A Word or 36:
My son has pink eye and I've had to watch daytime TV, a truly terrible terrible thing to have to subject yourself to. I dunno if I'll be able to turn any of the following on.
Tonight - Tuesday - February 20th, 2007
Canucks @ Ducks (PRIME, 7:00 p.m.)
American Idol (Fox, 8:00 p.m.) We're down to 12 wannabes
NCIS/The Unit (CBS, 8-10:00 p.m.) New episodes.
Dateline NBC (NBC, 8:00 p.m.) Perverted Justice (hunger) force expose Internet predators in Texas.
Gilmore Girls/Veronica Mars (the CW, 8-10:00 p.m.) Party pooper Emily institutes no-alcohol policy/My hot jail sluts fantasy is doomed as Sheriff Lamb releases Veronica from jail due to lack of evidence.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent/Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC, 9-11:00 p.m.) Tom Arnold as a televangelist/Mother suicide
Frontline (PBS, 9:00 p.m.) Part Deux of News War: Secrets, Sources & Spin series
Larry King Live (CNN, 9:00 p.m.) All about Anna Nicole
Primetime (ABC, 9:00 p.m.) Genetic sexual attraction; School in MA electrocutes autistic children.
Dirt (FX, 10:00 p.m.) Lucy has trouble sleeping - hmm, all worked up over the open-mouth Jennifer Aniston kissing.
The Agency (VH1, 10:00 p.m.) Series premiere
Independent Lens (PBS, 10:00 p.m.) HIP-HOP: Beyond Beats - machismo in rap music
Boston Legal (ABC, 10:00 p.m.) Never enough Shatner on this thing.
Late Show With David Letterman (CBS, 11:30 p.m.) Barbara Walters, shark attack survivor Eric Nerhus, K-os performs
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC, 11:35 p.m.) Obvious liberal Bill Maher, skydiving accident survivor Michael Holmes, Rodney Atkins performs
Jimmy Kimmel LIVE (ABC, 12:05 a.m.) Uberlesbian Ellen DeGeneres, Skeet Ulrich, Pretty Ricky performs
Late Night With Conan O'Brien (NBC, 12:35 a.m.) Heather (haminahamina) Graham, spittle-flecked Lewis Black, Explosions in the Sky perform
The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (CBS, 12:35 a.m.) Queen of bountiful bosoms Patricia Heaton, requisite Indian ER doctor Parminder Nagra
Ellen via AP
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To anyone watching The Tonight Show segment tonight showing Michael Holmes’ skydiving miracle video (freefalling to the ground without a parachute – every dramatic second of which was caught on camera!):
Yes, the scary reality of skydiving is that when you jump out of a perfectly good airplane, it’s just you, your trusty parachute (plus reserve) and a prayer.
But keep in mind: This accident happened in New Zealand. Here in the U.S., skydive safety is paramount and closely monitored/regulated by the U.S. Parachute Association (USPA) – America’s skydiving authority. There are 3 million skydives per year in the U.S. made by hundreds of thousands of skydivers, and according to USPA skydiving set a record low # of fatalities in 2006 – 21 (tying a record low back in 1963).
Chances are about 1 in 100,000 of something going awry during a skydive… you have a greater chance of getting into a car accident on the way to a drop zone.
So if you ever wanted to take to the skies, there's no better time than now. Don't let Michael's extrordinary harrowing tale discourage you. (In fact, we hear he's considering going skydiving again!)
Blue skies,
Robert in San Diego
skydiving is fun ... i'd do it again in a heartbeat ....
hey thanks for the info Robert! that was pretty cool - Letterman's shark attack survivor guy got pushed to tomorrow so only one survivor pulled through tonight.