CSI and a half

We had record-setting rainfall yesterday. Glad I haven’t gotten around to watering the lawn lately.

Last night’s Two and a Half Men, scripted by the writers from C.S.I., was a hoot. There was a guest appearance by the guy who plays Nick Stokes, and the requisite CGI of biological trauma, in this case, food going down Jake’s gut and a hilarious forensic depiction of a fart. Turns out I was right about the scam, though I didn’t anticipate the lovers-not-family angle. The TaaHM writers return the favor this week on CSI.

The Big Bang Theory continues to be one of my favorite comedies. I think that’s because I’m a geek. I’m also going through a 1970s flashback—I bought the DVD sets for the two seasons of Banacek, starring George Peppard. The second season also has the series pilot, which is where I decided to start. I’m halfway through “Detour to Nowhere,” the tale of an armored truck that vanished in the middle of the Texas desert (though the desert doesn’t resemble the Texas version so much as the California variety). I had a pretty good idea of the solution to this one based on a throw-away comment made early in the case, but I’m enjoying revisiting one of my favorite crime dramas from my youth.

I’m in the midst of rewriting the scene in my novel that is going to take the most work since I obsoleted some of the activity later in the book. It’s not going to take as much work as I anticipated, and I hope to finish that off tomorrow and get back to just having to tidy up here and there.

I finished the second Dexter book last night. Doakes takes a big hit in this one. Yikes! I wonder if the actor who plays the role in the TV series has read this yet. Next up: the new Joseph Wambaugh.