Not much time for a complete rundown today, as I pooped myself out with phase one of the new teevee installation. Got rid of the old equipment (including a million miles of wires and cables), and got the new TV mounted on the wall. So far, it hasn’t fallen off. Watched a couple of standard def DVDs. The picture is nice, but a little bit grainy. Not bad. Gorgeous colors, excellent bright picture. The HD output of the XBOX is absolutely phenomenal, however. Can’t wait to get the satellite HD hooked up (on Friday). The analog output of the satellite box doesn’t get sent over the HDMI cable to the teevee, so the next phase is to get the speakers hooked up and mounted. At least until the HD satellite box gets hooked up.

I don’t think I’m a teeveeaholic (as some have suggested), but I like movies and I like funny stuff, and I like a lot of other stuff that was never available in the olden days, but is out there now. In one of my past lives, I used to be a projectionist (a motion picture machine operator – IATSE Local 376, in fact), and since those days – back in the 80’s – have always tried to recreate the theatre experience (particularly the 70 mm, split surround version; I ran Top Gun, Ghostbusters, and Star Man – among others – in 70 mm, back in the day, and they were beautiful to behold, both aurally and visually) at home. That used to mean a decent sized teevee (like, 27″ or so) with a hi-fi VCR and a surround system. Before surround, there was quadraphonic sound, and I also used to hook up a second set of speakers out of phase as kind of a poor man’s surround. Me and my buddy Don (another projectionist) would go hang out at his trailer ’til all hours watching movies after work. He managed to get a Laser Disc Player out of a scrapped video game, and we’d rent Laser Discs, and trip. Ah, those were the days. Now, I have the opportunity to have a bigass teevee and (hopefully) a really nice sound system. Not that any of it is the best you can buy. Far from it. I only wish I could afford it. So, shoot me if you don’t approve.

Anyhow, on Press the Meat, it’s the 60th anniversary celebration. Guests are Ron Brownstein, E.J. Dionne, Gwen Ifill, Chuck Todd and Byron York.

Faze the Nation has John Edwards and Jean Cumming of Politico.com.

Fux News Sunday has Huckleberry Huckabee.

George Snufalufagus has Grandpa Fred Thomspson, and This Weak’s group of assholes around the roundtable is David Brooks, Donna Brazile, Jake Tapper and George :jerk: Will, plus Kayce Freed Jennings on her late husband Peter.

Later, on 60 Minutes, Steve Kroft and John Solomon report on a flawed science used in the convictions of hundreds of defendants, dozens of whom may be innocent. Bob Simon on Omar Khadr who was 15 when he was captured in a firefight with suspected al-Qaeda members and now rotting now at Guantanamo Bay. And Lesley Stahl reports on a battle brewing between health advocates and the restaurant industry.

None of this rated Hi-Def, of course.

Have a good one.