watching expired appliances align

I'm worried about a couple of things tonight. I drafted poorly in my fantasy baseball draft. I'll get over that quickly. And the draft wasn't as poor as I thought.

I'm also worried that I had trouble spelling sitcom in the title of this entry. Is it: sitcom, sit-com, SitCom, Sit-Com, sit com? I had no clue, so I spelled it out.

Another thing I don't know how to spell? Rob Corddry. That guy is funny. Has anyone been watching THE WINNER on Fox? Four episodes have aired during the past week and 2 hours - that's two episodes per Sunday! Tonight's episodes started late, meaning I didn't record the final 8 minutes of each. I still found them funny. I'm bummed about missing those last few minutes, though. The show is set in 1994 and there are 7-15 era specific jokes per episode. They're of the so bad they're funny vein. Those jokes work because the rest of the show is so dryly witty and improbable and just slightly off-kilter. Corddry's timing is great. His co-star is a young teenage kid who is also plays a bit of hypochondriac. Corrddry has a thing for the kid's mother. Corrddry works in a video store and lives with his parents. I have no idea how many episodes this show has in it, but if you're not entirely averse to sitcoms, it's worth checking out.

Let's get down to the main topic for this week - tea. I'm slowly converting myself into a tea drinker. For most of my life I've stuck by the rule that I don't drink hot beverages. I actually explained this over a work lunch last week. I think there was a lot of eye rolling at the table. Basically, I've just never really understood the story behind hot beverages. They burn your mouth! Coffee. Hot cocoa. Tea. I just don't get it. The payoff just isn't there for me. At work I was asked what I drink. I could only respond with "water." I totally forgot to mention that I also drink bourbon!

Anyway, I'm OK with tea because it's dawning on me that tea is mostly just water. Tonight I made myself a cup of green tea and I realized that I like it in a dark mug because then I think less about it actually being tea. When the tea is in a dark vessel, it's just sort of like water in shadow. I really have to let it cool off. I'm not good at sipping.

I'm so committed to this tea thing that I'm actually thinking of getting a tea kettle. I've got a few dollars left on a Macy's gift card. A few weeks ago I checked out their tea kettles and nothing jumped out at me. They all look the same. And I sort of like some of them. (yes, those are two somewhat dissonant thoughts. I fooled you be admitting to liking the look fo the tea kettles, didn't I?) I put off on making a decision about which one to get. I'm still not through this first box of tea I bought.

Laughing at THE WINNER and sipping the tea did help make my fantasy baseball draft induced headache go away.