Okay, they’re serious. This is unprecedented in the long history of fan “save our show” campaigns: Fans of UPN’s soon-to-be-canceled Star Trek: Enterprise formally announced that three anonymous contributors have pledged $3 million to a fund to finance a proposed fifth season of the show. The TrekUnited.com Web site reported that the promised contribution will come from “investors” in “the commercial space flight industry.” It’s one thing to take out impressive ads in national magazines or pull off clever ploys for garnering the attention of network suits (such as the time fans of Roswell sent thousands of bottles of Tabasco…

Holy crap, the recaplet for last night’s episode is already up: From our old friend LAX, the teams take off for Lima, Peru. There is much talk among some of the other teams of the presence of Rob and Amber, whom I will tell you right now I personally like and don’t care who knows it, and do you know why? Because every time they grin broadly, it chaps the shit out of Lex somewhere in the world. At any rate, sand-pit digging reveals that there are a few teams who will need to pay a bit more attention to…

And they’re the first team eliminated from TAR7 – I’m disappointed because they both spoke pretty decent conversational Spanish and they were funny – on the zip line task, Ryan looks into the camera with his belly hanging over the rigging straps and says “We’re about to step off the side of this mountain, and I believe we’re the first to load test the line.” And with that, Chuck hit bottom at the beginning of the first zipline. Then from the bottom Ryan observed “What do we do now, sit and wait for Fat Boy to come down?” It was…

I read a recap of the TAR6 finale (which aired while we were in Maui) so I knew who won. Feh. Kris and Jon was robbed! Chicago, I hate you! You are not my city, and you never were. Oh, why is it that cities where I’ve lived or near where I live screw the teams I love and let the teams I hate win? Seattle, you screwed Ken and Gerard in TAR3, and now this. I’ve never lived in Phoenix and so I didn’t really care who won (TAR4, Chip and Reichen) and I can’t stand Dallas so naturally…

Bloggers who watch television love TiVo. And TiVo’s just announced their TiVo Developer Challenge. If you’re a Java hacker, check out the Sourceforge project to get the SDK, and win yourself a share of the available prizes. Via 6A/ProNet Blogger. Check Loves TiVo. Check Java hacker. Check Sounds like a job for my husband David, AKA Super Hubby! Hmm. Okay, some of the prizes are kind of “meh.” I mean, who wants a Segway? And some of the “prizes” require purchase of a cell phone plan. Double meh.

I am somewhat spoiled for the season finale of Amazing Race, but only in a few bare details. Suffice it to say, I am NOT pleased. If what I read is correct, once again my favoritest, most deserving team did not come in first. Dammit. But then 3 out of the 4 remaining teams gave me the willies, so the chances of a completely happy ending were only 25%.

Due to circumstances entirely voluntary, I was busy the night of the Amazing Race finale, and haven't seen the finish and don't know who won. How the hell did this happen? Well, I planned an event a lot farther in advance than usual, and it conflicted with the finale. It's still on Tivo, but the same circs keep me from watching the show. So I won't be blathering about it until long after it aired, and then the next season (featuring more former Survivors, meh) will begin soon. I'm using David's machine, so it's entirely possible this post will be…

Which Firefly character are you? – Quizilla Hah! David took this quiz, and guess who he turned out to be? You are Captain Malcolm Reynolds, aka. Mal orCaptain Tightpants. You saw most of your mendie in a war you lost and now you seek solitudewith a small crew that you are fiercely devotedto. You have no problems being naked. Which Firefly character are you? brought to you by Quizilla This is so my husband David! And of course, I had to go in and re-cast myself, because the first time, I came out as Book. You are Zoe. While most…

This week’s show opens on a black screen, where plain white text informs you that the episode you are about to see was filmed in Sri Lanka before the December 26 tsunami. And there’s not much to say about that except that making the world a little smaller and more familiar is always a good thing, even when it’s a sad thing. That blackscreen announcement was nicely done, and added a much needed grace note to the proceedings. Yes, it’s another recap by Miss Alli – and this week, don’t miss the Amazing Monkey Edit! Sadly, it’s bye-bye Bolo and…

I ran across the following ad in the local newspaper, the Daily Herald: Who’s your favorite handy heartthrob on TV? Good-looking and handy? What a package. In honor of Valentine’s Day, we are planning a just-for-fun story on carpenters who are also heartthrobs on reality television. We’re not talking beefcake or cheesecake, but looks are a definite part of the toolbox. Check out our nominees and imagine the projects the two of you could get done around the house. Tell us who is your favorite and why. You can vote for one man and one woman online at www.dailyherald.com/homes/favoritehandyperson/ through…