Winter Doldrums

There are 3 things that I haven't been able to get off my mind all day.  Neither of these three things are particularly interesting, however because it's the dog days of winter and not much else is happening, these are the three things I'm planning to write about this evening.

1. How exactly does a presenter that's paid to read a piece of paper announce the wrong name at the Academy Awards?  I mean, how does that happen?  With all the technology today, we haven't figured out a way around handing 2 giant movie stars the wrong envelope. I feel as this has never been an issue before, but for some reason in the last few years it just started happening.  

However, I must hand it to the poor La La Land people for handling all of the awkwardness with grace and class.  

2. The People vs. OJ Simpson is so good, that I'm literally angry at myself for not turning it on sooner.  I was 10 when the whole OJ thing happened, so I remember bits and pieces - how could I not?  It was on every station at every time of the day for months. But I definitely wasn't aware of details.  So not only is The People vs. OJ Simpson entertaining but it's also enlightening.  And the cast couldn't be any better.  Ryan Murphy is super skillful at placing the right people in the right roles.  You cannot take your eyes off of anyone. They're all so talented!  I'm only 4 episodes in and I'm already sad that it will end in 6 episodes.  I'm now trying to pace myself just to make it last.

3. I love living in the future.  Somehow we haven't mastered the art of handing people the correct envelopes, but I can click a few buttons and watch an amazing show on British television from the comfort of my American sofa.  I'm so happy Broadchurch is back on my television screen.  Talk about talented casts.  This is another show where you can't pull your eyes away for a second because of the uber-talented cast and the intriguing story.  This year's story line - revolving around the sexual assault of a woman in town - has been handled with so much respect and grace.  Everyone involved seems to have made the decision that awareness and treatment of this epidemic is extremely important which is nice to see.  Such great television, that I'm so happy I don't have to wait the 10 weeks for that I usually do.