tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74702632024-03-07T01:41:11.039-05:00Thoughtnami™From Jeff Harris, the mad mind behind <a href="http://www.thexbridge.com">The X Bridge™</a> comes a place where thoughts and opinions are expressed about everything worth talking about. All articles © and ™ Jeff Harris/TXB-Behemoth Entertainment.Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.comBlogger204125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-25660362740746203552021-10-01T01:44:00.003-04:002022-11-04T18:31:33.132-04:00As I Was Saying. . . ... the world has changed SO much since the last time I posted anything worth reading around these parts. It's been over a decade since I posted on this very page. We've become accustomed to many changes in society, professional life, hygiene, safety, and, perhaps of utter importance to the case of this blog, pop-cultural entertainment. Battlelines are seemingly drawn in what we digestJeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-83264618356026691682011-08-01T21:49:00.000-04:002011-08-01T21:49:35.923-04:00Thoughtnami 2.0Just wanted to remind those still checking out Classic Thoughtnami that the current incarnation of the site is located here:
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Thank you for your patronage here, and I hope to see you there.Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-68741246809336901982009-12-22T15:43:00.001-05:002009-12-23T01:02:41.442-05:00The Story of The Four NetworksOnce upon a time, there were four networks.
One was an orphaned network that struggled a bit when they were growing up trying to find an identity. He didn't like his name, Nimby. He spent the sixties trying to find out who he is, started wearing colorful clothes that people didn't get at first, hung out with spacemen, and ended up found in the haze of the hippie counterculture. He felt good, Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-47739807319064641882009-12-09T18:07:00.001-05:002009-12-09T18:17:05.933-05:00Another Tale From Another WorldIt wasn't supposed to be this easy.A year ago, they were just kids. Without purpose. Without hope. Looking for answers to questions that plagued their minds. Looking to belong to something bigger than themselves. Five kids who I've helped mold into the best chance this lost land has to offer.For one year, I've trained them to become warriors. I've taught them how to fight without fighting, but I Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-38151552261776233202009-12-08T19:43:00.004-05:002009-12-08T21:48:57.708-05:00Characters Welcome . . . Unless They're AnimatedI like USA. I do. If the wags get their way and NBC goes cable through its new majority owner Comcast, I shall miss USA because I don't see them keeping a cable-only NBC and USA, unless they become like Time Warner's TBS and TNT networks, but better. But that's not what I'm writing this article about. The tagline of USA for the past four or five years is "Characters Welcome." It's a catchy Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-92058819984663042722009-11-26T21:39:00.002-05:002009-11-26T22:33:36.443-05:00I've Been ThinkingThe following would be considered a rambling discussion by critics, so be warned. I use a lot of words that could make your head hurt if you can't handle it. Reader discretion is strongly advised to those that can't handle it.I've been thinking. Is television, as my generation and the generations before mine knew it, coming to an end? I know we're in a new digital era where those without special Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-47590526729078940392009-10-06T16:15:00.002-04:002009-10-06T20:16:48.627-04:00Zero Dollars and No SenseI've been writing on the internet for close to 12 years, either on Usenet, message boards, or my sites (and sites of my friends). You want to know how much money I've made for my articles over these dozen years?$0.00That's zero dollars and no sense. In fact, I'm actually in the red by about $40. That's how much I paid for three years of my domain renewal and ICANN fees. Why am I telling you all Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-62525632783976220602009-09-19T17:27:00.005-04:002009-09-19T19:45:28.610-04:0052 Weeks LaterFifty-two weeks ago tonight, the final broadcast of Toonami aired on Cartoon Network. While I am a little saddened that the block is no longer on the air, I would like to make the following statement:The world did not end. Sure, there are folks walking around with a dazed look on their faces, wide-eyed, and still convinced that Toonami will return and return sooner rather than later. Never mind Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-13723474422159639712009-08-11T23:45:00.000-04:002009-08-11T23:49:42.869-04:00Is