TVFT

We are really bad at doing The View From Tab. First of all, as often as not, we can't get a quorum. Am I the only person in the world who isn't busy at 9:00 on a Wednesday night? We originally chose that time because of its likely availability. Who knew that it would eventually rival Saturday night at the singles bars, or wherever these people hang out when they're not TVFTing. (Actually, on Saturday nights they're most likely on a bus home from some high school in the middle of nowhere, so maybe that's not the best example.) I mean, we've even gotten Japonica to set up a private recording studio just for O'C, and that hasn't proven enough!

Then there's the whole technical thing. You would think that by now we would know what we are doing, but every now and then we try something new, and all hell breaks loose. It needs to be written on the wall: Do What You Did Last Time. No new computers. No cell phones. No new versions of Skype. No new headsets. One of these or another has been our most normal downfall; last week, because I kept looking for PJ (sounds like a lost Tennessee Williams play, "Looking for PJ") I got Skype all befuddled and never captured the audio. I never did find how to get the list of contacts to pop up, a real flaw when it comes to looking for your contacts.

Every Wednesday morning one of us emails the group and asks if we're doing it tonight. When enough of us agree, then around 9:00 we round one another up and start the proceedings. Since I'm the one who posts it and marginally edits it, I start the conference call.

Sigh.

We may or may not get one off tonight. In any case, starting here, starting now, at 9:00 on Wednesdays I'll be on Skype and I'll turn on the recording. If you want to get on the podcast, find me and I'll add you to the call. It's not as if there isn't a lot to talk about; that whole subject of the choosing of topics, for instance, has a lot of life in it. Think about it: the March-April LD topic is targeted killing. What infinitesimally small percentage of LDers will debate it? What a waste!

Got Skype? And a decent microphone? Or is Wednesday night your Singles Night too?