Evendays

Nothing in this post will be news to you. But it’s all new to me. We still have rabbit ears on our Sony, picking up 2 Swiss stations and 3 French ones. We watch about 5 hours a week, unless it’s World Cup week or Federer is playing in a major.

Difference between here and there are plenty. In Lausanne we can watch 45 minutes without one commercial break, here you’ve got, well, almost as much commercial time as story time.

And what has happened to sports? On ESPN-4a, there were these really big, big guys… throwing darts!

Then a bunch of guys were sitting around a table playing cards and the guy commentating sounded like Vin Scully commenting the ninth inning of a close play-off game. It was so exciting I had to wait for the commercial to go and get my DP. I didn’t want to miss any of it.

And who’s the programming guy putting shark attacks on the Discovery Channel? The kids have learned valuable information that has really spiced up our dinner time conversation!

I had never heard of the Food Channel (did it exist 3 years ago?), but from coast to coast, my relatives know the latest way to BBQ a chicken breast or make that fresh green pea sauce, just right for chilled salads during the summer months. 

The first few weeks, I thought I was immune to the TV programs. But this morning after my run and yard work, I found myself watching on ESPN-15 the Dutchess of Doom taking on the Striking Viking. No, it wasn’t women’s mud wrestling, but trick-shot billiards. I missed the end. Who won?