The Nightmare Over? Answer: No, Just StalledPreviously on Thoughtnami, I talked about how moronic Cartoon Network has become in recent months, especially when it comes to the even more moronic CNReal experiment which has been proven to be a critical failure and the reason the network's ratings have tumbled 29% in primetime, where they're no longer in the top 10, let alone the top 20 in cable networks. This was a few weeks ago. Since that Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-38961201257112770652009-08-11T22:06:00.007-04:002009-08-13T23:47:25.379-04:00Electric Hatred (or If You're Not Hated, You Aren't Doing It Right)Over on my real site, I talked about how individuals could buy 4Kids Entertainment (who very briefly said that a sale of some kind is in the works this week). Obviously, it hit a nerve with some people. Not because I had made a few suggestions of who should buy it, but rather, heaven forbid, I gave an opinion. Not a negative, evil opinion, but an opinion. It's kind of funny really because when I Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-59186292145208588952009-08-07T14:50:00.005-04:002009-08-07T15:35:15.172-04:00How John Hughes Changed My LifeTo say that I was shocked to hear about yesterday's death of legendary film writer, producer, and director John Hughes would be a massive understatement. Much of my entire childhood was spent watching his movies on cable and that new-fangled thing called VCRs, and the non-conformist, trend-ignoring, path-unfollowing person you see before you (well, the person whose words you're currently readingJeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-19677090554021685922009-07-01T13:00:00.003-04:002009-08-05T18:14:34.528-04:00Hypothetically Speaking . . .Hypothetically speaking, you own a channel. A channel whose primary focus was to air one particular medium at all hours of the day.Let's call this medium "balloons." The medium also makes up your channel's first name.Now these "balloons" are initially built up of stuff you already have in your possession, and then you begin to make your own stuff. It's mostly "balloons," but you do experiment Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-47781946935513840552009-06-16T01:00:00.001-04:002009-06-16T01:00:00.295-04:00CN Real . . . ly Stupid.real: adj. 1. not artificial, fraudulent, or illusory: GENUINE. 2. of or relating to practical or everyday activities 3. occurring or existing in actuality. We're hours away from Cartoon Network's umpteenth pandering of Nickelodeon and The Disney Channel's usual audience while ignoring the successes of the past year with the exception of Total Drama Island and Clone Wars. Cartoon Network is stillJeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-24200190580381716822009-06-11T00:15:00.001-04:002009-06-11T00:17:05.329-04:00An Appropriate Cartoon For Tomorrow's MilestoneIn case you've been living in a cave for the past few years, tomorrow (June 12) marks the day the United States enters the digital television age. Television as we have known it since forever will change. If you have cable or satellite, you won't notice the change. If you rely on antennas (antennae?), well, I hope you have either a digital-ready set or a digital converter box to watch the new Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-43892192079569608032009-06-08T17:30:00.003-04:002009-06-08T19:10:39.910-04:00Quick Waves #1Over the next few weeks, I'm presenting Quick Waves, where I talk about a few spurts of thought that come to mind that I would talk about at length, but since I'm in the middle of totally revamping The X Bridge (it's not just a facelift, cats and kittens), I could only write small bytes. Here comes something:- How come I didn't know that Elmore Leonard wrote a CHILDREN'S book? The guy behind Out Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-64820139101229401132009-06-07T17:44:00.005-04:002009-08-05T13:42:16.079-04:00Defending The Red-Haired ManHave you heard that there's a new host of The Tonight Show on NBC? Like our current president, he served as a head of a prestigious Harvard University group (he was the president of the Harvard Lampoon, one of only three to serve in the role twice). He's a former comedy writer for Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons and a two-time Emmy winner and three-time host. He's freakishly tall like his Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-72259919152766824662009-05-25T19:18:00.003-04:002009-05-25T19:38:29.331-04:00Five. Five Dollar. Five Dollar RedesignsWashington. Lincoln. FDR. Reagan. Franklin. If I had my way, those faces would be on the faces of the banknotes of the United States. The first President. The President who fought to keep the nation together. The