Guilty pleasure

With all that's wrong with the world, I feel guilty looking forward with great anticipation the TV season premiere of Dexter this evening. Maybe it's because a Showtime subscription seems so bourgeois. But is it really? Everyone spends money, just on different priorities. And what's wrong with a little pleasure in life, a little TV or whatever, as long as it doesn't replace other priorities?

Honduras back in the news (except for U.S. corporate news)

Amazing. Honduras is once again making international news, with the return of President Zelaya and his holing up in the Brazilian Embassy, and I couldn't find one word of it on the cable channels. Just more proof of Noam Chomsky's thesis in Manufacturing Consent. Of course, Democracy Now! aired almost a half-hour worth of coverage.

Dexter withdrawal

I'm having a Dexter withdrawal! In the last few months of this year, I've watched the first three seasons of this Showtime TV series, and having seen them all, I miss my nightly excursion to the dark underside of sunny Miami. The show is definitely out of the mainstream, and somewhat disturbing, to the extent that I had to ask myself if I wanted to admit publicly that I'm a fan. But the ethical issues explored, and its black humor, make it very captivating.