Saturday, February 9, 2008

WORD FOR THE DAY: “POWER-WATCHING” — by Steve Nadis

It’s all about the power: Once there were power lunches. Then there were power ties. Now, if you believe the Boston Globe, it’s “power-watching,” as in yesterday’s front-page story: “Power-watching TV takes edge off strike.” The article explained how one woman dealt with the disappointment over not being able to see new epsodes of “How I  Met Your Mother” (due to the writer’s strike) by “power-watching” the first two seasons of “Lost” in 14 days.

I always thought TV-viewing was supposed to be a passive exercise: You sit there like a lump and take it in. But I guess I’m old-fashioned, once again. It’s become the latest extreme sport and to do it correctly one must apply power.

Posted by Snake at 15:28:21
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5 Responses to “WORD FOR THE DAY: “POWER-WATCHING” — by Steve Nadis”

  1. Anonymous says:

    “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear … “
    1 John 4:18

    I love your posts! God bless you today!

  2. Anonymous says:

    Thanks&same to you. –Snake

  3. guttersnake says:

    Not sure what the Hell that above post means…

    Actually, I “power-watched” season 3 of “24″ in two days… although I called it “being addicted to Jack Bauer”. I think The Boston Globe might have had some boys in the editing dept come up with something a bit better than that… I might say that I “crushed” a disk of “The Shield” or I “blew through” last season of “Deadwood”… but I don’t think I’ve “power-watched”… dunno, maybe someone’s got something better.

  4. Snake says:

    I’m not sure what the hell it means either. So I guess you could say that makes two of us.

  5. guttersnake says:

    Do you know that the evangelical followed me home, and now my blog as words from the Book of John. I’m going to talk to my priest about this foolishness.

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