Tivo update

A few weeks ago Laurie commented about the fact that my little "In my Tivo" sidebar item was still proclaiming that I had an "impossible backlog" of shows to watch.  Yeah, that's a lie.  So I figured it might be time for an In my Tivo update.

For the time being (until all the writers catch up and start putting new shows back on NOW PLEASE), this is our paltry TV lineup:

Monday: One Tree Hill (I'm not even ashamed to admit that I CANNOT GET ENOUGH OF MAH PRIMETIME SOAPS); New Amsterdam (Joel likes it, I love the concept but find the show sort of meh)

Tuesday: NCIS (I still don't understand how the whole world thinks CSI is soooo awesome and this show gets ignored!)

Wednesday: Girlicious.  Enough said.

Thursday: Lost (although we are currently three episodes behind, because I forgot to record it the week that Joel was away on Spring break, and uh... watching it on the internet is hard when you have dial up.  Halp!); Smallville (for the record, I am so over Lana that I almost can't watch this anymore, and if the CW cancels Supernatural (LOVE) and keeps Smallville for a billionth season...well, I am going to be pissed.  And I know the CW doesn't want that.  RIGHT?)

Friday: BATTLESTAR GALLACTICA.

I feel that this last item deserves a whole entry of its own, because OMG.  Did you know that BSG is like, the best show ever?   I can't believe I just typed that either, but there it is.  I am officially and completely converted.  I still find "frack" annoying, but I'm willing to look past it because OMG STARBUCK IS BACK.   Or is she really a Cylon?   THE SUSPENSE.

And while we're on the topic of sidebar items, maybe you've noticed that I now have a big spankin' BlogHer Ads section.  I'm not really expecting to make any money off this here blog, but I figured that if someone is willing to pay me any amount for doing something I'm already doing for free... well, why not give it a try?  So, if you're philosophically and morally opposed to blog advertising... just pretend that's not there.  I switched to a three-column design to accommodate the adspace without pushing the rest of my sidebar down too far, but I've already gotten one complaint (from Joel) that the new format is "too skinny".   I am assuming that, like me, most of you use a feed reader and probably don't even notice when a blog's design changes.  But let me know what you think of the format or if you  have any suggestions.  I am wondering if any of you more savvy web people know if it's possible to modify the template so that there's not so much unused space on both sides of the page -- and if so, can you tell me how?    Do you just not care at all, since you never leave your feed reader (again, like me)?  Speak now or forever hold your peace.

(Except, not really, because forever = until whenever I next change the template)

Comments

[Laurel]

Girlicious and BSG forever!

Starbuck is definitely NOT a cylon. Too obvious.

[Laurie]

So did you get to the NipTuck or what?!!

Do you watch Gossip Girl? It's so good - love that darn high school drama.

[Viviane]

A lot of TV shows are actually starting back up again next week and the week after!
And someone else that mentions BSG! I might really have to check that out then!
As for the layout, I use Wordpress, but if Typepad works anything like WP, you'd probably have to look at the stylesheet, and find the page width, and edit that, that is the width of the page in general, and that of the middle column... and make sure they still add up to the same total.

[janet]

Husband is totally trying to get my into BSG (is that what the cool kids call it?) but I am struggling a bit. But TRYING, I swear.

Yay for ads, I read in the feeder mostly. Narrow doesn't bug me cause I just come here to comment.

[Brie]

Love NCIS!

[Marriage-101]

I don't watch any of these shows...the only show I really watch is Two and a Half Men. I just can't get enough of Charlie Sheen and that chubby kid that played Angus. Love them both!

And I'm a feed-reader reader also, so I'm with Janet.

[Erin]

You don't watch The Office? I'm shocked and appalled. Best show on TV, next to my Law & Orders and NCIS.

I don't like the 3rd column since it slims your writing space a lot, but I'll still show up and read anyway. Whatever makes you happy works for me.

[Kristabella]

NEXT WEEK! That's when Lost comes back! How did I manage for the whole summer and fall and winter without this show? LOVE. IT.

I am guessing the design template is fixed width and you might need to get a new template.

And I also have no idea what I'm talking about.

[nancypearlwannabe]

I didn't even know you are a Battlestar fan! How did I not know this?! Oh man, Chris has decided that the fifth cylon is Lee's dead brother, and nothing I do to argue it has helped. Who can it be???

[Jemima]

Dude, (re NCIS) I KNOW! I was so over the writer's strike, since there were no new NCISs for practically the whole season. You must now also TIVO Dexter. Seriously.

I never watched Scrubs, but now we get 2 or 3 A NIGHT! We never have to leave home again! The magic of television!

[skeezix]

NCIS, yes! Although you have to wonder what in god's name Jenny did to her face while on the writer's strike. Gibbs sure does bring the pretty, doesn't he?

BSG, holy shit. I LOVE it. Best ever. I'm not finished with season 3 yet so I keep accidentally get spoiled...just a little bit though.