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I signed up for Netflix again now that I'll be home for awhile to actually use it. It's been months since I spent much time watching TV except when I'm winding down late at night, so there's a lot saved up that I want to see.

So far, I've rented:
"Persepolis" which I enjoyed, having read the graphic novel.

"Night at the Museum", which was enjoyable and fun. The script was written by two of the guys behind Reno911, which I think is pretty funny. I thought their commentary track was extra amusing.

Waiting to be watched is "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", which I haven't seen in years. The song "Comedy Tonight" has been running through my head for weeks, sung by Zero Mostel of course. If you want to experience not getting the song out of your head too, click here.

I watched the first episode of season 1 of the video version of "This American Life" courtesy of the streaming video service part of Netflix. I had heard the radio version of one of the stories, "If By Chance We Meet Again" on NPR before. It was amazing how my mental pictures from listening to the radio version differed from the actual visual ones. For instance, I pictured the tame bull in the story, Chance, to be a regular large bull. But he was actually an enormous Brahma bull, which was even more surreal considering his docility.

Also on streaming video were the first 3 episodes of the 1970 BBC production of the Six Wives of Henry the 8th. I need to watch the rest now. The BBC drama impressed me in that it left you sympathetic to each wife, which is kind of a feat because often things are either pro Anne Boleyn or anti Anne Boleyn, which leaves you either liking or not liking Catherine of Aragon or Jane Seymore. Personally, I'm partial to Anne Of Cleves. I also watched "The Other Boleyn Girl", which wasn't historically accurate but was more accurate than the novel.

I have also come to the conclusion that were I to have to choose between dating any of the members of Dethklok, I would probably have to pick Toki Wartooth

All the buzz about the Land of the Lost movie made me think of the Sid and Marty Krofft shows I watched religiously as a kid. It's been many years since I've seen any of them, so last night I did a little poking around on Youtube. Just watching the credit sequences brings back all sorts of memories.

I wanted to be the girl Bugaloo. I thought the boy Bugaloos were cute.

( More Kroffty goodness under the cut )