Where I talk about television

There is a television show that premiered last year on ABC that I have gotten hooked on. It is not Desperate Housewives. It is Extreme Home Makeover. It's a great show. For those of you unfamiliar with the premise, a team of builders and designers take a needy family, destroy their old house and build a new house in it's place, all in seven days. For instance, on Sunday's episode, there was a Compton family who were living in a shack of a house with a grown son in a wheelchair, due to a gang shooting. They tore down the old house, and not only built a house for the family, but also built a smaller house in the backyard for the son. It's a show that does a fine job at tugging at my heart-strings.

It's awesome the way that people are willing to help other people out. There's a lot of negative stuff going in our world today, but people are trying to make a difference. Obviously, Habitat for Humanity doesn't get near the exposure that this television show gets, but they do good work too, perhaps even better work than this television show, cuz this show can only do one house a week. The Harrisburg chapter of Habitat is currently working on six houses right now! That's good stuff right there.

Doe and Jerry's caught on fire last night. I don't know how much damage they took, but I hope they can get back on their feet soon.