28 Friday Dec 2007
Posted in media, religion, television, video
I’ve spoken here before about my West Wing addiction…
Have recently finished all seven series and am now rewatching them to use as a teaching tool with a couple of my students, which means I have to come up with questions for each episode. Today I got up to episode 3 in series 2 and loved this scene so much I wanted to use it on a debate forum on h2g2 … and hey, there it was on Youtube. And now here it is for you. 🙂
11 Tuesday Sep 2007
Posted in home, media, politics, television
The latest television series addiction at casa az. 
But before we go any further … no spoilers please! Nog and I are about half-way through season two at the moment.
What I was mainly curious about was what US citizens think of it – though all opinions are welcome, of course. I know it won tons of Emmys, mostly for the writing (which I think is fabulous), but how did people feel about seeing the president and government presented in that way? I mean, having an intelligent, caring and principled president and a support staff that seemed to know their elbows from their arseholes. Too pie in the sky, as in … it ain’t never gonna happen? Or what?
29 Wednesday Aug 2007
Posted in animals & pets, culture, television
No death in the afternoon: state TV axes bullfights
I have very mixed feelings about bullfighting. I’ve never gone to one, though part of me is tempted by the traditional ‘ambientation’. But I don’t think I’d do well watching the ritual slaying because the only time I ever saw one on television I burst into tears.
On the other hand, I would feel hypocritical denouncing bullfighting since I eat meat. And although I try to buy free range as much as possible I know that animals raised on factory farms suffer much worse and much longer than the bull in the ring. The basic life story of a fighting toro is that it is lives like a king for 3-5 years with plenty of fresh air, good food and exercise, then puts up a fifteen-minute fight for its life and is killed relatively quickly. And as far as I know, afterwards the meat is usually sold to be eaten.
I think not showing the fights on TV in the afternoons is probably a good thing, though as the article says, it’s only being banned by the state television – the regional public broadcasters will continue showing them. But although I personally find bullfighting distasteful I can’t bring myself to say it should be banned altogether.
What do you think?
10 Friday Aug 2007
Posted in health & happiness, media, rants, television, video
This ad drives me mental. Check it out. 
In the Spanish version the woman actually kisses the guy when he walks in!
04 Saturday Aug 2007
Posted in films, holidays, home, television
. . . will be on the movie channel at 6.30!
Nog doesn’t remember if he’s seen it – I’ve seen it but can barely remember it. Though we’re both curious to see if something so ‘hip and groovy man’ has managed to age well.
Now if only we had some 
casa azahar 