Amnesia: Where What You Forget, You’ll Regret

Hello all,

I turned on NBC tonight and watched a new primetime game show. ‘Amnesia’ is a show where questions are asked of a person’s past. The questions are based on the accounts of family and friends. The whole show is hosted by Dennis Miller.

Now, let me first say that I have never been a fan of Dennis Miller, but he is actually a fairly good game show host, especially for this type of show. The show is light-hearted, good spirited, with very little chance to lose the money you’ve accumulated along the way. Dennis Miller is funny, adds to the conversation and tempo of the game without going for the cheap, crude joke of the moment.

I compare this show to Fox’s ‘Moment of Truth’, as basically both shows ask the contestant questions about their pasts. However, where ‘Moment of Truth’ goes for the dirty secrets and naughty details, Amnesia goes for the family, or at least Pg-13, rated fun. Dennis Miller is a heck of a lot better than Mark Walberg on ‘Moment of Truth’.

Now, I’m not saying that I don’t find ‘Moment of Truth’ entertaining, but I find that most primetime game shows slip too easily into removing the tempo from the game by cutting to the commercial in the (unrealized) hopes of keeping the audience. I first noticed this on Fox’s ‘Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?’ and then later, the same stunt being pulled every commercial break of NBC’s ‘Deal or No Deal’. It is nice to see a break from this type of low-brow entertainment stunts and back to a more family-friendly game show with a hint of adolescent themes.

All this being said, I urge you to check out both shows, Amnesia airs on NBC on Fridays and Moment of Truth airs on Fox on Wednesdays. Check them both out and make up your own minds, I’m sure you’ll find one entertaining.

Ryan ‘Piece’ Levy

Hockey Coach Fired Over Team Program

Hello all,

This story (Coach Fired Over Blue Lines) came across my desk recently and I thought I would just throw my two cents in on the subject.

The story starts with a promotional hockey team program sold at two home games a month ago to raise money for the team. The player biographies were written or generated in such a way as to make fun of each other using ‘offensive and derogatory’ language.

An excerpt of one of the biographies is as follows:

“Mistified and confused by women, Danny plans on attending NSCC to graduate with a nursing degree to better help him understand the female anatomy. When he’s not at the rink, you’ll find him on the golf course, or exposing his ‘Balls of Fury’ at the ping pong tables. Sadly, we have learned that Danny was absolutely devastated upon hearing Celine Dion had cancelled her Halifax show.”

As you can see above, the above is not the typical player biography, however, I believe this is where this story gets blown completely out of proportion.

The principal of the school in question is then quoted as saying:

“As the principal of Lockview High School, I am accountable for ensuring that all communication associated with our school is held to the highest stan­dard. I should have seen this program and signed off on its content before it went to print. I did not. I say this not to pass blame but rather to personally accept responsibility.”

This being said, the administration has decided to fire the volunteer coach instead of the person accountable, by their own admission.

I believe that this is just a way for the school system to not shift responsibility to a volunteer instead of actually taking responsibility for their actions, or in this case, their inaction.

By showing the children that whenever something bad happens, there is always someone else to blame, we are basically teaching our children to be bullies. I know that some of you may not agree with that statement, but I see the principal dismissing the coach is just a form of bullying. It is just showing the children that it is okay to fire someone who has spent a lot of his spare time coaching and training a group of young men into a team with price and confidence at its core. A team that is said to give back to the community in many ways, including sponsoring a family at Christmas and participating in toy drives for needy families.

But apparently, none of this matters when a little bit of public outcry happens. It just goes to show how inadequate the school system is when it bows to public pressure from the vocal minority.

Ryan ‘Piece’ Levy

Introduction

Hello all,

This is my first post on my blog and I would just like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for taking the time to read this. In the near future, I will be updating with (hopefully) daily posts, either in this form or in video form.

My blog will be about my everyday musings. As some of you may know, I do have a lot of opinions on a variety of subjects, and this, I feel, is an excellent way of voicing those opinions for others to hear.

Occasionally, I will have posts dedicated to product review, or entertainment review, depending on what I’ve used or seen lately.

Overall, I would like to again thank you for visiting my blog, check back often as I will be posting all the time and feel free to leave any comments, suggestions on any topics you’d like me to cover, or any helpful hints on the layout/functionality of my website.

Thank you,

Ryan ‘Piece’ Levy