A Few Big Love Thoughts

by Sterkworks on March 7, 2010

I have watched HBO’s Big Love since the first season. Tonight is the final episode of season four. Of course I will watch it, but I’m still a little pissed at how short this season seems.

Big Love, HBO

Living in Utah, my take on things might be a little different than the rest of the world. Although we may not have next-door-neighbors who are polygamists (okay, some of us do), we seem to all have at least a story or two about polygs in our fair state. The things I get hung up about are little Utah things.

Fry Sauce

Fry sauce is a Utah staple, and nobody in their right mind goes through a drive-thru fast food window and asks for ketchup for their fries, as did a Big Love character last season. I was thrilled this season when the characters have now started asking for fry sauce.

Driving Distances

I am amazed at how much these Big Love folks get accomplished with all of the driving they do. The “real” established polygamist compounds in Southern Utah would take a good five or six hours to drive to from Salt Lake City. Even if Juniper Creek is near Fillmore, which is given nods in the credits, it is at least a two or three hour drive each way. Also, to get to the Idaho border from SLC is another two hour drive. So every round trip to Blackfoot Magic Casino is four hours.

Who Takes Care of the Kids?

In the early days of Big Love, one sister-wife would always turn to another and ask her to watch the kids when she ran out. Now, the sister-wives just leave; all the time. Is there a babysitter? And speaking of kids, where in the hell is the pool cover? That is just an accident waiting to happen.

I won’t take the time to mention all of the even smaller things that I notice, realizing this is a fictitious story that takes place in a real state with similar situations. I will, however, mention the BEST change Big Love has made since season one. No more  white pasty Bill Henrickson ass in every other shot.

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Too Fat to Fly and Sexist Seat Restrictions

by Sterkworks on February 26, 2010

Much has been said about the recent incident on Southwest Airlines (commonly known as hell) and one Kevin Smith. If you haven’t read his Twitter rant, you should. It is fantastic. Mr. Smith was kicked off the airline because he “allegedly” was a safety hazard.

I’m currently fat, but even in my thinner states, I hate to fly. Seventeen inches for a seat width on SWA. Plus, a hundred people shoved into a tin can is miserable. Especially on Southwest airlines. And I take issue with those of us who would be deemed too fat to fly. What about men?And by men, I mean 95% of men. They shouldn’t be allowed to fly unless they purchase two seats.

No matter the size, any man I sit by assumes he gets both arm rests. He invades the space I bought,  infringing on a portion of my seat. I say too wide to fly. Kick them off. Okay. Some bitchy women probably do this also. Kick them off too.

In fact, men’s shoulders also infringe on a portion of my seat. Why do we judge seat space by a person’s  hips? Pretty sexist if you ask me. Women’s hips are wider than men’s by nature. So let’s judge seat space by a person’s shoulders. This means all men should buy a second seat, as the average shoulder width for men is 20.8″ (Fire Apparatus Manufacturers’ Association). Mind you, that measurement is based on fit firefighters! But even though they are healthy, a shoulder width of 20.8 inches overlaps a Southwest seat width by almost  4 inches.

Enough said. And by the way, I fly JetBlue and love them.

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Morning Joe-Not In This Mouth

by Sterkworks on January 7, 2010

There are two things that haunt my brain if I fear I am running out: toilet paper and coffee. Thus, after dropping off my daughter at school I stopped at a store and ran in for both items. To my utter horror I saw bags of Starbucks Morning Joe IMG00307(2)coffee on the shelf. WTF?

I have a love/hate relationship with MSNBC’s Morning Joe. Of course, I never watched Imus who was on prior to Morning Joe. I switched from CNN in the morning to MSNBC when they changed their programming after the “nappy-headed” incident.

It seems bad enough to have the entire show sponsored by Starbucks; especially after Mika continually ridicules Joe for drinking the fattening versions of coffee beverages. Product placement gone awry.

So to be fair, if Joe gets his own coffee blend, which will not pass these lips, the other MSNBC personalities should get blends of their own. After perusing the Starbucks menu, I offer the following:

  • Mika Brzezinski Breakfast Blend – Bright, clean, light-bodied with a mild intensity.
  • Willie Geist Guatemala Casi Cielo – Rich, smooth and slightly sweet with medium intensity.
  • Andrea Mitchell Espresso – Rich, dense, and caramelly sweet with bold intensity.
  • Chuck Todd Ethiopia Sidamo – complex, distinctively lemony flavor with bold intensity.
  • Chris Matthews Shade Grown Mexican – A crisp, slightly nutty taste with medium intensity.
  • Ed Schultz Organic Kenya – Big, juicy notes of grapefruit with a bold intensity.
  • Keith Olbermann Gold Coast Blend – Big, full-bodied, complex with extra bold intensity.
  • Rachel Maddow Sumatra – Intensely earthy and aromatic with extra bold intensity.

And last but not least…

Pat Buchanan Instant – Like decaf, what the hell is the point?

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