Why I don't read on Wednesday

"One quality show after another, each one fresher and more brilliant than the last. If they only stumbled once, just gave us thirty minutes to ourselves, but they won’t! They won’t let me live!” - Homer

There's America's Next Top Model and Project Runway. Now there's South Park and the new David Cross and Jon Benjamin cartoon Freakshow. The airwaves are so clogged with entertainment that I have to skip Laguna Beach. It's a good thing the Yankees-Tigers game was rained out. I don't know what I'll do when Top Chef starts up again.

The real star of Wednesday night, however, is of course Lost. I'm a little late to the party on this show, and had to catch up on DVD in the last couple weeks. The first episode of the 3rd season is the first I've seen with commercials, and it was agonizing to wait three minutes to see what happened next. Now I have to endure a 215 hour break before the next episode.

If you are deciding whether or not to watch the show, take a look at LOSTpedia and see what might become of you. This is also a good site if you need a quick bump to make it until next Wednesday.

They have character histories, plot summaries and lots of other useless info, but the most fun are reading the "fan theories."

Here are some of the nuttiest ones:

The numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42 are in fact referencing the periodic table, and the combination of these elements (Be, O, P, S, V and Mo) create an evil weapon.
LIKELINESS: 5

The statue of a foot with four toes that Sayid sees means "the others" might be trolls.
LIKELINESS: 8

Mr. Friendly, the man who leads the boat that takes Walt, is gay.
LIKELINESS: 10

Jack's father is Him, the leader of the others. John Locke's father is Him. HIM is an acronym for "His Infernal Majesty" - the Devil.
LIKELINESS: 0

An early name for Goliath was Alwt, an anagram for Walt, therefore...I'm not sure.
LIKELINESS: ?