Friday, January 30, 2009

There's gotta be money in this.


My mad Minesweeper skillz.

A tournament? A convention? America's Got Talent? You'd think there's a demand for it somewhere.

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Austin is now my favorite city...


Consider that I spent yesterday afternoon watching Shaun of the Dead...

http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/Road_signs_warn_of_zombies

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

So is this all I really need to do?

I just saw a commercial for TLC's newest show premiering next month.

Heli-Loggers.

A show about people who harvest trees using a helicopter. Oh, not interesting to you? How about Jockeys? This one's on Animal Planet - ironic given that so many animal-rights activists hate the horse racing industry.

I'm not knocking the workers themselves, or how dangerous their jobs can be. But where do these ideas come from? Somebody actually had to think, "Helicopters. Logs. Great googly moogly, these guys have a story just dying to be told!" And then they presented it at a meeting. And then more people had to agree. Finally, someone bought it. With real money and everything.

I can do this. I can create a new show! Stockboys: When Markdowns Go Bad. Get a behind-the-scenes look at what happens when the shelves are empty on the first morning of a new sale week. (Will they give that rain-check?) You could even do a spin-off for the cashiers - "Will this desperate coupon fiend save 40 cents with her double-coupon decpetion? Find out on the next Scanners - Life in the Express Lane."

Oh yeah. Who needs a college fund, right?