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Last time in this space, I asked if you knew the two actors starring in
the new CBS series "CSI: Miami" who left other television shows for what
they thought were promising movie careers.

The obvious one is David Caruso who left ABC's "NYPD Blue." Who knows why
he did that.

Less obvious is Khandi Alexander. She played radio anchor Catherine Duke
on NBC's "NewsRadio" before leaving the series in 1997. The only movie
that I ever saw her in was "Something About Mary."

Well, I guess that's all the TV trivia I have for now. In other news, my
fanatasy football team is doing relatively well. It looks like another win
this week to bring the team up to 3 and 1. Yay.

Also, while I was researching the information on Khandi Alexander, I found
this quote from NewsRadio:

"I had a small house of brokerage on Wall Street. Many days no business
comes to my hut. Jimmy has fear? A thousand times no! I never doubted
myself for a minute, for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded
with strength like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the
opulence of buffalo... [pauses while turning page] dung." -- Jimmy James,
reading from his book, "Jimmy James: Macho Business Donkey Wrestler,"
which had been translated to Japanese and back again.

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Well, the updates here have been sort of lacking of late. Not much is
going on. In fact, it's down right boring around here. Then again, I have
no idea if anyone reads this thing. Hello? Hello-o-o?

How 'bout some sesonal events?

The new TV season is here, which is good. My TiVo is pumping away trying
to suck it all up for me to watch after work.

I'm looking forward to the two-hour premier of The West Wing on
Wednesday. The Enterprise premier last week was kind of
lack-luster, but I'll still watch. Once a Trekker... CSI: Miami was
OK. It's strange to see two actors who left sucessful (more or less) TV
shows for "promising" movie careers end up on the show. Can you guess the
two? I'll give you the answer in the next update.

Friends of mine in Boston had an Emmy party on Sunday. Why do people do
this? Who cares what TV shows win the award? Don't people realize that
it's all just a Hollywood love fest? Same with the god-awful Oscar awards.
That thing is the absolute worst. Yech. Blech.

Anyway...

Hurricane season has also finally arrived. Three storms are churning in
the Atlantic basin (whatever "basin" means). I vote for Lili being the big
one of the year and Kyle being the biggest underachiver of them all.

The Fall season is here too. It's chilly in these parts tonight. On the
Weather Channel the other day, they said there was sleet in Norhtern
Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. Nothing says fall like ice falling from the
sky.

Tis also the back-to-school season. The paper is publishing daily again,
which means the kids are bothering me a lot. That's OK, I guess. Well,
it's a necessary evil that goes along with the job.

The end of the regular season in baseball is right around the corner too.
Bad Red Sox. Bad. No biscuit. Or post-season for that matter. From the
Brewer's perspective, the end cannot come quickly enough. 101 games lost
and counting.

I believe that's enough seasoing for one night. Until next time...

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