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May 18, 2005
A very special Minor Tweaks
In sitcom vernacular, a flashback episode is an episode in which the characters "remember" previous episodes. This allows a show's producers to string together clips from old episodes to create a new one. It's cheap, easy and they know that we'll consume their re-heated offerings without complaint.
I was thinking of this earlier today when I was snowed-in at a ski lodge. I was also thinking about that time Russell Crowe talked his captors out of their essential philosophies. After that I thought for a while about that time Kellie and I drove to New York to see Christo's "The Gates." When I was finished thinking about that, I happened to recall the time I e-mailed the people who make 9-lives cat food. Then, out of nowhere, I remembered an essay my dog wrote about Ralph Waldo Emerson -- which, now that I think about it, is kind of remarkable. Before I was able to remember anything more there was a knock at the door. It was a rescue party! I was saved. The whole ordeal lasted exactly 30 minutes, including commercials.
Posted by teb at May 18, 2005 08:56 PM