Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching

Until, oh, about a week ago, I'd have said Criminal Minds. I love that it's an ensemble show. I love that it's a procedural that seems to be more about the procedure. I love that it respects the victims. (Yes, I'm looking at you CSI franchise with your tasteless quips. They aren't MASH quality black humor; they're tacky.)

Moreover, there were three women on the show, none of whom was an appendage to a man, though two are in relationships, and each with distinctive personalities and job roles.

Last week, one had her option dropped and one is now in negotiations for a severely reduced role. While I love the third character, a hacker named Garcia, to pieces, she's the most conventionally girly of the three.

The thing is, there are other shows I like, but I don't care enough to proselytize for them. I think the last show I really did that for was Smallville back in the early days when it was so sparkly it broke people's gaydar.

*sigh*

Bloody Hell!

A few minutes ago the Breaking News Item at the top of the Washington Post's page was that the cap on the Gulf Leak had needed to be removed due to an accident. The item has been replaced with an announcement for President Obama's live discussion in half an hour about General McChrystal. The lede was still smaller than the one underneath it announcing that the US will be moving up in the World Cup.

I don't know about you, but I think the Gulf thing is the most important.

Found the AP article and include the full text. The time stamp is 12:48 EDT.

NEW ORLEANS -- The Coast Guard says BP has been forced to remove a cap that was containing some of the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.

Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen says an underwater robot bumped into the venting system. That sent gas rising through vent that carries warm water down to prevent ice-like crystals from forming in the cap.

Allen says the cap has been removed and crews are checking to see if crystals have formed before putting it back on. In the meantime, a different system is still burning oil on the surface.

Before the problem with the containment cap, it had collected about 700,000 gallons of oil in the previous 24 hours. Another 438,000 gallons was burned.

The current worst-case estimate of what's spewing into the Gulf is about 2.5 million gallons a day.



ETA: I think we just had a long wave earthquake. The building shook for nearly a minute. (13:51 06/23/2010)