Being stupid has never been so funny.

My Name Is Earl

It's nice to see a skateboarder gone good. I cannot describe how much I loathe the Jackass guys. "My Name Is Earl" is so well shot and written that almost no other show currently broadcast can compare. Only Battlestar Galactica, Lost, and Heroes are equals in quality.

Look what we can do on only a $2000.00* budget!

*Not including the cost of a real-estate appraisal, a dedicated team consisting of one professional home designer, and two or three professional contractors/carpenters for about two to three weeks.

Designed to Sell is my wife's newest obsession.

I wonder how far that two-grand would go if they had to include the labor in that budget? Two days, TOPS!

Granted, they seem to do good work, and if the follow-up information is accurate they do help people make money above their original asking price. That and the host seems like a decent chap and the crew is more personable than most of the home improvement shows.

I just make sure to remind my wife exactly what the two-thousand dollar budget isn't counting.

Whenever you think you have the toughest, nastiest and unpleasant job ever then you may need to watch a show that my wife and I have been enjoying for a while now that I think will put those thoughts to rest permanently.

Dirty Jobs

The show is about the backbreaking, nasty, gross, yucky and usually very interesting jobs that are performed to keep our civilization running smoothly. The host, Mike Rowe, is no fainting flower journalist who only observes from afar. Mike gets in and sticks his hands into some of the most unpleasant places and substances.

Each episode usually consists of Mike traveling to various locations around the country to showcase 2-3 different industries. He's been to cattle breeders (the hands in unpleasant places) to sewage treatment plants (the unpleasant substances) to alligator farms. And he seems to do his best to try to do the work of whatever occupation is being spotlighted, usually with humorous and sometimes successful results.

What makes the show good and makes my wife and I fans, is not just the topics and locations. It's how Mike treats the people that are being showcased. He really seems down-to-earth and doesn't condescend or look down his nose, nor does he kiss their butts either. He gives as good as he gets and sometimes the banter with the hosts is the most entertaining part.

Chances are there are jobs being done in America that you have no idea about. Watch Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel and find out what happens after you flush.

Okay, a film, albeit highly-stylized, about an actual historical event is "moronic", a "sword'n'sandals" "dumb audience-friendly" romp.

Yet, a gimmick laden movie about strippers, zombies and psychotic stuntmen is to be considered high-art.

Hmm.

Let's compare the cultural contributions of Herodotus (Histories) and Frank Miller (The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City, 300, etc.).

To Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Grindhouse, etc.) and Robert Rodriguez (Desperado, From Dusk Till Dawn, etc.).

Hmm. Unless I think that the height of cultural contributions is clever, hipster, 70's references and cheesy faux-exploitation rip-offs then I think I'm going to just stick with being a fan of the "moronic" and "dumb".

Just because the director is a pretentious, eccentric weirdo does not make the film fine-art.

I wonder how much history information has been sought out due to the over-whelming intellectual stimulation of Grindhouse? I guess I missed the History Channel special.

SchemaInSight

Most code generation code is intended for generating data-access code. There doesn't seem to be any simple (or free) code for accessing a database and enumerating the database objects.

The database objects that can be accessed using the SchemaInSight tool include:

The database's themselves.
The database tables and views.
Stored procedure parameters, and results. At least for simple stored procedures.

In the future I would like to extend it to include functions, custom types and anything else I can't think of right now.