| It's an excess of riches
After writing about TV for nearly 17 years, there aren't many things that surprise me. But for the second Thursday in a row, I'm stunned.
There are five shows on at the same time that I want to watch. Not one, not two, not three, not even four.
Five shows.
These are shows on broadcast networks. On all the broadcast networks ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and The CW.
There are nights when there aren't five shows I want to watch. Heck, there are weeks when there aren't five shows I want to watch.
But tonight at 8, there's "Grey's Anatomy" on ABC/Ch. 4; "CSI" on CBS/Ch. 2; "Scrubs" on NBC/Ch. 5; "Supernatural" on The CW/Ch. 30; and "The O.C." on Fox/Ch. 13. (Truth be told, I had just about given up on "The O.C." early this season, but it's gone through a bit of a revival.
Achievement is ageless
'Achievement is ageless.' The complex qualifying system for the Daytona race leaves 18 drivers seeking either seven or eight spots. Among them are "names" such as Brian Vickers, Joe Nemechek, Jeremy Mayfield, Sterling Marlin, Michael Waltrip, Bill Elliott and Ward Burton. NASCAR publicist Herb Branham notes the enormity of the challenge facing Hylton. But he points out that Shelmerdine, one of the Hylton Motorsports alumni who now drives, made the race and finished 20th a year ago. Indeed, Hylton could tell them about overcoming long odds. He out-smarted the factory-back guys to win the 1972 Talladega 500. Goodyear prepared new tires for that race, and sold the supposedly obsolete ones to independent drivers at a discount. Hylton, who had qualified 10 mph slower than pole winner Bobby Isaac, planned to run the new tires, but he used old ones in the final practice.
Antiques Show at WheatonArts
MILLVILLE -- The weather outside is frightful, but in the Event Center at WheatonArts the Mid-Winter Antiques and Collectibles Show this weekend will provide plenty to keep you occupied. Dealers will be set up in the Event Center from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Sunday, with items large and small, from furniture to postcards and household collectibles to jewelry. If you're a senior citizen, reminisce as you find items identical to those you owned or used in the past. If you're of the younger generation, marvel at what was the latest innovation a couple of generations ago. A panel of dealers will offer verbal identifications on Sunday, from 1 to 3 p.m. Admission is $9 for adults, $8 for senior citizens and $6 for students.
VALENTINE ANTIQUE AUCTION
Selections from Robert Moorhead, Philadelphia, Estate of Carl Barbieri, Reading Pa, Troxell Jewelry Store Phoenixville, Gen Boden and several local partial estates.
Furniture, Antiques, Jewelry, Doll Collection, Hummels, Royal Doultons, Early Glassware, Breininger Pottery, Glassware, Books, Linens
FURNITURE: Twelve Lite Pine Corner Cupboard, Early Jelly Cupboard, Pie Safe, Eight Ladder Back Chairs, Pine Table, Several New England Washstands, Marble Top Table, Decorative Bar Table and Stools, Carved Chippendale Style Arm chair, Several Clocks, Navy Clock, French clock, Dining Room Set, with Table, chairs, and Fancy Mirrored China, Leather Sofa, Fancy French Cabinet, Several Large Mirrors, Wood Box, Marble Top Pedestal, Corner Chair, Decorative Tables and stands, Piano Lamp w/Fancy Shade, Other fancy Lamps, King Size Poster Bed, Blanket Chest, Cannonball Bed, Fancy Mahogany Blanket Chest, High Chest, Painted Rocker, Oak Desk, Oak Drop leaf table, Rockers, Pine Cupboard, Oak Tea Cart, Pair Windsor Armchairs, Pair Victorian Hip-Rest Chairs, Outdoor Cement Pedestals, One Drawer Night Stand, Two full houses of furniture.
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