The coolest thing about the new Brady Bunch season box sets is that the episodes have cool artifacts like the “in color” intros and the original Paramount logo and music…

Alas, they still seem to be missing the “back after these messages” bumpers which featured a different cast member’s voice each week and ran at the end of act two…

Am I a really big ol’ geek for remembering this stuff from my childhood?

Decency Rules Should Apply to Pay TV:

“Cable is a much greater violator in the indecency area,” the Alaska Republican told the National Association of Broadcasters, which represents most local television and radio affiliates. “I think we have the same power to deal with cable as over-the-air” broadcasters.

I, ahem, respectfully disagree…

Do you have SBC DSL but use a different provider for email? Were you having trouble sending email today? Yup, it happened to me too. I’d already dumped one ISP for committing this same atrocity, among others. It is to SBC’s credit, though, that they at least allow customers to opt out of this particular “service”…

Unrelated: is the following paragraph one the single worst-written one you’ve read this month or what?

While the United Kingdom is the most popular destination for U.S. companies to expand beyond domestic markets and into rapidly growing European markets, Wales is increasingly a primary destination of choice for Bay Area, West Coast and North American businesses pursuing new opportunities in booming European markets.

The whole article, ummm, lacks a certain clarity, but that first paragraph is a lulu. If I recall correctly, the Chronicle used keep a copy editor or two standing by in the newsroom for just such an emergency…