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Parenting on Bones

On this week's episode of the Fox crime drama Bones, a healthy baby was recovered from a car crash, leaving the nerdy scientists in the lab with a child to take care of. The funniest part was a short comment between an engaged couple in the lab (not the characters pictured).

After the girl picks up the baby,

Girl (to boy): Get used to this, because I'm going to want a million of them.

Boy: cool. [pause] By a million, you mean two, right?

Television Shows

My buddy Colin just posted his list of television shows that he DVRs (the actual name, not "TiVo" for you unawares) and watches every episode. He came up with 10. Here is my list, in no particular order. What about you?

  • CSI
  • CSI: New York
  • CSI: Miami
  • Grey's Anatomy
  • Private Practice
  • Numb3rs
  • House
  • Bones
  • Law & Order
  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  • Without a Trace
  • Cold Case
  • Family Guy
  • Simpsons
  • South Park

Other "seasonal" shows that are not currently on right now.

  • The Closer
  • Reno 911

Now you might think to yourself, "my word, Dean watches television like an addict." You'd be correct. In my defense, however, we typically watch less television than they average American (we tend to be 3-4 weeks behind at any given point), three of those shows are 20 minute cartoons, and interestingly enough, it's something Giles and I enjoy doing together. We actually break off onto tangents about world views, artistic decisions in the shows and the like about everything from character development to crimes committed. Those of you that have had the opportunity to talk with me about visual media and the arts (especially television and film) understand where this is coming from.

Needless to say, I watch too much TV.

Little Benefits to Watching Television

As you probably know, I live by myself. I try to "stay in" a lot because it saves money, and frankly I have no money these days and need to save up. So I work out. I watch television. And...sleep. Yep, that is about it. But the television thing brings little snippets of job that you might miss otherwise.

Take, for example, tonight's episode of Bones. Frankly, the show has a "Viewer Discretion Advised" for a reason. They show decomposing bodies. After all, "Bones" is a forensic anthropologist and investigates said Bones to figure out what happened. Plus there is the typical inter-office drama, relationships, control issues, all of the things that make a good crime-drama.

But last night's episode, "The Boy in the Shroud," closed with a song I was not familiar with. It is a track by Susan Enan entitled "Bring on the Wonder" and it is absolutely gorgeous. The frustration is that she is from the UK and I literally cannot find a purchasable (or illegal, for that matter) download of her track anywhere. However, you can stream it on her Myspace page here. Please please please go take a listen. If you like Imogen Heap, I think you will like Susan Enan. I am not saying she and Imogen sound alike, but I think Imogen fans will like her anyhow. Do yourself a favor and take a listen.

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