My View from the Couch

Picture of the Day for 3/23/2010. This was my view for most of the day today. I stayed home sick and spent the day on the couch, watching the following programs:

-A documentary on the P-39 (a World War ll-era plane). A conversation with an aviation-buff friend of mine revealed that this plane was good in air-to-ground battles, but not air-to-air battles. Apparently, the U.S. never figured this out, but the Russians did. This is good to know. ;-)

-A documentary on the P-47 (another World War ll-era plane). I only caught the tail-end of this documentary, but according to Walter Boyne, a famous aviation historian, this plane would have come in handy a couple of years before the U.S had the technology to produce it.

-The season finale of the USA Network's "Burn Notice." This actually aired a couple of weeks ago. Gotta love cable on demand.

-The Food Network. I'm not sure that I would go for the salami salad that Sunny Anderson was promoting.

-More Food Network. Giada DeLaurentis really needs to dye her dark roots.

-Even more Food Network. I really, really want to be the Barefoot Contessa's friend and attend the fabulous parties she throws.

-Judge Judy. She was as irascible as usual. A college-age young man discovered that beer spilled on your laptop fries it and necessitates $500 in repairs. He also learned that he can't sue the woman hosting the party where the unfortunate beer/laptop incident occurred, no matter how smirky the woman was. Judge Judy encouraged him to locate and sue the actual culprit.

-American Idol. Miley Cyrus as guest mentor??? Really???

-A profile of the FBI's current and past 10 Most Wanted lists. Kinda creepy.

-A documentary on famous sniper hits.

I don't know what got into me today. For some reason, I was all about watching the Military Channel. Maybe it was the illness...