Tuesday night personal

No posting last night. Three new TV shows in a row, beginning with Anthony Bourdain in New Orleans and Cajun Country. He's back to slaughtering animals on the air - this time a pig, which he himself shot in the head with a pistol, and a large turtle, which someone else beheaded. (I couldn't watch this stuff.) I thought he'd stopped showing it for his daughter's sake. If he's going back to it, I'll stop watching the show. I think this is one aspect of reality that doesn't need to be treated so graphically on the TV. (My opinion.)

"Intervention" was good. Cute, smart musician/songwriter/singer from Arkansas - very talented but on a downward spiral, drinking 30 beers a day and doing otherwise nothing nowadays, supported financially by his parents. He'd been successful for a number of years performing with his band (but even then he'd drink 10 beers before a show).

Has two kids. His wife, also into beer, had recently passed away after going into convulsions trying to quit cold-turkey (at that point they were each drinking 40 cans a day). Too bad the intervention was ultimately unsuccessful, although that's not uncommon. He quit treatment in Baton Rouge after 22 days and took the bus back to Arkansas. He's living back with his parents (and kids) and back on beer.

"Millionaire Matchmaker" had two guys. One was a prince from Austria (shown above) and the other a nerdy young guy from Groupon. Pretty good, but goofy-looking guys.