The New TV Season Begins

Talk about going from 0 to 60 in a few days flat... The new TV season just officially started, and already I am struggling to figure out what to watch, when, and how to have a life that doesn't require pictures and sound from an electronic source.

Prison Break had its second ep last night. It's not that I'm a neat freak--okay, well, maybe a little--but the grime and filth of this new prison is making me not want to watch. Plus, it's up against Chuck, which is Alias-reminiscent with real-life-ish people thrown in for good measure. It may be my favorite hybrid of the season.

Tonight, the Dr is in. Oh, how I have missed House. There is some Tuesday-night viewing overlap--tonight's 90-minute Boston Legal season premiere starts at 9:30, but I have a plan: watch House live, record BL for later in the week. Yes, Boston is a guilty pleasure, but I am not quite ready to give it up; I look forward to seeing how The Practice v3.0 is going to reinvent itself...again.

Wednesdays means Private Practice/Gossip Girl/Back to You, and Dirty Sexy Money. And Pushing Daisies hasn't even started yet. Thursday - ABC extravaganza - Betty, Grey's, and Big Shots. And there's Fridays, complete with actual good programing--yay Friday Night Lights. Don't even get me started on Sundays. Ooh. Getting overwhelmed just thinking about it.

As they say in Episodic television, to be continued...

Where Eagles Dare

To commemorate September 11th, here’s a poem, written by W. Eric Weiss, as his response to the events on that faithful day just 6 short years ago. It was put to music by Ken Kingsbury; the song can be found here: http://www.kenkingsbury.com/Eagles.html. But the lyrics speak for themselves.

Where Eagles Dare
By W. Eric Weiss

A plane flew away before the dawns early light
Buildings falling down a world forgot to spin round
Blasting a hole in the heart of freedom’s dream
As freedom screams… as freedom screams

Like the day the music died
The good old boys drank some more rye
As we cried in our hearts for Lennon’s sky
A sad world could only cry

Only where eagles dare shall eagles fly
We are stronger we are one… We will survive
Only where freedom dares shall the stars and stripes fly
We are stronger we are one… Freedom will survive

Imagine the children at play
Had no idea peace was attacked today
But still we dream a dream that will never die
As we still fly in Lennon’s sky

An eye for an eye only God knows why
Different faces and different names
But our children’s blood is still the same
Still our freedom flies… our freedom flies

Lady Liberty stood tall through it all
And passed the torch to the world today
The world shall answer the call
Freedom will not fall… Freedom will not fall

Only where eagles dare shall eagles fly
We are stronger we are one… We will survive
Only where freedom dares shall the stars and stripes fly
We are stronger we are one… Freedom will survive

God bless America… Our home sweet home
God bless the world… Our home sweet home
God bless the world… Our home sweet home