February, 2014
February 1st, 2014, 12:32 p.m. - "What were you trying to ask me at the strip club?" "How much does it cost to get them OFF my lap?"
How I Met Your Mother - "How Your Mother Met Me": If they were putting Cristin Milioti in the spin-off, I'd watch it. She could easily carry her own show. They could just show her singing and playing the ukulele every week; people would totally watch. Rating: 5 yellow umbrellas
Psych - "Someone's Got a Woody": Yay, a Woody episode! Love him. Did we know he has a daughter? She must be an interesting person. Can we meet her? Rating: 4 cameras hidden in pill bottles
The Big Bang Theory - "The Convention Conundrum": James Earl Jones is just the best. He needs his own show, where he just hangs out with famous people and messes with other celebrities. He eggs Carrie Fisher's house. He prank-calls Mark Hamill. He and Malcolm McDowell go to Vegas and try to pick up women. I would watch that as much as I would watch anything with Cristin Milioti. Rating: 5 Ferris wheel rides
February 8th, 2014, 12:35 p.m. - "This is my partner Denzel Diggs Underwood Morris Chestnut Washington"
How I Met Your Mother - "Sunrise": I don't remember laughing once during this episode. Not even at the extremely ridiculous, laugh-worthy ending. Do better, show. Rating: 2 calls to ex-girlfriends
Psych - "Cog Blocked": Yay for a great Gus episode! That was a lot of fun. Since this is the last season, maybe Gus will get to ride off into the sunset with Em? Rating: 4 fliers for jobs Shawn's looking for
Modern Family - "iSpy": I'm going to put this out there: I think Haley's pregnant. Combine her refusal to drink two weeks ago with the mention of her numerous naps this week and it starts to look that way. That would be an interesting development for a show about unusual families. Rating: 4 drones
The Big Bang Theory - "The Locomotive Manipulation": Very disappointing, especially after last week's terrific outing. Tania Raymonde is welcome back, though I can't think of her as anyone other than Alex from Lost. Don't meet her father, Raj! Rating: 3 free boxes of chocolates
February 12th, 2014, 9:45 p.m. - The Shining 2: Electric Shine-aloo
5. Doctor Sleep (Stephen King)
Up next: Lost at Sea (Jon Ronson)
February 17th, 2014, 10:24 p.m. - By the way, I'm never going on another cruise. And I'm definitely never working on a cruise ship
6. Lost at Sea (Jon Ronson)
Up next: The Psychopath Test (Jon Ronson)
Of all of King's books, The Shining was a good choice for a sequel. But Doctor Sleep didn't do much for me. I actually got bored during some of the scenes with the True Knot. And the revelation about Lucy's connection to Dan was too much. Hopefully I'll like King's upcoming Mr. Mercedes better.
Well, I learned a lot, but I wanted to learn more. A lot of these pieces felt too short or like they left out too much. They needed more follow-up, especially since some of them were written as much as a decade ago. I wish Ronson had given more.