I am thankful for television. Though I enjoy reading (am currently reading John Irving's latest and enjoying it), playing with my son, and speaking with my wife; there is something wonderful about the lack of effort necessary to watch television. This has been an especially good season with The Office and 30 Rock at the height of their powers, an excellent episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm on this past week, and continuously satisfying episodes of The Amazing Race.
Recently on The Amazing Race, Super Christian Couple had a moment at the top of a water slide that was must-see TV. Jerky guy practically throws her down the slide.
Classy guy. This episode led to more of the aforementioned enjoyable discussion with my wife where she accused me of trying to throw her down the slide in the fictional world where we are contestants on TAR. I told her that she would never wear that silly looking bathing suit and floaties. The wife has actually sabotaged videotaped applications for the show and I am looking for a new potential teammate. My favorite part was the trash talking exhibited by the Globetrotters when they arrived.
After the fact, jerky guy thought he wasn't abusive. I guess attempting to throw your girlfriend off a six story platform isn't abusive, it's just competition. Don't you love America, trying to win a million dollars is an excuse for anything.
