A few months ago, stressed when I couldn’t get any more Dexter discs from Netflix, I decided to get Showtime on Demand from the cable company. Watching television on demand got me thinking about the advances made to the entertainment industry in recent years. Cable came out in…what, the 80’s? I remember needing a box for our television back then. Once cable came out, nothing changed for a LONG time. And then, along came the DVR, which I refer to as the single best invention since the internet. After that, it was TV on demand, and Netflix allowing you to watch whole movies on your computer. Amazing, isn’t it?

I’ve watched all of the Dexter there is to watch for now, and I moved onto Weeds. I love this show! Where Dexter is high tech, with computers and crime scenes and blood spatter, Weeds is low tech - just a few commercial lighting units, some
electrical supplies, and an empty house - boom, you’ve got a growing cottage industry. Pun not intended.