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July 11, 2012 The Platoon AdvantageFixing the Worst Days of the Baseball SeasonI got back into town last night just before the first pitch of the All-Star Game, after spending a week at a cabin in the Internetless north woods of these United States. As such, my last seven days has been much more of this:
than this:
I am thus feeling very disconnected from the game I love, and completely out of the normal routine that baseball fans fall into of watching or listening to games every night on TV, radio, or the computer. Watching and following a team through the long season is dependent on these routines, and mine are way out of whack. Thankfully, baseball has seen fit to throw me a bone, tossing the midseason break onto the tail end of my vacation to lessen the amount of baseball I would have otherwise missed. In fact, it turns out I could have taken a couple extra days and not really missed anything worth watching.
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I enjoyed Luther. British cop dramas just feel less "shiny" than American ones. It simultaneously makes them more compelling but also uncomfortable to watch.
Totally agree, but I thought Luther became less interesting and put a greater emphasis on nutty plot twists as it went on. That episode with the Dungeons & Dragons brothers was a great example. But in a world without The Wire it was sufficiently entertaining.
I don't know how I stumbled across it, but Foyle's War is what I'm watching now. It's clearly of the Masterpiece Theater ilk, which means little violence, dry wit, and (obviously!) WWII as a backdrop. In spite of all these horrific qualities ;D I've been sucked right in. Check it.