Archive for September 27th, 2007
TV: Dirty Sexy Money (TV Kitten)
I had to review this show first, because it is SINFULLY addicting. And I love it. 
Meet the Darlings – The average, every day, multi-millionaire family that you can never be. They’re beautiful, they’re rich, they’re adored, and they’re all irreparably screwed up. From Tripp, the patriarch and ring leader, down to Brian, the priest that is ANYTHING but holy, this family is fabulous and I want to be them.
Enter Nick George, son of the Darling family lawyer. Growing up in the shadow of the Darlings, he dislikes the family for breaking up his family. Now, after his fathers plane crashes, he has been drafted by Tripp Darling to become the new family lawyer, and keep the Darling’s little secrets from becoming a scandal worthy of TMZ.
(Speaking of TMZ, I would be remiss not to mention that one of the women on this show was born a man. I won’t say who, but it’s fun to try to find her/him.)
You quickly begin to realize that things with the Darlings aren’t as they seem, and not just with the nutso priest Brian. Each member of the family has their own secrets, their own dirty laundry, and their own insecurities. The level of talent portraying the Darling family is phenomenal (my personal favorite is Donald Sutherland as Tripp Darling) and the sheer magnitude and grandeur of the locations will leave you in awe.
The real draw of the show, however, isn’t the family, but Nick’s father Dutch, the unseen character. During a typical Darling family get-together, Nick finds out that dear Dutch was having an affair with Letitia, the matriarch of the Darling clan and devoted wife of Tripp. Not only that, the Darling children knew about it, and at least one of the children held a deep contempt over it. Now, with the untimely and suspicious death of his father and the recovery of the plane with no body inside, Nick is determined to stay with the family and find out who murdered his father.
All in all, I’m LOVING Dirty Sexy Money. And if you’re a fan of Desperate Housewives or wanted to be but felt it would immaculate you, this is definitely the show for you. For a pilot, this had it all, and I can’t wait for wednesdays.
Score: 9.5/10
Google Greatness: Smart Searching
Do you ever find yourself searching something and coming back with a ton of ads and having to go through page after page of search results for what you want? Chances are you can use some searching tips.
Google Blog Search: This is always a great place to start. Blogs aren’t always personal journals, simply weblogs. Most sites today are done using a ‘blog’ format, the smarter ones make sure to get indexed in the blog search. There is much more content and nowhere near as many ads in this engine. This works especially well for finding answers to questions.
Google News: A search engine for news. There are many news sources listed, all compiled into one big blob or site for your viewing pleasure. The only issue I have with this is smaller sites aren’t often considered as reliable sources (which can be a good thing) so are not listed. Blog Search (listed above) can help if you’re not finding what you want.
Google Book Search: An interesting feature, this actually lets you see what’s inside of books. A great tool for checking to make sure you get quotes right. However, there is a limitation of what books are in this engine because of copyright laws.
Google Images: I have to point this out because I talk to SO many people who don’t know about this. On the main page simply click the image text (as seen in the image) or go to images.google.com. From here you can search and it will come up with images, so you don’t have to search through a ton of sites looking for an image you want, Google has already found them for you.
Google Directory: Categories, categories who has the categories? This is a FANTASTIC way to search, cut down your results by category. This tool makes it easy to cut down exactly what you want, where you want it. The only problem is that this doesn’t seem to be as up-to-date as the normal engine (they need to get on updating that better).
Here’s some more neat tricks you can do with Google, simply type:
- “Define: word” and you’ll get a definition of that word from multiple sources.
- A mathematical equation (such as 4+4) and Google will solve it and show you the answer.
- A conversion statement (such as 100 lbs to KG or $10 USD to CDN) and it will figure it out for you.
- “Weather City-name” This will give you a 4 day forecast (available in most places, you may need to include province/state)
- “Spell: word” to have Google check to make sure the word is real.
More Helpful Links
Google search features @ Google
7 Clever Tricks Worth Knowing @ Marc and Angel