Next Thing You Know, I'll Be Watching Matlock...

I'm feeling quite a bit better today, except for the occasional coughing spasm and the fact that I still don't have a whole lot in the way of energy (which is probably as much due to how flippin' hot it's been here as to my cold). I still don't much feel like going in to work tonight, but to be honest, when is that ever not true?

Anyway, lingering germ-induced lassitude made for a very good excuse to sit around most of the day watching The Simpsons. I've now watched through all the episodes, commentaries, and extras on the season one and the season two DVDs. Guess that means it's time to go and get my hands on season three when it comes out next month.

One of the things I noticed while listening to the commentary tracks this time is how often the commenters would point out a joke that had become a bit dated since the season first aired in '90/'91, or an idea that was new at the time but has since kind of become a bit old hat. I dunno, the episodes still seem pretty fresh to me. But it does get me to thinking about the fact that, wow, there are kids in high school now who were not even born when The Simpsons first came out. And there are probably young twenty-somethings who don't get references my own brain hasn't even yet bothered to categorize as "dated." Man, if that don't make me feel old... Maybe I'm just dwelling on this stuff now because I've got a birthday coming up, but it's a thought that seems to keep crossing my mind more and more often lately. Sigh.