Now this is just pretty damn cool, Windows Media Center, NBC and TVTonic have collaborated to provide Summer Olympic coverage delivered direct to your Media Center (and through that to your Xbox too). 

Paula asked the important question: "Why should I care? I'll just TiVo it."

True, you can get the Olympics via TV broadcast (and time-shifted via your PVR of choice) or on demand from NBC's site.  The thing I think is a killer feature is that you can specify the events you want to watch instead of having to fast forward through an hour of equestrian events just to watch track and field (or vice versa).  Heck, you don't even need a TV tuner card to get the programming (most of it in ED and lots in HD).

Sure, there are limits: you have to be in the US and you have to have Vista Media Center (32 bit only).

Get the full run down from TVTonic's site.

SciFi Channel: you owe me an hour.

Here's the elevator pitch: take the cheerleader from Heroes, stick her in a shadowy government agency like Sydney from Alias and have them hunt super bad guys like Buffy from... well... Buffy.

I really wanted to like Painkiller Jane... a hero who heals rapidly, bad guys with mind control powers and a group of bad-ass G-men protecting the world.  Combine that with some cool music and stylish cinematography and you can't loose.

You know there's a "but" coming don't you?  Here's the thing: they hired creative writing students from the local community college to write the scripts.  I guess they needed to make sure there was money left over to hire someone to write little mini games for their web site.

Look on the bright side, remember how you were trying to figure out if you should record the new SciFi channel show starring the sexy female terminator from T3 or a rerun of Myth Busters?  Problem solved. 

My current gaming addiction is Gears of War (GOW)... spent almost 4 hours playing it with friends last night (yes, Paula is out of town... aren't you clever to figure that out).

Every time I play I can't help thinking: "Hey, that Cole character sounds totally like Terry Tate."  Well, last night my curiosity finally got the better of me and I looked it up. I was not mistaken.  Agustus Cole in GOW is played by Lester "The Mighty Rasta" Speight, recognized by most as "Terry Tate, Office Linebacker". 

I can't resist the Terry Tate commercials... once I watch one I have to watch them all... over and over and over.  Have a little taste of what Terry's dishin' out.

• Office Linebacker History 
• Vacation
• Sensitivity Training
• Draft Day
• Streaker

I love this show! 

Are you watching it yet?

No?  Go, right now, set your TiVo.  Don't worry, I'll wait right here.

What are you waiting for?  Shoo!

Paula already knew it.  Trina already knew it.  Aw heck, it seems most everyone else already knows... Buffy The Vampire Slayer is hilarious.

When I was back in Seattle last month I picked up seasons two through seven for Paula... and ended up watching most of the episodes with her.  I'd never really seen more than a few episodes here and there, Paula, however, had watched most of them and was hooked.

If you haven't seen them you should.  Go sign up for NetFlix (no, I don't get a kickback for pushing them) and load up your queue.  If you're feeling like it you might as well throw in the movie that started it all.

Why, you ask? Because it has great lines like this:

"Martha Stewart isn't a demon. She's a witch. [...] Nobody could do that much decoupage without calling on the powers of darkness."