I've been wanting to watch this TV show for years, but I finally just decided to do it. I watched every single episode (over the course of several months) of "Father Ted." If you don't know about Father Ted, I'll tell you. It is a comedy that ran in the UK from 1995 through 1998. It is the story of Father Ted, Father Dougal, Father Jack, and their housekeeper Mrs. Doyle. They all live on Craggy Island, which is basically the middle of nowhere. Father Ted seems relatively normal, although the show hints that he was sent to Craggy Island because of some financial indiscretions. Tee hee. Father Dougal is well-meaning but seems to reside on the left hand side of the bell curve. Ha ha. Then there is Father Jack, who spends most of the show catatonic, except to yell out his favorite words: "Feck," "drink," "girls," and "no!" Mrs. Doyle is their longsuffering housekeeper, who loves to make tea and take care of her men.

Father Ted manages to get into all sorts of hilarious adventures..having to lead a group of priests out of the lingerie section of a department store without being detected; getting stuck in a tiny, tiny camper with Fathers Dougal and Jack, as well as a youth group led by a very enthusiastic youth pastor (played by a hilarious Graham Norton); writing a song for a European competition (the song is called "My Lovely Horse"); and many more. I found myself watching it at night before bed and having many laugh out loud moments to put me in a happy mood before going to sleep.

If you can find this show (on DVD, on Netflix, or somewhere else), I highly recommend it.

Steven Curtis Chapman was on Good Morning America this morning, but I didn't hear about it until later. Good thing the entire story is here on the ABC website. This family still makes me cry. But they amaze me with their faith. I'll never forget hearing this man talk about the loss of his daughter and then leading an entire audience of people in singing "Blessed Be the Lord." That song has never been the same for me since.

Anyway, read the article and watch the interview. Amazingly, this time ABC didn't cut out all of the references to God, as they did last time. (That would have made for some pretty interesting editing.) Be sure to get out your tissues. :)

BBC America is finally showing The Waters of Mars, the Doctor Who special that was shown a while ago on BBC One. We finally get to see it on Saturday night, December 19th. I'm crossing my fingers that my cable doesn't go blitz on me, as it seems to be doing a lot lately. On subsequent Saturday nights we get our installments of The End of Time (parts 1 and 2). I'm so excited to see the new specials, but I'm sad, too. The End of Time will mean the end of David Tennant as The Doctor. Boo hoo. I'll keep my mind open. Maybe I'll fall in love with Matt Smith as The Doctor.

Meanwhile, I'll enjoy the fact that BBC America will be showing Doctor Who and other Who-related things every Saturday night and Sunday through January 3rd. As I'm sitting here writing my final paper for class, it's nice to have The Doctor saving the world in the background. :)

Thanks for sharing this, Sylvia!

I just read this article about people who live without TV. I have nothing else to say. I just thought it was interesting. LOL.

OK, here's another random thing, but most of you probably know that I'm obsessed with Craig Ferguson. I just read this really nice article and interview and had to share . . . click here.

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Craig Ferguson of CBS's Late Late Show passed his United States Citizen exam with a perfect score a couple of weeks ago and was sworn in as a U.S. Citizen last Friday. Those of you who watch his show regularly know that this is something really important to Craig and that he's been waiting for it for a long time.

Craig Ferguson is my favorite TV performer right now, and I'm so happy for him!

Congratulations, Craig!!!

(If you want to read more about this, click here.)