Weblog Sin Pies

By Mike Bijon

There aren’t many things that will get Americans upset. Neither crime waves nor bad driving are a big deal unless they think someone is going to carry off their 90-inch screen or dent their shiny, leased wondercar. Whatever the reasons, many of us are content putting our feet up and watching TV, chatting on the phone, or doing both while surfing the internet … meanwhile our way of life is under attack.

Thieves and armed criminals are shutting down digital TV signals, wireless phone systems, and the internet*. It’s even more personal for us, two of Sin Pies’ seven daily visitors haven’t seen the site since the middle of last week. The story of this internet outage is pretty ridiculous: Some thieves cut a major cable hoping it was made from copper that they could cart off and sell. Oops, the cable was a big fiber optic line and worthless to them, but very important to digital TV, phone, and internet signals. The phone or cable worker-people, who aren’t known for working fast at any time, showed up to fix the line and found out that the spare cable had been shot full of holes.

That’s right. American thieves and people shooting guns off in urban areas are slowing down the internet and making it hard to call Mom and watch endless baseball this weekend. This is an outrage! Call out the Department of Homeland Security and look into this. What kind of world is it when I have to leave the house to find something to do?

By Charley Daniels

My friend Robert came over and watched So You Think You Can Dance, which inspired him to write about ways to make the show better:

Imagine this - the entire dancefloor has hidden danger spots. If one or both of the dancers happen to step on this spot, one of many ‘dangers’ can happen to them! Some ideas: springboard, flames, sandbags drop from ceiling, tiger gets released, super bright strobe light turns on, floor starts shaking, etc.

That would be better! His post inspired me to make a poll at BuzzDash:

What will this post inspire you to do?

By Charley Daniels

You should always get at least a second opinion (a third, fourth, and fifth if you can) when you’re choosing a name for your new business or other venture or, say, when you’re registering your new TV station’s call letters. Just for example.

By Charley Daniels

Cracked.com’s top 10 moments from 30 Rock. And they say there’s no good new comedies on TV.

Via YesButNoButYes.