea how to "copy". Nobody ever bothered to show me how.<br />Not at my old job, and not here at home.<br /><br />Anything I know about how to work this demon machine, I had to learn on the fly - which means I had to learn by trial and error (mostly the latter).<br />Same with Email - I have an address, and I get loads of stuff on it, but as for sending anything out ... no go. The explanations I get are technoslavian doubletalk, for which I lack the patience and unlimited time to decipher.<br /><br />OK, now I'm in Preview, so I know this one will go through.<br />The rest is in the hands of the cybergods.<br />Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-85875806415875634112015-02-06T14:49:08.657-05:002015-02-06T14:49:08.657-05:00That's very interesting, Mike. You'd thin...That's very interesting, Mike. You'd think that someone somewhere would have noticed that, given how sensitive everyone is to political dialogue nowadays. (My plea? I don't watch the show!)<br /><br />As for the comments, I don't know why they can be so difficult. It certainly isn't based on anything I've set here, although I'm going to check through things to make sure. I need all the commentators I can get - and especially yours, which always add so much to the blog! <br /><br />Copy them before you click on "Publish," and If you lose another one, email it to me and I'll see if I can put it in through the comments from here. Again, really sorry about that.Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-78148645991426774402015-02-06T13:02:22.082-05:002015-02-06T13:02:22.082-05:00For the last two days, I have been trying to add a...For the last two days, I have been trying to add a comment to your latest entry at the sibling blog, In Other Words.<br />So far I've written the comment <i>three times</i> - and each time the comment has been wiped when I tried to publish it.<br />As I write this , I fully expect the same thing to happen with this one.<br />Frankly, I'm starting to feel distinctly unwelcome around her (and over there...).<br />Later today, I'm going to give it one last try.<br />After that, you may never hear from me again.<br /> <br />OK, this one isn't wiped.<br />So I'll try again with the lost one (attempt number four) - except I'm going to do it here, while I'm in.<br /><br />Last October 2, and again on Christmas night, <i>Bones</i> on the Fox Network aired an episode that I was sure was going to raise a social media ruckus.<br />FBI Agent Booth and his wife Dr. Brennan are confronting an ex-Fed with access to J. Edgar Hoover's "secret files".<br />When Booth questions the suspect's political motives, the ex-Fed replies thus:<br /><br /><b> ... Then you know that the founding fathers had a disdain for democracy.<br />They thought it was the equivalent of mob rule.<br />They believed in an educated elite - property owners who would elect people like themselves to run the country, to govern the masses as they saw fit.<br />This country has always been in danger of losing its footing.<br />Fortunately, there are still some people who believe in the basic principles set forth by the founding fathers.<br />They believe we have to take this country back from the rabble.<br />Men like Hoover ... these are the real patriots ...</b><br /><br />Over the years, I've heard this sentiment expressed by both the Left (after the Nixon and Reagan landslides) and the Right ( after the elections of Clinton and Obama).<br />Usually, it's accompanied by a call to "reform" the Electoral College - in a way that would benefit the side of the arguer.<br /><br />For myself, I still wonder why this scene went unnoticed -<i>twice</i> - on national broadcast TV.<br /><i>Bones</i> is in its tenth season on Fox, and doesn't get a lot of gossip play, so that may be the reason.<br />Then again, Emily Deschanel is expecting, and the baby will be written into the show, and you can bet that <i>that</i> will get some play ...<br /><br />Apologies for putting this on the wrong blog, but once I was in, I wasn't going to waste it ...Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.com