some random thoughts

Firstly - Jae, this is for you:

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/3705826

Now, some random thoughts that I just wanted to post, both inspired by what I saw on tv tonight:

- On DatelineNBC, the Katie Couric interview with Jennifer Wilbanks was broadcast. Now, I was not sure if I was even going to watch it, seeing that it was going to be an hour-long segment on something that really should have been kept private in the first place, but I ended up watching it anyway. The whole thing was pretty uncomfortable to watch, really. I could even tell that Katie Couric was not altogether enjoying this as well, but hey - NBC got the rights to broadcast the interview, so what was she supposed to do? At the end of the broadcast, she even intimated to the audience that she suspects Jennifer Wilbanks probably didn't totally level with her on all counts - that there's still more to the story. Jeez, well I suppose that's why there'll be the book deal and the made-for-tv movie that will come out sometime in the near future (still can't believe she sold the rights - capitalizing on this is just unbelievably wrong on so many levels). She can't be faking those eyes though...they were still larger than life.

- On the 10:00pm NBC5 news, I saw a special segment on a family in DuPage County that recently had their house totally remodeled for a tv show called "Renovate My House" (a takeoff of the Extreme Makeover: Home Editon" trend). The same timeline was used (7 days) to tear down and rebuild the house, and it was also supposed to be handicapped-accessible for their wheelchair-bound son. The end product looked good at first, but now is falling apart. Turns out everything seemed to be held together by flimsy nails, the disabled son is having a lot of problems with the ergonomics, and there were a lot of underlying safety code violations. Unfortunately, the family signed a 25-page agreement prior to the work, so the tv show and the city of DuPage, along with the contractor all wiped their hands clean. I dunno if this is symptomatic of all these 7-day rush jobs, but I hope not - otherwise my views of "Extreme Makeover: Home Editon" will be severely tarnished, as I had considered it one of the better, more heartwarming shows on tv.