President who brought hope to the hopeless. The President who thawed the Cold War. One of the major architects of this great nation. I blame the Dollar ReDeSign Project for inspiring me Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-15698170016670282292009-05-18T15:42:00.005-04:002009-05-28T00:16:28.503-04:00So, Was The Dimerger Worth It?In case you haven't heard, CBS Corporation is not only dropping the Paramount name from their television division name (now they're CBS Television Studios), but they're also launching a new film studio, CBS Films. This isn't CBS's first foray into original film production (they were one of the "stars" in Tri-Star Pictures, with Columbia Pictures and HBO being the other two). The whole purging of Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-25973891273018411732009-04-24T12:52:00.003-04:002009-04-28T22:29:33.092-04:00Kung Pao Radio?In the "Either This Is Really Cool or REALLY Racist" department, MAX-FM, the rock station formerly known as WCMS (the country's first country music station), reformatted itself yesterday as Kung Pao FM, airing what they're dubbing "classic Chinese music," though it's mostly sitar music. You can listen to it right here if you like. I'll admit, the music is soothing and zen like, but the joke's Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-25403752674332484872009-04-13T12:08:00.003-04:002009-04-13T12:25:52.738-04:00Like-Minded and Awesome By DefaultAbout a decade ago, I met my friend Jon over the internet. We're like-minded individuals and worked together on many occasions, essentially molding our combined talents as well as finding other like-minded individuals like Mark, Brady, Ryan, Tyler, and Cody, to create the Toonami Inner Circle Alliance. Jon's contributions to the Circle were the Toonami Directory, Toonami Radio (which transformed Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-87690279149261554452009-03-16T13:09:00.003-04:002009-03-16T14:24:56.599-04:00Co To Za Syfy? (Polish: What Is This Crap?)I'm not fond of cherrypicking nor, as Jon Stewart so eloquently said the other day, turdmining anything. I don't want to snark or get bitter over anything. Everybody that knows me says I'm a pretty good guy. Most days, I'm happy, free to be me, and enjoy life. Other days, I'm a little ticked, and I unleash hell on those that I feel have made it a point to make my day miserable.This is one of Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-4869166883638766732009-03-12T14:48:00.003-04:002009-03-12T15:35:48.311-04:00200 Posts! Oh, and There's A Dragon Ball Movie Coming SoonI never expected my 200th post here at Thoughtnami would be talking about the live-action Dragon Ball movie. I also never expected to have 200 posts here in the first place because, let's face it. I have a web site, The X Bridge. It has been around for over a decade, and as much as I love that domain, I'm a little more comfortable here because it's more freeflowing and less constricted. While Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-3308773142264895872009-03-09T18:36:00.002-04:002009-03-09T20:47:38.326-04:00So, What's A Better Idea Than TV Everywhere?Previously, I stated that Time-Warner's upcoming TV Everywhere service is a bad idea. It is seemingly a one-sided idea that wants to implement a pay-per-click model on programming usually found on sites owned by the companies that are typically ad-supported. The whole thing with this plan is that you can watch cable programming and you will have to pay for it. Technically, this means that if Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-62425130949058131652009-03-09T13:20:00.000-04:002009-03-09T13:42:50.194-04:00TV Everywhere Is A Bad IdeaDespite what the media tries to tell you, television isn't afraid of the internet.They're not. The thing is folks who pretty much own television are ABANDONING it at a spiraling rate. They're abandoning over-the-air television, which is why the broadcast networks have no plans for the digital spectrum they're being awarded. The whole TV Everywhere is a moronic one at best. Yeah, they could put Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470263.post-26518351203311096172009-03-09T13:11:00.002-04:002009-03-09T13:19:47.125-04:00I Miss Entertainment on Broadcast TVWhatever happened to entertainment? It's not like the world isn't bombarded by an endless 24-hour news cycle. It is. NBC, Fox, and CNN all dominate the national news scene in this country, and the fact that some digital networks are dedicating themselves to news is kind of irksome. The broadcast networks have really dropped the ball on subchannel development in the new digital order because Jeff Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081216712748486004noreply@blogger.com1